Intelligentleman Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) When I get my copy, I'm going to start with the car that has the best handling. That's usually what I go for in modern racing games too. Probably the red car. Looks like that one is most balanced. Edited April 8, 2020 by Intelligentleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Intelligentleman said: When I get my copy, I'm going to start with the car that has the best handling. That's usually what I go for in modern racing games too. Probably the red car. Looks like that one is most balanced. Green is more forgiving with the lower speed and increased acceleration to recover from off track "moments", so I'd recommend starting with green. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 hours ago, gezkc said: Track 1 Red car - 3:16 That's a hell of a clean run with the red car! That must be close to optimum. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 37 minutes ago, BiffMan said: Green is more forgiving with the lower speed and increased acceleration to recover from off track "moments", so I'd recommend starting with green. Then I shall try green as well! Thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: Then I shall try green as well! Thanks for the tip. When does your copy come in? Glad you're giving this one a try as well, it's remarkably good at the racing physics considering how early it is. I don't think anything else of the era was worrying about variable turning rates and featured sliding/traction response with the same fidelity this game does. I will say it's been interesting playing this seriously again after so long. I realize now why the Flashback version confused me so much, my cart BITD was apparently the one with 4-directional steering instead of left/right steering. Definitely way more fun this way, but took a lot of adjustment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, BiffMan said: That's a hell of a clean run with the red car! That must be close to optimum. Thanks. It wasn't perfect, but I was pretty pleased with that one. The HSC record with the red car is a good few seconds faster than my time though, so there's obviously lots of room for improvement! Your time was very impressive with the blue car - I can't get on with it at all! Edited April 8, 2020 by gezkc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, BiffMan said: When does your copy come in? Glad you're giving this one a try as well, it's remarkably good at the racing physics considering how early it is. I don't think anything else of the era was worrying about variable turning rates and featured sliding/traction response with the same fidelity this game does. I will say it's been interesting playing this seriously again after so long. I realize now why the Flashback version confused me so much, my cart BITD was apparently the one with 4-directional steering instead of left/right steering. Definitely way more fun this way, but took a lot of adjustment! Guaranteed by Monday, but I feel like it might show up before then. I've wanted this one for a while. It reminds me of Super RC Pro Am for the original Gameboy. I can't believe it has drifting! It's coming up from Florida and I'm in northeast Ohio... Akron area. So I really do think Monday at the latest is realistic. But that gives me time to go back to Mission X... If I could just stop playing deadly Discs! Edited April 8, 2020 by Intelligentleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 32 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: Guaranteed by Monday, but I feel like it might show up before then. I've wanted this one for a while. It reminds me of Super RC Pro Am for the original Gameboy. I can't believe it has drifting! It's coming up from Florida and I'm in northeast Ohio... Akron area. So I really do think Monday at the latest is realistic. But that gives me time to go back to Mission X... If I could just stop playing deadly Discs! Hey, I’m in Barberton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 38 minutes ago, Ace24 said: Hey, I’m in Barberton. Whoa no way! My wife teaches in Barberton sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Intelligentleman said: If I could just stop playing deadly Discs! There are definitely worse problems to have! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 My best so far. After too many tries, I can’t even make 5 laps without crashing anymore. Need to give it a rest. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Intelligentleman said: Whoa no way! My wife teaches in Barberton sometimes. Go Magics! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) 3:17 course 1 Intellivision hardware Blue/tan cars are for pros. Edited April 8, 2020 by mr_me 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmadruga Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Intelligentleman said: Whoa no way! My wife teaches in Barberton sometimes. I was living in Jackson Twp before moving here. Worked in Akron, my avatar should tell you enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 3:15 course 1 mame, gravis gamepad 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmadruga Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Course 1 Course 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, mr_me said: 3:15 course 1 mame, gravis gamepad Nice driving! There are going to be some very close races by the end of this round! It's a shame Auto Racing doesn't show times down to tenths of a second as it'd be easier to split times up. It would have been great if they'd been able to include split times for each lap too - then you could experiment a bit more and see how it affects your lap time. Still, it's an amazing racing game considering its age. The car physics are spot on. Edited April 9, 2020 by gezkc 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Track 3 Green car - 7:40 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Track 3 must be a long one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, gezkc said: Track 3 Green car - 7:40 Holy smokes, that's a great time!! Nearly got the record! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 36 minutes ago, BiffMan said: Holy smokes, that's a great time!! Nearly got the record! Thanks! I'm not sure about that though - the HSC record's almost a minute faster! ? Those times by 1980gamer are incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, gezkc said: Thanks! I'm not sure about that though - the HSC record's almost a minute faster! ? Those times by 1980gamer are incredible. Unless I'm misreading something... track 3 1980gamer 7:29 You got 7:40, so pretty damn close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, BiffMan said: Unless I'm misreading something... track 3 1980gamer 7:29 You got 7:40, so pretty damn close! That's strange! I've screenshot Jacob's first post below. Where did you get your record from? Edited April 9, 2020 by gezkc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Don't know if the controls are best suited for the PS3 analog stick, but I'm sure there's a healthy dose of me just not being good thrown in there. Tried out all the cars and my best so far is with green, which I think looks like Frogger. Track 1 Green Car 4:26 Track 3...hahahaha, yeah, not gettin' through that just yet. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 2 hours ago, gezkc said: That's strange! I've screenshot Jacob's first post below. Where did you get your record from? Ah, I was going off the all time HSC pinned thread. Maybe that's not being updated. Didn't realize Jacob had thoughtfully included those records in this very thread! Lol Speaking of all time high scores... @JacobZu7zu7, where are we keeping the HSC records if not in that pinned thread? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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