Over the course of the last five years, Racing Rivals has grown into one of the most hardcore racing games in the world. This loyal community has spent countless hours competing in millions of races in “winner take all” fashion – all in the name of Turf Wars and pink slips.
However, all good things must come to an end… After spending time evaluating Rivals and its future – we’ve decided that it’s time to move on. Simply put, the revenue generated from Racing Rivals unfortunately no longer covers the cost of operations. This was not an easy decision to make.
On March 31st, 2019 – Rivals will be racing off into the sunset, and will be permanently shut down. Current players have until this date to utilize any accumulated virtual currency. We’ll be offering some massive reductions in the cost of crates, installs and repairs in addition to a reduction on timers as you race your way into the history books. Effective immediately, no new in-app purchases will be permitted.
In closing, a resounding and sincere THANK YOU to our extremely driven fans for your loyalty and dedication over the years – we hope you’ve enjoyed playing Racing Rivals as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it.
Upcoming Race and Crush Point changes with Q&A
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★#1 MM ★
☆ Stalkers are creepy ☆
> Y pïss **** around with stuff like this.
> Y don't you
> * STOP GHOST SHIFTING, I feel this is more of a problem in the game than crush points..
> I'm still waiting for someone from Racing Rivals to come out and say that ghost shifting is part of the game and it's meant to be in there..
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> This will not stop self crushing as the teams up top have money to burn.
> Doing this will make it harder for the average player.
Hey bud. We've met and chat in game many times. Ghost shifting isn't going anywhere. It's not a glitch. It wasn't intended either. However, do some research into shift optimization, shift points, and close ratio transmissions and you'll find this to be a real thing. Ghosting as a mechanic (the action involved in ghosting) isn't really an issue. The advantage gained in lobbies kind of is though. This is something that will take time to balance out.
In regards to self crush and feeding, we have great plans for the guys that will release right with this new system. The new system is built to be rewarding to the player that tries and races fair while also a very bad day for cheaters.
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Team: 9am michi
★#1 MM ★
☆ Stalkers are creepy ☆
How about new wheels in the perform crates? Also what happened to the 1 S class Fiberglass body part per week in the perform crates this rotation? If not having the S-class fg part each week how about some Naked CF parts in there for some A-class cars? (1 part per week like the last rotation had S-class fg parts)
The closer the race, the more points the winner gets.
Beat someone by 0.001 you get 200 points.
Beat someone by 0.100 you get 100 points.
Beat someone by 0.200+ you get 25 points.
Chicken out to a race... Lose 10pts.
Win a chicken out ... Get 5pts.
Or something along those lines.
This style will also help to keep lobby bullies at bay. Can do a lot more single car events. Make the game about the racers. Make the turf about actual races.
Let's show people who the racers are. Making the game Racing Rivals not Crushing Rivals.
No, I don't like you. I don't have a reason you would comprehend.
> How about an actual turf where you have to race.... No points for pink, only get the car and the glory.
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> The closer the race, the more points the winner gets.
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> Beat someone by 0.001 you get 200 points.
> Beat someone by 0.100 you get 100 points.
> Beat someone by 0.200+ you get 25 points.
> Chicken out to a race... Lose 10pts.
> Win a chicken out ... Get 5pts.
>
> Or something along those lines.
>
> This style will also help to keep lobby bullies at bay. Can do a lot more single car events. Make the game about the racers. Make the turf about actual races.
>
> Let's show people who the racers are. Making the game Racing Rivals not Crushing Rivals.
That's a good idea but you shouldn't get less points in a pinks for smoking someone everyone has the choice of accepting or raising
Team: 9am michi
> Wanna see who the real racers are?? Get rid of crush pts... And I live the idea of getting more pts for close races..
Some form of Crush points should remain. what needs to be done is substitute the current points by doubling the points you get when you win. I mean what will you do with class d cars you win from pinks. You'll end up with an armada of jettas or civics. Further to this the gap between top teams would diminish drastically. The points top teams are getting is ridiculous. Il bet that no one Will exceed 750k points.
> > @aubassplayer said:
> > Wanna see who the real racers are?? Get rid of crush pts... And I live the idea of getting more pts for close races..
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> Some form of Crush points should remain. what needs to be done is substitute the current points by doubling the points you get when you win. I mean what will you do with class d cars you win from pinks. You'll end up with an armada of jettas or civics. Further to this the gap between top teams would diminish drastically. The points top teams are getting is ridiculous. Il bet that no one Will exceed 750k points.
You won't have an Armada of d class. Cause ppl will stop pinking d class cause no crush value. I know I wouldn't pink a d class car in a higher class car..wouldn't be worth it. So ppl will start racing higher class cars.
Team: 9am michi
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> We so have mad plans for those that self crush or try to break the system. We will react accordingly to preserve the game in the name of fun for everyone (except cheaters!)
Since when self crushers are cheaters ?.. If they are than ban them retroactively. Everyone knows what happened 5 weeks ago.