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BROT42*Welcome to VektoRace!* This is a unique racing simulator where players compete to win a race, each turn moving their car along the track using the OktagonSystem©1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The game experience of VektoRace is strongly related to its physical aspects, thus, to adapt the game to the digital world of BoardGameArena, some modifications were made in order to make the game experience more fluid and enjoyable. So don't panic if you notice differences from the original version of the game!2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Normally, the game would be played on any flat surface, and the track would be defined by the curve markers placed freely by the players on the playing surface at the start of the game. [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ec8dab4866.99967384.jpg[/img]3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42For simplicity, this implementation doesn't allow custom made tracks and instead uses the default map "Indianottolis" in its four variants, which is commonly used for demonstrations and tournaments at games fairs.4archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42For this tutorial, the 4th track layout was chosen, which is shaped like a triangle. Take some time now to scroll and zoom the map and get comfortable with its controls.5archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Note that you can also use these buttons to zoom the map and the arrows on the sides to scroll it.6map_control

BROT42Another modification to the original rules is the presence of map boundaries, which are highlighted with the red dashed lines. These limits define the area of the track outside of which any position is considered not valid. The same goes for positions outside the game map image.7archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42These boundaries are defined on the center of the placed element. So it's still possible to coast along the limits, with parts of the car just outside of them.8archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42If you find the red limits annoying, you can always turn them off in the preferences menu and simply refer to the highlighted track layout in the bottom left corner of the map.9archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Enough with the talks, let's get your car set for the race! It's your turn! As the pole player, you can freely choose your position inside the highlighted area.10archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Normally this area would be touching the pit lane line visible on the pit wall game component, but due to the layouts of this particular map, it has been moved a little bit backwards to avoid giving too much of an advantage to the pole player on the first curve.11archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Now, for this tutorial (due to technical reasons) you cannot do this action, so just press the button to go the next step to se action animated.12archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42After selecting your initial position you have to choose the starting amount of both Tire and Nitro Tokens for this race, which are 8 total. These tokens let you perform special maneuvers like braking, turning your car in extreme ways, boost your movement, surpass your opponent with a slingshot pass and more!1archiveCommentElementPointerTargetInner

BROT42These actions are game defining, so this is where you start devising your strategy depending on the track you are going to race on. For your first game you can simply choose 4 - 4. Play with the counters if you want, then proceed by clicking the confirm button with 4 Tire Tokens and 4 Nitro Token.2confirmTokenAmount

BROT42Alright, it's time for your other opponents to place their car. Unlike the pole player, they do this by using the "Flying Start" octagon, which is placed on one of the 3 rear sides of the car of any player in front. The black notch on the octagon indicates the foothold on the opponent’s car while the three white ones indicate the "docking" point for placing the car.1selOct_1100_206

BROT42The BGA implementation automatically shows every possible position given the chosen reference car.2selOct_1100_206

BROT42When multiple reference cars are selectable, you can select the reference car by clicking on the white circle over it. Any position that is not behind the car in front, is considered invalid.1refCar_92018943

BROT42We are all set. It's lights out, the race begins! You now have to choose the starting gear for your car. As the pole player, every player behind you will be forced to follow you.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Go ahead and open the gear selection panel by clicking the button on the action bar. This will open a dialog window which displays all the gears. At the beginning of the race you may only choose between the 3rd and 5th gear. Let’s go full speed, select the 5th gear, simply by clicking on it.2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Away we go! Let's learn how to drive your car using the unique OktagonSystem© now.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42As you can see, the game is all based on the shape of the octagon, which makes it possible to move to adjacent positions in 8 directions. This means that every time you place your vector or move your car the position must be adjacent to some placed game element and can only be rotated by a multiple of 45deg (don't worry, the implementation will handle all the placements with precision)2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The movement phase is divided in the following steps: 1. Gear vector placement 2. Boost vector placement (optional) 3. Car movement 4. Car rotation3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Step 1: *Gear vector placement* In this phase you must place your previously declared gear vector to determine the distance traveled for this current turn. The gear vector must be placed adjacent to the nose of the car, pointing straight in the driving direction.4selOct_800_206

BROT42You may also place the gear vector on the sides of the car to perform a side-shift maneuver. This action costs 1 Tire Token but lets you access more extreme positions.5selOct_900_106

BROT42Now place your gear vector straight ahead by clicking on the highlighted octagon to proceed to the next step.6selOct_800_206

BROT42Step 2a: *Boost prompt* Now you can choose to extend the movement of your car by spending 1 Nitro Token. This lets you access ALL the boost vectors with a smaller size than your current gear vector. Since we are on a straightway now, we can freely sprint ahead. Click the yellow button to spend the nitro and go the the boost selection phase.1useBoost_button

