Not a fan of the escape mechanics.

[DarkenDragon]

I cant even tell what triggers the escape mechanic, other than the fact that if you too far left or right that they'll end up disappearing. like if I build my car to be front weapon heavy and try to get all the enemies infront of me, i've had times where I went so far back that the enemies that were in front of me end up "escaping" which feels silly. why would I be escaping if Im slowing down.

I feel you should have the option to say no I dont want to escape or not

[Riftsaw]

Escapes are triggered when you move further than 3 off-screen distance from an enemy.

They can also be triggered unintentionally by asphalt-to-dirt road changes, skids (if a move backwards card is drawn), and some enemy attacks that can move you backwards or forwards.

Stuff like that can get you straight up disqualified in named-competitor or boss battles.

I dunno if being able to choose to retreat or not is possible with the way some of the cards work. That said a noticeable warning that a retreat is imminent would be nice.

[[SF] MooMan]

Escaping was literally explained in the tutorial

[DarkenDragon]

Originally posted by SF MooMan:

Escaping was literally explained in the tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeSE7s-EuKk&t=154s&ab_channel=DualShot66
I just watched through the prologue again, I didn't see anything mentioning escapes, please tell me the timestamp of where it is shown in this tutorial you mentioned

[Sipid]

Originally posted by DarkenDragon:

I just watched through the prologue again, I didn't see anything mentioning escapes, please tell me the timestamp of where it is shown in this tutorial you mentioned

Not the person you replied to, but the mechanic is explained at 25:56 of the vid you posted:

"Cowardly Escape

Number of vehicles you can escape from before being disqualified from the tournament. The limit is shown in the top left corner of the screen. Vehicles count towards the limit when they, or the player, move more than 3 spaces off the screen.

Beware! Some Battles are to the death, where escape is prohibited."

[Pu239]

When you start your first run, using new game instead of prologue, it is in tutorial mode and explains features as you go.

In the video above it explains escapes at 25:55. It was very easy to find by scanning the seek bar until the thumbnail showed an enemy moving off screen.