We know, we fear change too but this week's video feature is so good that it deserves to get thrown up top. This week we bring you an F1 caliber race map that's so classy it only needs to be called RACE2 but after some in-house tweaks we've re-imagined the original map submitted by a loyal X3F soldier and renamed it to the X3F Speedway.
Deviously tight corners and strategically designed checkpoints lace a weaving variation of Sandtrap to make this one of the best constructed pure race maps online.
Including two gametypes, X3F Speedway can be enjoyed solo in X3F Solo-Ninja or in a two-person team rocket race in X3F Escort Rockets. Either way you slice it, it's pure fun. If this week's content were the weather we'd call for good times with a strong chance of awesomeness.
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Original Map Creator: Sphinx454
Tweaked Map/Gametype Creator: Snypz
X3F Speedway
Map: Sandtrap
Gametype: X3F Escort Rockets / X3F VIP Solo-Ninja
Player(s): Teams of 2 v 5 teams / Solo VIP v 9 other VIPs
Rounds: 1
Score to Win: 20 (2 laps)
VIP Damage: Invulnerable
X3F Escort Rockets Gametype
In X3F Team Rockets you and a friend must weave your way through the tightly constructed X3F Speedway attempting to fend off the competition with an infinite supply of rockets through two laps.
X3F VIP Solo-Ninja Gametype
In X3F Solo you the only challenge is your driving skill and the clock. Beat other challengers around the winding ridge until you cross the final finish line in two laps of sheer madness!
Note: Other vehicles are used to make the passageway and assassination is still possible, but every kill you make decreases your score by 1 point! You can still rocket foes into space, but don't go after them to break the game!
Originally conceived without any checkpoints, Sphinx454 designed this amazing map and offered it up for this week's content. We've gone in and tweaked the map only to add checkpoints. You can download the original version on Sphinx454's file share (File name: RACE2)
X3F Version
Map: X3F Speedway
Variant: X3F Escort Rockets / X3F Escort Ninja
Feel free to share your thoughts on this edition of Community Content in the comments. Have a submission? Send it to us with a brief description including recommended gametypes at: comcon [at] xbox360fanboy [DOT] com
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
3-27-2008 @ 6:25PM
shay07 said...
Murph i'm definately up for some griffball send me a message
shay07 = GT
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3-27-2008 @ 7:00PM
Digital Limit said...
Having issues playing the entire video for some reason. I got a little over half-way through, though, so I guess I could still voice my opinion:
I agree with a lot of the guys here that recommend you keep it more on the informative side with a pinch of bad jokes, rather than the other way around. This one verged toward the cringe zone, as it were.
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3-27-2008 @ 8:04PM
c4v3man said...
I didn't really get it either... just seemed kinda annoying. As far as the video's quality, it seemed well made. Just poorly scripted/written. I never actually got the point that it was a race map until I read the article.
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3-28-2008 @ 12:04AM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Thumbs up. Although, I didn't see any teabagging. Teabagging is the most important part of Halo and should be incorporated into everything that is Halo related.
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3-28-2008 @ 12:10AM
jakubderon said...
Hey guys! Sphinx454 here just stopping by to thank X3F for picking my RACE2 map as this week's community content. I hope you all try it out. The map is a blast to play with friends and there is much more to it than shown in the video. I'm also planning to build some custom maps with the free heroic maps. Drop me a friend invite or send me a message. See you on Xbox Live.
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3-28-2008 @ 10:07AM
Homer 918 said...
Are your microphones in your mouths when your talking? Other than that and I enjoyed the video...
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3-28-2008 @ 10:09AM
Neuromancer said...
@Zebra Niner
Right you are, also I couldn't help but notice a distinct lack Halo fan community verbage such as the N-word or the term "fag".
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3-28-2008 @ 5:26PM
Richard Mitchell said...
Homer, that's a comm radio effect. Supposed to sound like there's some static.
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3-30-2008 @ 5:16AM
Lewis said...
No, no. it's great. Just needs more emotion to it. Gotta think outside the boundaries and speak as if your talking to a group of people, instead of into a mic.
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