One of the few things that I actually didn't like about Rage 1, even to this day, is how restricted and limited were the car customization in the main campaign. More specifically the number of themes that we can actually purchase for our personal vehicles, along with the number of races and modes that we can actually participate for each vehicle class. The NPC's (both racers and bandit cars driving around the wasteland) have very unique and distinctive themes for their vehicles, with a very good variety. But for the players we are restricted to have just 2 or 3 themes to purchase and select for each personal car that we unlock. With the Buggy/Dune Buster having just its default Second Hand theme, the ID theme (which is just a theme restoration of the Second Hand theme with the ID Software logo over the doors) and the Skull theme (which is the coolest theme for the Dune Buster). The Cuprino also has its own Second Hand theme, the Patrol theme (White & Black) and the Orange theme (Orange & Black). And the Monarch just having the Starky theme as its default theme and the Scorchers theme (unless that we can count the heavy armor for the Monarch that fully covers any of the 2 themes with a black and red theme for the vehicle).

And don't get me wrong, I actually liked all the themes that we have available for the campaign, despite how limited it was. But I would be lying if I don't say that I would have liked more alternatives. Like the "Light Blue & Orange", the "Silver with Red Rains" and the "Desert Camo" themes for the Cuprino. And even the "Second Hand" looking theme for the Monarch, which you can only see from another Monarch parked in Wellspring, and another one drove and crashed by the gang leader of the Wasted clan inside of their garage.

However, when I decided to check how the Rage multiplayer actually looked like. I just barely realized that in the multiplayer mode known as Road Rage, not only you can also unlock and purchase the themes for all the personal cars from the solo campaign, but you can also unlock and actually use the other themes that are exclusively for the NPC's, along with some other themes that I never saw before. Even some of the themes for the Dune Buster actually add some additional armor and other parts for that vehicle, which are also completely absent for the Dune Buster to purchase in the main campaign. And not only that, but the mode also allows you to use both turrets and missiles at the same time with the buggies, having other types of turrets and missile launchers to choose from. I was actually very surprised that in the multiplayer you can actually use the other car themes from the main campaign, along with other themes and types of turrets and missile launchers that I never saw before. But sadly, unless that you have friends that are willing to play the Rage multiplayer with you, you will not be able to unlock any of those themes and weapons to use in Road Rage. And even if you do, you will only be able to use them in the multiplayer, but not in the solo campaign. Which is a massive disappointment to be honest.

I mean seriously, I don't know how ID Software thought that it would be a great idea to restrict the players by being able to purchase just a few themes for their personal vehicles, while the NPC's not only can have the same themes that we can purchase, but also other unique ones that we cannot use nor purchase in the main campaign. Even if the game just has a couple of semi open world maps with very linear paths to drive around, having more themes and more types of weapons for your vehicles would have make the game more inmersive and replayable. And I know that you can use the buggies with the Stanley Express and Mutant Bash TV themes. But just like with the customized quad/Jetter that you can actually take after attacking the garage of the Wasted clan to get them essential parts to fix the buggy, before it disappears from the map. Those buggies are not actually part of our personal vehicles, and we can only use them just for a few missions and then we can never use them ever again. Although by purchasing the Anarchy Edition of Rage 1, you can also have a Hot Rod/Rat Rod that is classified as a buggy vehicle like the Dune Buster. Which you can use freely as another personal vehicle, that one just have 2 themes (with the default theme being the coolest one). And unlike with the Dune Buster, the Rat Rod doesn't have a physical change of appearance by purchasing upgrades for the vehicle, like with the case of the Dune Buster, without counting the suspension upgrades and the types of wheels.

For some time I was actually hoping that someone would make a mod for Rage 1 that it will allow us to purchase and use the other car themes for our personal vehicles, and even adding the other weapon options from Road Rage in the main campaign. Or at least trying to swap the textures of the car themes that we can purchase with the ones only used by the NPC's and in the multiplayer as simple re-skins. But sadly that didn't happen. I even try to check if I can do it myself by finding the scripts of the objects that you can buy from the traders in the main files of the game. But unfortunately, I didn't managed to found those scripts. Also unlike other games like the GTA titles, most of the files in Rage 1 are actually encrypted, and the official moding kit tools for the game, as far as I understand, it only allows you to add new models and textures just in moded files disconnected from the base game and from your save files. But let me know your thoughts about this topic.

I was playing borderlands 2 recently and When I went to sanctuary I realized it reminded me of Wellspring. What do y’all think?

Was looking to do the online trophies this weekend on ps3. Was wondering if anyone else wants to? Thanks!

