THE EPIC BOAT RACE (Menyoo)
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  The San Andreas Boating Association (SABA) invites you to our annual endurance boat race around the San Andreas Island Continent. This is a long and dangerous off-shore race. Racers have died in the past. Some were lost at sea never to be found again.
  
For use with Menyoo PC. (https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/menyoo-pc-sp)

This map will not load with Map Editor. It will not load on pirated versions of the game. You must have
the latest version of Menyoo and the latest GTA Online patch.

  
Installation
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Once you've installed Menyoo you'll have a "Menyoostuff" folder in your game directory. 
Go to that, then drop the xml files in your Spooner folder.

Race format
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You first start at the Marina where you pick any of the boats you want. Some are faster some are slower. Some have been modified to be real speed demons.
You then drive up the canal to the open ocean. Then turn right towards the pier.
SABA has rented 2 barges that are parked in front of the pier. Each has a large tower which can be seen from a long distance.
Your opponents are lined up on the start line waiting for the race to start.
There's a 2 minute delay before the start of the race from the moment you spawn.
As you wait on the start line you will see a special red bouy outfitted with a high pressure water pump. It'll spew water up in the air so you can easily see it.
Next, some fireworks are are launched from the bouy and the water pump will shut off. This is the final 10 second warning.
Then a flare will be launched from the bouy signaling the start of the race.
  
Course
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You drive your boat in the open ocean in a clockwise manner around the Island Continent of San Adreas.
On your radar you will see numbered green bouys. drive around them in order. More or less.
As you drive around look on the horizon for green navigation bouys. These are your waypoints.
The final leg will take you back to the start/finish line.

Opponents
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- Beach babe on a seashark (jetski). This lady is crazy. She drives fast and reckless with no fear. She usually leads the race for a long time.
- Beach babe's ex-boyfriend on a supercharged seashark (jetski). He drives fast too but he's not as reckless as his girlfriend
- Coast guard in a Dinghy (Zodiac). He's a fast and very skilled boater. Usually runs at the front of the pack.
- Tracy in a Suntrap. Daddy bought her a boat and she had her boyfriend, at the time, modify the engine. This thing is pretty quick
- Amanda in a Tropic. This was the older family boat before Michael upgraded to a Yacht. Amanda likes to drive this boat fast.
- Bond girl in a Toro. This lady has class. And her twin V12 engines are heavily modified. It's an older boat with spy equipment and a bit slower by modern standards, but she can surprise you with sudden bursts of speed.
- 007 (Jams Bond) driving a Squalo which is a more recent version of his Q Branch Glastron CV23HT from Moonraker.
- Some rich guy in a Jetmax. This is a very fast boat and often wins these races. Do not underestimate this guy.
- Some fat guy in a speeder. He can keep up with most but he's more comfortable with calm seas.

Things that can happen
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- Because of how Menyoo works, opponents will behave strangely at times.
  - If you are too far ahead of them, they'll give up and stay frozen. If you drive back to them, it motivates them and they will start racing again.
  - Because the green bouys are the targets to navigate to, they will sometimes crash into the bouys.
  - For some odd reason they will sometimes make a hard right turn towards shore and may even beach themselves.
  - Boats will crash into one another. explosions have been known to happen.
  - Some drivers may get ejected from their water craft. Especially the seasharks (jetski). Drivers will sometimes make it back to their craft and continue. But more often they just drown. Every race I've done had at least one person die.
  - Capsizing can occur as well. This is usually after two or more craft collide. This is usually followed by a drowning
- There's a helicopter with a news reporter that shadows you. Sometimes he may lose sight of you and will just hover at your last known position as he searches for you.
- The helicopter only has gas for 1 hour. When that hour is up, he'll return to the helicopter airbase across from the marina.
- Try not to pause the game and look at the full map. Pausing can mess up the timing of events.
- Sometimes some drivers will turn towards the next bouy even though they haven't reached the current one they should. Thus taking a shortcut. Maybe I'll fix this in the next release.

Glitches
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- Sometimes the drivers won't board their crafts at the begining of a race. Just reload the map again and make sure "start tasks" is turned on.
- The timings were done in a completely calm ocean (no waves). In the default mode with waves, this will affect timings of the turns
- In some places with hard turns, when racers fall behind, they will sometimes turn towards the shore and even sometimes beach themselves.
- Try not to pause and use the full screen map as this will mess the timing of the turns for the NPC racers.

Start the Race
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Go to 
Object Spooner > Manage Saved Files >BoatRace.xml
Check "start tasks"
Load placements.

Once spawned, just pick a boat in the Marina directly ahead of you, exit the marina and turn right towards the Pier.

Things to see (warning: spoilers)
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As you drive around the course there are a few interesting things to see. Some are from pop culture, some are real events.
*** WARNING SPOILER ALERT ***
Don't read any further if you want to maintain the element of surprise.

- As you approach the pier, there's a water ski jump over a shark contained in a restraining net. Fonzie (Happy Days) jumped over this shark back in the 70s.
- You will see a huge Yacht far from shore near a waypoint. Some guests will cheer you on. 
- There's a lone humpback whale in the area. Look for a water spout to help you find it.
- There's a submarine called Red October (Captained by Cptn. Ramius) at periscope depth.
- Some scuba divers were abandonned in the middle of the ocean. Just like in the film Open Water.
- Some stupid kids jumped in the water, didn't lower the ladder and can't get back aboard their sailing boat. Just like in the film Open water 2 (adrift)
- Clarkson, May and Hammond relive their Top Gear days with their Toyboata.
- An airliner also experienced a bird strike which disabled both engines. The Pilot managed to pull a "Sully" and water land the plane with no loss of life.

Note: There is lots of sea life around the course. Dolphins, Orcas, humpback whales, tiger sharks. Try not to hit them. You'll hear a lot noise and feel a "bump" if you do hit them.


Versions
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V 1.0 - Initial release

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