Race or Die

Originally from Wikipedia · Est. Nov 2009

Race or Die is a MMO car racing game available on Apple iOS released in October 2009. It is initially a free application available on the iTunes App Store but users are encouraged to and often buy upgrades.

On October 29, 2013, it was announced that Race or Die will no longer be available for play.

Features

Race or Die (ROD) features push notifications for 3.0 without extra text messaging charges. Users are notified when raced, are able to invite friends to race and can receive messages friends during the gameplay. ROD also features updates with new missions, cars, car parts, and gifts from the sponsor. ROD allows users to customize their ride, race other players online with all statistics of wins and losses kept in the user's profile.

Gameplay

After downloading the game, the player is immediately awarded "respect points", usually in increments of 10 units. The points can be used to create cash or enhance the users' health, fuel, nitrous or friends on the user's crew. The choices for allocation of these points are found in the "sponsor" screen. Once obtained money can then be used to either purchase items from the pro shop, deposited in the ATM, or to purchase any number of estates.

Pro shop

In the pro shop, the player can spend cash on "cars", "performance parts" or "illegal mods". The cars, parts and mods available for purchase become more powerful and expensive as the game progresses. Each of the items is important because the accumulation of each item helps in the "race" section of the game.

Race

Once the race icon is touched, the game opens to a page with a list of 10 other users on an equal experience level. Tapping on the race button next to the users name starts the race. A statistical race is then run and based on the number of cars, parts, mods and crew each user has, a winner is determined. In many cases the winner acquires cash from the loser as well as being awarded experience points. After the "race" is over, the user is returned to the "list of racers" and is able to race again. When a race results in the loser's vehicle being "towed" or "totaled", that user is no longer seen on the list of racers having been replaced by another randomly selected racer/user, presumably from anywhere in the world. Regardless of the outcome of the race, each race drains the user of nitrous and health; more health is lost when the user/racer loses. Once below unit 26 in health, the user/racer is sent to the garage for repairs. The player can pay cash for the repairs or restoration of health, or just simple wait a few minutes. One unit of health returns every 3 minutes. The user can also go to the sponsor and spend respect points for a full health refill (1 respect point) or a full nitrous refill (5 points).

Crew

One of the most critical components of game play in ROD is the number of users in one's crew. During each race, members of the player's crew are allowed to race with up to 10 times the level the player is on. If the user is one level 2, up to 20 crew may accompany the user during the statical race, level 3, up to 30 and so on. Thus one user with same number of cars, parts and mods as another user, but with more crew will prevail in the statistical race, taking cash and experience. Crew members can be invited using friend codes, or with a "location invite" tool that finds users geographically close by and invites them.

Estates

Owning Real Estate is the only way to generate recurring Cash Flow Income in Race or Die. Generally, the income from one's properties will significantly exceed that earned from racing or missions. Given the high upkeep of the better cars and the relatively low income from the available properties, it is especially critical that one maximizes their real estate income. The Income provided by real estate is earned every 50 or 60 minutes depending on one's character type. This occurs whether or not the player is actively playing. Upkeep costs are automatically deducted at the same time.

References


Category:2009 video games Category:Inactive massively multiplayer online games Category:IOS games Category:IOS-only games Category:Online games shut down in 2013 Category:Racing video games

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