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[GardenSirens]

I was going to say Urban Trial Freestyle and Trials Evolution...but those aren't really racers. Still cool. Xbox did that one a year or two ago with dirt bikes and using your xbox avatar (starts with an M but the name slips me). I liked it for about an hour then it got old.

 

[isamu]

Great post there. This part stuck out.... I hate you people. Who do jump complete gears to initiate a 'powerslide' in Daytona USA, most notably the final hard left in sea side street galaxy most infamously. I would often see someone try 3-1-3 or the 4-1-4. Hey buddy, how about using the breaks and accelerator and going sequentially down gears.

Again, great post and I totally agree 100% with you sans the poor gear shifting mechanic.

The funny thing is, I don't even know how to pull it off in Daytona all that well, and can't even finish Seaside Galaxy ROTFL

 

[Synth]

The funny thing is, I don't even know how to pull it off in Daytona all that well, and can't even finish Seaside Galaxy ROTFL

 

[the androgyne]

The funny thing is, I don't even know how to pull it off in Daytona all that well, and can't even finish Seaside Galaxy ROTFL

Me either until I watched some of the replays of top times in the leaderboards.
My appreciation for the controls in Daytona reached new heights and level of understanding after watching some - damn near robotic - time trials!
I highly recommend watching them!

 

[ONI5]

I was going to say Urban Trial Freestyle and Trials Evolution...but those aren't really racers. Still cool. Xbox did that one a year or two ago with dirt bikes and using your xbox avatar (starts with an M but the name slips me). I liked it for about an hour then it got old.

Motocross Madness


Here's one from the XBLIG section.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aakort5bb8o

 

[Log4Girlz]

I hope they port that Batman arcade action/racer game they just came out with. I have one at my location and it looks great. There's this...I don't know how to call it...Look to arcade games I love...and this oozes it.

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

I hope they port that Batman arcade action/racer game they just came out with. I have one at my location and it looks great. There's this...I don't know how to call it...Look to arcade games I love...and this oozes it.

Whoa! That does look really fun. I hope our Gameworks gets it.

TAS Batmobile looks awesome.

 

[gabrielbsb]

multiplayer race arcades are dead
split-screen race games are dead
they don't want me to have real friends

 

[biggersmaller]

I enjoyed playing the Star Wars Racer in the local movie theater. I bought the N64 version after playing it and enjoyed that, too.

 

[Vilix]

Outrun 2006 was a masterpiece and nobody bought it.

Sega Rally 2007 was pretty good and nobody bought it. Sega then closed the studio who were apparently working on a new Daytona for XBLA.

Love OR 06. I still log on from time to time to see if anyone else is playing. Sadly no one is. The same with Sega Rally 2007.

IMO Mario Kart Wii was probably the best racer I played last gen with that arcadey feel. I prayed Nintendo would bring out Waverace Wii with online capability. But that never happened.

The best thing I could ever hope for would be F-Zero Online. But I know that will never happen.

 

[SpecialAgentZ]

I enjoyed playing the Star Wars Racer in the local movie theater. I bought the N64 version after playing it and enjoyed that, too.

I miss this game.
I played it on N64 and Dreamcast too.
Great game. Packs tons of fun.

 

[Vilix]

One of the best racing games I ever played. Great gameplay. Great graphics. Great online capability. RSC2 had it all.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Would of loved a sequel to Split/Second, the lighting was amazing, it had its faults but I felt a sequel could of ironed the problems out

Blur 2 would of been most welcome also.

 

[dreamcastfan]

One of the best racing games I ever played. Great gameplay. Great graphics. Great online capability. RSC2 had it all.

This. The game still holds up really well in gameplay and visuals. Shame that we will never see a third.

 

[twinturbo2]

I'll make this simple. First console to get an arcade-perfect port of San Francisco Rush 2049 SE wins everything forever and ever.

 

[twinturbo2]

Seems like they went to China.

http://arcadeheroes.com/2014/01/11/sega-amusements-showcase-wahlaps-storm-racer-g-eag2014/

 

[Diablohead]

Asphalt 8 Airborne is an iOS arcade racer which REALLY NEEDS TO COME TO CONSOLE OR PC, it's that good and looks rather amazing for a phone racing game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI9IDGVTsCU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CltPDCL3g

Climax is kind of not good. I don't remember how much I paid for it, but it was definitely too much.

A shame it's not your cup of tea, I think it's one of the best score attack games to come out in the last 10 years, beautiful game.

 

[Synth]

Asphalt 8 Airborne is an iOS arcade racer which REALLY NEEDS TO COME TO CONSOLE OR PC, it's that good and looks rather amazing for a phone racing game.

Well... about that...

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Asphalt 8 Airborne is an iOS arcade racer which REALLY NEEDS TO COME TO CONSOLE OR PC, it's that good and looks rather amazing for a phone racing game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI9IDGVTsCU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CltPDCL3g

Played it. Is really a game that is hold back by touch controls and it's fremium model (it is on Android).

Still considering that, is not that good.

 

[isamu]

Well... about that...

?

