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[KingSnake]

Finally, after many months, there is another update for the backers of 90's Arcade Racer. First a nice video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpjHlBvTCck

And the list of tracks:

TRACKS

Here is a breakdown of the race tracks:

Oval: This is the most basic track in the game, it's a good place to practice and get accustomed to the game's drift mechanics.
Difficulty: Easy

Oval Infield: A few tricky corners can catch you out so you will have to use the brakes.
Difficulty: Medium

Island Short: This is the signature track of the game, it's small with quite a few tricky corners.
Difficulty: Medium

Island Long: This track has long straights and wide corners with only a couple of places that require braking.
Difficulty: Easy

Mountain Short: There are plenty of U-turns in this track, you will need to master the drifting mechanics to put in some good times.
Difficulty: Hard

Mountain Long: This is the longest track in the game, it has everything from very tight U-turns to long straights and plenty of elevation.
Difficulty: Hard

Airport: Long straights followed by sharp corners.
Difficulty: Medium

VR track: This is a bonus track Inspired by a certain Racing game about Virtua.
Difficulty: Medium

Playroom: Another bonus track, this one is inspired by Scalextric, the famous slot racing toy.
Difficulty: Medium

The game might still come this year, although at this point I don't know how reliable is any estimation from the developer or the producers.

Edit: just to be clear, this is scheduled also for a PC release.

 

[Azalean]

Never heard of this game before but it looks really cool. Hope it does eventually see release.

 

[NZNova]

I had been wondering where this disappeared to. I hope it makes it to release! I didn't back it but it sure looks like fun.

 

[chadboban]

Looks great. Hope they show off some footage racing against other cars soon.

 

[CrashPrime]

Music sounds like it was done by an early 90's Amiga demo group.

I came in thinking I was going to be criticizing the game for that. Then I remembered the game's title.

Spot on.

 

[Dash Kappei]

lol Nicalis

 

[KingSnake]

lol Nicalis

Pretty much. Not very good at releasing games, but at least they know how to make some nice videos.

 

[chaosblade]

Hadn't seen this before, looks pretty good. May pick it up on PC if it ends up getting released.

 

[GWX]

The low-poly look of the VR track is spot-on. I know, Nicalis, never coming out, etc etc, but... please come out soon!

 

[L Thammy]

Isn't that the Temjin from Virtual On?

 

[HUELEN10]

Glad it is still alive, hope it gets released soon enough!

 

[Skyzard]

I like the colours and the themes and car selection but some of the track layouts look way too simple for the speed...the initial long stretch in the video was painful.

Do different vehicles do different speeds? That'd be good. Doesn't seem like much difference at the moment from the screenshots on the kickstarter.

 

[Platy]

One of the trailers had an Outrun track ...so there is still hope for more tracks

 

[AzureSkies]

This looks really nice.

 

[Brian_FETO]

God damn I need this

Placeholder announcer was a little bleh (I assume it's just a developer) so hopefully that'll be replaced with some over the top voice to complete the package. Regardless, looks fantastic

 

[Dash Kappei]

The video put some big question mark in my hype for the game: track layouts seem waaaay to tame. Outrun 2's handling needs O2's crazy ass chicanes filled tracks to work and be fun and demanding. Uhmm.
Visually it looks amazing, a lost Sega arcade game... basically my dream game.

I fear it won't support FFB wheels and if they don't it's gonna lose a big part of the experience for me. I guess we'll see when the game's come out on PAL WiiU a couple months NX's release.

Lol at the announcer's Spanish accent! Why? XD
Hopefully it's just a placeholder... I need mah Sega-man impression right down to GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES

 

[playingwithfire]

I'd completely forgotten about this game. New footage is looking good. Will buy for Wii U when/if it ever gets released.

 

[jett]

This looks quite nice. Will acquire it whenever it comes out.

 

[Colombo]

I was so excited for this last year. Glad to see it's not dead but with no release date, I'm still skeptical if the Wii U will ever see it!

 

[roknin]

Huh, looks pretty damn cool.

 

[Nanashrew]

Most anticipated game for me since I first found the Kickstarter. Game looks like it's coming along really, really nicely.

 

[Horsemama1956]

The video put some big question mark in my hype for the game: track layouts seem waaaay to tame. Outrun 2's handling needs O2's crazy ass chicanes filled tracks to work and be fun and demanding. Uhmm.
Visually it looks amazing, a lost Sega arcade game... basically my dream game.

