I decided I'd start something interesting and have begun a Blockland Racing feature. I'll test vehicles for you so you don't have to! Think of this as like an internet magasine for blockheads prospecting to download good vehicles.
This is my first vehicle testing and I found the results inreresting. The vehicles I tested were:
The Classic Blockland Jeep
The FROG or "Find and Retrieve the Objective Goal" Vehicle
The Blockstang V2
The Minibike
The Blocko Car
and the MONSTER jeep!
I tested for top speed using the very useful speedometer mod.
it measures in blocks per second, so you'll have to do the math yourself to figure out miles per hour. Anyway, as a baseline, i tested just running around, and found that the average, nonjetting speed of a blockhead is about 14 blocks per second. Then I tried backing up and the speed halved, so we now know blockheads move half as fast going backwards. whatever. Then I spawned a horse and tried going fast as I could on a straightaway. It topped out at about 23 bps. Done with that, i spawned four more vehicles, the jeep, the blocko car, the monster jeep and the FROG.
I jumped in the jeep and telepored out into the map. from there I found a nice flat section of map and drove until the vehicle I was using stopped accelerating. These were the results:
Jeep: around 54 bps
Monster Jeep: exactly 74 bps
Blocko Car: around 64-62, it kept accellerating and decelrating oddly.
FROG: right at 72.45 bps
Minibike: close to the jeep, 52 bps
But the most entertaining ride of all was the Blockstang! I hit the stereo mod, went out to my flat strech of map, and went. Along the way, I noticed the whole car begin to shake violently as I reached higher and higher speeds. I rode for hours, watchign the speedometer steadily climb. The blockstang didn't seem to have a top speed! it just kept climbing! I finally gave up after it broke 104.67, granted having taken about 20 minutes to get to that speed, and believe that with enough time, the blockstang could break 200 or over.
My next feature will be more in-depth, with things such as vehicle health stats, 0-60 bps measurements, and turn radius measurement. Any other suggestions are welcome, as are suggested vehicles for my next feature.
This is Razre, telling you to keep on Racing! 'Till next time folks!
