I think they both have their pro's and cons. Racing is a good way to kick things off. Maybe an hour or so before the race. That way everyone can make a first-post entrance to the scene and get a few minutes to mingle before the start buckling in and lining up for the start. Once we've got all the characters set, I'll have all the racers roll dice to determine the finish order, and we can all RP it out to those ends.<br/><br/>I'll look up urban race courses and get a track I can post up before the start of the race so we all will be RPing with the same general visuals for turns and such. I'd imagine most 'during-race' posts will be players passing and shifting positions. The GMs will monitor how the duration and posting rate is going and we'll give people a heads up in here as to when the finish is coming up so people can wrap up any schemes they were working on to finish in the proper order. The finishing order does not necessarily mean the posting order; its mainly for continuity of posts and bragging rights after the conclusion.<br/><br/>So everyone will be free to take the lead at some point, I think players should be free to take out other racers (so long as they PM each other and one of the GMs to okay the plot move) - so long as they remember go out in the proper elimination order, since wrecked cars come in last place.<br/><br/>I'll get with the other GMs so we can iron out the details of the race concerning players actions, the race course, and finish order - as they may have better ideas for these than myself.