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Tanks in elite can handle the terrain much better than df1. They may not be very fast, especially up hill but they can do amazing stuff; like traversing the steep hill side facing the west lake just south of the bridge. Making the best time from "point A" to "point B" requires a good reading of your course, on some hills it may be faster to do switch backs rather than to just go straight up, or to go around the base of a hill rather than up and over, etc...


Many people tend to leave dogfight missions for whatever reason... why not stay and have tank races?


Some good racecourses:

* Around the East lake.
* Around Duckwing Mountain.
* To area 51 and back to south base.

The "finish line" can be the runway at a base... when a tank stops on a runway it respawns into a plane. The first to respawn wins!

To start the race, (in a dogfight mission) ask others to try it then just land and have someone shoot you. before you get in your tank, have them land near you so you can shoot them with the rifle. (don't shoot them from your tank!) Then have someone fire a shot to begin the race.

(I've got a small glitch lately that makes it so if I shoot while I'm a soldier, when I get in tank I see snow. Lol! It's not too bad, just a little annoying.)


Of course there is always a good chance that someone in a plane will try to kill the racers. Call "Time out" for the race and try to explain what you're up to. If that doesn't work all the tanks should target the plane.

It could be a lot of fun! Just remember, even if someone does shoot up the race, just roll with it. No one is under any obligation to let you pass... there may also be a language barrier. Don't stress. Besides, you can always collectively target the interloper.

Be sure to report back here with news from the races!

Maybe we could buy upgrades, like we can for planes.
"Pimp my tank"




Hands off ! This is MY tank.

If there were enough participants, it could be run stockcar fashion, ( use the gun to try to take out the competition. )

THS IS AWESOME

lol fate ive been trying to get u to race me in elite in a tank ffooooorrr a long time now i see u wish to race tanks lol also this is my tank hands down {Ru 251}i called dibs lol

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anyone gonnna race tanks yet? lol when i come back and hope i can fly fate im gonna race u lol