feature request: ghosting

[Cloven]

In many racing games, it's possible to race against a 'ghost' car (usually a previous run, or someone else's run).

It would be neat if you could toggle seeing the 'best' car as a ghost alongside your current car.

It would also be neat if, in the event that you ever implement global leaderboards, you could also see the current 'winner' car.

Much more unlikely but still amusing as an idea would be to see the top N cars all running simultaneously -- obviously not affecting each other -- with the camera centered on the current fastest car.

[DNAge]

I think it whould be nice to watch the parent ghost race against its child.
you whould see why the new car is better/worse than its ancestor.
a slider determining how many "ancestors" are shown whould be neat, although more cars mean more cpu time.

[QwertyCat]

Rather than a complete ghost, why not a line that represents where the camera was on the ancestor?
Also, using DNAge's idea, maybe it can show all elite cars and their paths, but only transparent lines. The lines can overlap, showing the most common path.
I bet Ant Colony Optimizing Algorithm can be implemented...
You can search that up on wikipedia, because the site doesn't want me to paste a URL, yet.

[Diseased]

Rather than a complete ghost, why not a line that represents where the camera was on the ancestor?
Also, using DNAge's idea, maybe it can show all elite cars and their paths, but only transparent lines. The lines can overlap, showing the most common path.
I bet Ant Colony Optimizing Algorithm can be implemented...
You can search that up on wikipedia, because the site doesn't want me to paste a URL, yet.

I don't think just a line would provide enough information for most people about the behavior of the car, but maybe there could be a toggle for either/both.

[QwertyCat]

If the game was a bird's eye view, not a side view, this may work better.

[honnza]

If the game was a bird's eye view, not a side view, this may work better.

If the game was a bird's eye view, the car trajectory would be projected onto a straight line, as well everything else, because of the underlying model .