Rocket Race

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. Rocket Race is usually played on Sandtrap, Valhalla, sometimes Rat Race or slightly less commonly, Standoff.

Trivia

 * Rocket Race, replaced Social Doubles on the social playlist of Halo 3.
 * 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 the Mongooses.
 * When you respawn you start in the same area every time, so theoretically if you have the time you can get sprees by repeatedly killing inactive opponents.