Overview

Role(s): Systems Design, Seasonal Content Design

Meetups is a multiplayer feature that allows players to join an open lobby on-track with a number of other players. Players are free to utilize whatever car they want and can vote to change tracks at any time. There are two core Meetup types - Drift Meetups, in which Drift scoring is enabled, and Track Day Meetups in which normal laptime scoring is in effect.

Design Goals

• Provide Players with a social on-track game mode, free of the pressures of competition

• Build Meetup events that support a variety of gameplay styles (drift, drag, track day, etc.)

• Support Track Voting, giving players some control over which tracks to spend time on

• Utilize Dynamic Weather / Time of Day to bring Meetups to life and provide additional on-track variety

Feature Design / Content Authoring

As the sole Designer for the Meetups feature, it was not only my responsibility to document the feature, but also to design and build the individual Meetups / track playlists themselves, determining what Meetup themes players would find most interesting and engaging.

Track Voting

Info coming soon…

Dynamic Time of Day / Weather

Info coming soon…