rec.autos.simulators

by **Stephen Smit** » Sun, 20 Jan 2002 05:02:45

Anybody know anything abt. this mod?

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

It's either corruscatingly stupid (JFK) or crazy like a fox.

--Steve

by **Haqsa** » Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:35:02

I had it, and might even still have it tucked away on a CD somewhere.
As a Quake mod it was brilliant. As a racing game I doubt that anyone
here would be interested. The tracks were very arcadey and very small
due to the limitations of the Quake engine. Plus you did not have
direct control of the car, you essentially used mouselook and the normal
Quake movement keys to tell the AI driver what to do, and it managed the
controls of the car for you. Again, really unique and brilliant for a
Quake mod, but definitely not a proper racing game.

by **Stephen Smit** » Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:24:56

Well, I'll be dipped. Wonder why they did it. Must be more Q fanatics than
racing gurus. Thx for the comeback.

> I had it, and might even still have it tucked away on a CD somewhere.
> As a Quake mod it was brilliant. As a racing game I doubt that anyone
> here would be interested. The tracks were very arcadey and very small
> due to the limitations of the Quake engine. Plus you did not have
> direct control of the car, you essentially used mouselook and the normal
> Quake movement keys to tell the AI driver what to do, and it managed the
> controls of the car for you. Again, really unique and brilliant for a
> Quake mod, but definitely not a proper racing game.

> > Anybody know anything abt. this mod?

> > http://www.quakerally.com/qr/history.shtml

> > It's either corruscatingly stupid (JFK) or crazy like a fox.

> > --Steve

by **Will DeRiver** » Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:38:01

whoa...blast from the past. I remember that mod for the first Quake! It's no
GPL! lol. Like Haqsau said, very arcady...man, those were good times.
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by **Haqsa** » Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:33:20

Why they did the control scheme that way? Possibly because they knew
most of the people who downloaded it would only have mouse and keyboard
for control, but more likely because one of the authors, Ryan Feltrin,
was very interested in AI. As that page notes, he went on to write the
Eraser bot for Quake 2, which had excellent AI and was considered by
many to be one of the best bots published up to that point. IIRC he was
also quite a car nut.

> Well, I'll be dipped. Wonder why they did it. Must be more Q
fanatics than
> racing gurus. Thx for the comeback.

> > I had it, and might even still have it tucked away on a CD
somewhere.
> > As a Quake mod it was brilliant. As a racing game I doubt that
anyone
> > here would be interested. The tracks were very arcadey and very
small
> > due to the limitations of the Quake engine. Plus you did not have
> > direct control of the car, you essentially used mouselook and the
normal
> > Quake movement keys to tell the AI driver what to do, and it managed
the
> > controls of the car for you. Again, really unique and brilliant for
a
> > Quake mod, but definitely not a proper racing game.

> > > Anybody know anything abt. this mod?

> > > http://www.quakerally.com/qr/history.shtml

> > > It's either corruscatingly stupid (JFK) or crazy like a fox.

> > > --Steve

rec.autos.simulators

Quake Rally?!?

Quake Rally?!?

Quake Rally?!?

Quake Rally?!?

Quake Rally?!?

Quake Rally?!?