REVS

discussed in 182 posts, 1993-2011 · overall tone very positive

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Key threads

• Nostalgia for Geoff Crammond's Revs on the BBC Micro 1995-05-13 · 56 posts
  Fans of Acornsoft's Revs, Geoff Crammond's mid-1980s Formula 3 sim for the BBC Micro and C64, swapped Silverstone lap times, wing settings and memories, with many calling it the best racing sim ever made. Discussion covered C64 and BBC emulators for running it on a PC, requests for an Acorn Archimedes conversion, and Crammond's other games such as Aviator and The Sentinel. A side thread wished for a British Touring Car sim, and posters noted Crammond was working on Formula One Grand Prix II.
• Survey of legendary racing simulations 2000-04-18 · 54 posts
  Tim Wheatley surveyed readers for a planned history of landmark racing sims. Nominations included Revs, Indy 500, Accolade Grand Prix Circuit, F1GP, NASCAR Racing, ICR2, GP2 and GPL, along with Pitstop II, Hard Drivin' and Chequered Flag. Doug Milliken and others recalled 1960s model-board driving simulators.
• Top five racing sims of all time, from Revs onward 2000-11-20 · 43 posts
  Users listed their most important racing sims, with Geoff Crammond's Revs on the BBC Micro hailed as the genre's forerunner alongside Indy 500, Stunt Car Racer and SODA Off-Road Racing. Former Acornsoft programmer Neil Raine recalled launching Revs with David Hunt and knowing Crammond. Others named the worst games, such as Touring Car Champions.
• GPL sales, the 1967 era choice and 1980s game nostalgia 1999-08-13 · 41 posts
  Posters debated whether a modern F1 or CART setting would have sold more than GPL. Wolfgang Preiss recalled that the historic era was partly chosen because the physics engine's sampling rate could not handle aerodynamic downforce well. Neil Raine, who wrote 1980s BBC Micro games, compared GPL's sales with Geoff Crammond's Revs, prompting long nostalgia about Revs, Elite and piracy, plus questions about what sales count as a hit.
• Members recall their first racing games and sims 1999-03-27 · 46 posts
  A poster asked when sim racing began, and members reminisced about their first racing games, from Atari's Night Driver and Pole Position to Geoff Crammond's REVS, Chequered Flag on the Spectrum, Accolade's Grand Prix Circuit and Papyrus's Indianapolis 500: The Simulation. Many named Indy 500 as the first true PC racing sim, and a side dispute arose over claimed F1 Racing Simulation sales figures.
• What was the first racing game with a cockpit view? 1999-08-10 · 26 posts
  A poster asked which racing game first had an interior dashboard view. Suggestions included Atari's Night Driver, Papyrus's Indy 500, Geoff Crammond's Revs on the BBC Micro and C64, Test Drive and Vette, and a poster who wrote an Apple II game called Formula Nibble in 1986. Nostalgic memories of Revs' AI drivers and old joysticks followed.
• Returning racer's question turns into early racing game history 2002-08-23 · 22 posts
  A user returning after six months asked about the latest Papyrus sim, and was pointed to NASCAR Racing 2002 and Live for Speed. Tom Pabst asked about the first racing game, and posters recalled Pole Position, Geoff Crammond's Revs, Pitstop II and other 1980s titles.

Busiest threads

• Nostalgia for Geoff Crammond's Revs on the BBC Micro (15 posts about it)
• Old C64 REVS (8 posts about it)
• Top five racing sims of all time, from Revs onward (6 posts about it)
• C64 - Revs (5 posts about it)
• Survey of legendary racing simulations (5 posts about it)
• Revs (Was: MicroProse Release 'Chequered Flag'!) (5 posts about it)
• What was the first racing game with a cockpit view? (5 posts about it)
• Ranking favourite racing sims (4 posts about it)
• Will iRacing ever make a PC sim? Plus Crammond debate (3 posts about it)
• It's official! (3 posts about it)
• REVS and LWFF (3 posts about it)
• Re: Revs (3 posts about it)
• My vote for the best simulator (3 posts about it)
• F1: F1GP: Overrevving in 5th (3 posts about it)
• Keyboard, joystick or wheel for GP2 (3 posts about it)

Sentiment by year

Each post that discussed the sim was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).

Who talked about it most

Richard Walker · 7 William Turn · 7 Andrew MacPherson · 6 Iain Mackenzie · 6 Neil Raine · 6 Richard · 5 Ruud Dingemans · 4 ymenard · 4 Tony Whitley · 4 Ruud van Gaal · 4 Andy Jacks · 4 istoff · 3 David Buttery · 3 JS · 3 istoff · 3 Simon Brown · 3 Phil Lee · 2 iksteh · 2 Gerry Aitken · 2 idav · 2

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