Such a game would lend itself well to the type of career mode that Viper
has. You could start in the lower classes and work you way up to
Supercarts.
The racing would be as close as in TOCA 2 without the need to decrease
the physics realism.
The feedback though a FF Wheel would be brilliant and the sense of speed
should be equally as good.
(Yeah...I finally got to post an on topic message!)
Just down the road a bit is a 1/2 mile paved road coarse built
specifically for 3.5 hp carts. They are very fun to watch. Unfortunately,
even though the track is all set up for spectators, the only spectators
there are are family members of the drivers. There's even a very big sign
setup in front of the field on a busy highway. still, no one comes by to
watch.
My opinion on this is that go-carts are not a big thing. Again, my
opinion, NASCAR has defined what racing is... BIG, LOUD cars. anything else
is nothing more then kids playing with there matchbox cars. It's a shame
too, These carts put on an awesome show. Not only from the competition
standpoint, but also in the crash and burn standpoint. no one has got hurt
in the accidents I've seen but the crashes were spectacular enough that you
swear the drivers are all dead.
Just my opinion, but, go carts are just not well known enough to be
anything more then a Mario Brothers type of Sim
Mike Barlow
> Such a game would lend itself well to the type of career mode that Viper
> has. You could start in the lower classes and work you way up to
> Supercarts.
> The racing would be as close as in TOCA 2 without the need to decrease
> the physics realism.
> The feedback though a FF Wheel would be brilliant and the sense of speed
> should be equally as good.
> (Yeah...I finally got to post an on topic message!)
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Rob
> My opinion on this is that go-carts are not a big thing. Again, my
> opinion, NASCAR has defined what racing is... BIG, LOUD cars. anything
else
> is nothing more then kids playing with there matchbox cars. It's a shame
> too, These carts put on an awesome show. Not only from the competition
> standpoint, but also in the crash and burn standpoint. no one has got
hurt
> in the accidents I've seen but the crashes were spectacular enough that
you
> swear the drivers are all dead.
> Just my opinion, but, go carts are just not well known enough to be
> anything more then a Mario Brothers type of Sim
> Mike Barlow
> > Why hasn't anybody produced a real gocart sim with real physics and none
> > of the arcade type garbage that ealier gocart games suffered from?
> > Such a game would lend itself well to the type of career mode that Viper
> > has. You could start in the lower classes and work you way up to
> > Supercarts.
> > The racing would be as close as in TOCA 2 without the need to decrease
> > the physics realism.
> > The feedback though a FF Wheel would be brilliant and the sense of speed
> > should be equally as good.
> > (Yeah...I finally got to post an on topic message!)
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> Rob
> > Just down the road a bit is a 1/2 mile paved road coarse built
> > specifically for 3.5 hp carts. They are very fun to watch.
Unfortunately,
> > even though the track is all set up for spectators, the only spectators
> > there are are family members of the drivers. There's even a very big
sign
> > setup in front of the field on a busy highway. still, no one comes by to
> > watch.
> > My opinion on this is that go-carts are not a big thing. Again, my
> > opinion, NASCAR has defined what racing is... BIG, LOUD cars. anything
> else
> > is nothing more then kids playing with there matchbox cars. It's a
shame
> > too, These carts put on an awesome show. Not only from the competition
> > standpoint, but also in the crash and burn standpoint. no one has got
> hurt
> > in the accidents I've seen but the crashes were spectacular enough that
> you
> > swear the drivers are all dead.
> > Just my opinion, but, go carts are just not well known enough to be
> > anything more then a Mario Brothers type of Sim
> > Mike Barlow
> > > Why hasn't anybody produced a real gocart sim with real physics and
none
> > > of the arcade type garbage that ealier gocart games suffered from?
> > > Such a game would lend itself well to the type of career mode that
Viper
> > > has. You could start in the lower classes and work you way up to
> > > Supercarts.
> > > The racing would be as close as in TOCA 2 without the need to decrease
> > > the physics realism.
> > > The feedback though a FF Wheel would be brilliant and the sense of
speed
> > > should be equally as good.
> > > (Yeah...I finally got to post an on topic message!)
> > --
> > =========================================
> > Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing?
> > MikeBa on the TEN network.
> > Member of R.O.R. 1999
> > http://w3.ime.net/~marknjess/noflame.html
> > =========================================
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> > http://members.xoom.com/RCA/toc.html
> > Holodyne Engineering
> > Mystic Music
C-ya on the track..
