henke on 2/12/2024 at 06:46
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I've regularly been booting up the playtest version of Exo Rally just to do the daily races for the last couple months, and it has been one of my most played games this year. Now it's available to the public in the shape of the demo version.
This is a sim that takes the concept of exo planetary rallying
extremely seriously. It is the Dirt Rally of sci-fi racers. I know this is something that a lot of you might enjoy, so, folks, I don't know how else to say this: YOU GOTTA PLAY THIS THING.
(
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2262020/Exo_Rally_Championship/) PLAY IT!
Thirith on 2/12/2024 at 08:16
How are the tracks, though? I like a well-curated rally track. This looks like it's got procedurally generated races, which I'm not generally a fan of; I like being able to *learn* a track.
henke on 2/12/2024 at 08:37
They are indeed proc-gen'd open-world checkpoint races. The game is less about "learning tracks", and more about "researching and preparing for tracks". Before each race you can survey the stage via a drone and place markers for optimal routes (as seen at 1:37 in the trailer). In the championship you don't really get a chance to replay and learn the tracks, but for the daily races (which have been a big draw for me) you can replay them as much as you want.
Except for the Ironman daily, which you get one nerve-wracking shot at.
Thirith on 2/12/2024 at 08:56
It's a tangent, but are there any such racing games that let you coop, with one player driving and the other being the co-driver/navigator (there's probably a proper term for this). I always had a weird enjoyment for getting into a car with other players and going somewhere in games such as GTA V; this would take that and give it a gameplay function.
henke on 2/12/2024 at 09:55
Yeah, dunno. The rally races in GTA Online are the only ones that come to mind.
Jason Moyer on 3/12/2024 at 17:01
The last few KT WRC games (9/10/Generations IIRC) have a co-driver mode.
demagogue on 4/12/2024 at 01:37
That just sounds like all the stress parts without the fun parts to me, but I imagine someone that's internalized all of the symbology and pacing of it may have a better opinion of it.
For some reason it reminds me of jazz symbology on sheets, because for a quick tempo tune, you have to understand the symbols at a really deep level and know how to instantly respond to them with complicated voicings and runs without the slightest hesitation or thought going into it because you've already internalized all of it.
Thirith on 4/12/2024 at 07:01
I agree: I'd also find proper co-piloting in a tightly designed rally course stressful, but I kinda like the very light co-piloting we do en route to an Arma target, for instance. "Go left at the next curve! No, the other left! Oh, I meant right!" Or is that just me? :p I could imagine that it'd be a bit less stressful in a more open-world environment: less "Six right, five left, three left on crest" like a weird rhythm game and more "Just so that you know, we're coming up on the swampy area, and there are a lot of rocks on the right, so you may want to hang left."
henke on 4/12/2024 at 08:37
Dakar Desert Rally would be a great fit for that, since you spend as much mental energy on following the roadbook as the driving itself. Someone transcribed (
https://koenvh.nl/dakar/) all the roadbooks here, so a second player could watch the driver stream the game and read notes as they go.
HEY WAIT A MINUTE
whats all this co-driver talk, this is the EXO RALLY THREAD dammit and I have yet to see any familiar names on the daily leaderboards. CHOP CHOP get to it!
