Virtual Rally

[Johnny]

Whew! I'm exhausted. Just completed the virtual rally. I let myself really get involved, couldn't wait each day for the next check point. It really was challenging. Thanks Basil for a fun rally. At least I escaped without being disqualified, even though I should of been for bribing an official.
I don't know how others finished with such high scores?

 

[John Loftus]

Hi Johnny,

Congrats on the highest score with an Austin Healey!(opps ... need to edit that ... turns out Willy_1959 is ahead for now with a Princess Healey ... but also disqualified so you are still in the lead!)

I just wanted to let you know that there is a rally thread in the "Forum Happenings" forum. No big secrets being given away by the 'high scorers' but it's a good place to chat with the other drivers and gleen info. Keep practicing as it seems the scores are getting higher each time.

BTW, I have the Healey forum bookmarked under my favorites but I also have the link to "Todays active Topics" bookmarked. This link is found when you go to the Forums tab > List all Forums and you should be able to find it. What's cool is that you get an overview of the active posts in other forums and often something will catch your interest.

Cheers,
John

[ 01-09-2004: Message edited by: John Loftus ]</p>

 

[Basil]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Johnny:
Thanks Basil for a fun rally. At least I escaped without being disqualified, even though I should of been for bribing an official.
I don't know how others finished with such high scores?

<hr></blockquote>

Glad you enjoyed the game, Johnny. As for bribing officials, you are only disqualified if you fail at 3 attempts. In other words, you could bribe on every leg (where you score less than 10) if you wanted and as long as they accept your bribes it doesn't count against you. If they turn down your bribe, then you get one added to "number of bribes failed" in the player database. After 3 failed bribe attempts you are disqualified.

As for the high scores, well, I guess they are just doing a good job of figuring which routes to take and what speeds to travel and they are avoiding the pot hole crews. It is also possible on any leg to "meet Basil" and be show a "shortcut" which yields you 12 points no matter what your score would have been otherwise. So, while there is some skill involved, there is also a fair amount of luck involved also.

Cheers,
Basil

[ 01-10-2004: Message edited by: Basil ]</p>