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SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Going back a while - Monster Truck Madness 2 was a great game of exploration if you just drove off in a random direction rather than doing that silly racing stuff :-)

The maps were big, and there was no time limit, so you could just go and do your own thing … a favourite made-up mini-game was sliding around a frozen lake on the winter map.

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TechnoCat@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yes. I did this with Monster Truck Madness and still remember the opening announcer guy.

I also did this with Big Red Racing, Diddy Kong Racing, and Rallisport Challenge.

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- BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Also did this with the first Monster Truck Madness and Big Red Racing. And Motocross Madness. Seems these games were just built for that. Only had demo versions though, so just the one stage to explore.
  
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  - TechnoCat@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Shareware!
    
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    riskiedingo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Are you saying you can still find these titles?
    
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- SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Carmageddon was really good for it, too.
  
  In modern gaming I’ve clocked up about 400 hours on Snowrunner, half of the game is intentionally exploring with trucks (albeit a lot slower, lol)
  
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  - TechnoCat@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Ah yeah Carmageddon! They definitely encouraged exploration. I remember never winning by racing, but instead killing the other drivers.
    
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    SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Oh yeah, that was often the easiest way to progress.
    
    I used to be a bit of a Carmageddon nut, I think I have original copies of all the games (1 with the Splat Pack expansion was the best for exploration) … but my old PC can’t run the latest version at more than 1fps unfortunately :-/
    
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ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Have you played Mario kart world?

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- SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I haven’t, can’t say I’ve ever heard of it!
  
  (I’ve got Mario Kart 8 on the WiiU, that’s about it!)
  
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  - ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Haven’t played it, but the concept is being able to drive around after, between, or even during races to do exploring and side adventures
    
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    SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Sounds nice, provided you’re in the Nintendo ecosystem
    
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