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CurseForge hosts the long-term build. If you want the cutting-edge features and the fastest updates, get the modpack from Modrinth!
This modpack uses Simple Voice Chat. If you don't want to be heard by other people: make sure to mute yourself!
Boat Racing made easy for the public
Welcome to Ice Boat Racing! This 100%-vanilla-compatible modpack aims to improve the base-game boat racing experience with mods such as BoatCam and Sodium, significantly optimizing the playability and competitiveness of this niche mode within Minecraft. It also supplies a short list of servers that have zero monetization which aim to ease newer players into boat racing. The pack runs on most devices flawlessly, eliminating performance bottlenecks and increasing racing performance.
The core mods that enable this experience are:
- BoatCam: A mod focused on aiming your camera in the direction of your momentum, avoiding nausea and making the racing experience easier on the eyes. My personal settings are included and can be adjusted with Mod Menu.
- Bobby: A chunk-caching plugin, aimed to lessen the probability of the server not supplying chunks fast enough to the fast-moving client. Bobby caches these chunks to disk, which eliminates the need to re-cache chunks when you log onto a server again.
- ModernFix: Removes any stutter from moving through chunks really fast, plus a whole bunch of other bugfixes to better the general game experience.
Additionally, the Appleseed BoatGang Discord server is the main hangout for boat racers and has loads of information and content about racing. It also gives access to closed leagues. I highly recommend joining it, you can find it in the sidebar!
What should I know about the supplied server list?
The servers supplied with the pack are a couple of the most popular multiplayer servers within the Ice Boat Racing community, all equipped with the TimingSystem plugin by Makkuusen, which measures lap times accurately to a single tick (50ms), marks checkpoints and makes the use of pitstops possible.
You should familiarize yourself with a couple of commands to get yourself started as soon as possible:
- /tt: Displays all tracks present on the server, with your leaderboard position and how much time you spent on the track. You can also use /tt {trackName} to quickly travel to a track.
- /t times {trackName}: Parses you the time leaderboard for the selected track, which lets you see how far you're from that praised track record.
- /heat quit: Started a race on a server but really don't want to finish it? Perform this command and you'll be removed from the race, at which point you can once again freely run tracks. Please don't interrupt ongoing races though, be nice :D
FrostHex by ABG
Frosthex is your primary source for races accessible to the general public! Hosted in the US, the primary race type here is Formula (Craft) 1 and 2 races, based on known tracks from the F1 calendar. It also includes Rally tracks, enabled by the BoatUtils mod, which enables racing boats on land surfaces and gain the ability move the boat up and down blocks at high speeds. New tracks are added constantly and there are even weekly time attack battle tracks! Hosted on the US East Coast.
BoatLabs
This server is dedicated to time attack records, with medals inspired by the likes of Trackmania and Redout. You can gain medals from Bronze to Gold, all the way up to Diamond. Do keep in mind that the highest medals require advanced techniques such as "blockstops" and "wallbounces", which are a challenge of their own to learn and discover! It's the best-optimized server on the list. Hosted in central Europe.