I ummed and erred about whether this was more appropriate in Competitive or Casual, but decided that the balanced nature of the weapon placements and the fact that this game doesn't require honour rules made it more appropriate for competitive.

Of course, an alternative honour rule could well be to ban the VIP from using the Banshee's weapons.

So, this is the second map that I've showcased here. In terms of actual forging, very little was done to the Standoff canvas except to place weapons and spawns. The main focus on this game was experimenting with gametypes, something I had not attempted before. I hope you like.

- gimp

Air Race

Overview: Set on Standoff, both teams spawn on either side of the valley. Only the VIP has the ability to drive vehicles and for them, a banshee spawns on opposite silos which can be reached quickly using the mancannons. The VIP must use their banshee to reach the floating goal points while the rest of the team tries to kill their opponent's VIP. Teams will also want to dominate their opponent's ground forces, and a variety of infantry killing goodness is included for this purpose.

Points of interest:

The banshees spawn on opposite sides of the map. The banshees can be reached quickly by using the mancannons at each base. A run-time minimum of two will ensure that new banshees will appear quickly so that no team will be without for long.

Each base also has a lot of explosive barrels and propane tanks to make the most strategic place also the most dangerous. Shield doors on the base provide a safe haven for the VIP until the new banshee spawns. Also, try opening the rear entrance.

Weapons:

The map has a large array of anti-vehicle weaponry, the most useful of which is five Spartan Lasers (one in the centre, one above the rear of each base and one hidden inside each base). The exposed lasers will respawn at 90 seconds while the hidden lasers will respawn faster, however exposing the hidden lasers will also make that laser available to the opposing team. There are also four rocket launchers, four missile pods, four plasma pistols and four shield drainers. Additionally, each base has three sniper weapons (two human and one alien), a shotgun, battle rifles, and an array of alien anti-infantry weapons and grenades in front of the bases.

Game types:

In Red Bull, the VIP scores two points for reaching the random floating goal points. It won't be easy though, as each team also scores points for using the variety of anti-vehicular weaponry to kill the enemy VIP. The winner is the first team to reach 50 points.

6-16 players, suitable for:
Download Link: VIP (Red Bull variant)

Screenshots

Overview. As you can see, the map itself isn't drastically changed and the VIP will need to employ all their piloting skills to avoid the inevitable hail of AA fire.

One of the floating goal points which the VIP must reach in their Banshees. Reaching the goals will score 2 points.

At the outside rear of each base you'll find one of two Beam Rifles and one of five Spartan Lasers.

On top of each base is a Sniper Rifle, Brute Shot, Battle Rifle and Assault Rifle.

Mancannons atop each base will launch VIPs to the missile silos where the Banshee will respawn. There is also one of four Rocket Launchers here, and grenades. The Plasma Cannon will not spawn at the beginning of the game but will appear within a minute.

Each base has one of four Missile Pods in the back passageway.

Something special hides in the closed entrance, but opening this will also allow the enemy a chance to steal it so choose wisely!

In front of each base are a variety of Covenant anti-infantry weapons, plus Battle Rifles.

The fifth Spartan Laser, control of which may be pivotal (giving a 3-2 Laser advantage to the team which holds it. This Laser will take longer to respawn once used.

The extra Rocket Launcher and Missile Pods spawn near the Banshees, but will take a long time to respawn once used.

Another Sniper Rifle and an Energy Drain are at the open rear entrance to each base.