Does the computer game exist...
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OK, I'll be honest, I don't play many computer games besides driving games, and even then I feel I've done them to death. However, there is one type of driving game I'd really like to see
One where you can design your own racetracks. And then race on them.
I was vaguely aware of one in existence a number of years ago. If I remember correctly there was a picture of a rally-prepped Ford Escort Mk I on the cover but I'm buggered if I remember what it was called.
Does anyone know if such a PC game exists?
One where you can design your own racetracks. And then race on them.
I was vaguely aware of one in existence a number of years ago. If I remember correctly there was a picture of a rally-prepped Ford Escort Mk I on the cover but I'm buggered if I remember what it was called.
Does anyone know if such a PC game exists?
Years ago, for the DOS version of The Need For Speed (back when it was actually a reasonable simulation rather than a pimp-em-up) someone released a program that would let you edit the track spline.
That meant the scenery stayed exactly the same, but you could alter the route the track took.
The brilliance of the editor was that it was so quick to use, you effectively "drove" the route adding in curves and hills as you went. Fancy a tricky Alpine pass with endless first gear corners? Done!
Of course, sooner or later you had to do the ultimate in car abuse - five miles of straight, steep downhill and a huge jump at the end of it. And by steep, I mean hitting the redline in top gear, knocking it into neutral and seeing a speed with a '3' in front of it at the jump.
Just a shame it didn't have realistic modelled damage
That meant the scenery stayed exactly the same, but you could alter the route the track took.
The brilliance of the editor was that it was so quick to use, you effectively "drove" the route adding in curves and hills as you went. Fancy a tricky Alpine pass with endless first gear corners? Done!
Of course, sooner or later you had to do the ultimate in car abuse - five miles of straight, steep downhill and a huge jump at the end of it. And by steep, I mean hitting the redline in top gear, knocking it into neutral and seeing a speed with a '3' in front of it at the jump.
Just a shame it didn't have realistic modelled damage
Two player as well!heh - I remember lombard RAC 
Lotus III (of Lotus Turbo Challenge fame) had a track designer sort of, you selected several variables (weather, hazards, tightness of bends, hills, descents, track or point-to-point) and then you assigned a value to each one. Something like a trillion combinations available apparently.
Also, Jaguar XJ220 had a track designer where you could design your own track shape.
Oh, and I think Scalextric (the game!) let you too.
Lotus III (of Lotus Turbo Challenge fame) had a track designer sort of, you selected several variables (weather, hazards, tightness of bends, hills, descents, track or point-to-point) and then you assigned a value to each one. Something like a trillion combinations available apparently.
Also, Jaguar XJ220 had a track designer where you could design your own track shape.
Oh, and I think Scalextric (the game!) let you too.
twincam16 said:
OK, I'll be honest, I don't play many computer games besides driving games....
I'm the same - have you tried 'WipeOut' on the playstation?
Its a bit of an oldschool classic - its anti grav racing (basically like the pod racing in one of the recent star wars films) so not exactly cars! But it ROCKS! Kick ass tracks, awsome fire power, turbos, great tunes etc... basically everything you want it a great racing game... its still quite fast too.
I got hooked a few years ago - try it!
Anyone else know of anything else as good as this?
www.bobstrackbuilder.net/
for rfactor. I would get it and rfactor but my pc isn't powerful enough to run it in the graphics i want and i don't have room for a wheel where i am.
for rfactor. I would get it and rfactor but my pc isn't powerful enough to run it in the graphics i want and i don't have room for a wheel where i am.
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