Nostalgia alert.

Nostalgia alert.
Kind of meta.  Video of remake of a 1989 era Amiga/ST Stunt Car Racer track remade round about 2003 or thereabouts for a video game that came out in 1998.  This game is worthy of mention because of the wonderful support from the developers post release.  Without holding back for a sequel, they added new technology support as the game aged.
3 pedal clutch support, 3d cards, multi core cpu, fantastic multiplayer and tons of physics and bug fixes were implemented over quit a few years.  Then things elevated to another level when the community built tools, patched the graphics, added new car models, converted 2d objects to complex 3d models, added new seasons with new physics, developed track editor & telemetry suite and tons of websites and utilities.  Hell, I even wrote one myself which was made obsolete by an even better mod a couple of years later.  I never quite mastered gameplay with a controller and I still don't have the desk space to unpack my wheel, but I hope to duplicate the run in this video.  Note the track is atypical and doesn't show AI cars, but you should be able to get a sense of the physics.  Note, that this video is more of a homage to the original Stunt Car Racer gameplay than Grand Prix Legends!  Honk in the comments if you played / enjoyed either of those!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qywd2ZgBnF4

Comments

Iain McC said…
I've still got my Grand Prix Legends CD-ROMs knocking about somewhere. Awesome, but brutal game. The great Grand Prix tracks of the 1960s really separate the men from the boys - the proper, full length Nurburgring, Spa and Monza tracks are beasts for cars with huge power, but practically zero downforce.
Ian Stoffberg said…
I never ever beat the sample lap times that shipped with the game ;(  I have a zip file with my previous intact installation.  there was so many mods & tracks to manage, a reinstall was just the beginning.  You had a mountain of work after that!
Tim Wheatley sounds cool. Could you share the address and I'll archive.org - Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine it.
This thread had me smiling and remembering my early PC gaming days. Good old Microprose.
Ian Stoffberg said…
Any thoughts on Stunt Car Rscer
Another great post Ian Stoffberg . I loved Stunt Car Racer, and enjoyed watching the video. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have my attention now.
Oh Tim Wheatley  I'd totally forgotten that SCR was done by the great Mr Crammond.

I don't play many racers now, but back then I remember spending hours racing my friend. We would set ourselves up for the full event and be exhausted, yet thrilled after it.

And just to make sure my memory is correct. The two player option gave you ex amount of minutes to race before handing over to your mate while the AI took control. Loved it.
Tim Wheatley Awesome, can't wait to see that :) I'd love to get back some of those I had.
Ian Stoffberg said…
Tim Wheatley
I played all his games included The Sentinel.  In those days I (sadly) pirated everything.  You couldn't most games in SA back then and you had to order things from specialised shops back then.  I bought F1GP on Amiga, then GP2, GP3,GP4 on PC.  Sentinel on C64. Elite 64, Frontier Amiga.  Many others, but those stick in my mind.
Ian Stoffberg said…
Good Guys Gaming GGG
These weren't regular Microprose though as I recall, although the later GP games were.  I remember Microprose especially for F15 Strike Eagle, Gunship, Silent Service, etc.  Bought most of those on tape!  What a pain.  Eventually got disk versions(ahem).  I was so excited to get Microprose Soccer only to have it destroyed by the virtually unknown Kick Off from Anco.  Legendary.  Anybody played the PS4 KickOff remake?

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