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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 2514839" data-attributes="member: 26473">I'm familiar with the Chase rules from Spycraft Lite, and that was my first inspiration. However, I think it could be even easier.Since the maneuvers in a air race are prescribed by the course, all a GM has to do is assign a DC to each maneuver and require a Pilot check to complete it safely. Success adds points to the character's race score equal to the margin over the DC, so a 19 roll on a DC 15 maneuver nets the character 4 points. The highest number of points at the end of the race is the winner.Yep - depending on the maneuver and the margin by which you miss the check, you can drift off course, lose time, hit a pylon, or even crash. Then there could be saves to avoid disorientation due to G-forces (a -2 on all subsequent pilot checks), or the risk of mechanicals due to stresses on the engine or airframe. Wind could affect DCs, with gusting wind being a variable force.Each aircraft offers different attributes - some offer a better maneuver bonus but are slower, some faster but less aerobatic, others are in the middle.As far as roleplaying, there's promoters and sponsors, fans and groupies, mechanics and engineers, young hotshots and wiley veterans, saboteurs, gamblers...it's Driven, The Fast and the Furious, and Days of Thunder, but with planes!</blockquote>