Things that would improve HD

[Connavar]

Wipeout HD is a fantastic game, but here are a few ideas to make it even better:
(*) = known borrowed idea

1) more game modes:
- elimination mode (never played it but sounds great) (*)
- endurance mode (race with like 50 laps)
- team racing (the whole team must finish, or must stay alive, or the points are added ... need to think some more)

2) advanced options in the controls:
- enable us to assign 2 different buttons for 1 action like going forward
- barrel roll sensitivity slider: there is obviously some code in their program saying, this looks like a good/bad L-R-L, and according to that value, decides to barrel roll or not, well give us the ability to modify that threshold so we can perform more barrel rolls or less depending on how we play, then in zone mode i'll increase it, and to beat zico i'll decrease it, otherwise adjust it to my likings.
- ability to use the 2 sticks, the dpad, L3 and R3 individually (so I can choose to recharge my shields with dpad down for instance)

3) better online:
- text chat (*)
- some sort of IRC channel, just to discuss and say: let's do a bling brigade for instance
- more options at the host disposal like ability to choose a set of weapons (only rockets + mines for instance), choose the number of laps (endurance mode) (*), or bots maybe (maybe not)
- game auto start when everyone is ready
- add a title for the game (example: "bling brigade" hehe)

4) improve the split-screen mode:
- make it run at 60fps either by lowering the resolution or the textures
- a new way to divide the screen ala COD5: one player plays on top left, the other player on bottom right, which each screen being more or less 16:9. The unused space can be used to show the stats: weapon, energy, speed... something like this:

=------------
|########| P1 stats
|########|_________
|#######./########|
=---------/#########|
..P2 stats.|#########|
..............|==========

5) more content:
- more tracks
- ships (if that doesn't unbalance things, otherwise just more skins, or average ships)
- additional campaign

6) other details:
- race replay + replay editor + upload the best replays to youtube
- .............