#daymarrally — Public Fediverse posts

Just won the #DaymarRally in #StarCitizen as the pilot of the #XGR team! What a thrill! We managed to finish in just a hair under 6 hours, dodging pirate attacks and dealing with equipment failures along the way. I'll definitely be back next year!

@chel @MattyZero

First two 8x8 truck team made it to the finish line in the #DaymarRally !!
Now it's a fixed 1h for others to still make it.
(The volunteers running this race have to stop at SOME point. It's runnng since 17:00 and now we have nearly 02:00.)

The terrain on these last 100Km was challenging.

Waiting for 2nd and 3rd place. Then the race will be over and I can go to sleep. I won't stay awake for the last truck to come in.

#StarCitizen

@chel @MattyZero

Oh,
one player who ran on foot (vehicle broken down) was aparently run over and killed by another racer in the #StarCitizen #DaymarRally .

Here another player "xprime" of the German team "MIRC" came prepared.
He brought flares.
The problem with running is, that at some point you run out of oxygen.
Then you need a support ship to help you...fast.

He has 2 minutes for 8 Kilometers to still make it.
Update: He ran out of oxygen or killed himself.

@chel @MattyZero

The race of the 8x8 trucks is still going strong while most of the buggies make it to the finish line at Kudre Ore.

These will be the last class of vehicles to finish the #DaymarRally in #StarCitizen .

@chel @MattyZero

Two more runners in the #DaymarRally in #StarCitizen.
Probably another cooler issue where all their Cyclone buggies are dead in the water.
Finishing the race on foot.

This is 5 hours into the race.

@chel @MattyZero

Lots of fireworks our on-foot runner "Herbie" reach the #DaymarRally finish line ON FOOT before a numer of other racers in short succession.

#StarCitizen

@chel @MattyZero

And here the first buggy-class racer reaching the finish line checkpoint inside the "Kudre Ore" mining station of the #DaymarRally in #StarCizizen

Herbie is still running on foot after his last replacement-vehicle died of cooler issues.
He has to make it until 1 hour after the 3rd vehicle of the slow moving "8x8 truck" reaches the destination.
Then the entire race ends for good after 6 hours of total time.

@chel @MattyZero

Damn.
One buggy racer lost his last replacement vehicles.
Probably component-damage of the coolers in this heat because the vehicle was spawned for such a long time.
Seems to be a known issue.

Now he's making a run for it to at least reach the finish-line of the #DaymarRally in #StarCitizen.

It's 20-45 Kilometers. That could just about be possible on foot within the 1 hour time limit afte the first vehicle crosses the finish line.

He may need his support ship land to supply water and food serveral times.

@chel speaking of wich:
After 3 hours of driving the first 8x8 "Spartan" truck has reached "Betty".

This landed Reclaimer ship acts as a checkpoint and is the half-way mark of the #DaymarRally in #StarCitizen.

So they have to keep trucking for another 3 hours straight.
Not fall down a cliff.
Not wedge themself in the rocks.
Not get blown up by another truck's gun turret (like that other team).
Not get blown up by pirates.
Not damage and burn their vehicle (like that smoking buggy).
Not flip over.
And not run into any bugs.

One of the teams just limped into the finish line - checkpoint pf the #DaymarRally.
With only seconds to spare before the 1 hour timeout.
Both pilots having broken legs among other injuries as not only the vehicle sustains damage but also the pilots in #StarCitizen.

Not only can we see where the drivers of the #DaymarRally are looking,
through their Tobii eye trackers.

We can also see in the top left,
how driver and copilot are constantly communicating with each other.
The current speaker gets displayed as a badge by Discord.

I don't like real world racing
but this community organised event in #StarCizizen is quite catching.
Even making it to the finish line is quite an achievement for a team.

In the forseeable future we'll get repair and ground-refueling in #StarCizizen .
This will make future #DaymarRally even more interesting.

The new map/radar will hopefully allow navigation for drivers of ground vehicles this year.

In the bike racing division of the #DaymarRally in #StarCizizen ,
one team lost their vehicles and support craft to pirates.

Another team made a detour. picked their racer up to carry them over the finish-line.
Now that's #Sportsmanship .

Because after the first crash finishes,
all other vehicles in the same category have 1 hour to cross the finish line themself or be disqualified.

The support ships for the racers in the #DaymarRally in #StarCizizen are burning throuhg a lot of fuel.

Luckily we have air refueling now.

One of the hoverbike racers died in a spectacular explosion in this year's #DaymarRally in #StarCizizen

A corsair support ship tried to land to allow for a racer vehicle-swap

...but forgot to not only lower the landing gear but to also fold up the wings. Spectacular crash that cost them a lot of time.

#DaymarRally #SpaceCitizen

You can follow the #DaymarRally in #StarCizizen as a player in-game inside a VIP ship.
An 890Jump luxury superyacht

Apart from hoverbikes and buggies,
the #DaymarRally in #StarCizizen
also allows you to do offriad racing with 8x8 offroad trucks.
(Bikes with wheels will come to the game "soon". )

While the bikes are crazy fast,
the trucks need even more attention to the terrain then the buggies.
Especially at night.

PS:
The camera pilots are doing an awesome job circling around the buggies at ground level without crashing themself. (Happened often enough the previous years.)

Some more screenshots from the ongoing #DaymarRally in #starcitizen .

Racer H3rbie exiting the checkpoint.

A bike being swapped out for a new bike ready inside a support craft pit-stop style.

Some more action at the "Eager Flats" checkpoint.

The racers have to exit, go into the checkpoint and exit again.

The race has a number of different terrains to handle as well as serveral day and night cycles.

For checkpoint 3 of the #DaymarRally in #StarCitizen the hoverbikes had to pass between the landing legs of this GIGANTIC Reclaimer recycling-ship named "Betty"

It's hard to covey the size of this ship.
Length 155 m
Width 118 m
Height 50 m

Shortly after we had the first casulty of the day.

A support craft just crashed in the #DaymarRally in #StarCitizen when it couldn't slow down quickly enough on a checkpoint as two racers aproached.

Since the support craft follow the racers in gigantic cargo ships close to the ground, they have just as hard of a time as the racers.

The first hoverbike entering a checkpoint in the #DaymarRally.

Checkpoint "Eager Flats".

The leaderboard isn't yet working in the live stream. So I can't see who.

Finally...
The first race (hover vehicles and buggies) of the #DaymarRally in #starcitizen has started.

We have in-vehicle cameras and for 3 racers we can even see where the driver is looking.

Support spaceships light the way from above for the racers below.
The racers have no navigation. They only see the terrain in front of them.
The race lasts long enough, that it has serveral day/night cycles.

The hoverbikes will likely finish long before the buggies.
The lower you hover, the faster you are. But the more likely you are to crash into rocks.
Damage does add up and affects your systems up to the point where a support craft has to land and provide you with a replacement-vehicle. (a pit stop from above)

(live stream for the next 6 hours https://www.twitch.tv/atmoesports )

Reminder to check in on the #DaymarRally this Saturday. Flying support for Prowler Position. https://www.daymarrally.com/ #starcitzen #esports

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