I don't seen anything on there that says it's for PC or Steam.

 

[Synth]

?

I don't seen anything on there that says it's for PC or Steam.

That's the Win8 store. Which technically makes it for PC.

 

[Paladin CL]

As someone who enjoy both SIM and Arcade (and anything in between) I think this is what happen:

Forza and Gran Turismo took most of the racing fans, they offer massive experiences with lots of things to do, unlike lots of arcade racers that are short games. It happens to me that I have so much to do with this 2 games that I dont have much time left to seriously play other racing games.

Ridge Racer and Outrun, Sega Rally type of game became shallow, especially Ridge Racer, you need to add more gameplay elements, people wanted more and companies didnt deliver that

Burnout was abandoned because EA fucked up NFS team by making them release a new game every year, Criterion took their place and now they are suffering the same issues as EA executive cant learn at all from the past.

Midnight Club : I have no idea what happen but it was great, I suppose Rockstar is using those developers to make more profitable games.

Split/Second : Disney happen.

Project Gotham and Blur : MS, Activision and Bizarre herp derp happen.


To be honest, I dont miss Ridge Racer (I always thought it was a horrible racing game) and I dont miss Sega Rally. I liked Outrun 2 (for the minigames) and Scud Racer (because of the awesome BPR 96 cars).
What I really miss is Burnout and Midnight Club, PGR and old NFS, those were amazing arcade racers

 

[MadOdorMachine]

Played it. Is really a game that is hold back by touch controls and it's fremium model (it is on Android).

Still considering that, is not that good.

Saying it's not that good is a matter of opinion. I've got the PC version, and while it has some flaws, I've had a lot of fun with it. My biggest complaint is that it's on Windows 8 (I mainly use 7) and it's payment system - something I haven't experienced before. They try to nickel and dime you and getting the higher tiered cars requires some serious grinding. On one hand, it gives you incentive to keep playing the game. That being said, it's one of the best arcade racers I've played in awhile.

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

I enjoyed playing the Star Wars Racer in the local movie theater. I bought the N64 version after playing it and enjoyed that, too.

Were the home versions ports of the Sega arcade game?

 

[Dandy J]

Apparently WMMT5 was announced, didn't even know. I guess the appropriate answer to the thread title is "nothing, just go to the arcade and play them" hah...

 

[Griss]

I never really enjoyed these games and it seems the market agreed with me. For me racing is either serious with real cars (Forza/GT) or silly kart racing (Mario Kart/Mario Kart). Sucks for the arcade racer fans, though. Never want to see a sub-genre die out completely.

EDIT: I don't cosider sci-fi racers like F-Zero and Wipeout in the same genre as the likes of Ridge Racer and Outrun. The death of the futuristic racer is a tragedy.

 

[Xater]

One of the best racing games I ever played. Great gameplay. Great graphics. Great online capability. RSC2 had it all.

I love this game. Could you imagine new game like this based on Frostbite? Would be amazing.

 

[wizzbang]

One of the best racing games I ever played. Great gameplay. Great graphics. Great online capability. RSC2 had it all.

I beg your motherfucking pardon sir but RSC2 is not an arcade racer!
It's in the same vein as PGR2 but for Rally - it's half arcade, half sim.
It's also, fucking awesome.

If you want a pure arcade racer, you want vile trash like RSC1, which is digital refuse.

Personally, I loathe hard arcade racing (the original Outrun comes to mind)
It's those mid balance ones which are great, RSC2 fits that bill, as does PGR2 which is just great (and currently being discussed in the DriveClub thread - hopefully DC scratches the PGR2 itch, which PGR3 could not)

 

[plc268]

Played it. Is really a game that is hold back by touch controls and it's fremium model (it is on Android).

Still considering that, is not that good.

Asphalt 8 has controller support on android (well, it works with my Nvidia Shield, anyway). But yea. I bought it before it went free, and it's a fun racer, but Gameloft killed any sense of balance in that game and basically forces you to spend money to progress. Of course, you can grind it out, as usual, but it'll take forever.

Such a shame. Asphalt 8 is a decent enough racer that has similar mechanics to Burnout... but man, the freemium aspects of that game killed all interest I had in that game.

 

[isamu]

That's the Win8 store. Which technically makes it for PC.

Ahh, gotcha

 

[isamu]

yummmm

 

[Fox Mulder]

Asphalt 8 has controller support on android (well, it works with my Nvidia Shield, anyway). But yea. I bought it before it went free, and it's a fun racer, but Gameloft killed any sense of balance in that game and basically forces you to spend money to progress. Of course, you can grind it out, as usual, but it'll take forever.

Such a shame. Asphalt 8 is a decent enough racer that has similar mechanics to Burnout... but man, the freemium aspects of that game killed all interest I had in that game.

I played a bunch of asphalt 8 and liked it, but ran into a pay wall where I didn't have any car to do the events, but also didn't have enough credits to buy one. I won every event prior and did all the challenges for each one.

instantly killed the game for me.

 

[ultratruman]

The Giantbomb crew said it on the last bombcast: real cars appeal to a broader audience.