/vr/ - Retro Games

ridge racer 4, wipeout 3

>>3370912
Ridge Racer series, Jet Moto series, and Need for Speed series.

Carmageddon

>>3371079
I don't think that was ever released for PSX

>>3370912
Touge Max G if you want a weeb Initial D style racer. Ridge Racer Type 4 and NFS:3 are still my go to arcade racers. Twisted Metal (2 being the best) for deathmatch style racing.

Also Racing Lagoon, a street racing RPG from Square. Amazing music.

>>3371084
>PSX
This is a PS1 thread

>>3371474
Oh god, go die in a fire.

The Psygnosis/Sony Formula 1 games are pretty good.

Colin McRae Rally is god tier

>>3371474
Just cause it wasn't released in your country fat man

>>3371476

This. It even has Murray Walker commentary.

Don't forget the Toca series. Such fun stuff it was.

You have falled

>>3371546
ToCA was great. I wish there were more games now based on Touring Cars.

>>3371596
The whole racing genre is nothing but simcades nowadays, most of them with touring cars

>>3370912
No ones mentioned side by side special 2000 so i'm going to, fantastic arcade ported racer that was a japan only release.

>>3371590
>one sixteenth of a nano-second too slow
>like a single picometer outside of the lines
Not retro but the use of this song has to be the biggest middle finger to the player in gaming history.
https://youtu.be/F-nuV36fvgQ

>>3371654
the on screen timer is milliseconds

>>3371479
V-Rally 2 is even better!

>>3371472
>my go to arcade racers
Are there any chilled out driving games on the PS1? Like OutRun?

>>3371668
there are very few chilled out driving games in general. You can be lucky if you find like one on a platform. The PS was all about action and excitement. No chance for something relaxed

>>3371667
It was a joke on how frugal the license tests are. You can't measure picometers without special equipment.

>>3371673
I don't get the picometers part of the post anyway. Pic clearly shows the car inside the target region. Just commented on the timer not having the resolution

Everything by Psygnosis pretty much.

>Drivers, start your engines!

>>3371679
I was talking about the tests in general, god damn. Just forget it.

Hydro Thunder
Jet Motos
Moto Racers
tokyo highway battle
nfs high stakes and porsche unleashed
sled storm
road rash
peak performance
test drive 4-6

>>3371717
Sled storm was my jam

>>3371717
How did I forget HYDRO THUNDER!!!!!

>>3370912
>>3370923
Everybody and I mean everybody praises Ridge Racer Type 4 because it's pure kino, but I just want to put in good word for Rage Racer as well due to its career structure not found in Type 4, also cool courses and music.

People also praise Wipeouts so I am going to recommend Rollcage Stage II along with it.

Moto Racer 2 is my favorite /vr/ motorcycle racer but the framerate is not as good as PC. Road Rash, the 32-bit remake with the kick ass midi, muh rusty cage and hilarious FMV. ESPN Extreme Games aka 1Xtreme is a Road Rash clone with rollerblades, skateboards, street luge and mountain bikes. Seems shovelware quality but it's the same kind of unintended humor as Road Rash.

Lego Racer is amazing but I personally greatly prefer the PC version out of any console version due to 60 fps and editor controls.

Jet Moto because it's awesome and it's got great SingleTrac comic book art (classic Twisted Metal).

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 is cool.

Crash Team Racing is a classic. Speed Punks for another decent kart racer.

Need For Speed, despite its bad rep in the modern days, is actually amazing back in that era of Electronic Arts. NFS3 Hot Pursuit, NFS4 High Stakes, NFS5 Porsche Unleashed. They're slightly different than the PC counter parts but still good.

