Wonder if this is possible?

[Mikemach]

OK I know this one is pretty out there and you would ask" Why?" but here goes. OK I'm a MCM2 player who pretty much never races online because I'm so slow at it that it takes away the fun for me. Since I'm losing all the time. What I'm wondering is for the "lag masters" and "ghost guy's" is if there would be anyway to modify the ghost that we race against. What I'd love to see is like after every lap of racing that the game would keep adding your Ghost up to 8 riders so you get the feel of racing 8 racers of your same speed since they are actually you racing anyways. Does that make sense? Or maybe you could keep adding a faster one every-time the slowest one is beat so you always have the fastest 8 riders like it does now with one. Hell I know it would be some major programming thing but it would be cool for running alone when nobody is online and to keep your skills up to par. It would be great when testing a beta to see how crowed a track feels with that many. I know it's late I'll go to bed now. 

Mike

[squeek110]

that would take a hell of alot of programming maybe even having to bring the game out again just to have that but y dont u jast race on your own with 8 riders (not online) that way u could first practice catchin the stock guys.

[VMX_Burn]

VERY nice idea Mike, I know I would definatly use that feature as I cant race online at the moment, and wont be able to for a while..

Squeek, Mike can probably blast the stockers anyway, they arent all that hard to beat, especially on custom tracks where people dont generally think of the AI when making the spline. I have only found a handful of tracks where they put up a decent fight lol..

[Xeroxed]

Yes totally awesome idea, i would never get out of my chair lol.

[Mikemach]

Yeah the stock guy's blow chunks. That's the whole idea of this. You will have 8 other riders which are you that will be giving you one heck of a fight. I know it's a long shot just thought I'd throw it out there.

[MCMnut]

This is a cool idea Mike, but I'm not sure we could ever make it work (Laurie may know).  It's the difference between racing against a movie and an actual AI rider.  It would be great to be able to tell the AI to follow those lines no matter what, but I'm not sure that is possible.  As you know, right now he follows the AI spline path but makes decisions based on real time (I love spooking the AI right off the track! lol! ).  So I'm not sure it would be possible to replay multiple AI "movies" at the same time.

Jeff

[DirtTwister]

The PC Game Chuck Yeager had airplane racing (early 90's).  You raced P-51's.  The way the ghost worked was that you raced your 5 best previous races.  I found it an excellent way for the ghosts to be handled and I have always wished other games would do the same.  The ideal to me would be to let you pick the ones that you want to race against, because you wouldn't want to race 5 other guys doing perfect laps.

It's not going to happen in MCM 2.

Bruce

[Mikemach]

The PC Game Chuck Yeager had airplane racing (early 90's). You raced P-51's. The way the ghost worked was that you raced your 5 best previous races. I found it an excellent way for the ghosts to be handled and I have always wished other games would do the same. The ideal to me would be to let you pick the ones that you want to race against, because you wouldn't want to race 5 other guys doing perfect laps.

It's not going to happen in MCM 2.

Bruce

He builds us up to a hopeful answer then he shoots us with a M-16.

Oh well it was a idea and that's exactly what I was talking about Bruce on the Yeager game.

[MotoMaster]

how about making it  so you can ghost a 5 lap race? or atleast turning the player collision off for single player

[v_hoOk~]

dude, no one would use any of these ideas or mods, seriously, why dont u just race more online to get better instead of doing this modding crap that doesnt even change much... player collision? why!? if u hit someone in real life, u have a accident, hmm, why dont we have laser guns and barbie doll mods in mcm2? just about as usefull..... dont take up TDs time, cuz id like to see those mxu tracks all released

[MotoMaster]

Ill tell you why, because online is a joke anymore, what 30 or so people on the zone.. most people don't have tracks or hack or leave halfway through a race. the AI never hacks, talks crap, leave a race and they always have the tracks

[v_hoOk~]

talkin crap is part of the racing exprience, who are you foolin?!? i love those fights! dude, ever heard of ip? and getting a bunch of friends to ride? why dont u go on the zone with 30 people on it to make it last longer, and help fill it up!

[MotoMaster]

fights are for kids.. i enjoy racing with friends but seems like the zone is full of punks mostly anymore.

[AMA_King]

Sounds like an excellent idea to add to this thread Mike...

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[TMD_MickyD]

So slow that it takes the fun out of it? Most of the people i race on the zone with these days cant remember how to turn