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UPDATE :

So I just finished setting up stage 1 (36 km) using the Races! mod. It's a fast stage to the mountain, meaning your time will be very important in the end.

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So make sure you get through the 12 gates as fast as you can before we hit rough terrain.

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I'll upload the needed files + mod when the race start on Januari 1st 2020.

Working on Stage 2 now, expect some hard terrain...

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Here is a long and boring video of me flying over the route, it's still very interesting if you want to compete : 

 

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I have been test driving stage 1 with a 100% stock car, but it ran out of electric charge after CP 5...

So I'm building this beast with moarrr bats'n fuelcells, 100% stock  :cool:                   A video of stage 1 will be up soon.

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STAGE 1 FULL STOCK TEST DRIVE

*edit: the car is stock, I only added the redlines on the wheels. &)

Now this video is very boring and I suggest after the start to skip to the end.

My speed was around 30 m/s, taking me 17 minutes, the drop in the end is something to recon with... :o

Next up is testing stage 2 and preparing stage 3.

I'm not getting much response, is there anybody interested in doing this rally ?

Please let me know cause I'm putting a lot of work in this. ^_^

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2 hours ago, Jacke said:

I'd like to drive it, but I'm rather inexperienced in making rovers, especially ones good for such a demanding course.

I can upload my BEAST car (the stock one in the video) on KerbalX if you like, so you can still drive.

The rules don't say you have to build your own car, you just have to drive it. :cool:

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11 minutes ago, DoctorDavinci said:

Yup, definitely interested :)

Cool, thanks guys, I get insecure sometimes.... :unsure:

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Just finished your stage 1 video.  Will watch stage 2 tomorrow.

Don't know if it matters now, but I'd thought you might put the starting gate of stage 2 right beside the finishing gate of stage 1, and so on up the track, so they are truly continuous.

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44 minutes ago, Jacke said:

Don't know if it matters now, but I'd thought you might put the starting gate of stage 2 right beside the finishing gate of stage 1, and so on up the track, so they are truly continuous.

I did that &), at the start of the video of stage 2 you see me load in stage 2 after stage 1, the gates are close together.

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I like your challenge, @Triop. Keep up the work! I have an electrical rover that can drive full speed on the hills near the KSC. But it has 40 wheels and not 4; and it looks nowhere near as good as your rover. Will there be a limitation on the number of wheels? Maybe also rate the look of the rover. You could make a poll once the race is finished about which rovers looks best.

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20 minutes ago, EveMaster said:

I like your challenge, @Triop. Keep up the work! I have an electrical rover that can drive full speed on the hills near the KSC. But it has 40 wheels and not 4; and it looks nowhere near as good as your rover. Will there be a limitation on the number of wheels? Maybe also rate the look of the rover. You could make a poll once the race is finished about which rovers looks best.

This rally is open for all sorts of wacky modded crafts, fly, hoover, tanktracks, whatever you like, just go through the gates.

I will put up 2 catagories, stock and modded.

We can do side prices prizes, like fastest car, best looking car, fastest stage, most crazy car etc etc.

I need to do some more stages before the course is finished, but I have time until 01/01/2020 :cool:

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13 hours ago, splatn't™ said:

I see this as a cool idea, but have no idea how the stages are supposed to work. Do you drive one, record the time, and then do the next with some speed up room later?

Here's the thread from the first Kerbal Dakar (2017) ... read the first post, it will let you know what is what

That is not to say that the rules will be exactly the same but it'll give you an idea of what you're in for :wink:

 

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18 hours ago, DoctorDavinci said:

So do we have to go through each checkpoint or can we just choose our own route from start to finish of each stage?

I ask since I had a pretty major sucess today with the Dakar Race type finish line setup in OrX Kontinuum

I'd never heard of OrX Kontinuum before. Does it saves times ?

I'm going with the RACES! mod because of a couple of things:

- timing

- the gates light up at night

- easy installation, no save files needed, just 2 folders to add to the gamedata folder.

16 hours ago, splatn't™ said:

I see this as a cool idea, but have no idea how the stages are supposed to work. Do you drive one, record the time, and then do the next with some speed up room later?

Yes, drive stage 1, make a screenshot of your time, and then load stage 2 from your location and you'll see the startingline in front of your car. etc etc.

I think we will have about 7 stages.

You can download the RACES! mod here :

https://spacedock.info/mod/721/Races!

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13 minutes ago, Triop said:

I'd never heard of OrX Kontinuum before. Does it saves times ?

Yes, it even has a scoreboard setup in game that can be updated ... still working on it but the Dakar Race type for the challenge builder is almost done :wink:

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I'm going with the RACES! mod because of a couple of things:

- timing

- the gates light up at night

- easy installation, no save files needed, just 2 folders to add to the gamedata folder.

Yes, drive stage 1, make a screenshot of your time, and then load stage 2 from your location and you'll see the startingline in front of your car. etc etc.

I think we will have about 7 stages.

You can download the RACES! mod here :

https://spacedock.info/mod/721/Races!

I'm not suggesting you don't use the races mod, probably best at this point as there are still a few things to work out with the challenge builder ... probably release it in the next few days

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9 minutes ago, DoctorDavinci said:

I'm not suggesting you don't use the races mod, probably best at this point as there are still a few things to work out with the challenge builder ... probably release it in the next few days

Yes please, show me later.

The challenge won't be untill 01/01/2020, so many things can still change.

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