Racing Games - U Con
I had a cool idea for a tournament at the next U Con: a racing games tournament.
My first thought was a trio of related games: Top Race, Daytona 500, and Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix. Play one game (3 races) of each, take each player's total ending cash divided by the cash of all players at the end of the game for a rating score, and add the three scores together for tournament scoring. It gives a minor incentive to spend more in the car aution, but otherwise seems pretty neutral as a cross-game scoring system. I have two copies of Daytona 500, and one each of the other two, so it should work.
But I have lots of other racing games that I love, so what about an expanded tournament? Formula De, Speed Circuit, The Stock Car Championship Racing Game, Mille Bournes, and Road Kill (sometimes informally known as "Mille Bournes with guns"). I especialy love Speed Circuit and Road Kill, but these games are all awesome. I almost have a full nine games, perhaps some kind of collect-a-sticker-for-playing system? Just need one more, but I'd have to buy it, 'cause I think that's all of them that we own. Hmm. Circus Maximus (okay, that's chariots instead of cars)? or Formula Motor Racing? Or branch out to a totally different vehicle like Mississippi Queen or some other boat race game, since then I wouldn't have to buy a game just for the tourney?
Any autorace, or other race, games you like or would reccomend?
I'll probably just do the Top Race tourney...anything bigger is probably too ambitious.
My first thought was a trio of related games: Top Race, Daytona 500, and Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix. Play one game (3 races) of each, take each player's total ending cash divided by the cash of all players at the end of the game for a rating score, and add the three scores together for tournament scoring. It gives a minor incentive to spend more in the car aution, but otherwise seems pretty neutral as a cross-game scoring system. I have two copies of Daytona 500, and one each of the other two, so it should work.
But I have lots of other racing games that I love, so what about an expanded tournament? Formula De, Speed Circuit, The Stock Car Championship Racing Game, Mille Bournes, and Road Kill (sometimes informally known as "Mille Bournes with guns"). I especialy love Speed Circuit and Road Kill, but these games are all awesome. I almost have a full nine games, perhaps some kind of collect-a-sticker-for-playing system? Just need one more, but I'd have to buy it, 'cause I think that's all of them that we own. Hmm. Circus Maximus (okay, that's chariots instead of cars)? or Formula Motor Racing? Or branch out to a totally different vehicle like Mississippi Queen or some other boat race game, since then I wouldn't have to buy a game just for the tourney?
Any autorace, or other race, games you like or would reccomend?
I'll probably just do the Top Race tourney...anything bigger is probably too ambitious.