Ride Research and New Styles

Ride Research and New Styles

Scope update: The user has now approved seven new equipment styles, a customizable earnable boostpack and trick-based ammunition replenishment. Approved expansion and combat requirements supersede earlier proposal-only wording about that scope. Implementation remains pending.

Research checked 2026-10-14. Recommendations below are proposals for JetSetCraft, not claims of implemented support or announcements by the reference games. Preserve the existing six Ride Styles.

What the reference games actually contribute

Primary source	Verified reference	JetSetCraft lesson
SEGA: Jet Set Radio	Magnetically driven inline skates, tricks, graffiti and territory	Make inline skating an expressive street identity with memorable grind poses and readable routes
Team Reptile: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk	Skateboarding, inline and BMX; manuals extend combos; long combos earn boost	Distinct trick vocabularies with a shared flow system; customization should reinforce identity
Team Reptile: HYPERFUNK	Announced skates, skateboard and BMX; trick combos fuel faster personal boostpacks	Prototype escalating flow with reliable high-speed collision and route readability. Steam still lists release as TBA; these are advertised features
Ubisoft: Riders Republic	Mountain-bike disciplines, BMX, snowboard, skis and wingsuit sports	Biome-specific handling and mixed-discipline routes can create new challenges
RageSquid: Descenders Next	Snowboarding and mountainboarding; freestyle control, reputation and gear customization	Dirt and snow should feel different, and route choice should matter
Roll7: Rollerdrome combat guidance	Tricks replenish ammo, while skating, dodging and attacking form a combat loop	Develop combat-skating challenges for existing quad skates. Any TaCZ economy adaptation is an explicit optional event rule, never silent ammunition creation

JSR, BRC and HYPERFUNK do not supply six additional documented ride classes beyond our current set. Their strongest value is movement feel and trick variety. New families should earn their place through a new surface, control model or challenge vocabulary.

Recommended additions, in priority order

Proposal	Distinct play	Signature tricks / challenges	Tradeoff and customization
Mountainboard	Rough dirt, forest trails and rolling natural terrain	Off-road carving, powerslides, grabs, jumps through roots and terrain gaps	Less nimble on street ledges; pneumatic tires, trucks, deck and bindings
Snowboard	Snow and mountain event routes	Edge changes, buttering, grabs, spins and powder-to-rail transfers	Needs suitable snow or event surfaces; deck/base art, edges, binding stance
Aquatic carveboard	Ocean surface routes and deliberate underwater transitions	Wake slashes, surface breach jumps, coral slaloms and underwater barrel rolls	Water-only strength, limited land flow; hull/deck, fins and optional water-jet module. Original JetSetCraft proposal
Mountain bike	Climbing and fast rough downhill lines, clearly distinct from freestyle BMX	Scrubs, whips, suspension-assisted landings, technical rock/root routes	Larger turn radius and footprint; fork/shock, gears, wheels, tires and brakes
Ice skates	Tight frozen-lake racing and dance challenges	Crossovers, edge cuts, spins and paired choreography	Specializes in ice; blades, boots and guards. Original biome-led proposal
Freestyle skis	Two-foot snow control and wider mountain lines	Crossed-ski tricks, grabs, switch riding and slalom transitions	More animation and collision work than snowboard; skis, bindings and optional poles

Top initial prototypes: mountainboard, snowboard, aquatic carveboard. These add dirt, snow and water identities rather than another ordinary street deck.

Aquatic riding must complement the existing goal of underwater skating/tricks for all supported ride families. It should be a specialist, not a paywall or prerequisite for entering water-mob events. Breathing, visibility, current response and oxygen rules must remain explicit.

Styles better treated as variants first

• Longboard / surfskate: carving, pumping and downhill slides under the board family; promote to its own style only if input/handling tests show enough distinction.
• Aggressive / speed / dance inline builds and dance / derby quad builds: part sets and tuning presets within the existing skate families.
• Flatland / street / dirt BMX: trick sets and builds before multiplying base ride IDs.
• Hoverboard surf or race builds: use the requested core, thrusters, fins and trail customization.
• Rocket skates: experimental powered skate build with controlled burst resources, rather than duplicating inline with a bigger speed number.
• Parkour footwear and wingsuits: complementary movement modes, not automatically new ride slots. Preserve vanilla movement selection and Minecraft's existing equipment interactions.
• Street luge / pogo: later novelty-event prototypes; high camera, collision and content cost before they justify a full progression tree.

Approval gate for every new style

• Demonstrates a distinct handling and trick vocabulary in an actual prototype.
• Works with terrain-aware courses, safe temporary obstacles, tagging and gang races.
• Has its own part slots, sounds, animation poses, grind/transfer behavior and unlock loop.
• Supports survival persistence, multiplayer authority and compatible enchantments.
• Has a readable failure/recovery loop and accessible controls.
• Measures startup, low-frame-time and server-tick impact against the same baseline.
• Keeps every existing ride relevant; cosmetic variants do not create hidden stat advantages.

Detailed required workshop and enchanting workflow: Ride Workshop, Parts and Enchantments.