Road Work Ahead!!
Created by Ducain238

Recommended Gametypes: Race
Recommended Players: 1-16

What constitutes a great racetrack map in Halo: Reach? Is it the tight corners that beg to be drifted around? The flowing crests and troughs? The banked curves? Is it the aesthetics? Linking the player and the play-space aesthetically is important in any type of map. Maybe it's the jumps? They do, after all, give a player a sense of accomplishment if the author implements them correctly. While each player may have their own preference, it's a combination of these aspects that result in the highest quality.

The first thing you notice upon loading Road Work Ahead!! is the incredible attention to detail of the aesthetics. If you look through maps you download in Forge before you play them like I do, I'm certain the first thing you'll do is ogle at the various helicopters and cranes throughout. Better yet, they're integrated right into the map--floating directly overhead in some areas, holding bits of a track in others. A majority of the jumps that are present in Road Work Ahead!! are actually "caused" by the "roadwork" put forward by the helicopters and cranes. These are the kind of aesthetics that really make players feel they're in a unique play space.

But aesthetics don't make maps, gameplay does. Road Work Ahead!! doesn't lack in this department one bit, either. The flowing corners throughout are never so steep that it's impossible to make it around, nor are the jumps overly difficult. Ducain has utilized the physics of one-way shield doors before the more risky of his jumps, ensuring that if players hit the jump correctly, they will see their efforts landing them on the other side.

Upon loading this map in the custom games lobby for the first time, you and your opponents will be sat in a starting block, moments away from intensity. A few seconds of anticipation arise as people anxiously hold forward waiting for the key to unlock their cell appears. As is present in most race maps, the first couple corners of the first lap are chaotic. The compact and aggressive racers attempting to only let themselves come out in front. Once the crowd spreads, though, you're truly able to take in the all of the elements Ducain has presented to us. Road Work Ahead!! should find a permanent home in the harddrives of race enthusiasts and newcomers to the genre alike.

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