So, my question is about hovercar or bike, etc, racing as a career! I realise he's been here less than a week, I'm feeling out future ideas!
I can see it noted that illegal street racing is a thing that you can engage with by firstly hanging out in a bar and getting into a low level gang, etc, and I guess there's a degree of gambling there on the winners which might net you some money depending on luck and not-getting-arrested!
I was wondering if there are legal racing circuits in New Amsterdam! I was imagining like FIA & Formula 1 (I'm European, sorry, but Amsterdam was in Europe anyway) where big corporations build test racing vehicles and emblazon it with sponsorships and make them go fast in circles a whole bunch! Obviously he'd have to start waaaay back at like, Formula F level and get some local mechanic training before he drives, and it'd be a bit before he jumped up to Formula 3 and began climbing in races people care about but! At least he has nonsense protag experience learning alien vehicles and flying them in battle situations, so he'd reasonably be able to pick up driving a hover-thing well?
i) is this feasible! I realise at half time in a game starting a career that normally takes like, several years to get to the top in is asking for pain but I'm fine assuming he might never make it past the lower ranks. Any racing is fun racing! Who doesn't love risking their life driving? ii) is this worth investing in! I'm in it about 60% for the 'it sounds fun' value, but I also figure eventually he'd start mixing with people who have enough money to sponsor nonsensical events like 'travel at death-defying speeds in circles'. I'm hoping learning about who meets who and who sponsors what, along with learning some engine things, might eventually get him something useful! Like what major corps work together, which ones have bad blood, who they give their fancy box tickets to! Tell me if I am wrong!
ETA: I realise his cover backstory would influence this! John would tell Morningstar he's a pilot if they asked, unsure what they'd translate that to in cyberpunk future terms
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I can see it noted that illegal street racing is a thing that you can engage with by firstly hanging out in a bar and getting into a low level gang, etc, and I guess there's a degree of gambling there on the winners which might net you some money depending on luck and not-getting-arrested!
I was wondering if there are legal racing circuits in New Amsterdam! I was imagining like FIA & Formula 1 (I'm European, sorry, but Amsterdam was in Europe anyway) where big corporations build test racing vehicles and emblazon it with sponsorships and make them go fast in circles a whole bunch! Obviously he'd have to start waaaay back at like, Formula F level and get some local mechanic training before he drives, and it'd be a bit before he jumped up to Formula 3 and began climbing in races people care about but! At least he has nonsense protag experience learning alien vehicles and flying them in battle situations, so he'd reasonably be able to pick up driving a hover-thing well?
i) is this feasible! I realise at half time in a game starting a career that normally takes like, several years to get to the top in is asking for pain but I'm fine assuming he might never make it past the lower ranks. Any racing is fun racing! Who doesn't love risking their life driving?
ii) is this worth investing in! I'm in it about 60% for the 'it sounds fun' value, but I also figure eventually he'd start mixing with people who have enough money to sponsor nonsensical events like 'travel at death-defying speeds in circles'. I'm hoping learning about who meets who and who sponsors what, along with learning some engine things, might eventually get him something useful! Like what major corps work together, which ones have bad blood, who they give their fancy box tickets to! Tell me if I am wrong!
ETA: I realise his cover backstory would influence this! John would tell Morningstar he's a pilot if they asked, unsure what they'd translate that to in cyberpunk future terms