Racing video games have come a long way since the ’70s. Which ones are your favorite? Any titles missing from this list? And be there for dinner in a minute!
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And be there for dinner in a minute!
aint we all said this lol
Over 22 minutes? Ain't nobody got time fo dat!
Pole Position was the pinnacle. I set a few high scores back in the day. Now if I want to drive, I drive.
Need For Speed Underground 2 is one of my all time favorite racing games.
I think the most complete racing game experience I've ever had comes courtesy of the Forza horizon series, though I spent an improper amount of time on the nfs series circa ps2, mostly most wanted and carbon. They changed the steering sometime during the the PS3/xb360 era and the games have not been enjoyable since then.
ChrisTropea said:Need For Speed Underground 2 is one of my all time favorite racing games.
I honestly don't even remember the racing I that one, but what I wouldn't do for that level of customisation in a modern racing game. Subs amps screens lights nitrous bottles, then carbon introduced customizable body panels.
I really wish they'd go back to that instead of the arcade like fast n curious style they've adopted
Does anyone else remember seeing that yellow car in Pole Position?
This is what we had.
And thank you, Activision, for Dragster, another classic.
I used to like playing Night Driver at the arcade.
They left off Pitstop 2 which back in the day I thought had really cool graphics on my Commodore 64. The animated pitstops were really cool.
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Saying this when you're two laps into a ten lap race on the Nürburgring.
Serious racing games didn't begin until Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', and Stunt Drivin' came out.
Anyone remember this classic? They had it at our local Ground Round.
Duke said:Serious racing games didn't begin until Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', and Stunt Drivin' came out.
There's an abandonware version of this game called stunts- it was basically a pc port. It was half remade about 10 years ago as a game called ultimate stunts. It was never finished and last updated I wanna say in 2012, but even the beta version was pretty fun.
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In reply to Appleseed :
Need more quarters.
Stat!
In reply to David S. Wallens :
You needed ALL the quarters when you played Hard Drivin. That game was brutal.
In reply to Appleseed :
Also the first game I ever remember costing more than a quarter.
$2.00. 2 berkin bucks-in 1990 money! And one run. Only one. Crash and you're done. Like I said, brutal
In reply to Appleseed :
Force feedback - and decent feedback at that - made it worth the money.
The same folks made a ground attack helicopter game called Steel Talons.
Nascar 95 was the best, and now i'm off to steam to see if they have it
Space Race may have been the most phallic racing game ever. In fact are we sure that was automotive racing and not a race to continue and further the spread of an unknown alien species?
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