Battle Racers is an action-packed arcade racing game that’s been around since 1995. However, it has since incorporated the blockchain, operating from Decentraland, appealing more to the growing global community of gamers.
The game is accessible from the Battle Racer’s web browser or Decentraland at the coordinates provided—using a non-custodial wallet or via the Decentraland Explorer.
The video game allows users to build their battle care by mix-matching different weapons from the game’s garage to create a perfect racer.
After that, drivers can use their racing skills to outwit others to the finish line and earn by tokenizing their weaponized racers on the blockchain to win and earn more exclusive bonuses.
Every race happens on Decentralized via arcade-sized racing tracks.
Model Car Parts as NFTs
Each model car comprises four parts: The body, front, back, and wheels, designed to mimic vehicles in the real world, therefore categorized into brands and models.
Existing brands are Hyperion, Bolt, Vista, Guerilla, Zeta—the luxury brand, and python—the muscle car.
Each of Battle Racer’s car parts is an NFT, varying in scarcity and value. Additionally, each element has different value statistics and skills requirements, perfectly meeting the performance requirement of gamers.
Every part has weight and two other key statistics around speed, power, durability, and steering. The car’s weight is, by default, directly influencing the car’s power—that is, acceleration.
Durability is a measure of how much damage a car will take before exploding and resettling. On the other hand, speed determines the top speed on straights, while steering would dictate the maximum speeds on turns.
Power is a feature closely monitored because it measures how fast a car can accelerate. Expectedly, some gamers will opt for speed over handling—or vice versa–, firepower over defense, and so much more.
The specialties of every Battle Racer’s body are durability and speed. At the same time, wheels will vary in pricing depending on power and steering.
These model car parts are acquired from loot crates, winning them from competitive racing or ripping them off other broken-down race cars as scraps.
Scraps earned depend on the rarity and the number of times the part has been upgraded. Even still, the more a gamer wins races, the higher their chances of receiving car parts from the loot crate.
Unless otherwise, the racer tokenizes their model car, the system would consider it a practice race car until it is registered in the blockchain. Every Battle Racer part also has a collection tag and ID Number-of which it is assigned on minting.
A part can be upgraded as many times as possible.
But there is a cap on the number of times of upgrades depending on rarity. The rarer a part is, the scarcer it is, and the more expensive it is to upgrade.
In Battle Racer, common parts have a lower rarity and are more suitable for beginner and mid-level games. Higher the ranks, rare parts are suitable, and upgrades can be maxed out as quickly.
Additionally, rare parts have a visual impact on cars, adding more flair as it goes up the rarity level—a prestige for the racer as every other gamer knows the quality and strength of your model car.
Each rarity level has multiple color variations with Legendaries especially having their distinct look and unique, attractive model.
Card Part NFT Marketplaces—OpenSea and Arkane
However, those who want to launch straight from the deep end without necessarily building a reputation of wins and losses can buy car parts from OpenSea and Arkane NFT marketplaces.
For every sale on OpenSea, Battle Racer receives a 1.99 percent commission, of which half is cycled back to their prize pool.
As of late August 2021, there were 2.2k Battle Racers’ specific items on OpenSea offered by 179 owners. On average, these car parts were being sold for less than 0.01 ETH.
The racing game is designed to meet the needs of every other gamer while remaining immersive, attractive to racing fanatics. Notably, the integration of NFTs seals the deal since their winning records and reliance on the blockchain means they earn from their efforts.
Aforementioned, battle racing is on Decentraland. A gamer can be part of ongoing competition, practice on their arcade-size tracks, or enjoy the action from the stands.
To use the arena’s race tracks, a gamer is charged a small entry fee exclusively for model cars recognized by Battle Racer’s system on the blockchain as NFTs.
All Battle Racer’s tokenized cars are NFTs. Therefore, for all their participation in racing competitions, there is an immutable track of wins and losses that directly determine their value and prestige.
In addition, since they are already part of the system, that is, the blockchain, they have a more extended history of stats, unlike practice model cars.
The higher the racer’s prestige is, the higher their chances of becoming a highly sought-after NFT collectible.
