There are 22 races scattered across the Orb Vallis, however, only 5 are active at a time. The active races refresh daily, at the same time as Daily Tribute and Standing limits. Currently available races can be checked by mounting a K-Drive and then opening the map.
Mechanics
Edit
Boon, facilitates the K-Drive Races in Orb Vallis.
Starting a race costs 
5 for each gate in the race and will reward 200 for each gate if completed successfully. For example, the race "The Hard Way" behind Fortuna consists of 10 gates so entering will cost 50 and will reward 2,000 when finished.
Every gate grants 500 K-Drive Affinity and 5 seconds to the race time limit when passed, and the final gate grant 2500 K-Drive Affinity.
Races can be repeated indefinitely for standing provided that the player is below the daily standing cap for the Ventkids.
ScoringEdit
Upon completing a race, a score is given. The top 10 scores are shown on a leaderboard next to Boon at the beginning of each race. Scores reset each day as the available races rotate. If a race stays available across 2 subsequent days, the leaderboard will not reset for the second day.
Scores are a combination of passing through gates and speed. Each gate passed through contributes 200 points. Each second remaining on the timer contributes 10 points. For example, completing the race "Skeggin' Out" with 13 gates and 61 seconds left on the timer would earn a score of (13 * 200) + (61 * 10) = 3210 points.
RacesEdit
All K-Drive races located throughout the Orb Vallis.
| Name | Number of Gates | Ventkids Standing | K-Drive Affinity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anyo's Ointment | 18 | 3,600 | 11,000 |
| Bomb the Spaceport | 17 | 3,400 | 10,500 |
| Breakdown or Bust | 15 | 3,000 | 9,500 |
| Catalyst | 18 | 3,600 | 11,000 |
| Deathgrip | 16 | 3,200 | 10,000 |
| Dog Line | 16 | 3,200 | 10,000 |
| Fortuna's Folly | 20 | 4,000 | 12,000 |
| Frost Merchant | 14 | 2,800 | 9,000 |
| Grinding the Void | 25 | 5,000 | 14,500 |
| Kubrodon Twist | 12 | 2,400 | 8,000 |
| Lord of the Board | 24 | 4,800 | 14,000 |
| Meat and Greet | 25 | 5,000 | 14,500 |
| Mumsie Dadsie | 23 | 4,600 | 13,500 |
| Pobber's Drop | 12 | 2,400 | 8,000 |
| Puffin' Pastures | 19 | 3,800 | 11,500 |
| River Run | 11 | 2,200 | 7,500 |
| Roky's Roll | 17 | 3,400 | 10,500 |
| Shaving Nef | 10 | 2,000 | 7,000 |
| Skeggin' Out | 13 | 2,600 | 8,500 |
| Sky-Eye | 21 | 4,200 | 12,500 |
| Taxman's Curve | 15 | 3,000 | 9,500 |
| The Hard Way | 10 | 2,000 | 7,000 |
NotesEdit
- Completing all 22 races will grant you the Race Ace achievement.
- It is possible to complete constant races by ignoring the other gates and bee-lining for the final gate. However, players will obtain lesser K-Drive Affinity and Ventkids Standing that way.
- When passing through the final gate of a race at very high speed, even though the race will finish, sometimes the gate and the 5 seconds it grants will not be counted toward the score.
Patch HistoryEdit
- Made a micro-optimization to K-Drive races.
- Fixed numerous script errors that could occur if a K-Drive race were interrupted by a Host migration.
- Fixed a script error that could occur when joining a mission with a K-Drive race in progress.
- Fixed a couple script errors that could occur when joining a mission with a K-Drive Race in progress.
- Fixed K-Drive races not appearing properly on the minimap when using the default K-Drive from the Vox Solaris Quest.
- Optimized significant performance deterioration when talking to Vent Kids on the Orb Vallis; this was most noticeable during the initial dialogue when starting a K-Drive Race.
- K-Drive Race Affinity has been increased!
- Affinity gained per Gate is now 500 (previously 200)
- Affinity gained per Race completion is now 2500 (previously 1000)
- K-Drive Race Standing has been doubled!
- Standing gained per Gate is now 200
- Max Standing gained per Race is now 6000
- K-Drive races now award Affinity towards the actually K-Drive, not just Ventkid Standing!
- K-Drive Race Change
- Increased the Standing gains from K-Drive races from 50 to 100 per gate:
- The amount of Standing rewarded is based on the number of gates * 100 (10 gates * 100 = 1000 Standing) if you successful complete the race.
- K-Drive Races now require and reward Standing! Boon has adapted the high risk high reward lifestyle - glinty!!
- The amount of Standing required is based on the number of gates * 5 (10 gates * 5 = 50 Standing requirement) regardless win or lose the race.
- The amount of Standing rewarded is based on the number of gates * 50 (10 gates * 50 = 500 Standing) if you successful complete the race.
- High value tricks will reward you more Standing.
- Removed the Ventkid Standing icon from the K-Drive race completion screen. Ventkid Standing is simply earned by doing tricks out in Orb Vallis.*Ventkid Standing for races will be coming in a future update as noted in Update 24!
- Fixed Boon missing from certain K-Drive race locations in Orb Vallis.
- Introduced.
