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SARACEN Scalable Racing Engine
Whether you are building a prototype or developing a full game you won't
find a more powerful, flexible and reliable racing engine than SARACEN. And
it's not just an engine - SARACEN is a complete system for making driving
games, providing you with a powerful editor for building your race worlds,
importing trackside models, vehicles and textures from 3Dstudio, and
compiling the raceworld down to run on either Playstation or PC at the press
of a button.
OVERVIEW
SARACEN is the fastest ever rendering system designed specifically for the
racing game genre. It runs on both SONY PlayStation and 3D accelerated PC's.
The power of SARACEN is unbelievable. It will render a typical race
environment at up to 60 fps. It can plot 20,000 perceived polygons per
frame. It massively reduces scenery pop-on. It also comes with tools for
building and editing tracks, so it's perfect for creating prototypes quickly
and easily. SARACEN takes care of vehicle physics, collisions and even
coloured dynamic lighting.
Component parts
� Track Renderer
� Object Renderer
� Physics System
� Collision System
� Lighting Engine
� Track Creation Tools
Features
� Fastest track and object renderer on the SONY PlayStation and PC
� 20,000 perceived polygons per frame at up to 60 fps
� Huge viewing distance with no perceived pop-up
� Superb physics model; incredibly accurate and very fast
� Highly optimised collision system, tailored for vehicles at high
speeds
� Multiple coloured dynamic light sources
� Full traction model
� Capable of driving split-screen modes
� Powerful editing tools that let you build and test tracks in
minutes, not weeks
Technical Specification
� Written in C with a simple, friendly API
� Memory footprint: 500K
� 4 levels of MIP Modeling for the track and the object models
� 4 levels of MIP Mapping for all track and object textures
� Imports object models from 3D Studio Max
� Memory friendly support for either 4-bit, 8-bit or 16-bit textures
� Supports all major 3D Cards
� All PlayStation code has been through SONY approvals
License Information
The SARACEN system is available now for license to any publishers /
developers for use in approved racing titles, on a per-product basis. The
combined licence for both PlayStation and PC is �xxx,xxx which includes use
of the tools and a commitment to on-going developer support. Products must
be approved for use with the SARACEN system.
Examples of SARACEN at work:
SARACEN has been used to create the following successful products to date:-
1. Rollcage on PSX and PC
Published by SONY Psygnosis, March 1999
2. Rollcage Stage 2 on PSX and PC
Published by SONY Psygnosis, March 2000
Soon to be published by MIDWAY in the US
3. Dukes of Hazard on PSX
Published by Southpeak Interative in the US
Published by UBISoft in Europe
4. Location-Based LEGO Racing
LEGOMedia and LEGOLAND Windsor (UK)
5. Ducati Life - the official Ducati bike racing game
Published by Acclaim Ent. on PSX and PC (US & UK)
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Don Wilshe & John Bodin
