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Sega's coin-op F355 Challenge

Kirk Lan

Sega's coin-op F355 Challenge

by Kirk Lan » Tue, 21 Sep 1999 04:00:00

IIRC, Sega's Virtua Racing was the first to use a real 3d-style physics and
graphics engine...

Man, now it's evolved to F355 challenge, Super GT, and the 8-player Indy 500
machine at Gameworks (WOOOHOOOOOOO!!!)

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Kirk Lane


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> > Anyone remember Atari's "Hard Drivin" and "Race Drivin" ?

> > I think these were the first two to use real-life physics and
> > force-feedback.

> Nice to see a post from someone with a good memory!  Afaik you are right
> about the physics and ff -- we (Milliken Research) sold source for one of
> our industrial vehicle dynamics simulations (it did not run in realtime)
to
> Atari.  My friend at Atari re-coded it to run realtime on one of the
> processors in the game.  Both of those games were multi-processor (maybe 5
> microprocessors?, I don't remember anymore), required to get (very roughly
> speaking) the equivalent power of a PC from a couple of years ago.

> I've still got my "Race Drivin" in the garage, I've found that it is a
good
> way to get myself warmed up before I go out to test-drive real cars.  I
> used to use a 125cc dirt bike for this purpose, but with "advancing age"
> the crashes started to hurt too much.

> The next generation game/simulator (developed by many of the same people)
is:
> <http://www.racesimcentral.net/>
> (hopefully) coming to a city near you, in the near future.

> -- Doug

> Milliken Research Associates Inc.



> > >     I just played Sega's new Coin-op called "F355 Challenge", or
something
> > > like that.    It was pretty darn fun  for a coin-op simulator.   3

Matthew Birger Knutse

Sega's coin-op F355 Challenge

by Matthew Birger Knutse » Wed, 22 Sep 1999 04:00:00


> Now you've got me curious -- do you remember when Virtua Racing was
> released?  The first Atari "Hard Drivin" was in arcades in early 1989, with
> 3d physics (loop-the-loop, realistic cornering, etc), 3d polygon graphics
> (drive anywhere in a 3d database) and force feedback (they even have a
> patent on force feedback steering for video games).
> -- Doug Milliken

My wallet still remembers! We used to ide our /bikes mopeds for 15 mins to get to
the local arcade, and queue up all day to spend our weekly allowance. I remember
the car as being a bit understeered, and the physics when "taking off" were great.
Liked the short course best though, but this was maybe in the sequel...chasing the
computer car was great!

Matt
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