Customising Tracks in Joyride – a Crash Course
6th November 2024
One of our aims with Joyride was to give you the tools you need to create the racing experience that you want.
The game is going to come with plenty of suggested course layouts, but we wanted to show you how easy it will be for you to adapt the courses you’re racing on, and even go on to create your own!
As a starting point, We’re going to use the Training Wheels course that the Dice Tower team raced on. This is the track we suggest people start off on, but what if you want to spice things up a bit? Well, here are just a few suggestions you could try.
1) Add some Trash
Someone really should have cleaned up before the race – it’s starting to look like a dump! The Trash obstacles from the Downtown expansion that’s been added to all pledges adds a bit of spice between Gate 3 and the finish line. Driving over the Trash is risky – sometimes it’s just empty boxes but every so often you’re going to find something you’ll regret crashing into!
2) Add some Obstacles
We’ve added three obstacles onto the board here in positions where they will certainly have an impact. The route from Gate 3 to the finish line has immediately become much more challenging, with players having to slow down to weave through, while the obstacle between Gate 1 and Gate 2 drastically reduces the space that the racers have when they’re taking that turn.
3) Combine the Two
Trash spilling onto the track and piles of junk blocking your route – this definitely isn’t one for beginners anymore. But we can make it even more interesting with just one more tweak…
4) Switch Gate 2 and Gate 3
By switching these gates we’ve completely changed how racers have to approach this course. There are multiple viable routes to take, and which ones you choose will depend on how the game has unfolded and whether you are on your first lap or the final one.
So there you have an escalation from the Training Wheels course up to a challenging track suited for experienced players, all done with minimal fuss by simply adding a few obstacles and eventually switching some gates.
As we mentioned, the course guide comes with a bunch of tracks we’ve already designed, so you don’t have to make your own if you don’t want to. But for those of you who do want to get creative, we’ll be including tips in the course guide to help you out.