I was playing the other day and I had no friends online (and again, I have no life), so I decided to use the simple formula v = d/t to solve for some of the vehicle velocities in the game. Anyhow, here they are
Mongoose: 54 MPH
Chopper thing: 71.8 MPH
Warthog: 43 MPH
Ghost (while bursting): 54 MPH
Elephant: 10.7 MPH
Banshee (while bursting): 94.5 MPH
And also…
Master Chief: 15 MPH
Rockets: 94.5 MPH
Sniper (human): 1,808 MPH
Keep in mind that these statistics were not obtained with ultra precision/timing, but rather are just approximations (particularly the sniper statistic).
That is impressive. How exactly do you come up with that? Im not very equation savy.
Did you know that almost all of the Cortana flashes the Chief gets are actual lines that Halsey said from the novel: The Fall of Reach?
> That is impressive. How exactly do you come up with that? Im not very equation savy.
Well, v = d/t stands for “Velocity equals distance divided by time”. Basically, how fast something is going in one direction can be determined by dividing its total distance traveled by its total time traveled. For example, say you walk 100 feet. That’s your distance. And say it took you 20 seconds to walk that distance. That’s your total time. So 100 divided by 20 equals 5, so you walked an average of 5 feet per second.
Now since we have that formula, we can calculate how fast any of the vehicles in any game go as long as we have the stats for how far they traveled in a certain amount of time. In Halo this is very easy because of the sniper rifles. When you zoom in with the sniper rifle and the center aimer is pointing at another player (you may have to aim at their head, I can’t remember), on the left side of the scope screen it gives you the distance you are to that player (and as well elevation). You will see it as “Dist” and “Elev”, I believe. So with that, now two people can simply stand apart from each other and we have a distance! As far as time, that’s real easy because of theater.
So what I did was sign in my guest and stand it away from me on a specific place on a map, get the distance from the sniper, then either remember or mark those 2 points. I then took the vehicles and I drove them over that distance, and from there simply went to theater and seen how much time it took them to travel that specific distance. Use the trusty formula, and voila!
The only problem you may encounter is that the distance that the sniper gives is in meters. So if you are not familiar with the metric system (or do not like it as I do not), then you will have to translate that into feet, inches, miles, et cetera.
and driving the Elephant makes you a total boss!