Something I want to see, a racing RPG. I've been thinking about this a bit, and I have a great story line and game idea. Even came up with a name for it: Autopia. Opening movie starts out with a tight race between fast cars, we see the lead driver get bumped, switch to inside view, he's heading for the wall, crash, spinning, fade to black. (I use 'he' for convenience in this description, the character could just as easily be female)
Our hero wakes up in an unknown apartment in a strange city. There is an ad for race car drivers wanted. At first, he makes money racing other people's cars in small races. He can also drive around the city and talk to people. Eventually, he finds out this is the future. A rich eccentric called 'The Collector' has a time machine, he has been snatching up good drivers from the past who were about to die anyway to live in a fake city he built for them and race all the cars he has collected.
Our hero's driving skills are only as good as the player's, but he would have to learn other skills in the game, such as tuning and body work, and get the tools and workspace to use them. The kinds of modifications the player can do to the car depends on the characters skills, tools, and workshop. The character can meet and recruit others to work with him, great racers, tuners, even pit crews who would all need the right skills and training to do their job right.
Eventually, he can get sponsorship from different companies, build up a race team, even build his own tracks and custom race cars and sponsor his own races. The AI of other drivers would have to be good, and they would have personalities off the track, too. They would hold grudges if you did something they don't like, and some of them would try dirty tricks in races if they didn't like you. Fortunately, as a consequence of The Collector's time machine technology, you can't really die. You just wake up in bed the next morning, but cars could be totaled.
There would be a 'free drive' for getting around in the city, and some of the other racers might challenge you to some illegal street racing. There would be racing on race tracks, of course. There would also be auto shows where you show off your tuning and bodywork skills.
Partway through the game, our hero learns that his family back in the past is going to die in a car crash! Now he needs to convince The Collector to bring them here. Game culminates in a big race with the collector himself and our hero is reunited with his family if he wins.
What do you think?
Our hero wakes up in an unknown apartment in a strange city. There is an ad for race car drivers wanted. At first, he makes money racing other people's cars in small races. He can also drive around the city and talk to people. Eventually, he finds out this is the future. A rich eccentric called 'The Collector' has a time machine, he has been snatching up good drivers from the past who were about to die anyway to live in a fake city he built for them and race all the cars he has collected.
Our hero's driving skills are only as good as the player's, but he would have to learn other skills in the game, such as tuning and body work, and get the tools and workspace to use them. The kinds of modifications the player can do to the car depends on the characters skills, tools, and workshop. The character can meet and recruit others to work with him, great racers, tuners, even pit crews who would all need the right skills and training to do their job right.
Eventually, he can get sponsorship from different companies, build up a race team, even build his own tracks and custom race cars and sponsor his own races. The AI of other drivers would have to be good, and they would have personalities off the track, too. They would hold grudges if you did something they don't like, and some of them would try dirty tricks in races if they didn't like you. Fortunately, as a consequence of The Collector's time machine technology, you can't really die. You just wake up in bed the next morning, but cars could be totaled.
There would be a 'free drive' for getting around in the city, and some of the other racers might challenge you to some illegal street racing. There would be racing on race tracks, of course. There would also be auto shows where you show off your tuning and bodywork skills.
Partway through the game, our hero learns that his family back in the past is going to die in a car crash! Now he needs to convince The Collector to bring them here. Game culminates in a big race with the collector himself and our hero is reunited with his family if he wins.
What do you think?