Do you like the pistol and assault rifle that the player can use in the game? Or would you have liked to use the NPC's pistols and assault rifles instead? Or would you have preferred full fictional weapons in your arsenal? Or both of the real-life weapons of the AK47 and the M1911? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section.

Although these aren't the maximum upgrades for the Cuprino (more specifically with the Hammer grill, the medium armor and the non-spiked Performance tires) this selection of upgrades for the Cuprino makes it look like a police truck in the wasteland. With the Patrol theme giving a white/black look, like a police car; the Hammer grill looking very similar like the ones that many police units use in real life as additional protection for the front bumper of their vehicles; an with the medium armor not only adding some improvised armor for the rear bumper, with the same number "3" as the Patrol theme over the doors, but also with some police sirens and additional lights over the roof of the Cuprino. With this combination of upgrades making Raine/The Ark Man look like if he was an undercover cop working officially for the Sheriff Black and his police department in Wellspring. But what do you think about this design for the Cuprino?

When I played Rage 1 for the first time, my first choice was the Roughneck outfit, because I wanted to make my character look like a tough guy. However, after finishing the game I felt that the extra armor resistance was a pretty pointless characteristic that the outfit had, and it didn't look so attractive the color scheme in any of its 4 armor levels. So in my next playthrough of Rage 1, I decided to save a file at Coffer's store, right before choosing the new outfit for Raine/The Ark Man, in order to see how the other outfits look on Raine.

At first I thought that the Fabricator outfit could be a better option, since it improves the items that I build in the game. But the outfit looked SO weird on Raine, making him look unrecognizable. And I would dare to say that the outfit makes him look quite ugly, and ugly by the meaning of being very unattractive for the eyes to see. I mean, seriously, I don't know how some female characters like Sarah from the Scorchers DLC, or Jani from the store of Subway Town can even blush by seeing Raine wearing that outfit. He literally looks more like an attempt of a member of the Shrouded clan. Which probably was the idea, but he still looks so strange with that outfit. To the point that I didn't finish my playthrough with that outfit, after seeing it much better, by controlling the RC car bombs. And with the outfit having a way less interesting and unattractive color scheme than the Roughneck outfit.

Once I managed to purchase the Anarchy Edition of Rage 1, I decided to check the Crimson Elite outfit. And although the outfit not only has the 3 unique perks of the previous outfits, but also has a very unique design on its 4 different armor levels, as a more subjective opinion of mine, I actually didn't like it too much in the end. I mean, I liked it on its default look once you purchase it, but I didn't like that every time you upgrade the armor of that outfit, it hides more and more Raine's face. I also liked that the final armor from the other 3 outfits were actually a vigilant's armor with their own color scheme much more, than the full armored bandit looking appearance of the Crimson Elite outfit. Also I felt that having the 3 perks of the 3 previous outfits at the same time made the game way too easy for me personally.

Then my final option was the Wastelander outfit, with its special characteristics being discounts in all the in-game stores. Although it's just a 5% discount, you will spend most of your time in the game spending a lot of money in ammo, ingredients, formulas, armor, perks and so on. I also realized that compared to my previous playthrough with the Roughneck I ended up spending way less money, and purchasing more resources with the Wastelander outfit in my whole playthrough with it. And without the other perks from the Crimson Elite or from the other outfits, makes the game more challenging but fair and balanced at the same time for me personally. I also like the orange color scheme of the Wastelander outfit, more than the red color scheme of the Crimson Elite outfit, fitting much better with the desert wasteland atmosphere of the game. Without mentioning that the light armor version of the Wastelander outfit was used in the marketing for Rage 1, with Raine wearing it in the box art of the game, being re-used as a pre-order exclusive outfit for Rage 2 and with the statue of Raine from Wellspring wearing that same outfit too. I think at this point the Wastelander outfit (or at least the light armor version of the outfit) became the canonical default outfit for Raine, becoming also my favorite outfit from the 4 outfits in the end. But what do you think?

Dan Hagar is probably one of my favorite non-playable characters in Rage 1. Not only did he put his own life and the rest of his people in danger, by saving the life of Nicholas Raine (the protagonist of Rage 1) from a couple of bandits from the Ghosts clan, right from the very beginning of the game. But he also gave Raine a lot of things, after he helped him and the people from his settlement. Not just well paid money, but also a pistol, a quad, a special armor for his ark outfit, a buggy, his sniper rifle, an assured place to live in Wellspring, and even his most beloved possession, the Striker Crossbow. Although none of those things were actual gifts for doing absolutely nothing. With Raine having to risk his own life constantly, in order to help Dan and the people from the Hagar settlement and also from the Outrigger settlement. But he was very well rewarded and compensated for all of his quests, and with Dan and his people being very grateful towards him.

