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Join
3DzForMe on his Grand Prix
through his favorite racing games
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Geoff Crammond's
Grand Prix on the
Amiga 1200. Fantastic
physics for the time –
the book accompanying
the game was well put
together and helped
with the feeling of
immersion, for all the
graphics were some
way of the eye candy
we have by today's
standards. Oh the
hours spent perfecting
lap times – I think it
had replays!
Stunt-Car Racer. Hooking up two Amigas with a Null modem cable –
racing with a pal at home had never been so much fun!
Put put of the engine, drop onto the track and off you go.
I've enjoyed many a console and
computer game through the
decades. From pumping 20 pence
pieces into Atari's Pole Position
some 30 years ago when at college,
to the fun of playing Paperboy with
controls of a bike's handlebars, to
role playing games ranging from
Never Winter Nights, Age of
Empires, Command and Conquer,
Lemmings and various incarnations
of a little known game which had
shouts of 'Hey...... its a me, Mario!'
My appeal for driving games even
seen me playing around in Blitz3D
with articulated trucks with ducks
on top driving around Mario Kart
Fort Block-esque structures
(rendered by yours truly). Moved
onto having a car in the back of the
trailer KITT (aka Knight Rider) car
style – you could drop down the tail
gate and drive the car out – I know –
its crazy what can be achieved with
Blitz3D and JV-ODE, one great
physics library.
As I've got older, the one gaming
genre which has kept me coming
back for more is racing games. I'm
going to touch upon my top 17
driving games (it was going to be 10
– there were just so many games I
could not omit from the list though!)
through the decades, finishing off
with the one which is currently
eating up maybe 2-4 hours of my
week at the moment. Yeah, it
doesn't seem like much but other
life stuff happens these days. So,
the games within this article I had
the benefit of playing / owning. One
thing that struck me whilst collating
images for this is the large amount
of other driving games available that
I was simply unaware of. Anyhow, I
digress without further adieu – the
list – the majority of which I
own/have owned (excepting the
arcade machines).