Racing

Temporary and possibly inaccurate info till someone can update this properly

A race will consist of a Blue team and a Red team with 3 players each. Both teams will race to gain points before time runs out. Points can be most easily seen on the racing menu. However another way to tell who is in the lead is by a meter on the top of the screen which shows a percentage of the total collected crystals for both teams adding up to 100%. For example if one team has 30% then the other team must have 70% of all the crystals collected and is winning.


 * Rewards for the race are not clearly stated though it seems to be points and exp. The points probably go to your squad and whatever exp earned is increased by 25% for the player with the most points on the winning team and 10% for each of his team mates.
 * Though rewards are not clearly stated most of the daily bounties end with some racing requirement be it points earned, wins, or number of races participated in. So in order to get that supply drop you will most likely need to race for that reward.
 * Possibly to head off cheating from other players dropping pregathered crystals, it seems the best way to score points is to excavate a shipwreck or mine by yourself or with another player (not on the opposing team) and then gather the crystals yourself. Turning them in is not necessary and instead it is best to dump your crystal cargo often to make room for freshly mined crystals.
 * The game waits for 2 racers minimum to start then fills in extra spots with bots and replaces bots with players that join mid match. If a bot is replaced by a player the player starts at 0, but the team does not lose any score. Though the bots do earn points for the team they do not exist in the world.
 * Once in a race the hangar will sometimes block you from adding storage or drone pods to your ship with with an informative message.
 * When a race starts players are warped to a location. You may want your drones inside your ship before you are forced to warp.
 * Loot crates get 2 new bonuses during a race. Double Points which of course give double the points, and Freeze Rival Points which seems to give a player on the other team (maybe the whole team?) a debuff freezing their points. The debuff seems to take the spot of a loot crate buff so if you are hit by this you may want to get a buff from a loot crate to rid yourself of this debuff.
 * Players on the other team are shown on the map so you could try to excavate things nearby them to force them to go further afield.