I fear it won't support FFB wheels and if they don't it's gonna lose a big part of the experience for me. I guess we'll see when the game's come out on PAL WiiU a couple months NX's release.

Lol at the announcer's Spanish accent! Why? XD
Hopefully it's just a placeholder... I need mah Sega-man impression right down to GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES

Why don't you just hunt down some arcade machines?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Isn't that the Temjin from Virtual On?

lmao, get Katoki Hajime's lawyer on the line

 

[ZSaberLink]

This is the first time I've seen anything about it and it looks decent.

 

[xemumanic]

Wow, 9 tracks. I thought there would only be 3-4.

Oh now I see. 4 tracks, but 2 paths through each. At least for the first couple.

 

[GDGF]

This looks great! Hope it releases sometime this year.

 

[HeySeuss]

Looks good with one car but thought I saw some jutter during the toy track bit. Be interesting to see other cars at once.

I dunno who the dev is, why does everybody say it won't come out?

 

[Colonel Mustard]

For the announcer, both Tyrone from Nicalis and the original dev are from Spain. It's either temporary or a cost saving issue.

 

[HyperZone<3]

I dunno who the dev is, why does everybody say it won't come out?

Published by Nicalis, they don't have the best record for timely releases.

But yeah, this looks awesome so far. Me getting hype.

 

[gelf]

I wasn't that impressed with the last footage I saw months ago but this looks better for some reason. I'm back to being interested in the game.

 

[Fredrik]

Looks amazing! And the bonus Pang arcade remake at the end, oh wow
Can't believe this is the WiiU version though, looks way too good with too many details and effects for running at 60fps. Only one car on track though but I'm still sceptical. Delayed for a future NX release?

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

.Can't unsee Mr. Game & Watch.

 

[DonMigs85]

My God, I backed $10 on this back in 2012. Pretty much given up hope

 

[CTLance]

Looks damn neat. That Pang arcade game randomly hijacking the end of the trailer. :lol

 

[SonyToo!™]

God I hope this game ends up releasing, I need that 90's / SEGA racing goodness.

 

[nicanica]

This game doesnt look "Amazing" by any means, but I would pick it up if they gave it some more arcadey and attractive audio. Right now, the experience looks a bit stale. If they're going 90s they have to go all in and make it extreme.

Also, was that Buster Bros at the end!?
Hell yeah!

 

[Sojiro]

Lol, I always forget about this game, and then when I see it again I really want to dig into it. This is no exception, I think it looks great, we all know how that release date will be, but man when it does release, i'll be a damn happy guy.

 

[The Giant]

Looking forward to the aussie release in 2020.

 

[drotahorror]

So good. Been looking forward to this for what seems like forever.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Looking forward to the aussie release in 2020.

Nah, 2020 is when we'll get 1001 Spikes. Give it at least another 40 years for this to arrive!

 

[Soodanim]

If this ever does come out, please let it have an unlocked framerate on PC. I need a fun racer to play at 144fps.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Like it was mentioned in the Youtube comments (hey, something worthwhile in the friggin' Youtube comments!), this really needs an announcer yelling "CHECKPOINT" every checkpoint

 

[Ogawa-san]

This game doesnt look "Amazing" by any means, but I would pick it up if they gave it some more arcadey and attractive audio.

It really doesn't, but when you're a Ridge Race orphan you take what you can get. Or you go replay RR6/7.

 

[jariw]

Can't believe this is the WiiU version though, looks way too good with too many details and effects for running at 60fps. Only one car on track though but I'm still sceptical.

In what way does this footage look better than games like MK8? And MK8 is 12 cars at 60 fps.

 

[frankie_baby]

As I just said in the Wii U games thread, can't wait to play it in the 20s

 

[liquidtmd]

This looks great! Hope it releases sometime this year.

Update 31st December: 'its just being tweaked more, it's totally coming next year plz be excited'!

 

[Aostia]

as I was saying in the other thread, I'd buy it it it will ever come out. it reminds me a lot of Sega Rally x Daytona

 

[fernoca]

Keeps looking better and better. Can't wait to get it!

 

[KennyLinder]

Will this be released on Steam/Wii U store like any other title? You can't 'back it' now to buy a copy.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Will play this one day, sense of speed seems a bit underwhelming though but they could fix that over the next couple of years.