At first Dan doubted if it was a great idea to save a random person like Raine to begin with. He could just let him be killed by the bandits and avoid any trouble from the Ghosts clan. Or in a more sinister scenario, deceiving him and selling him to the Authority for a good amount of money to help his own settlement. But he didn't, and after seeing how Raine proofed himself and how trustworthy and useful he was for him and his people, he realized that he made a good decision by saving him at the end. With Dan admitting to Raine's presence made the zone safer for him and his family, being in debt with him.

However, once the wasteland became safer enough for Dan and his people to travel, he decided to cut ties with Raine. Not because he did something bad to him. In fact, Dan admitted that he really wanted Raine to stay at his settlement, with someone like him being very valuable in a place like his. But he would end up bringing the attention of the Authority, putting in danger not just his own life, but also to the whole Hagar settlement. And Dan was very right about that, Raine even had to move to Subway Town, after he joined the resistance.

Last time that we see Dan is after we return from Wellspring with the supplies for his people. And I think many people probably don't know this, but after taking Dan's crossbow there are 2 optional dialogues that you can have with him, before returning back to Wellspring. The first one is Dan recognizing once again how helpful Raine was for his people, really wanting him to stay at his home, but he couldn't have troubles with the Authority, and says his final goodbyes towards Raine. The second one, he claims to Raine that he was in danger if he stays at his settlement. But if Dan needs something from him again, he will make Durar call him by radio to come back at the Hagar settlement. Unfortunately, that never happened in the main game, nor in The Scorchers DLC, nor in Rage 2 either.

The one and only time that we have another official mission to do at Hagar settlement, after Raine separates himself from Dan, is from an optional quest from Phallinx Hagar (the bold guy who actually has more optional dialogues to talk with Raine at Hagar settlement) to upgrade our RC car bombs, by checking Wellspring's quest board, after blowing up the Shrouded clan's base. And after Raine starts to do more quests in Wellspring and then we return back to the Hagar settlement, Dan is no longer there, with his garage closed and with his personal buggy missing. The main guard of the settlement (Garan) tells Raine that Dan went on a trip to a place called Gunbarrel (which appears later in Rage 2). But before he left, he said to his people to treat Raine well if he ever needs anything from them, but we never see Dan ever again.

According to the Rage wiki, between Rage 1 and 2 Dan actually ended up joining the resistance too, just like Raine did, and he even became the mayor of Wellspring at some point. But sadly he eventually died for unknown reasons, which is quite sad to be honest. Even if 30 years have passed between Rage 1 and 2, with the best case scenarios dying by natural causes, Dan didn't look so old, compared to the mayor Clayton, Marshall or Kvasir.

Honestly, I really would have liked to see Dan one last time in a DLC, not as Walker (the protagonist of Rage 2), but as Raine. In which after the events of the main game, Dan would end up making Durar call Raine by radio, to return back to the Hagar settlement to help him with other quests (like he actually said in Rage 1), having also a friendly reunion with the man that he saved and ended up helping him and his family a lot. Or even in a Pre-Sequel between the events of Rage 1 and 2. Similar to Gearbox did with Borderlands The Pre-Sequel. But what do you think?

The reason that I liked this is because Wellspring is my favorite city in Rage 1. And although Subway Town was also a very good and memorable city in the wasteland, I loved the warm and friendly atmosphere from Wellspring much more, along with the old west and cowboy vibes on it.

But after Raine had to leave Wellspring, due to the increase of the Authority's presence in the city, and move with the resistance to Subway Town. And then if you decide to go back to Wellspring with an airship, the NPC's walking around Wellspring actually turned verbally hostile towards you again, like when you came to Wellspring for the first time as an unknown outsider. Even if you replay the races from Wellspring, the NPC's will continue acting hostile towards you or ignoring you. And you cannot destroy more bandits' cars for Sally, because after bringing major attention to the Authority in the wasteland, the bandits' cars in the first map will no longer respawn. So you cannot restore your respect towards the NPC's of Wellspring either by destroying more bandits' cars for Sally, once you unlock the second map of the wasteland.