Battle Racers Team and Partners
Behind the Battle Racers game is an experienced team with cumulative experience of over 90 years. The group draws talent from engineering, game designers, and artists—specializing in 2D and 3D.
Before joining Battle Racers, they had worked with other game developers such as Gameloft, Boomzap, and more, holding various titles across their respective companies’ hierarchy.
This talented pool works for Playcheck Games incubated by Altitude Games—located in Manila, Philippines—who acts as the research and development wing of the game.
Mobile game developer @altitude_games is spinning out its blockchain arm into Playcheck Games!
We're the team behind @BattleRacers and @MushroomMania_ and we'll continue to develop #NFT based games where gamers can #PlayToEarn.
Read the press release: https://t.co/yFJlzFT0eu pic.twitter.com/nxIuJvnFig
— Playcheck Games ⛺ (@PlaycheckGames) July 16, 2021
Battle Racers has already struck a partnership with the who’s who in the crypto space.
Some of them include Decentraland, the wildly popular Axie Infinity, Matic, Polyient Games, Arkane, OpenSea, Kyber Network, and more.
Battle Racers (SCRAP) Tokenomics
Battle Racers’ SCRAP ERC-20 token runs on Polygon’s sidechain and serves as the game’s progression currency.
Accordingly, the token’s purpose is not for trading but for precisely facilitating the upgrade of car parts.
Car parts, as aforementioned, are NFTs.
Each bear specific statistics of which it will increase whenever there is an upgrade until a maximum level is reached.
However, the rarity of the car part will determine how many SCRAP tokens are required for an upgrade.
Recently, the team said SCRAP tokens would be won from tournaments and promotions or when a part is salvaged.
SCRAP airdropped was done in March 2021. It saw over 14k SCRAP tokens minted on the Polygon sidechain, distributed to over 11k NFT holders in more than 700 unique wallets. NFT—car part—holders each received 1 SCRAP token.
As of late August 2021, there were 20,501 SCRAP tokens, according to Polygonscan.
SCRAP won’t be sold at exchanges. Instead, its value will fluctuate depending on the level of demand in the Battle Racers’ community. The more gamers want to upgrade their car parts, the higher the SCRAP prices.
For price discovery, the development team has said SCRAP tokens would still be traded within the Polygon sidechain via MetaMask or Arkane. This functionality will be extended to Ethereum mainnet once the Polygon-Ethereum Bridge is built.
Battle Racers (SCRAP) Catalysts
- Battle Racers is an action-packed game that’s been around for over 25 years. The introduction of NFTs and SCRAP translates to more earning avenues, fueling demand for SCRAP.
- The action-packed racing game has already raised over 700 ETH—approximately $2.3 million–, through its pre-sale, pointing at the quality of the project and investors’ expectations.
- The game is not a concept but a working product with a strong development team. Since on-chain activity determines the value of SCRAP, it won’t be a surprise for the ERC-20 token prices to spike once trading begins.
- Car parts trading at OpenSea and Arkane Marketplace is active. SCRAP is a progression currency; the more there is demand, the higher the token’s value.
- Battle Racers is backed by market leaders, including Polygon, Polyient Games, and more. Infusing NFTs and an ERC-20 token into the platform would also attract even more investors.
- The integration of the Polygon sidechain relieves car part traders who now don’t have to pay the high Gas fee in Ethereum. SCRAP is also minted on Polygon to bypass the high Gas fees in the legacy smart contracting platform.
- SCRAP’s utility is gradually being opened up. The team plans to distribute them to winners of occasional promotions and even use the token to enter competitive races.
- The team is building, and one fundamental part of their roadmap is bridging the Ethereum and Polygon networks, a reason why they maintained SCRAP as an ERC-20 wallet. Once the bridge is released, more users could flock to Battle Racers due to the platform’s activity density.
- Battle Racers is releasing a new “recharged gameplay” expressly designed for mobile devices. This means more parts trading and therefore demands for SCRAP tokens since there are more gamers in mobile than on desktop—a nifty move.
- Among the NFT community, Battle Racers is one of the top play-to-earn games, a net positive for SCRAP tokens as resulting hype would act as necessary tailwinds.