Best Driving/Racing Game?

[+Larry]

I've always been partial to this genre. What are the best of this group for the A8?

-Larry

[jaybird3rd]

My favorite so far is Activision's "The Great All-American Cross-Country Road Race," which is basically a "Cannonball Run" version of the 2600 game Enduro.

[+davidcalgary29]

Trailblazer.

[Heaven/TQA]

definitly great american cross country road race... love the spinning activision 3d logo at the beginning.... and as i played enduro i love that game...really good... then you might try other classics like pole position, electra glide or more things like racing destruction set...

[deathtrappomegranate]

Elektra Glide

[Ross PK]

You can't go wrong with Elektra Glide, The great American Cross Country Road Race and Pole Position.

Edited August 8, 2007 by Ross PK

[Michael_]

Elektra Glide

 

The Atari version totally destroyed the C64 version. I remember having played the Atari version at my friends house and then buying it for my C64. Man!

[Urchlay]

Racing Destruction Set is a lot of fun if you have 2 players... though I dunno if it qualifies as a good driving game because the actual racing is pretty lame: the cars feel like they're barely moving, and they don't exactly go the direction you want them to all the time. It feels more like slot car racing than real driving... for a single-player driving game, I'd rather play Great American Cross Country Road Race, but most of the fun of RDS is building the track and trying out different cars in different gravity settings, and blowing each other up

 

Did anyone ever spend much time with the Pole Position Construction Set? I always thought it'd be fun to mess with, but never got around to making any good tracks with it...

[thomasholzer]

i always like Pitstop and Pitstop II

[Heaven/TQA]

oh...forgot an all time classic... rally speedway...

[mimo]

Baja Buggies

[phuzaxeman]

My favorite so far is Activision's "The Great All-American Cross-Country Road Race," which is basically a "Cannonball Run" version of the 2600 game Enduro.

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[Wrathchild]

Baja Buggies

I'd agree! Others worth a mention 'TT Racer' and

'Match Racer', the latter being fun with two players!

 

Regards,

Mark

[Paul Humbug]

For 2 Players action there is nothing better than Pitstop II in my opinion.

 

Als. Great American X Country is all worthwile.

[Goochman]

Pole Position

Match Racer (forgot about this one - lots of fun 2 player)

Pitstop

Great American X Country as well

 

Really wish PP2 wouldve made it to the old 8bit

[Cybernoid]

For me, I spent hours playing:

 

Rally Speedway

Pitstop

Pitstop II

Pole Position

and (this one has not been mentioned yet:)

 

Spy Hunter

[Goochman]

Spy Hunter was a bit too choppy for me.

[Wrathchild]

I remember having played the Atari version at my friends house and then buying it for my C64. Man!

That probably worked the other way around with "The Last V8" then!

(though I DID enjoy the challenge of the A8 version and beat it on a few occasions)

[Pengwin]

I used to really enjoy Spy Hunter and Pole Position back in the day. I never really enjoyed Elektra Glide, not sure why, I just didn't seem to get on with it.

[Heaven/TQA]

Grand Prix Simulator is fun as well esp. multiplayer... not sure if US guys ever got a chance to play it...

 

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[Bryan]

Racing Destruction Set is a lot of fun if you have 2 players... though I dunno if it qualifies as a good driving game because the actual racing is pretty lame: the cars feel like they're barely moving, and they don't exactly go the direction you want them to all the time. It feels more like slot car racing than real driving...

 

Someone really needs to rewrite this game for the Atari. It handles like a "ported in one evening" type-in BASIC game.

[Shawn Jefferson]

Racing Destruction Set is a lot of fun if you have 2 players... though I dunno if it qualifies as a good driving game because the actual racing is pretty lame: the cars feel like they're barely moving, and they don't exactly go the direction you want them to all the time. It feels more like slot car racing than real driving...

 

Someone really needs to rewrite this game for the Atari. It handles like a "ported in one evening" type-in BASIC game.

 

I used to play RDS on the C64 with my friends, and was so disappointed by the Atari version.

[brooklynatari]

My favorite so far is Activision's "The Great All-American Cross-Country Road Race," which is basically a "Cannonball Run" version of the 2600 game Enduro.

ditto---i love the great all-american cross country road race

i would play it for hours

now you've got me thinking about it --i'm gonna have to go fire it up

[VW]

Pole Position

Match Racer (forgot about this one - lots of fun 2 player)

Pitstop

Great American X Country as well

 

Really wish PP2 wouldve made it to the old 8bit

 

You probably already know this but you can play PP2 on the 7800 for basically the same look and feel as it seems to me anyway that many 7800 games were identical to the 8bit versions. Not sure why they made PP2 for the 7800 and not the 8bit...

 

Back to the topic, Great American Road Race is number 1 in my book with Rally Speedway 2nd place. Pitstop 2 and Pole Position get honorable mentions, although me and my dad had some great Pole Position competitions back in the day.

[Allas]

Death race: because is simple and have a interesting font tech as C64 racer games. Good color, good effects and change the scenarios meanwhile you go on. Try to reach the extended time.

 

 

Multi Race: because is multiplayer and hard to control, good technical engine. I never play this game in multiplayer mode, but I guess should be fun.

 

Edited August 10, 2007 by Allas