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 1 of 2)
3-27-2008 @ 3:26PM
gotoman00 said...
that video was terrible
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3-27-2008 @ 3:39PM
Eric said...
meh
I didn't really find it funny
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3-27-2008 @ 4:07PM
Xav de Matos said...
That's what we get for trying to entertain.
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3-27-2008 @ 4:08PM
murph said...
Anyone wanna play some Grifball tonight? Why oh why has Bungie forsaken us without a custom games search/browser??
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3-27-2008 @ 4:10PM
Demolition Elmo said...
*insert Gladiator "are you not entertained?" quote here*
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3-27-2008 @ 4:13PM
Richard Mitchell said...
This is where I dare people to make a better video if they think ours is so terrible. Seriously though, This is the third time we've made a machinima-style video, and given our inexperience I think it's pretty good.
Anywho, criticism absorbed.
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3-27-2008 @ 4:26PM
Demolition Elmo said...
Richard, i accept your challenge!!!!
seriously though, you guys are doing a great job. sure the camera is a bit dog ended at times an the head noding is out of sync but hey, i don't see any other site doing this sorta thing with community content.
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3-27-2008 @ 4:30PM
Triforceowner said...
I'm not writing to bash, but I think if the video had a bit of a better look at the actual content of the map, than I would not have minded the... not-up-to-Rooster-Teeth quality. Yes, we can't expect excellence the first dozen times, but please do have a bit more content like in the "Richard Overlord" (or whatever it was) map overview. After you show the content of the map, than make the bad jokes, because who doesn't like bad jokes.
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3-27-2008 @ 4:31PM
HazyCloud said...
I laughed out loud on a few parts. Good enough for me. Keep up the great work.
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3-27-2008 @ 4:34PM
Xav de Matos said...
We have a detailed breakdown in our image guide for everyone looking for the checkpoints.
We just tried this a certain way this time to see if it worked and some of it did and some didn't. We're trying to bring you entertaining content and we'll continue to do that.
Back to the actual content of the story, this map is AMAZING and we expect you all to send in your content asap!
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3-27-2008 @ 4:37PM
HalfAzn said...
Yeah good enough for me too. I think the post does a good job at actually describing the gametype/map so the video is a nice distraction from life.
Anyway, I think we should get a bunch of people together and play this beast. I ran it by myself and it seemed fun enough. I'll be on around 5pm Central Time.
GT: Halfaznguy; Send me a friend request/message and we'll get it going!
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3-27-2008 @ 5:31PM
HalfAzn said...
actually looks like I won't be on till around 7, but I'm still down if anyone wants to join me!
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3-27-2008 @ 5:31PM
itsburnsie said...
Reading the comments, it seems as though someone pressed the "go go internet hate machine" button or something.
In the words of Wil Wheaton, fellow fanboys, "Don't be a dick."
Oh, also, I like the videos, please keep them coming. I do think this one would have been better had it been slightly more informative, however. I think last weeks vid hit the perfect balance of quirkiness vs. informatativeness (real word?).
Just my two cents, thanks for the great stuff as always X3F!
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3-27-2008 @ 5:36PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
No speakers at work, sad times. I'm sure it's funny, is there somewhere I can download this?
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3-27-2008 @ 5:45PM
Demolition Elmo said...
@ ZEBRA NINER
try the podcast rss feed ;-)
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3-27-2008 @ 5:53PM
shay07 said...
hey if anyone wants to make a video i got a capture device send me a message if you got a sweet idea
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3-27-2008 @ 6:07PM
Philip (Fernando Rocker Defence Force) said...
I think the video was funny and you guys did a good job at making it. The only thing that would make it better would be if you showed off the map a little more. Other then that keep up the good work!
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3-27-2008 @ 6:10PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
@ Demolition Elmo
I wish the reply buttons worked. Thanks for the help, but I just don't see it in the RSS.
I'll just make up my own soundtrack and plot, which will probably just be a bunch of gay jokes and comments about Jessica Biel's rack.
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3-27-2008 @ 6:20PM
Demolition Elmo said...
@ ZEBRA NINER
yeah, me too.
give it an hour and it'll be up ;-)
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3-27-2008 @ 6:21PM
Demolition Elmo said...
correction, it's up now!
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