Official Kerbal Dakar 2017 results thread

[Overland]

3 hours ago, WesleyWestland said:

I wondered how well a vehicle without jet engines would do. Answer: Not very well. I'm not going for the fastest time, simply finishing will be a nice challenge by itself.

Physics warp worked fine on the first leg, I drove nearly all of it on 4x speed. I never exceeded 25 m/s anyway. On the second leg, steep downgrades sped me up too much. Maybe I shouldn't use 'cruise control' (trim) either.

Im a firm believer in pure wheel traction, with '705 the jet engines work a bit like an ion engine in that, theyll hardly move the train on flat level..all.they do is accelerate top speed.. That and thier a nod to earlier trains.. I dont think its a requirement to have jet engines at all

Her power comes from the 20 wheel drive, your trucks a beautiful machine

Dont be discouraged by the simple wheelbase.. Time acceleration itself might be the bigger enemy as it tends to increase forces.  I know not everyone likes to drive realtime but..careful and defensive driving would win out to more power under time acceleration I feel

Dont worry about times im not..like yourself simply completing this route is a happy achievement itself of both machine and her driver

Best of luck to you

Edited January 14, 2017 by Overland

[DarkOwl57]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I crashed off a hill in Stage 3... I think it's game over for me; not enough time left in the month to really try at it and get 7 stages because of school..... DANGIT!

[DoctorDavinci]

So I regret to inform you all that the save with the Mad Moose is totally Borked .... I guess that is my run as I'm not going through and setting it all up again

On the upside, I still have the Mad Moose craft as well as Bill's Big Bad Beaver

[Triop]

Owwww well,

[0111narwhalz]

32 minutes ago, Triop said:

Owwww well,

My brain read the smoke as mountains. I was very confused.

(I should either get some sleep, or do some coding.)

[DarkOwl57]

YOU KNOW WHAT, SCREW THE ODR-5!!!!! I'M GOING BACK OUT THERE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO FAIL!!!!! I WILL FINISH THE DAKAR, I WILL NOT GIVE UP, AND I WILL WIN!!!!! 

 

NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER!!!!!

#FullSpeedAhead

#Team757

[ChaoticPheonix]

As a precursor, like stated in the discussion thread, there was a bug with the times on my run. I will assure you that the race was done in one run, with one rover and no quicksaves. The only "saving" I did was going to the space center after each stage completion. That being said, here's my entry.

 

The Dagger:

 

Solar/Fuel Cell powered buggy with two Juno engines. The RCS is because it tends to nosedive on jumps. Two thrusters at the back keep it somewhat level when getting airtime.

Album link, since I only realised that we were supposed to leave all screenshots here...

Imgur Album Link

 

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