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Railroad crossings in racing games?

ultim..

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by ultim.. » Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:53:01

I was wondering if there are any racing games out there that have
active railroad crossings out there that pose an actual in game
hazard? The closest Ive seen was

 Burnout Revenge- I remenber seing an active train running along side
a street that you could run in to. Ditto for the Kindiack Park level
of NFS:HS

Need for speed Underground- A train crosses the street in one of the
drag races but it finishes before any of the cars reach it. It was in
the demo but was removed and replaced with a static train in the
retail version!

 Right now, those are the only racing games that have something like
this I can think of. Any others?

Seven Smile

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by Seven Smile » Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:28:49


This has to be a contender for "Weirdest Ever Post To R.A.S.", surely? :)

MikeWh

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by MikeWh » Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:13:37


No trains, but cross traffic is possible. rFactor's Neurburg Village Travel
crosses itself. The effect, I think, is similar but even more so.

Tim Epstei

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by Tim Epstei » Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:29:02

Monster Truck Madness (Microsoft) has active railway crossings.
Tim

wooyayjoh

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by wooyayjoh » Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:41:33


<snip>

IIRC Ignition has a rail crossing (an obscure answer for an equally obscure
thread!).

John.

alex

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by alex » Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:51:42



Rail tracks at the blind fast left hander leading to the overpass at
Sachsenring in GPL. Perfect illustration why trying to use unmarked
railroad crossing in F1 car is not a good idea :)

ultim..

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by ultim.. » Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:57:32


> Monster Truck Madness (Microsoft) has active railway crossings.


 I found it in the Demo Version of Monster Truck Madness 2. Now to
just make this train into a bullet train..... =)

> >I was wondering if there are any racing games out there that have
> > active railroad crossings out there that pose an actual in game
> > hazard? The closest Ive seen was

> > Burnout Revenge- I remenber seing an active train running along side
> > a street that you could run in to. Ditto for the Kindiack Park level
> > of NFS:HS

> > Need for speed Underground- A train crosses the street in one of the
> > drag races but it finishes before any of the cars reach it. It was in
> > the demo but was removed and replaced with a static train in the
> > retail version!

> > Right now, those are the only racing games that have something like
> > this I can think of. Any others?

Lancelo

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by Lancelo » Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:57:52

I was wondering if there are any racing games out there that have

I would like to see boat ramps so that I could occasionally wash my car.


ultim..

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by ultim.. » Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:40:57


 Actually, I think it would be interesting if a racing game features
hazards such as tornadoes, high speed winds, floods, and lightning
that can fry the electrical system of your car. Perhaps even an
earthquake or two. :)



> >I was wondering if there are any racing games out there that have
> > active railroad crossings out there that pose an actual in game
> > hazard? The closest Ive seen was

> > Burnout Revenge- I remenber seing an active train running along side
> > a street that you could run in to. Ditto for the Kindiack Park level
> > of NFS:HS

> > Need for speed Underground- A train crosses the street in one of the
> > drag races but it finishes before any of the cars reach it. It was in
> > the demo but was removed and replaced with a static train in the
> > retail version!

> > Right now, those are the only racing games that have something like
> > this I can think of. Any others?

contro..

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by contro.. » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:44:49

Um, ok.  Try Mario Kart for the N64.  :)

Gary

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by Gary » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:39:47

Maybe even toss in some lightning hitting corner workers and deer
flying up in the air off the nose of an F1 car!


>> I was wondering if there are any racing games out there that have

>> > active railroad crossings out there

>> I would like to see boat ramps so that I could occasionally wash my car.

> Actually, I think it would be interesting if a racing game features
>hazards such as tornadoes, high speed winds, floods, and lightning
>that can fry the electrical system of your car. Perhaps even an
>earthquake or two. :)

wheur..

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by wheur.. » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:24:32


If somebody ever does a version of the San Jose Grand Prix, there's a
spot where the Champ Cars bounce over the light-rail lines downtown.
Or did they change that this year? I was there last year watching
right at that spot, and it was quite amazing how much the cars bounced
going over that.

wheur..

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by wheur.. » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:33:01



> > I was wondering if there are any racing games out there that have
> > active railroad crossings out there that pose an actual in game
> > hazard? The closest Ive seen was

> >  Burnout Revenge- I remenber seing an active train running along side
> > a street that you could run in to. Ditto for the Kindiack Park level
> > of NFS:HS

> > Need for speed Underground- A train crosses the street in one of the
> > drag races but it finishes before any of the cars reach it. It was in
> > the demo but was removed and replaced with a static train in the
> > retail version!

> >  Right now, those are the only racing games that have something like
> > this I can think of. Any others?

> If somebody ever does a version of the San Jose Grand Prix, there's a
> spot where the Champ Cars bounce over the light-rail lines downtown.
> Or did they change that this year? I was there last year watching
> right at that spot, and it was quite amazing how much the cars bounced
> going over that.

Oops, I guess that was 2005, actually. So I"m two years out of the
loop.
Jeff Rei

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by Jeff Rei » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:06:02

The train goes along side, but doesn't cross the track.

There's is a modified version of Kindiak Park where the
train does cross the track. It's part of the NFS4 "Expansion Pack".

Go here:
http://www.hsscoring.com/download

and download:

NFS_HS_EP_Installer.rar

More info here:

http://forum.needforbetterspeed.net/index.php?showtopic=14282

ultim..

Railroad crossings in racing games?

by ultim.. » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:12:44



> > I was wondering if there are any racing games out there that have
> > active railroad crossings out there that pose an actual in game
> > hazard? The closest Ive seen was

> >  Burnout Revenge- I remenber seing an active train running along side
> > a street that you could run in to. Ditto for the Kindiack Park level
> > of NFS:HS

> > Need for speed Underground- A train crosses the street in one of the
> > drag races but it finishes before any of the cars reach it. It was in
> > the demo but was removed and replaced with a static train in the
> > retail version!

> >  Right now, those are the only racing games that have something like
> > this I can think of. Any others?

> If somebody ever does a version of the San Jose Grand Prix, there's a
> spot where the Champ Cars bounce over the light-rail lines downtown.
> Or did they change that this year? I was there last year watching
> right at that spot, and it was quite amazing how much the cars bounced
> going over that.

 I think they fixed and smoothed out the crossing because of this very
issue. The cars were getting damaged, not to mention jarring the snot
out of the drivers. There was a video on Youtube I recall that had
"before and after" videos of that crossing.

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