>>3372168
>Everybody and I mean everybody praises Ridge Racer Type 4
here, me, me, me! I never played a single Ridge Racer, and have very little interest in the series, despite loving the shit out of Screamer

>I am going to recommend Rollcage Stage II along with it
in another thread elsewhere just recently someone who knows their shit also suggested Rollcage (1). Stage II supposedly went a bit overboard with some balancing

>Need For Speed, despite its bad rep in the modern days
Anybody who knows anything about NFS knows that the series consists of three distinct parts. The first is the quality luxury car racing game, up to NFS 6. Then comes the ricer period, with Underground, Most Wanted, Undercover. Then comes the we-don't-know-what-the-fuck-we're-doing period, where every single game in the series is wildly genre hopping and utterly lifeless

>>3372173
Most /vr/ Ridge Racer games are very arcade in a Daytona sense where you just pick a car and track and repeat until you get bored. Luckily with Ridge Racer Type 4, they tried to push the arcade single player experience forward in the same sense where some fighting games have a polished arcade mode. Go get RRT4, start Grand Prix mode, pick your team (difficulty), your manufacturer (pick Grip for beginner), then the game will carry you through every track in the game with lite story intermissions and promotions towards new cars. Basically it's a very automated play experience that needs no menu or any bullshit. Amazing music, amazing scenery and course layouts, male announcer voice will keep you company. It doesn't take too much of your time to reach the ending, it's very much a one sitting game with a ton of replay value.

Do NOT skip the intro FMV.

>>3372187
sorry, I just don't see any interest. I know I'm odd in that regard. Skipped a bunch of "major" games that way. If I want a career, High Stakes is the game I go to. Best career mode ever, in any racing game.

>>3372197
That's the thing, there's no career in Ridge Racer. It's a one path 30 minute blast through some light narrative that makes you feel badass.

>>3372204
might as well just play a bit of Screamer then if I want that. The announcer is delightfully enthusiastic (and probably a straight rip-off of some Ridge Daytona Racer thing, but I don't care). Sorry anon. No offense meant. R4 is probably a killer game, and have all the fun you want. I just don't feel a need, a desire to find out what it's like. It's Ridge Racer, that arcade game supposedly everybody played and loved, but I feel now ridge racer shaped hole in my heart, so I guess it's fine.

>>3372187
that is some sweet artwork, i havnt seen that in years.

OP, already been said but: CTR & wip3out are godtier imo.

>>3372187
R4 remaster with 8 player online WHEN

NAMCO PLEASE I WANNA DRIFT

>>3372237
It's common for people to just yell I want this classic game remastered with online multiplayer, but let's be honest, if Crash Bandicoot "remaster" or Ridge Racer's revival becomes literally that, I'll fucking kill myself. I didn't want a decade or so for this shit. They did that for Klonoa for Wii, it didn't do anything wrong but it achieves literally nothing.

>>3372241
What's your take on OutRun 2?

>>3372242
The first arcade cabinet I will run to when I go to Playdium. Outrun 2006 C2C is name dropped too often on /v/ and I'm that one guy who always try to tell people it's a flawed port and the fixed up version is called "Outrun 2 SP", a PS2 NTSC-J exclusive, not to be confused with Outrun 2 SP the arcade expansion.

>>3372247
I'm just saying, that's a "remaster" of a classic, and it includes online multiplayer, and it went ... kind of well didn't it?

>>3372241
Youre telling me you wouldnt pay like 10-20 $ for updated textures and online multiplayer? What if they released every ps1 ridge racer in a collection.

>>3371474
>IT'S CALLED ANIME, MOM

>>3372258
how many remakes, remaster and hd updates have you seen that have not infected an old game with modern bullshit? The temptation is huge, and very few developers manage to resist. In such cases it's better to just play and enjoy the old game, then cry over the mess the developers made with a remaster

>>3372250
Slightly off topic, but we're on different pages regarding what a remaster is and what a remake is although I contradicted myself with Klonoa. Even with Outrun 2, that is in no way a remaster. When in doubt, think of what a Bluray remaster is and what a film remake is.

>>3372258
If Zelda had a Ridge Racer level of drought disaster, giving me a Wind Waker or Twilight Princess "remaster" is almost a fuck you to the fans. Multiplayer sounds like a perk, but it feels more of an excuse to not make a brand new game. By the way, the modern era of Ridge Racer is literally rehashing old content. You already have old Ridge Racer content with new graphical assets and online multiplayer. Say no to remasters because all that money and time could've went into a whole new game.

>>3372264
>Outrun 2, that is in no way a remaster
hmm, I think it's why the game works. The developer(s) managed to keep the actual gameplay intact, and merely upgraded technical aspects, in a very careful manner. OutRun had successors, but the lost they OutRun vibe. OutRun 2 retained it. It's why I consider it a remaster. It's all there, just carefully retouched

>>3372271
The gameplay and driving feels pretty different than Outrun 1, especially when you factor in all the features of the home console versions. Just because it builds on top of what was good about the original doesn't mean it's a "remaster". You're talking about how it remains faithful with a few touch ups in essence, but a remaster refers to technical aspects. A remake is what relates to what you are expressing.