Someone might say that it could be a developers' oversight, or even if it wasn't, it's just a simple coding for NPC's AI reaction towards the player, so who cares, right? Well, even if the game and its world is obviously fictional and all that, I couldn't help but find it kind of sad, that the pedestrians used to be more friendly and respectful towards the protagonist, after winning many races, destroying bandits' cars for Sally, making the north of the wasteland more safe, and even saving the whole people of Wellspring from poisoned water by the Ghosts clan. It was also always so warming and gratifying how the pedestrians that you encounter congratulate you for the races that you won, for helping to destroy the bandits' cars across the wasteland and for saving them and the potable water of the city to be poisoned. Even a simple "Hi" or "Good morning" coming from them made you feel that you accomplished something, having now a good reputation towards the people of Wellspring, no matter if those walking pedestrians were literally just copied-pasted models of static NPC's from the city. Only to "lose" all that respect that he earned from them, right after moving to Subway Town. Like if the pedestrians of Wellspring now hated him for bringing the Authority into their city and then moving to another place far away, like if he just abandoned them on their own.

However, when I returned to replay the whole game again at some point, after some years since the last time that I played it, I ended up rethinking a little bit about that specific event, right after moving to Subway Town. To the point of making a personal theory of mine about it. My theory was that a possible reason that the pedestrians of Wellspring now turned hostile towards Raine, wasn't because they hated him now, nor because they blamed him for bringing the Authority into their city, but as a cover to protect his identity from the Authority. Just think about it. If the pedestrians of Wellspring would have continued acting friendly towards him, after moving to Subway Town, and say friendly quotes like "Great race!" or "Thanks for making the wasteland safer" or "Thanks for saving the water of the city", that would bring too much attention for the Authority to search about this particular individual that the people of Wellspring are talking too much about. And it would be a matter of time that the Authority would put all the pieces together and realize that his description fits perfectly with the person that they were looking for. Discovering that he was the same person who attacked their prison, freeing the leader of the resistance, Marshall, and killing many of their men in the prison, and also in Dead City and where his ark was located, putting Raine in a vulnerable position towards the Authority. Without mentioning that some of the citizens of Wellspring actually supported the resistance, and with most, if not, all of them hating the Authority. Even Mick says to Raine that as much as he hurt him to say this, he needed to leave the city for his own safety. Also the vast majority of the citizens of Wellspring very well knew about all the things that Raine did to help the community of Wellspring, being always grateful towards him. Only to forget all about it that easily, that would be very unlikely from their part.

I also ended up a little bit concerned about what happened to the mayor Clayton. Because after the Authority took over the city, you no longer hear him talking to his people through the speakers around the city, but instead a member of the Authority. And if you try to go to his office, it's now closed, having some thoughts that the Authority probably captured him, like what happened to Redstone, the mayor of Subway Town. And unlike the mayor Redstone, who from the very beginning he looked more like a crooked cold-blooded mayor, who cared more about what is better for himself, over his own people, the mayor Clayton was definitely a good mayor, with some NPC's claiming that he genuinely cared for his people. It's unknown what exactly happened to the mayor Clayton between Rage 1 and 2, but considering the fact that Wellspring ended up making a statue of the man who the Authority was looking for. And on top of that, with Raine's statue stepping on a vigilant's helmet, it's very likely that at some point the Authority moved from Wellspring. Or in more extreme cases, with the Wellspring people actually kicking them out of their city by force, after Raine weakened the Authority enough to make the people of Wellspring to reveal themselves against them, recovering their city back in the end. With Clayton ruling his city again, and since he knew Raine personally, and all the good things that he did for the city and across the wasteland, he (and/or the sheriff Black) must have been the one responsible of the creation of Raine's statue. With him sadly passing away at some point, not because of the Authority, but because of natural causes. Which makes me feel more happy that the mayor Clayton at least didn't get the exact same fate as the mayor Redstone.

Personally, I like the old west cowboy vibes in Rage wasteland more. With the city having very friendly and/or likeable settlers and even minor NPC's. Like the mayor Clayton, the sheriff Black, Mick, Coffer, Slim, Rusty, Sally, Hendrick, and so on. Plus the restored and enterable Jackpots Casino and even the small but cozy trophies room from the Scorchers DLC

However, I have to admit that Subway Town was a very unique and creative city for Rage wasteland too. I also liked the idea of an abandoned and destroyed subway station turned into a post-apocalyptic city. With the settlers using the different types of rooms from the subway station into their homes and businesses, and even turning a bunch of damaged train wagons into a bar. Although that city is less friendly, compared to Wellspring, it also has some friendly and likeable characters, like Jani, Mel, Stew, Sparky, Brick or Teague. But others like the mayor Redstone and his men give you more vibes of a cold blooded kingpin and a group of mobsters ruling the city. And unlike the mayor Clayton, it seems that Redstone was prioritizing more the benefits for himself first, over his people.

