Arbee — speedstorm

Arbee is a symbol of Disney Speedstorm. It is a cheerful robot that meets players who open the game for the first time and provides them with useful instructions. As the game progresses, Arbee's appearances become rarer but whenever the player needs to be notified, Arbee is there to assist.

After the Closed Beta ended, the decision was made to give the pick-up items, that provide players with Skills, the Arbee-face appearance.

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Story
Maps and Challenges
Arbee Drive
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What role does Arbee play in Disney Speedstorm? toggle section

Arbee, an original character created by Gameloft, is a mascot of Disney Speedstorm. This friendly robot greets players upon their first game launch, offering valuable guidance, and remains ready to assist with important notifications later on in the game. Arbee has 2 unique race tracks, and recent updates have even brought unique Arbee-styled challenges to Season Tour for experienced players.

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How does Arbee assist players in Disney Speedstorm? toggle section

Arbee, a cheerful robot, guides new players with useful instructions. Later on in the game, Arbee's appearances lessen, but she always notifies players when they have a new gift from Gameloft or when they don't have enough currency to purchase an item in the shop. A game mechanic, Arbee Drive or Touch Drive, introduced in Season 4, allows Arbee to help players steer, allowing them to select their path on the screen. Completing special Arbee challenges in Season Tour grants players useful rewards, such as Upgrade Coins or Racer Shards.

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What changes were made to Arbee after the Closed Beta of Disney Speedstorm? toggle section

Post the Closed Beta of Disney Speedstorm, Arbee received updates. The game's pick-up items were redesigned to resemble Arbee's face. In Season 4, coinciding with the Free-to-Play launch, a new mechanic, Arbee Drive or Touch Drive, was introduced. This feature allows Arbee to assist players with steering, with the player selecting the path on the screen. During the Early Access and the first year of Free-to Play, Arbee received 2 unique themed race tracks, and in Season 10 Arbee introduced special challenges for experienced players along with a whole new chapter.

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Story

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Before Arbee reprogrammed herself to create Disney Speedstorm, she was originally an older arcade game called "Racing Battles". The initials "RB" then became "Arbee".^[1]

On a showery day in a tiny office of the GAME LOFT ARCADE Arbee was watching her favorite Disney&Pixar movies. Sitting by a broken slot machine, Arbee was day-dreaming about exciting races on speeding cars that would take anyone's breath away. Glancing at Mulan in the movie once again, Arbee felt affectionate, her eyes turned heart-shaped and more hearts started dancing above her head. At that moment, Arbee decided that it was high time to use her immense powers and programming skills to make the old machines work and turn the sullen place into a fantasy!

Channeling her full electrical potential, Arbee switched on the slot machine with a new game on display. Mulan, wearing a modern red driving suit and standing by her brand-new racing car, got reconstructed on the screen from pixels. She smiled at Arbee, and the robot proceeded with reconstructing Mickey Mouse, Jack Sparrow and Sulley. Together they storm off from the start line competing on the Pirates of the Caribbean themed track and using their newly obtained abilities.

Now Arbee works for the Speedstorm universe as a helper for her fellow Racers. Sometimes she gets bugged and spoils something she was not supposed to reveal as it happened in the Founder's Packs Trailer.

Maps and Challenges

Arbee is involved in everything that happens in Disney Speedstorm. The robot has created 2 Maps to entertain the most picky players:

Starting from Season 10, there is an additional Season Tour Chapter made by Arbee that requires high-level (30+ and 40+) characters to complete the Nodes. The Chapter is not compulsory but provides a big number of additional rewards.

Along with the whole new Chapter, Arbee also creates additional Race Goals from time to time. They can be turned on or off, and by completing a few of them players can earn useful currency or Racer Shards. Each challenge needs to be turned on using a button in the top right corner.

Attention: enabling Arbee Challenges increases the recommended character level noticeably (up to +20 levels required). The Hard Node Rewards include:

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Upgrade Coins;

* Racer Shards;

* Cosmetics (Avatar, Kart Part Color).

Arbee Drive

Arbee Drive or Touch Drive is a game mechanics that was added in Season 4 along with the Free-to-Play launch of the game on September 28, 2023. The game mascot Arbee can help players steer more efficiently: the robot makes sure Racers keep driving no matter what happens, it avoids bumping into walls and can automatically jump on grind pipes if the route is chosen. The player only needs to select the path on the screen using the left/right movement buttons. One of the paths is always set automatically, so even if the player is AFK Arbee will still drive. However, Arbee does not try to avoid obstacles without the player's command, and if the path is chosen wrong, the Racer may end up stunned. Arbee Drive does not use Skills and does not hop on jump pads or drift either, it has to be done by the player manually.

In order to enable/disable Arbee drive, the player needs to pause the race mid-game and choose the option on the screen.

Below we have a list of all icons that appear when using Arbee Drive. They imitate road signs and allow the players to choose which path to go on.

Arbee signs
	Choosing between two directions that are almost parallel with a slight turn left or right.
	Choosing between two curved paths that lead left or right.
	Sharp turn left or right.
	Continue going straight on.
	Pick up a Skill.
	Slide on Grind Pipe (blue side rail).
	Drive on a springboard
	Jump off the current road and go a level down (for situations with multiple level roads).
	Drive on Speed Pads or Jump Pads.
	Jump from lower surface to higher ground using a trampoline.
	Drive on any surface that slows you down (grass, carpet floor covering, and so on).
	This direction may contain unexpected obstacles (for example, big columns going down and stunning Racers on the Jungle Ruins map or lava pouring down from the ceiling on the Agrabah map).