Favourite video game car

[Coin-Slot]

Outrun is a grail cab for me, but I agree, it doesn’t play too well these days, not many oldies do.

[Mr E]

Coin-Slot said:

Outrun is a grail cab for me, but I agree, it doesn’t play too well these days, not many oldies do.

Did 2 hours of bubble bobble recently with the boy. It’s still brilliant.

Driving games appear to date very fast.

[Mr E]

Stunt car racer will be awesome until the end of time however.

[Birdster]

320d is all you need said:

Nice share!

I remember playing this game too - It felt way ahead of it's time.
For me the Z8 was the car I spent the most time in!


On the subject of NFS

Anyone else play NFS : Porsche Unleashed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agid_m6lhvw

I remember it vaugely, I think it had some interesting missions like deliver the new car without crashing etc.

Brilliant game. Had forgotten about it until you mentioned it. One of those games that was under appreciated.

[cerb4.5lee]

Mr E said:

miniman said:

Some great calls on here, but it has to be this, right?

Yes, but having played it recently, it’s st.

I can't agree with that. I've played it on many systems over the years(Sega Saturn/MAME/Raspberry pi etc), and it still really holds up for me. I remember playing it at 13 years old when it first came out in the arcades in 1986 though...so I'm a little bit biased!

[cerb4.5lee]

Mr E said:

Stunt car racer will be awesome until the end of time however.

I can't argue with that! It is a cracking game even now for me.

[Tuvra]

In one of the Forza games, I remember the first time I took it out and heard it

[Mr E]

cerb4.5lee said:

Mr E said:

Stunt car racer will be awesome until the end of time however.

I can't argue with that! It is a cracking game even now for me.

2 player with a pair of amigas and a bill modem cable was endless entertainment

[cerb4.5lee]

Mr E said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Mr E said:

Stunt car racer will be awesome until the end of time however.

I can't argue with that! It is a cracking game even now for me.

2 player with a pair of amigas and a bill modem cable was endless entertainment

I bet!

[richomk6]

Gran Turismo 4- BMW M3 GTR racer. Handles like a dream. Shoots flame. Makes one feel like Jorg Muller driving it.

Forza Motorsport 2/3- Ferrari 550 GTS. Love the car in real life. Sounds so good. Pretty disappointed it disappeared from the Forza roster after 3 due to licensing issues.

Forza Motorsport 4 - Panoz LMP1. Wish more games had this car.

Edited by richomk6 on Friday 25th December 11:38

[808 Estate]

[WhisperingWasp]

Not sure if posted already but certainly had a lot of fun with this on my Dreamcast back in the day:

[Don Roque]

richomk6 said:

Forza Motorsport 4 - Panoz LMP1. Wish more games had this car.

Edited by richomk6 on Friday 25th December 11:38

Yep, my absolute favourite

[blueST]

Showing my age here... The March Cosworth in Indianapolis 500 in the Amiga. Spent hours adjusting camber, stagger, aero, gear ratios and spring rates to shave thousands off a qualifying lap. Had to play with a mouse and keyboard to get some sort of analogue steering

The frustration of hitting the wall on lap 200 after hours of zen like focus on basic vector graphics is something modern gamers could never imagine.

[ArsE82]

Mr E said:

Coin-Slot said:

Outrun is a grail cab for me, but I agree, it doesn’t play too well these days, not many oldies do.

Did 2 hours of bubble bobble recently with the boy. It’s still brilliant.

Driving games appear to date very fast.

OT - I discovered Bubble Bobble was on PS4 last night so me and my 7 year old son got on it. Level 99 before he had to go to bed.

I completed it with my Mum 34 years ago!

[bangerhoarder]

Speed1283 said:

Excellent find.

I played NFS2 back on my PS1, was it hot pursuit or was that need for speed 3? Seem to recall NFS3 had the 'elnino' car that you were awarded after completing it..

It was different on PS1 I think - I completed NFS3 many years ago on Playstation then bought it on PC. It’s a totally different beast - I still play it a lot to this day - beating my lap records I’ve kept for 15 years is still pretty satisfying! It also looks far better and runs silky smooth using Glide.

In the PC version, El Nino is a understeering, heavy mess. The MB CLK GTR is totally dominant, and basically makes any other car pointless. Good fun trying beat the AI driving those while in a Diablo or similar!

So, I think the CLK GTR wins it for me. Honourable mention for the Escudo Pikes Peak in GT2 (the earlier twin engined Cultus was nowhere near it), the ‘89 R32 GT-R in GT2 (was lighter, and out-handled any later model when modded) and the Impreza in Colin McRae Rally (though I was rather a fan of the Felicia after driving it many times in the sim set up at the 98 Motor Show at the NEC. Oh, the queue for that one!)

[A Winner Is You]

ArsE82 said:

Mr E said:

Coin-Slot said:

Outrun is a grail cab for me, but I agree, it doesn’t play too well these days, not many oldies do.

Did 2 hours of bubble bobble recently with the boy. It’s still brilliant.

Driving games appear to date very fast.

OT - I discovered Bubble Bobble was on PS4 last night so me and my 7 year old son got on it. Level 99 before he had to go to bed.

I completed it with my Mum 34 years ago!

Outrun 2 on the original Xbox is still brilliant to play, works on the 360 as well

[gangzoom]

Surely everyone had one of these..

[Mr E]

ArsE82 said:

OT - I discovered Bubble Bobble was on PS4 last night so me and my 7 year old son got on it. Level 99 before he had to go to bed.

I completed it with my Mum 34 years ago!

Good work. It’s easier with MAME and infinite credits..

[kiseca]

blueST said:

Showing my age here... The March Cosworth in Indianapolis 500 in the Amiga. Spent hours adjusting camber, stagger, aero, gear ratios and spring rates to shave thousands off a qualifying lap. Had to play with a mouse and keyboard to get some sort of analogue steering

The frustration of hitting the wall on lap 200 after hours of zen like focus on basic vector graphics is something modern gamers could never imagine.

I'd forgotten about that game! I played it an awful lot on the PC (I'm assuming it's a port of the same game). I remember the graphics, gameplay, replay options, crash sequences all being absolutely state of the art at the time.

For a game with only one track, it was very involving and long lived.