BROT42Step 2b: *Boost vector placement* You can now see highlighted the head position of every boost vector available to you at the moment. Since you are in 5th gear, you can access the boost of size 4 to 1.1selOct_0_206

BROT42By hovering on the highlighted octagons you can visualize the different boost sizes. Notice how each boost vector gives you progressively less freedom of movement as it increases in size. That is, during the next phase, where you will finally move your car, you may only place it in specific positions and orientations, depending on what’s illustrated on the top octagon of the placed vector.2selOct_100_206

BROT42So beware of using a long boost near a curve as you might not be able to turn like you thought you would! Since we are still far away from the first curve, we can safely go full power. Select the 4th boost to proceed to the next phase.3selOct_0_206

BROT42Step 3: *Car movement* Now that you've determined your traveling distance, you can finally move your car and position it in the available spots determined by your placed vector. Since you last used the boost of size 4 you can only place your car straight and in only one position (you will see a more generic case the next turn).1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Click the only available position to move your car and then click on the arrow to choose your driving direction and complete the movement phase.2selOct_-100_206

BROT42After your movement phase, it might be possible to perform some attack maneuver against your opponents, but since you are the pole player and don't have any other car in front of you, no attack maneuver is available and this phase is skipped.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42When you are not the first player, meet all the conditions to attack your opponent and are within a reasonable distance from its attack areas, the attack areas are briefly displayed, even if you are not close enough to perform any of them, in order to provide a visual feedback. Attack maneuvers will be explored in more depth later.2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42To conclude your turn, you have to declare the gear vector you intend to use next turn, in the same manner as you chose the initial gear at the start of the race. Choose wisely, as a gear vector of the wrong size might result in no valid position or in too short of a movement leading to your opponent overtaking you.3pagemaintitletext

BROT42Each turn you may shift gear by only 1 step, but you may spend as many Tire or Nitro tokens you wish to increase the step by 1 for each token spent. Since we are heading near a tight curve, we should use a lower gear than before. Go ahead and choose the 4th gear from the gear selection window4showGearSelDialogButton

BROT42Those are all the basic concepts of the game! Although, we have to talk about three more important things before you can consider yourself a real pro of the asphalt: - Emergency brake - Attack maneuvers - Pit stop Let's see them in detail in the following turns of the game.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42One fundamental thing still. After all player have played their turn, a game round ends and the turn order is recalculated based on each car race positions, so that the first player will play first. After this action you will see a brief animation showing the newly calculated turn order.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The rule used to determine who's behind who, is checking whether one car is entirely behind the imaginary line defined by the nose of the other car. [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ec8f733ed9.49085603.jpg[/img] In the first case the red overtook the blue, while in the second it did not. (see rulebook for clarifications)2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Before jumping to the last important concepts of the game, let's see a more generic case of movement phase, to be sure you got everything just said before. In this turn, we should be setting the curve (and thus not use the boost), start rotating the car and finally choose an even lower gear to be sure to stay on the track (3rd will do).1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The tutorial will perform the actions, but take your time and use the previews that appear when hovering a position to see how other vector or car positions would have resulted in a different final position, there's never one right answer!2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42We don't need to use the boost right now.1skipBoost_button

