rec.autos.simulators

by **schwab** » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Yes Martin... the autocross track! I used to drive the green "porsche"
too... it was fast and fun. (see my reply to Brent about "infinite"
time...)

--Dave

> I just wish somebody could make a faithful recreation
> (including FFB!) of Atari's old arcade game Hard Drivin' or its sequel
> Race Drivin'. Ignoring (if you can) the stunts, the physics of these
> games took years to be matched on the PC, while still remaining
> unmatched in the arcades. I must have driven that green roadster
> around the Autocross track hundreds of times...

> Martin
> Nigel Mansell RIP!

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by **ymenar** » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00

On the long straight before the Masta Kink...

Look at the left of the track, just behind the wall of hell exiting the
corner before (WHO was enough stupid to think "Hey well let's put this big
wall just where some people drift exiting the corner). ;-)

And btw, anybody knows what is the thing in that straight, on the right side
of the track before you enter the Masta Kink ? A Cemetery ?

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by **Jason Mond** » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Its in the beginning section at least drive to the end of the really long
straight with the esses in the middle of it. Since you want to drive on the
tracks, just driving in the arcade view and watch the left side of the road.

You have to go up a hill to get on it.

Jason.

> >Come to that, how
> >many of you have driven on the railway track at Spa? I've not managed to hit
> >any trains yet though;-)

> OK, I haven't seen this one yet? Where's the railroad track at???

> Dan Belcher
> Team Racing Unlimited

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by **Martin Urs** » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>Yes Martin... the autocross track! I used to drive the green "porsche"
>too... it was fast and fun. (see my reply to Brent about "infinite"
>time...)

Unfortunately I was never so good as to play for your hour and
half! If only I didn't keep sliding the car's rear end through that
final turn, maybe I'd have gone faster... However, even 20 minutes
for a quarter is an amazing value for your money compared to today's
"one dollar for three minutes" arcade games.
By the way, did you ever play Race Drivin' on the "extra
fancy" version? This is the sitdown cabinet with three screens and a
very well-made metal-and-wood shifter.

Martin
Nigel Mansell RIP!

by **schwab** » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Martin.. never played on that one. sounds cool. That last turn *was* a
difficult one. A real tricky double apex thingy. I often went into it a
little hot and pushed out to the edge of the track then re-apexed late
onto the straight... not easy.

Yeah, that was a good value :-) Nothing in the arcade comes close to it,
even now.

--Dave

> >Yes Martin... the autocross track! I used to drive the green "porsche"
> >too... it was fast and fun. (see my reply to Brent about "infinite"
> >time...)

> Unfortunately I was never so good as to play for your hour and
> half! If only I didn't keep sliding the car's rear end through that
> final turn, maybe I'd have gone faster... However, even 20 minutes
> for a quarter is an amazing value for your money compared to today's
> "one dollar for three minutes" arcade games.
> By the way, did you ever play Race Drivin' on the "extra
> fancy" version? This is the sitdown cabinet with three screens and a
> very well-made metal-and-wood shifter.

> Martin
> Nigel Mansell RIP!

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by **Ben Farnema** » Fri, 09 Apr 1999 04:00:00

The Skid Pad was a well kept secret. I had pumped hundreds of quarters into
that game before I ever thought of turning left there.

And here I thought I was the only fool who wished I could still find that
game in an arcade. The "new" racing games don't even come close in physics.

Wasn't it a Nissan Z car, or SX that was modeled? Seem to remember reading
about it somewhere. I was always amazed by the FF steering, but
disappointed by the game requiring you to use the clutch once under way.

Anyone know where I could pick up one of these old games (either one - Hard
Drivin', or Race Drivin')? I'd still love to have one.

Ben
www.hotyellow98.com/benfarneman

>Brett, you speak the truth! :-) I got to the point on old Race Drivin'
>where I could literally lap the autocross course almost infinitely... I
>could stay on the thing for an hour or hour and a half once. If you'd
>lap fast enough, you'd actually GAIN time back on that ticker limiting
>your time... one lap there would be 10 seconds left at the s/f line,
>about 5 laps later there would be 12! :-)

>That was THE best FF and physics at the time... well done.

>--Dave

>PS -- Did you ever find the skidpad?

>> >On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 00:58:06 +0100, Russell Watson

>> > ...
>> > I just wish somebody could make a faithful recreation
>> >(including FFB!) of Atari's old arcade game Hard Drivin' or its sequel
>> >Race Drivin'. Ignoring (if you can) the stunts, the physics of these
>> >games took years to be matched on the PC, while still remaining
>> >unmatched in the arcades. I must have driven that green roadster
>> >around the Autocross track hundreds of times...

>> >Martin
>> >Nigel Mansell RIP!

>> Hi Martin,

>> Oh, the days of plugging dollar after dollar into that infernal
>> machine! ...and standing in a line to do it!

>> A local mall arcade still has one of the machines that I used to play.
>> FF is non-functional, game only works with auto shift... I visit it
>> once in a while, and remove my hat whilst a tear wells up in my eye.
>> ;)

>> Brett

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>http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

by **gdf1** » Tue, 27 Apr 1999 04:00:00

On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 00:58:06 +0100, Russell Watson

>Maybe someone should make a track or edit a track to make a stunt
>GPL racer. The jumping and general physics is so realistic, it would be
>good. You could have a grass race track, and various jumps. Do you
>think the game has the G-Force Physics for a car to do a loop the loop?
>This would be damned good...
>Rusty Watson
>'88 MkII Golf

>Tip: Don't let windows autodetect your modem,
> as it will only tell you it's found a
> soundblaster compatible toasted sandwich maker
> or something...

Now THIS is a good idea!

I hope that somebody with a bit of background in making tracks will
pick up on this idea.

There are a few tracks where you can just about manage to get off the
ground for a few moments, but they're no where near as much fun as the
sort of thing you're speaking of.

Keep the ideas flooding in!

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