Rocket Race

Description
Rocket Race is a VIP Gametype in Halo 3 on Xbox Live. The gametype has eight players divided into four separate teams, Red, Blue, Green, and Orange. It involves using a Mongoose to reach a destination to gain points. It is also loosely based on a Gametype called Race that was featured in Halo:Combat Evolved.

The game has set point limit of 10 to reach, with each destination reached earning you or your VIP 1 point. At the start of the match, one VIP is randomly selected from the four teams, with the VIP acting as the gunner and the other teammate as the driver. Drivers of the teams then proceed to escort their VIPs to the different destinations on the map, while the VIPs focus on keeping the other teams away with their weaponry. One twist to the game however is that it is a Rocket Launcher only gametype with no damage enabled. This results in players and vehicles flying around the map when any rocket hits their vehicle. This type of game focuses on fun and often chaotic gameplay. However, sometimes the teammate that isn't the VIP will only run around trying to kill as many people as possible, making the game less enjoyable. Rocket Race is usually played on Sandtrap, Valhalla, sometimes Rat Race or slightly less commonly, Standoff.

Future Plans
As per the release of the TU2 update, rocket race will be retired. It will be incorporated into Multi-Team, with a low priority. It was used as the Double Experience Weekend game type for 12th October 2008.

Trivia

 * Rocket Race, replaced Social Doubles on the social playlist of Halo 3.
 * Bungie has stated that Rocket Race will be retired in the September update but will be a variant of multi team.
 * You can still get MVP, but it's determined by how many enemy VIPs you killed in-game.
 * The only way to kill in Rocket Race is to assassinate, knock them into mines on Sandtrap, or knock them off the edge of the map in Standoff or Rat's Nest.
 * If your teammate quits, the only way to gain points is to walk (or rocket jump) to your destination because as the VIP, you cannot drive a Mongoose.
 * Since when you respawn you start in the same area every time, you could, theoretically, get killing sprees by repeatedly killing inactive opponents if you have the time.
 * There are several advanced tactics players can use to gain the lead, such as self-propelling themselves with rockets and shortcuts.
 * Rocket Race will return as a Double EXP weekend in December 2008 and possibly New Year.

Related Pages

 * Multi-Team