>>3372264
>giving me a Wind Waker or Twilight Princess "remaster" is almost a fuck you to the fans.

Aren't they already?

Road Rash Jailbreak is the best road rash game along with 64.

NGEN doesn't get mentioned much it's a jet racing game, I ike the vibe of it but it's a bit hard on the proper aircraft control setting

>>3372278
Do you know any remasters?

>>3372283
Yes something like a Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is most definitely a remaster because it's about taking remastering its resolution, aspect ratio, and all that technical goodness and has absolutely nothing to do with redoing assets. Just like a film, you are just taking the original film and transfering it for a newer, more advanced medium, you are not reshooting the film unless it's adding back bonus content. Why do people get so utterly confused with remake/remaster/reboot?

>>3372296
>Why do people get so utterly confused with remake/remaster/reboot?
hyperbole, mostly.
Very few people get confused. The ones that do confuse things according to you, simply don't care too much, or don't follow your exact definitions

>>3372307
Dude, to remaster something is a very physical and technical process. Klonoa and Resident Evil are remakes because they are not using the original work. Metal Gear Solid HD Collection games are remasters because they are the original work. Twin Snakes is a remake because it's not using the original work. Trying to argue against technical facts is just trying to pick a fight.

>>3371654
Best part of GT4

>>3372331
>Dude
calm the fuck down, idiot

>trying to pick a fight
you are, indeed. Nobody but you gives a shit

>>3372338
>well what do YOU think of this game? is it a remaster, hmm?
>well what do YOU consider a remaster HUH?

This is what I've gotten from you, seems like you do give a shit

>>3372348
I asked, got my answer, done. Then you started losing your shit. Calm the fuck down, chew on a playstation or something, then maybe come back

>>3372358
It was fine until I sensed that someone is intentionally trying to push the envelope saying stuff like "yeah this game is a remaster because it feels just like the game before it". Uh yeah.

>>3372370
Ok, shithead, here's the deal. I have my opinion, it's wrong to you, end of story. Your "sensing" is you trying to be desperately being outraged over someone who dares to have their own opinion. You made your point, I did not push on, and then you went into full retard mode with "Why do people get so utterly confused". No, people do not get utterly confused. ONE person, one fucking individual, dared to casually drop a line that you disagreed with, and you lost your fucking shit over it. So, stick your "sensing" up your ass, think whatever the hell you want, and, I'll say this as kindly as I can: Shut the moherfucking fuck up, you goddamn whining piece of shit. Yes, someone is "wrong" on the internet. It's fucking me, and what are you gonna do about it? You won't convince me, because I stopped giving a shit about the subject long ago. Fuck if you had a point or not, you pissed it away on insulting someone for daring to be fucking wrong in your one track mind. You won't convince many others, because all you did was whine about how fucking wrong they are. All you did is waste everybody's time, and get outraged over shit nobody cares about. And if you're still too fucked up to get it: I still don't give a shit about what a remaster is to you or isn't. I give a shit that you randomly went out of your way, insult a bunch of strangers with hyperbole, and derailed a thread, all because you had to pretend you're an oh so smart idiot. Maybe you are, but it's certainly not showing. All that's shown is a whiny little bitch, pushing their greasy glasses up their nose. Congratulations. I'm gonna go chew on a playstation now. Fuck you

I remember in Need For Speed 2 you could drive an outhouse.

>>3371472
>Racing Lagoon
This. Also pic related series if you want light hearted racing RPG action

>>3373209
this looks cool is there an English translation

>>3372168
>OG NFS reference

my nigga

>>3373219
Yeah I think all 3 have been fan translated

>>3373219
I guess the first Playstation game saw an English release in Europe as Penny Racers but 2 and 3 are fan translated. The PS2 version actually came to the US but it's relatively weak compared to the others.

http://choroq.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Games

>>3375124
there was a penny racers for n64 as well, you can find it for around $5.