Mike Barlow
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>Such a game would lend itself well to the type of career mode that Viper
>has. You could start in the lower classes and work you way up to
>Supercarts.
>The racing would be as close as in TOCA 2 without the need to decrease
>the physics realism.
>The feedback though a FF Wheel would be brilliant and the sense of speed
>should be equally as good.
>(Yeah...I finally got to post an on topic message!)
I've still got Microprose's "Virtual Karts" somewhere.... It wasn't a
GPL-level sim (is anything?) but it was an attempt at a "realistic" kart
sim. (i.e not Mario Kart)
It has about 12 different tracks and you could race 3 different types of
kart, and create your own driver to progress through the classes. It
also has pretty funky graphics.
However it's kinda let down by poor menus, a lack of controller options
and karts that behave seriously strangely once they touch the kerb.
In fact I haven't played it for a while... I might reinstall it and have
a go :-)
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Hello,
I think a karting sim would be GREAT! I race karts on the WKA National Dirt
Circuit and the National Dirt Events have 700-1000 karts for a two day event.
Karting is huge and the compitition is so tight. A whole field of 30 karts can
be sepeated by just a couple tenths. Since your sitting so low the sense of
speed almost doubles when your flying around the track. This game could be a
big hit becuase so many people can relate to karting unlike driving a NASCAR or
CART car.
Thanks,
Aaron Markham *Kart44*
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> >Why hasn't anybody produced a real gocart sim with real physics and none
> >of the arcade type garbage that ealier gocart games suffered from?
> >Such a game would lend itself well to the type of career mode that Viper
> >has. You could start in the lower classes and work you way up to
> >Supercarts.
> >The racing would be as close as in TOCA 2 without the need to decrease
> >the physics realism.
> >The feedback though a FF Wheel would be brilliant and the sense of speed
> >should be equally as good.
> >(Yeah...I finally got to post an on topic message!)
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I've had that game for 3 years and I must say it is absolutely terrible. The
menu really sux, the setup options are weak, the gameplay is weak, the physics
are weak, and only 2 other opponents really makes for some bad racing.
But on the other hand it actually works on my cpu, so that's a plus.
If it was done right (GPL style physics) with good tracks and a career mode,
I think it'd be a BIG hit.
Doug
> My opinion on this is that go-carts are not a big thing. Again, my
>opinion, NASCAR has defined what racing is... BIG, LOUD cars. anything else
>is nothing more then kids playing with there matchbox cars. It's a shame
>too, These carts put on an awesome show. Not only from the competition
>standpoint, but also in the crash and burn standpoint. no one has got hurt
>in the accidents I've seen but the crashes were spectacular enough that you
>swear the drivers are all dead.
> Just my opinion, but, go carts are just not well known enough to be
>anything more then a Mario Brothers type of Sim
>Mike Barlow
>> Why hasn't anybody produced a real gocart sim with real physics and none
>> of the arcade type garbage that ealier gocart games suffered from?
>> Such a game would lend itself well to the type of career mode that Viper
>> has. You could start in the lower classes and work you way up to
>> Supercarts.
>> The racing would be as close as in TOCA 2 without the need to decrease
>> the physics realism.
>> The feedback though a FF Wheel would be brilliant and the sense of speed
>> should be equally as good.
>> (Yeah...I finally got to post an on topic message!)
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>Mystic Music
Wait until you get to 150cc :)
You will want to hit the SNES sometimes after just loosing the cup by 1
point because Luigi beat you to the finish line by 0.01second (it happened
to me hehe). I always liked to powerslide off the corners (it's a technique
where you jump, turn in the air and exit the corner with the same momentum
as entering it).
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>>Hey ! Don't dis Mario Kart. >
>Oh, I wasn't! I -love- Mario Kart..... After I got it, it never came out
>of the cartridge slot of my SNES. It still saddens me today that I never
>won the top championship (the one with rainbow road etc...)
>I always used to drive with Koopa and I was never beaten in Multiplayer,
>especially battle mode :-)
>>LOL ! :-P another fan I see (look at my *.sig)
>Cool! I have every book :-)
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Oh my.......I remember those days. I had a 1 mb video card, 2X CD-ROM drive,
and only a mouse. The game was practically impossible to play.
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