Sparrow Racing League

The Sparrow Racing League is an upcoming limited time event. The event will begin on December 8, 2015, and end on December 29, 2015. Depending on its popularity, it may later return as a permanent activity.

Overview
The Sparrow Racing League is hosted by Amanda Holliday. True to its name, the event involves Guardians racing each other in their Sparrows.

Gameplay
Six players compete on two specially-designed maps. Races consist of three laps across a map, throughout which players must survive various obstacles including Web Mines, enemy attacks, and each other while passing through SRL Gates to boost their maximum speed. The first player to reach the finish line at the end of the third lap wins the race. Rewards are randomized, but the quality of the rewards increases with the player's SRL rank. Winning races and other skill-related accomplishments are required to complete certain SRL bounties.

Any type of sparrow available can be used in the race, with certain sparrow archetypes having certain advantages over others. Overdrive sparrows give players the ability to speed boost outside of the booster gates, at the risk of overheating and exploding. Trick sparrows can be used to recharge thruster energy, which can help with making quick lateral movements.

During races, players don a unique set of aerodynamic armor designed for Sparrow racing. This armor provides unique Sparrow-related abilities, such as allowing the player to control the speed of their descent through the air or reducing the time it takes to summon a Sparrow. Helmets and class items earned from SRL can drop with up to 320 Defense, but Chests, Gauntlets, and Boots have 0 Defense.

Similar to the Festival of the Lost's masks, one reward from the event is purely cosmetic and potentially temporary: Sparrow Horns. Rare Horns will expire at the end of the event and be removed from the player's inventory, but Legendary Horns are permanent; Rare Horns can be upgraded into Legendary Horns using an event-exclusive material called a Horn Relay.

SRL Event Standing
SRL Event Standing represents the player's Reputation in the Sparrow Racing League, and is tracked by Amanda Holliday. Completing races and bounties rewards rep; placing in the top three at the end of a race or winning rewards more rep. Rank in SRL Event Standing determines the Light values of Helmets and Class Items earned from races.


 * Rank 0: 280-289 Light
 * Rank 1: 290-299 Light
 * Rank 2: 300-309 Light
 * Rank 3: 310-319 Light
 * Rank 4: 320 Light

Maps

 * Campus Martius - Meridian Bay, Mars
 * Infinite Descent - Maat Mons, Venus

Rewards

 * Sparrows
 * EV-35 Arcrunner
 * EV-36 Solscout
 * EV-37 Voidstreak
 * EV-38 Laurelbearer
 * EV-39 Lumos
 * EV-40 Snowscream
 * EV-41 Momentum Master(Requires the SRL Record Book, Vol. 1)
 * EV-42 Nightsteed(PlayStation exclusive)
 * EV-43 Lightrunner(Random drop from Eververse Custom Horn Kits)


 * Sparrow Horns
 * Air Horn
 * Alert Horn
 * Antique Horn
 * Aquarian Horn
 * Basic Horn
 * Bike Horn
 * Cadence Horn
 * Chime Horn
 * Clarion Horn
 * Clown Horn
 * Duck Horn
 * Electric Horn
 * Flourish Horn
 * Fog Horn
 * Happy Horn
 * King's Horn
 * Odyssey Horn


 * Armor


 * Other
 * Mote of Light (1-3)
 * Strange Coin (1-3)

Eververse Items
In addition to the above rewards, the Eververse Trading Company is offering a series of premium items for the event's duration, including the "Victory Wave" Emote, and a record book that can be used to track the player's race performance and offer exclusive rewards for meeting specific requirements.

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * The Taken King