BROT42Let's place the car and turn.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42It's the next turn, the blue player has already moved his car since he overtook you in the previous round. We want to punish him for such arrogance! Let's approach him from behind and try to hit his car to mess with his plans.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The best thing would have been to position on the right (you will soon understand why), but sadly both positions collide with something. The center position will do, since we are still very close to the blue car. 1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42OK, it's finally time to learn more about the attack maneuvers, which can be game changers in the ruthless, octagonal world of VektoRace! What you see shown around the rear of the blue car are the attack areas for all attack maneuvers. Those activate (become white) when your car nose touches them.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42There are two types of attack moves: - drafting maneuvers (drafting, pushing and slingshot pass) - shunting maneuvers (left and right shunts)2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42To perform a drafting maneuver the following condition must be met: - the direction of driving must be the same as the attacked opponent - the current gear for both you and your opponent must be at least 3 - no tire token was spent during your movement phase Let's have an overview on each drafting maneuver. You can also hover on the different attack areas to see what each attack can do.3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42*Push* This maneuver is available at 1 octagon from the rear of the enemy car and results in your opponent not being able to downshift gear in his next turn. When performing this move, your car is moved in the octagon just behind the opponent's car.4archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42*Drafting* This maneuver is available at a greater distance of the previous (2 octagons) but has no effects other than simply positioning your car behind the attacked car.5archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42*Slingshot pass* This maneuver is available in the same way as the Push, but for the cost of 1 Nitro Token lets you move in one of the 3 positions in front of the attacked car.6archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The conditions that need to be met to perform a shunting maneuver, instead are: - (again) the direction of driving must be the same as the attacked opponent - the current gear for both you and your opponent must be at least 27archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42*Left/right shunt* (it's the only shunting maneuver) This maneuver is available when entering the octagon adjacent on the left/right of the rear of the opponent’s car and results in the denial of any position on the attacked side for the next movement phase of your opponent. [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ec8fbe2097.14382419.jpg[/img]8archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42You can now see how preforming this maneuver would have been very problematic for the bue car.9archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42As for the drafting maneuvers, shunting lets you position your car on the attack area.10archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42In the present case no maneuver is really too useful, as the slingshot pass is quite risky and not worth it and the left shunt would not upset the blue car's planned trajectory.11archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The best thing here would be a push maneuver, which in this case is more useful for the fact that it lets us shift to the right a little, putting us in a better position to complete the curve, rather than for its effects on the attacked enemy. So a simple drafting maneuver would be good too.12archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Keep in mind that you can always skip the attack phase if the available maneuvers are not ideal at that moment. Now go ahead and perform a simple drafting maneuver by clicking on the white vector.13archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42[tip] Note: A key aspect of the strategy for VektoRace is not only choosing carefully the position to advance in the most efficient way possible, but also blocking your opponents from overtaking you and perform useful maneuvers.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42See how by choosing to drive on the right we also blocked access to the inner part of the curve for the green car behind? Now that player is forced to perform a long turn, spending a Tire Token and wasting precious “octagon time”.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42You may now be wondering: what happens when a player has no valid positions? Well, since there are no car crashes in this game, it’s time for an emergency brake!2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42When performing an emergency brake you are forced to downshift until you can find a gear vector that allows for at least one available position, spending 1 Tire Token for each shifted gear.3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42If no gear vector can produce a valid position or you simply don’t have enough tire tokens to afford the downshift, you will be forced to stop your car. When stopping the car you skip the movement phase and will start again next turn in 1st gear. You may still rotate the car by 45deg.4archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42The emergency brake is quite punishing and might be lethal for your race, so be careful avoiding it! Luckily for the green player, this is not the case.5archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Ok let’s finish this tutorial by looking at the Pit Stop phase. We are going to jump forward in time a bit, so sit back and watch the game unfold!6archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42We are on the last curve before the end of the first lap, it’s time to consider whether we want to stay in the race and hold our position as much as possible or stop briefly for a pit stop, to refill our Tire and Nitro tokens, hopefully allowing us to quickly regain the lost advantage and then possibly strengthen our chance to hold the pole position.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42You will have to decide what’s best depending on the state of the race but right now let’s go for a pit stop to learn how to successfully complete this delicate phase. Let’s start by moving towards the pit lane entry.2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42When in the pit lane entrance you can declare your intention to go to the box by calling “Box-Box!” (in the original game this would be allowed after completing the last curve, but it’s not that different). When doing this, you become immune to enemy attacks, but can’t attack other enemies either and you are temporarily restricted from using the boost.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42After calling “Box-Box!” you must pass by the box, so don't think about getting attack immunity for free! Press the red button to call “Box-Box!”2boxbox_button

BROT42Alright, we’re officially heading for the box. Now, before proceeding, let’s talk about how to properly enter the box: to do this, you have to position your car at the end of the movement phase so that its nose is strictly inside the striped area which delimits the box. (Remember: not the whole body, just the nose!)1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42When entering the box you should pay attention to your current gear, you cannot just speed inside there and pretend a refill service like it’s nothing! The speed limit when entering the box is the 2nd gear, although you are still allowed to enter with a higher gear by receiving an increasing penalty (“Splash-N-Go” pit stop).2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Entering the box with the 2nd gear grants you a refill total of 8 tokens, which you can divide between the two types as you wish, with a maximum amount of 8 per type. For each gear grater, you are granted 2 less tokens. Thus, entering in 5th gear grants you a total of 8 - 2*3 = 2 refilled tokens.3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42If you are not able to stop by the box at all, you will receive an even greater penalty: you won’t be granted any token at all and you will be repositioned with the car nose aligned with the box area exit. So keep this in mind.4archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Side note: notice how the green player now cannot position its gear vector. Choosing the 4th gear maybe wasn't such a good idea. He will now have to perform an emergency brake as described before.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Ok we’re almost there, watch me completing the pit stop for you.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Whoops! I overshot the box there... but i did it on purpose to show you how easy it is to fail this delicate phase. The right move would have been choosing the other available position, as it had the car nose inside the box area.1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42Anyway, after completing the pit stop phase, regardless of your current gear and whether you successfully refilled your tokens or not, you will always use the 2nd gear to exit the box on your next turn.2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

BROT42That’s it. Warm up the engine, because you are now ready for your first real race! Good luck!!3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

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