Fallout: New Vegas' Race to the Bottom Mod Explained

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Though Fallout: New Vegas was released over a decade ago, it’s still one of the most beloved titles in the gaming community. Some even regard it as the best game in the Fallout franchise, and its popularity shows in just how active the modding scene still is.

One of the more recent mods released for Fallout: New Vegas is entitled “Race to the Bottom,” which introduces a new questline that focuses on roleplaying and dialogue choices. There are already a few playthroughs available on YouTube, but fans of Fallout: New Vegas and Obsidian’s quest design philosophy should definitely try the mod for themselves.

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“Race to the Bottom” was uploaded by user cgy95 onto Nexus Mods earlier this month. Though some players might scratch their heads at the idea of a new mod for a game as old as Fallout: New Vegas, cgy95 explains that the unofficial DLC is “a love letter” to the game. The mod is fully voiced and is predicted to take up to two hours of playtime. That said, there are multiple ways to go about each quest, increasing the mod’s replayability.

The quest starts in Freeside of Fallout: New Vegas. The player must head to the Freeside Coop and talk to the shopkeeper, a woman named Ella Hawthorne. Ella explains that she was recently robbed and needs someone to help get her caps back. Accepting then triggers the questline, and what starts as a simple mercenary gig becomes a far more complex ordeal involving ethics and politics.

Without giving away too much, the mod actually raises problems about the New California Republic (NCR) of Fallout: New Vegas and how it operates. While the NCR isn’t necessarily a benevolent faction in the base game, it could certainly be seen as the