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“without being able to run because at the next checkpoint I find out that I can’t run alone.” Read more

But I can understand why they might have done that...at the time, the US had very little exposure to European sports of any sort. Heck, here in Canada, you couldn’t find a copy of FIFA in game store until the late 2000s. So they were probably forced to give it a NASCAR sheen to sell a few copies. Not ideal but… Read more

That you, Barron?

I have a friend that is a huge Cyber Formula fan from when he was a kid. The first time I stayed with him in Japan, I found out he has a glass case full of memorabilia for it. When I went last, I brought him a complete copy of Cyber Spin as a gift, since I figured he’d never seen it.

Turns out I was right! He had no… Read more

I was skimming the article and when I saw the TOCA cover followed by “that other game’s” cover, I thought you had simply posted the TOCA cover as an example of a “good” game cover and the second one as an example of a “bad” game cover, and that they were completely unrelated games. I was going to complain that you had… Read more

You think that’s bad? The pre-production artwork was even more egregious. At least the revised, published coverart actually used an image of touring cars (albeit blurred in an attempt to obfuscate them)

Adam, you seem like a fellow gentleman of discerning tastes: Here are three of my favorite unheralded racing games you might want to think about tracking down and playing if you get bored (though obviously, you may have played one or two of them.)

I mentioned them last time when we talked the car models, the N64 versions of the San Fransisco Rush series were... passable but all the hallmark flaws.

I remember that first Road and Track NFS game.  It was so clunky, even on a reasonably fast pc for the time.  I remember them adding 3dcard support years later and it was a big improvement.  The second game was better, but they moved away from R&T and I think that is when the simulator approach started fading.  

Adam I’m going to give you some TL;DR material; I seem to do this a lot with your posts.

The Jalopnik game was shelved for 2 reasons: Read more

I PLAYED SO MUCH TOCA 2

I can unequivocally say, this is my next car. It launches right around the time I’ll make the last payment for my current car. Jalops, please buy these with a manual and show Nissan it wasn’t all for nothing. This may very well be the last affordable, manual dedicated sports car.

Nissan Murano Crosscabriolet

Now do the Genesis Mint for reals!

With just about every manufacturer obsessed with coining a corporate face and striving for predictable, tedious design consistency across their entire fleet, I can’t overstate how refreshing it is to see Hyundai forge this path of making wildly unique cars. Read more

This thing looks amazing. Someone should show it to the Cybertruck team at Tesla.

Thank you for the information. I will definitely look into it. Hopefully there will still be one on sale after I get my tax return.

Just to be clear, this is a big jump in price from the $300 Logitech, but...

So it’s a car powered by microtransactions, correct?