need help fine tuning Rifts off road racing circuit.

[say652]

Instead of a combat or intrigue game, I am instead trying to focus on a traveling Jump Bike race team. Because why not.
In doing so I require, a trick chart and track penalty chart.

Also besides bikes and hover bikes what othe small Rifts vehicles wpuld be eligible in trick competition? ?
Failed trick damage to the vehicle??

[DhAkael]

*ponders* I... have no clue
I've always just winged it, since my crew(s) have always been leary of tables/charts/etc. At one point I tried doing the AG Racing League

Spoiler:

Wipeout franchise

and Kinetic suit racing

Spoiler:

Kinetica, 'natch.

...but everyone just wanted to go and blow stuff up.

Wish ya luck... OH, but for vehicles? Modified muscle-cars on rally circut.

[say652]

That would be a cool trick modifier.
I double backflip my hover Camaro. Lol

[Bill]

I did a hovercycle race series once. I tried adapting the dogfight rules from the Three Galaxies with some stuff from Heroes Unlimited and one of the Rifters, it was overly complicated. In the end I was leaning toward building a couple skill charts, similar to the combat skills, that would establish which maneuvers a pilot could execute and what their bonus to do so would be based on the skill level of the pilot. The series collapsed and I didn't get around to it though.

I think the thing to bear in mind is that you're dealing with very high speeds through terrain that is likely to be hazardous. Figure out how to make the players choose between going faster and being safe. Carefully read and adjust the crash rules to make the risk real for the players. Suspense and excitement emerge from uncertainty, but too many die rolls will become tedious.

[ShadowLogan]

In doing so I require, a trick chart and track penalty chart.

Not quite sure what you are asking for here. But...

Piloting related maneuvers can be found in numerous places: TMNT Roadhogs, 1E RT Bk5 (taken from Roadhogs and other books, in this book you can find material in the Skill section and a different set located later), 1E RT Bk8 (maybe a few others) also includes rules for flying in jungle and such (so could be adapted for forest/terrain). HU2E has piloting manuever rules (so does N&SS). 2E RT NG SB (IIRC). Basically Rifts doesn't really do them in the rules, don't know why. Rifts might give a generic stunt penalty (which is what a trick would be), but they don't make it more/less difficult based on the stunt being actually performed.

Also besides bikes and hover bikes what othe small Rifts vehicles wpuld be eligible in trick competition? ?
Failed trick damage to the vehicle??

Power Armor (though some reasonable restrictions should put everything in the came "class")
Jet Pack
Wing Boards (TW, and Tech) and/or open air flying platforms (IMHO the same thing)
Enchanted by Magic (ex. Fly spell), like Brooms and flying carpets
Mounts (Robot and non-Robot, flying and non-flying)
Ski's (basic, kitted out with magic or tech boosters), though this is more limited when/where you can do it (w/o magic, which even then might be PPE costly)
small watercraft (water skiing shows exist)
Parachute drops (team?)
Hang-glider (don't think this is covered anywhere in the rules for Rifts)
Small Hover/wheeled vehicles can also work that aren't bikes (hover or not), might need to place restrictions on the crew and eligibility for the vehicle

[Library Ogre]

You might also consider something like "stock car" racing... you've got to start with a given chassis, and make it race-perfect.

I think your big difficulty will be coming up with something that represents being better at "driving"... If they both are driving a vehicle with a top speed of 100mph, you need to show who's making it work better... cutting corners without breaking the track.

[dragonfett]

There's also the rules for rodeos in New West that you may want to take a look at for ideas.