Does anyone know what the first racing game with interior view (i.e. with
dashboard etc) was? ( besidesFormula One Or Nascar).
Drew
The first I can remember of (on the PC) was Indy 500 from Papy.
Bye!
Crash
RBAB schrieb:
My fingers still hurt from the keyboard action!
Matt
> The first I can remember of (on the PC) was Indy 500 from Papy.
> Bye!
> Crash
> RBAB schrieb:
> > Does anyone know what the first racing game with interior view (i.e. with
> > dashboard etc) was? ( besidesFormula One Or Nascar).
The Art of Legends;
http://www.gpl.electra.no
Cheek Racing Cars;
http://www.cheekracing.electra.no
I remember Checkered Flag in Spectrum.
BTW, now that we are talking about Driver and Midtown Madness,
anyone remember Lotus Sprint in the Spectrum? Awesome graphics...
The semaphore ligths were a white pixel, if it was in the top of
the black rectangle was red, in the bottom, green. :-)
JaviF
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On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:02:06 +0200, Matthew Birger Knutsen
>My fingers still hurt from the keyboard action!
>Matt
>> Hi!
>> The first I can remember of (on the PC) was Indy 500 from Papy.
>> Bye!
>> Crash
>> RBAB schrieb:
>> > Does anyone know what the first racing game with interior view (i.e. with
>> > dashboard etc) was? ( besidesFormula One Or Nascar).
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>---------------------------------
>Matthew Birger Knutsen
>The Art of Legends;
>http://www.gpl.electra.no
>Cheek Racing Cars;
>http://www.cheekracing.electra.no
> My first; G. Crammonds "Revs". C 64 :-)
> My fingers still hurt from the keyboard action!
Unfortunately the BBC joysticks had no "return to centre" action, which
made it pretty tricky to keep in a straight line.
I was also at the launch at the Steering Wheel Club in London trying to
out-hotlap David Hunt (James Hunt's younger brother) who was an F3
driver at the time and helped with the development of the game.
Very interesting to watch his style compared to the simracers - he was
much more controlled, slower into the corners and faster out, and I
never saw him crash, whereas we would tend to get slightly faster
hotlaps but crash a lot more.
My best time was 1:23.9 at Silverstone - how about you?
I also remember racing a lot at Brands Hatch, which was a great track
(but a pale shadow of Dave Noonan's brilliant GPL version!).
> > My first; G. Crammonds "Revs". C 64 :-)
> > My fingers still hurt from the keyboard action!
> Well I played that one before you on the BBC Micro - with an analogue
> joystick!
Ah, well the keys were better; They even gave sluggish response, or with
the spacebar down, superfast...lol!
Hehe. Way cool! Yeah, I remember a clone of his Acorn F3 Ralt on the
cover:)
Aw, can't remember......just remember the bad flights on kerbs! And the
instant catchfencing !
Yeah, that was my favourite, fighting Willy Swerve and Dynamic Dan (or
whatever!) on the part up to clearways, and there
even was a female driver (Cathy Muller clone!), can't remember her "alias"
tho:)
Matt
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Matthew Birger Knutsen
The Art of Legends;
http://www.gpl.electra.no
Cheek Racing Cars;
http://www.cheekracing.electra.no
Hehe, yeah. I drove using a SlikStik, remember those? Eventually I had to
press the button REAL hard to shift, sore thumb syndrome all the time. What is
mr. Crammond up to these days? Working at Papy? I wish...
Cheers,
/ft, certified computer nostalgia freak
>> My first; G. Crammonds "Revs". C 64 :-)
>That one rocked so much. I probably have more hours in it than in any of the
>more recent sims... I bought three games with my C64, Revs+, Chessmaster 2k
>and Elite. In retrospect, a good selection. Except that I never once managed
>to win a game of chess.
>> My fingers still hurt from the keyboard action!
>Hehe, yeah. I drove using a SlikStik, remember those? Eventually I had to
>press the button REAL hard to shift, sore thumb syndrome all the time. What is
>mr. Crammond up to these days? Working at Papy? I wish...
>Cheers,
> /ft, certified computer nostalgia freak
...207
Cheers,
/ft
Back in '82 -'84 era, there was a driving game for C64 with working guages on dash.
It had black screen with those white posts for edges of road.
It looked solo, though.
> > > My first; G. Crammonds "Revs". C 64 :-)
> > > My fingers still hurt from the keyboard action!
> > Well I played that one before you on the BBC Micro - with an analogue
> > joystick!
> Ah - Early hi-techer, eh ? :)
> > Unfortunately the BBC joysticks had no "return to centre" action, which
> > made it pretty tricky to keep in a straight line.
> Ah, well the keys were better; They even gave sluggish response, or with
> the spacebar down, superfast...lol!
> > I was also at the launch at the Steering Wheel Club in London trying to
> > out-hotlap David Hunt (James Hunt's younger brother) who was an F3
> > driver at the time and helped with the development of the game.
> Hehe. Way cool! Yeah, I remember a clone of his Acorn F3 Ralt on the
> cover:)
> > Very interesting to watch his style compared to the simracers - he was
> > much more controlled, slower into the corners and faster out, and I
> > never saw him crash, whereas we would tend to get slightly faster
> > hotlaps but crash a lot more.
> > My best time was 1:23.9 at Silverstone - how about you?
> Aw, can't remember......just remember the bad flights on kerbs! And the
> instant catchfencing !
> > I also remember racing a lot at Brands Hatch, which was a great track
> > (but a pale shadow of Dave Noonan's brilliant GPL version!).
> Yeah, that was my favourite, fighting Willy Swerve and Dynamic Dan (or
> whatever!) on the part up to clearways, and there
> even was a female driver (Cathy Muller clone!), can't remember her "alias"
> tho:)
I actually dug my BBC Micro out of the cupboard to play Revs a few weeks
ago, which was a bit of an eye-opener - it was absolutely terrible in
comparison to GPL, but as a game it was still surprisingly playable!
I'll fire it up again and make a note of the names!