Brought me back to high school... (Destiny)

by electricpirate , Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 02:13 (3347 days ago) @ dogcow

• Garbage gate placement. If I don't have to hit gates, I can run a perfect lap, a fast lap, a lap the way Forza has taught me to drive. But that doesn't work here, and the way some gates are placed is just stupid, annoying, and nonsensical.

As a person who participated in amateur ski races as a kid , I find the complaints about gates and their placement funny/odd. The geometry upon which you can 'sparrow' is not the course. The gates are the course.

Edit: I just have a different perspective on it I guess.

This was my thought exactly (I ran giant slalom on a snowboard in highschool). Sparrow racing is about anticipating the next gate location to get the best line. Hell, side boosting even felt kind of like getting a great push from your legs, and feeling the board bite on a tight line.

IMO, They could improve it by doing more signalling on that element. I think people compare that to speed pads in Fzero, but it's a lousy comparison. I think giving the gates explicit sides they had to be passed on would better communicate the kind of challenge in sparrow racing.

Ohh yea, and the physics were def. wonky, those should be fixed ;)

Honestly, I loved Sparrow racing though. Bring 2 extra tracks and I'd be happy for a long time.