Wipeout 2097/XL
Ridge Racer (Turbo ver. 60fps)
CTR

>>3375147
>Ridge Racer (Turbo ver. 60fps)
Shit sucks. You can only race against one car. The improved framerate doesn't make the game better.

>>3375147
>>3375221
He's right, it should be taken strictly as a tech demo.

Just finished Ridge Racer with gold on all 4 races. Do I need to do the Extra reverse courses to complete the game or is that it?

>playing GT2
>day1
>browse to used toyota cars section
>OH LAWD IS DAT SUM 68000GT ??!?
>not enough money to buy it
>fuuuuuuuuuuuu.jpg
>save and save until finally got the money to buy it
>68000GT dosent appear in the used car section anymore
>FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!

Whats your favorite GT2 cars?
mine is:

1. Shelby Cobra Coupe - dat RrrrrrrrrrRrRrRr engine sound! whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Perfect for narrow tracks like grindewald

2. Lotus Europa
3. Alfa Romeo special car - the one that sounds huummmmmmm!!!!! hmmmmmmmmmmMMMMM! this thing drives like a cushion!
4. Ford GT40 - the only car below 600hp that could win GT500 + GT world championship. This thing a flyin'!
5. That Tomica Skyline silhouette is like a 500hp escudo. I could easily win GT300 with this

>>3375618
Cleared Ridge Racer Revolution. These classic games are a lot easier with NeGcon analog support. I was never able to beat these back then.

>>3375680
and here's Rage Racer with texture perspective correction, GTE accuracy, and 32x videocard anti-aliasing which you can't see much of.

>>3375651
67 plymouth gtx
Skyline silhouette
gto race car
panda trueno

Demolition racer is a pretty good game

For Ridge Racer Serie, which test Negcon and Jogcon ???

>>3375651
Daishin Silvia. 413hp. You can dominate 493hp races without even trying.

>>3376045
Never physically tried a NeGcon or Jogcon but I can tell you that using ePSXe in NeGcon to enable LX axis for analog steering in Ridge Racer 1 to 3 makes the game so much more enjoyable and easier too.

In other news, just got Rage Racer working on my 3.60 Vita.

I haven't played Ridge Racer or Wipeout with the NeGcon, but I find GT2 to be utterly unplayable when I try to use it. No matter how I tweak the settings, it just never feels right and I'd prefer to just use a Dualshock.

>>3370912
Gran Turismo 1 fucking blows though

Most uninteractive racing game on the system and don't even get me started about the fucking license test

just started playing the ToCA series, since that game wasn't in the states, pretty good so far

>>3377548
>Most uninteractive racing game
What does this mean? Tuning, etc?

>>3372187
can I also chime in? the car designs in this game are fantastic. I think this game is the pinnacle of fantastic, yet realistic designs.

>>3372168
I think the best thing about Rage Racer is the atmosphere. all the races take place in, or arround, the same European city, and a lot of the tracks have this cloudy, overcast look to them. There are no screaming crowds, or bright neon lights or garish billboards. just miles of hilly countryside and a chill little town.

the races are not brutally hard, until later in the game. the screen is not cluttered, giving you a clear view of the scenery. if there were any such thing as a comfy racer, this is it.

>>3372187
I started this today and there's just no pleasing manager shit

Grand Tour Racing '98 is pretty nice. (Total Drivin' in Euroland)

Ridge Racer 4. Also it has a godtier Soundtrack

>>3371610
I think I'll get this and this.
>>3375975

Ray Tracers is kind of short, but a fun way to kill an afternoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-D774h_dxg

>>3375134
It's also pretty weak. It's like Japan didn't think the Western market would want a chibi racer that had depth too.

>>3372187

motherfucking ROLLCAGE bitches

>>3380391
why?

>>3380392
Not him but
>Psygnosis published
>drum & bass
>wall riding
>ceiling driving
>tunnel driving
>can unleash two powerups at once
>racing rank based option
>combat points based option
>training trials
>Scramble puzzle trials (Super Monkey Ball on wheels)
>Rubble Soccer (baby Rocket League)
>Hot Wheels tier car collectathon
>the front of your car lights up like a meteor when you go FAST
>tracks take place from outer space to underwater tubes to F-Zero-like sky courses complete with rain and thunder

>>3380526
nice summary, got all the details right. That could be a back-of-the-box text as is

>>3380526
This really does sound good. I tried pic related once and it wasn't convincing. How does it compare?

