Given the recent release of “Death Race” on DVD, there may be some trouble getting the copyright to use the same name. If I can think up any alternate title, you all are more than welcome to use it.

In the meantime, off to raid my Warhammer 40k bits and my collectible Hot Wheels!

And to make it more pickup game friendly, the race courses and obstacles were all made from crap you could find around the typical home. Masking tape was used to mark off the course. Cotton balls were pulled apart for smoke. Bits of card stock and card board were walls and ramps. Aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and wax paper were things like water/ice, oil slicks, and other random things. It was pretty fun. Never finished it though.

Most of my inspiration was from F-Zero and the old SNES game, Rock ‘n Roll Racing. It was goofy.

Yehuda

i.e. “well don’t you think that your Lamborgini would look even cooler with dual chainguns huh buddy? Don’t worry you’ll get it back and it will be even better than new.”

As far as a story, everything is better with clones! In this dystopia, the vehicles are driven by the copies of the best drivers (as to not threaten the lives of the originals). The viewing public is aware that the drivers are disposable (like when their armor can’t prevent an RPG), but the credit for driving and fighting skill goes to the original. This would allow the story to hinge on a world where the original becomes famous based on the deeds of the copies. Perhaps one of the copies gets tired of doing all the grunt work, kills their original and tries to pass themselves off as the original.

Just a thought. I think I’ve been watching too much BSG.

This also has the potential for being a really great party game, if it is pretty quick to get into.