Battleracer v1.3 Announced

[Spawndemon]

Sir. Elxx of the Sir. Community has sent in some news today announcing that a new version of Battleracer will be released. Check it out:

The Battleracer mod for Battlefield 2 is coming back, and it's going to be better than ever! Battleracer 1.3 will include several new tracks in classic BF2 maps such as Sharqi Peninsula and Daqing Oilfields. In addition, we are also adding new custom maps for racing. Some of these tracks are more action-packed than the ones you've raced on in previous releases, with more jumps, dangerous obstacles, and hidden shortcuts. Also, in some races your vehicle will be pimped out with the ability to drop land mines, grenades, and more.

The global ranking system is also receiving a massive upgrade in 1.3 with attainable ranks, achievements, awards, unlockable vehicles, and support for user-created tournaments. We are working on a new implementation of ratings that focus on your skill rather than how much you race. Stay tuned for more updates soon.

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Check back in for future updates, but until then be sure to visit the BR website.

[Mureke]

Battleracer makes BF2 the best racing game out there. It's the only one I play, of course.

[pepsi_max2k]

ohhhh baby, time to pwn once more... :yay:

[Tuner111]

Nice !

[ThQp]

Great news Elxx.

[AJED (G.Drew)]

i like

[-=4th=-1/2Hawk]

OMG awesome news - BR is right on top of my fav mods ever list. *thumbs*

You guys should solicit maps and statics from the other mod teams and put out a Mod Grand Prix - racing across a famous map from PR, PoE, EoD, Pirates, BFA, etc etc each. Just offer in return to put some billboards or vehicles on each that the mod teams are free to skin for advertisement. *idea* We dont have any cars in ours, but maybe we could toss together some sailing vessels armed with cannons instead.

[Elxx]

OMG awesome news - BR is right on top of my fav mods ever list. *thumbs*

:yay:

You guys should solicit maps and statics from the other mod teams and put out a Mod Grand Prix - racing across a famous map from PR, PoE, EoD, Pirates, BFA, etc etc each. Just offer in return to put some billboards or vehicles on each that the mod teams are free to skin for advertisement. *idea* We dont have any cars in ours, but maybe we could toss together some sailing vessels armed with cannons instead.

That is an awesome idea. The one problem is, I'd have to include all the custom models used in that map too, causing the file size of the mod to quickly reach epic proportions. However, I'll definitely pursue this further and see what can be done. Thanks!

[imported_Rhino]

ye that is a really awesome idea there 1/2hawk, im sure PR would be up for it

In fact in one of the early beta versions of Qinling I made a little race track version hehe, hard as hell to keep a dirt bike alive all the way round but its possible

Ye can think of a bunch of maps that would really suit from PR:
Qinling
Fools Road
Al Basrah
Qwai River

Thous all would work well

Also hope your still using Santa's Race Way hehe

[Lt Davis]

Yay, maybe when the new version comes out there will actually be people playing!

[Elxx]

Yay, maybe when the new version comes out there will actually be people playing!

There's people playing every day, but most of the servers are European so there's specific times when people get on. Considering that the last update to the mod was well over a year ago though, I think a new release should definitely bring in lots of new and old players :)

[Sir. Dosedmonkey]

Yeah every couple of days myself and some other european Sir. members usually play, so keep your eyes open, had a server of twenty people playing the other day, a little mad and busy! Rushour aye.

[-=4th=-1/2Hawk]

That is an awesome idea. The one problem is, I'd have to include all the custom models used in that map too, causing the file size of the mod to quickly reach epic proportions. However, I'll definitely pursue this further and see what can be done. Thanks!

Yep - so it'd be good to pick maps that featured more terrain and not so many urban areas. Maybe what you could do is pack all of the custom mod objects in the maps themselves (making them larger) and host a library on your site so people can go get the maps they like instead of one huge installer.

From ours, I'd suggest:

Shiver Me Timbers (car racing)
Shallow Draft (boat racing)
Black Beards Atol (either)

Would need to make some adjustments to the heightmaps to give clearance for boats or make shallower areas fordable for cars.