>>3380586
I can't compare, but I was the anon asking "why". I personally love rollcage, because of its utter madness. You can destroy half the track, you ride upside down, the camera gets a wild fish eye when you go fast, the shield thing on the car makes you feel awesome. Rollcage is arcade racing perfection. It's just loud, flashy, over the top and most of all, mad fun

>>3380586
Firebugs was like a Rollcage Stage III but without the Rollcage paint so it might feel bland or flat.

An ex-Rollcage developer revised the PC ports of Rollcage and Stage II, which a Steam community group exists for, and said developer is one of the members in the Rollcage successor Project Grip.

>Steam group (they run weekly netplay)
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/rollcage

>Rollcage fixed up
http://codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_extreme.php

>Project Grip
http://www.cagedelement.com/grip/

>>3380604
Extreme is Rollcage Stage II fixed up. Rollcage fixed up is Rollcage Redux, available from the same dude

http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_redux.php

>>3380604
>Stage III
it doesn't look even remotely mad enough for that. More like an uninspired rip-off, taking some of the mechanics and powerups, with little understanding of the game as a whole

>>3372168
Glad someone else posted this

>>3380526
But you are forgetting that rollcage is much better on PC, there is no reason to have it on PS1

>>3380797
Soundtrack is different just like Wipeout XL, before considering the use of custom soundtracks. Some of the menus are different too, not saying that it changes anything. I remember the PC version having an option for bump mapping which was interesting since it was the year 2000.

>>3380804
>Soundtrack is different just like Wipeout XL
same way as XL, where the Windows version has the better soundtrack, while the PS version has random licensed tracks?

>PC version having an option for bump mapping
I know Stage II had. Was it in the first game as well? Regardless, Redux and Extreme should be plenty fine. Usually PS versions are a nice choice, because emulators are, unlike the old Windows versions, stable on modern hardware and software. With Rollcage though, the original versions have been fixed to run practically flawlessly on modern hardware. There's very little reason to use the PS version under these circumstances

>>3380797
>there is no reason to have it on PS1
Well, most people will have an easier time running a the PS1 version on their PC than the actual PC version.
I found some late 90's PC game that work without much trouble, but those cases seem to be rare. But if you were to tell me it's easy to run Rollage on a modern PC, I'll get it.

>>3380846
If it's Win32 application and isn't just hard programmed to hardware, it usually works. You can play the first 3 Resident Evil games just fine.

>>3375221
the AI sucks shit anyways if you aren't facing 13th racing, so does a lack of cars really matter? Time Trial is my favorite part of retro racers like RR.

>>3381256
Don't know man, the entirety of Ridge Racer is about drifting and overtaking.

>>3377560
The AI cars stayed glued to the line, and collisions with them do nothing. So you're basically just on the track by yourself once you get past the AI. Tracks are pretty bland, sense of speed isn't very good; you don't really feel like a pro racecar driver when you're playing the game.

FUCKING DESTRUCTION DERBY RAW

>>3380846
>But if you were to tell me it's easy to run Rollage on a modern PC
read the thread

>>3381329
This was better.

>>3372168
>ESPN Extreme Games

I thrifted a copy of this and was surprised to find that a) it's a pretty solid game and b) the PAL version at least is way rarer than I anticipated

>>3380370
>drivers, start your engines
Man I love DD2. Having a nice damage model for 20 cars was really impressive.

I just wish it had a derby league like the first game and a non-retarded scoring system for wrecking racing.

racing game related question

Is there anything similar to F-Zero GX for the PC ?

>>3383538
>racing game related question
>F-Zero GX
You almost got me, anon

>>3383751
thats more vehicle combat, but a tight game none the less

>>3371717
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>>3370912

Rollcage.

Both are good.

Moto Racer was fucking dope

Hot Wheels Turbo Racing.
Rapid Racer.
Micro Machines V3

can we talk about f-zero?

>>3383952
>playstation
>f-zero

wat

>>3383954

oh shit im sorry

>>3371474
and then there's this faggot

>>3383942
>Micro Machines V3
Seconding this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ1V5_FOb34

>>3383952
>>3382293