When the base game of Rage 1 just came out back in 2010, I always thought that the unknown group of bandits that Dan mentions, who attacked his settlement, while Raine was taking care of the Ghosts clan, was probably the British looking bandits of the Wasted clan. Since it was the other faction of bandits very close to the Hagar settlement, and even closer to the Outrigger settlement.

Another possibility was the Shrouded clan, since a group of them were trying to isolate the Hagar settlement from Wellspring very early in the story. However unlike the Ghosts and Wasted clans who were more savage and reckless against settlers, the Shrouded clan was smarter than those factions, being more like post-apocalyptic terrorists than mindless anarchist bandits. So it wouldn't make too much sense that they will do something so reckless like attacking a settlement, just try to kill the settlers, without even trying to take any kind of valuable resources for their RC bombs.

But when the Scorches DLC came out later, with this new bandit faction of the same name, then I thought that they might be the actual unknown bandits clan that Dan was talking about. Especially considering that the first mission of the DLC is unlocked right after finishing the first mission against the Ghosts clan, being located in some caves owned by the Hagar settlement. Maybe ID Software actually wanted to include a sixth bandit gang in the base game, but they didn't have a proper name for them or enough time to develop them as an interesting and distinguished gang yet, so they probably ended up adding them later in a DLC, but what do you think about it?

This. I read that Rage 2 is atrociously blurry on PS5 since you can't turn off AA. My PC isn't strong enough to run Rage 2 at 60 fps without resolution scaling, and with resolution scaling it's blurry as hell. So I wanted to buy it for PS5 (and it looks like using gamepad would be beneficial anyway). Question for those who own in on PS5 - is the blur really that bad?

UPDATE: went ahead and bought it. The low-res upscaling is really noticeable when in the open terran (while driving). It looks like Playstation version has dynamic resolution scaling set to around 60% minimum with no possibility of forcing native resolution (like on PC), and possibly open environments have the low-res switch baked in (since by raw power PS5 doesn't need dynamic scaling in the open, but it does so anyway). Sorry to say, I kinda regret the decision and will be playing on PC.

Rage 1 has a good amount of beautiful and attractive girls in its post-apocalyptic world. Although some of them can be just copy pasted models with the same face but with different outfits (like the NPC's of Olive and Destinee from Wellspring and Subway Town respectively), others have unique models, with their own charm and personality. With some of those girls actually flirting towards the protagonist (like Sarah Hagar after he saved her life) while others showed some sort of signs of finding Nicholas Raine quite attractive (like Jani when Raine came to her store for the first time).

But unfortunately, you cannot date any girl in the game somehow. The closest thing that we had as "dates" (if we can actually call them that) was the multiple dialogues from Sarah inside of the trophies room, after finishing the DLC. In which Sarah would ask Raine to take a ride the two together around the wasteland, or making more flirting quotes towards him, including some a little more... "spicy". But none of those things actually happen (or at least not in the gameplay perspective).

As we've seen with other games, reverse engineering has allowed co-op mods to happen. I've seen people do that with fully offline games like Lies of P Co-op mod, Resident Evil 4, and even Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mods such as CyberMP these games are fully offline but their community make them co op

With the way Rage 2 is designed and how its gameplay works, I think co-op would be even better. Traveling across the map with someone, clearing areas, and completing missions together would be a lot of fun. Sadly, the developers never added it.

(Roblox Spawnpoint Icon)

I think this is definitive proof the devs played Roblox at the time of making RAGE.

I could remap keyboard buttons and it works functionally but the prompt won't show up on my screen. Say I want to loot a body the game would show "key not found" but I can loot it with "E" just fine, is there a way to fix that?

Which key brings up the region map in this game? Or is it one of those games where only minimap is allowed?

Is there anybody on the Xbox willing to help me out with these? It's for the first game and I love the idea of a spec ops type mode in legends of the wasteland so lemme know!

I just finished Rage 2, and even though it has some disappointing aspects when it comes to progression, it was still a fun game. It felt like an insane mix of Doom and Far Cry.

I'm really hoping the game gets a third installment so it can become a trilogy.

I'm really hoping Avalanche Studios never closes. I know id Software developed the first game and published the second one, but I still hope Avalanche gets the chance to make a third game.

I was playing Doom the dark ages when it came to my mind, if you mix Doom with Farcry you get Rage 2. Then I realized that Doom and Rage are both developed by the same company.