I like the Road Rash games on Genesis a lot.
Top Gear on SNES is pretty sick.
Cruisin’ USA was pretty great too.
What is your favorite retro racing game?
Submitted 2 months ago by Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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maxprime@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Top Gear’s Las Vegas music is amazing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=iwC7qpzpTUU
brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 months ago
Probably F-Zero GX. Though I’m older than that, I wasn’t playing racing games a lot before that. An older game I’d enjoyed a bit was POD (: Planet Of Death).
I’ve played Mario Kart quite a bit, starting back with super, but I can’t really pick one as my favorite retro racing game, because the one I like the most is 8. Though Wii came close.
Damage@feddit.it 1 month ago
You know, when I read retro racing I immediately thought of NFS and Pod, it’s surprising to find someone who still remembers it.
Wetstew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s so satisfying when you get good at knocking out other racers. I remember as a teenager I would set my top speed to high and whittle down half of the other racers on my way to the front of the pack.
It’s easy to get in the top ten when you drop the racers count down fifteen places.
brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 months ago
Hell yeah. And then you’ve got one of those crazy hard story mode challenges where you pretty much have to destroy as many opponents you can to have enough juice to win. The one with Michael Chain and his gang.
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Hydro Thunder on Dreamcast!
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
The announcer shouting Hydro Thunder is so iconic
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
The arcade version also has him yelling, “Press your boost button to start!” One of the first x86-based arcade games I can think of.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
F-zero, Mario kart 64, diddy kong racing, rush 2049, cruisn USA, that game at the arcade where 3 people can play and its on one screen with an isometric view
Bacano@lemmy.world 1 month ago
F zero gx specifically is the goat
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I grew up in the original so that’s what has a special place in my heart. GX is sick though
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Rock and Roll Racing
Excite bike
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Excite bike
We had endless hours of fun back in the day using the track builder and figuring out the exact spacing and combination of ramps to make your little dude crash out in a manner that flung his tumbling corpse the absolute maximum amount of distance. (Okay, so you never really die in Excitebike, but you know.) You can achieve significant hang time if you do it right.
Random unsolicited video game trivia: First run editions of Excitebike were actually Japanese Famicom cartridges bodged into Famicom-to-NES cartridge converters. They’re literally Japanese copies of the game, verbatim. This includes the theoretical ability to save out your track to the Famicom Data Recorder, which has only the minor wrinkle of never having been released in the US. This was baffling to us at the time, not understanding why the option was there when it self-evidently didn’t work (but your Zelda cartridge could save just fine).
Somehow my dad figured this out using the early Internet or Usenet or something, and then I had the actual answer. Still not actually being able to save, mind you, but at least I knew why you couldn’t. Except nobody in the schoolyard would believe me.
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Rock & Roll Racing is top tier.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
excite bike always reminds me of visiting my grandma in daytona beach :)
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s kid icarus and al uncer jrs racing for me.
I remember my grandmother playing those games with us and she was exactly the person who would gesture with her hands as she was trying to play the game. Why the character turned out jumped, her hands would do the same thing, she fling the controller out of her hands at least once that i remember trying to jump to a new platform in kids Icarus
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Honorable mentions
Micro machines (that pool level!)
Cobra Triangle
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Not sure it’s my favourite, but Wipeout XL/2097 deserves a mention.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Looking for a good t shirt with one of the team logos on it
heavydust@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Stunts was the best. You could draw your own circuits.
meathorse@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes!! This and Fatal Racing was my entire early teens!
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I was going to say SNES Mario Kart, but really I think it’s GC Mario Kart: Double Dash.
Deebster@infosec.pub 2 months ago
- Single player: Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga
- Multiplayer: Super Skidmarks also on the Amiga
Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Stunt Car Racer can have two players on two Amigas with a serial cable connecting them.
Dicska@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Now I’m jealous! Back when I was a kid, I loved it on C64 and pressed every single button to find some secret two player mode.
Twig@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I think it’s cross platform too, to Atari and DOS
Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 month ago
try XJ220 on the Amiga for sense of speed
MrTHXcertified@programming.dev 1 month ago
Road Rash is still one of my favorites! I plan to play through the PSX version at some point since I only ever got the chance to play the Genesis ones as a kid.
specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Rc Pro Am was pretty great.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
The first that come to mind are, in no particular order:
Need for speed hot pursuit (PC)
Sonic drift 2 (game gear)
Monaco F1 (mega drive)
Death Rally (PC)
Big Red Racing (PC)
Ballistics (PC)
WipeOut (psx)
The racing game in the Sega 4in1 pack (game gear)
Virtua Racing (mega drive)
Micromachines (mega drive)
Penny Racers (psx)
All very different from another.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Almost forgot: carmageddon!
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Also another one that’s totally different from the rest: Sonic R (PC)
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 2 months ago
F-Zero X
I crave speed and murder
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Outrun, especially Outrun 2006. I like arcade style racers the most.
Also in that vein, San Francisco Rush.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, rush 2049 was my favourite from the SF Rush series.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It makes me feel old to admit it’s retro, but Gran Turismo on Playstation.
uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Someone already beat me to Topgear, but I’m not seeing Mario Kart? Also GT2 on the PSX was great fun.
Bump@programming.dev 2 months ago
If Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed has become retro then it’s that lol.
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 month ago
wipeOut
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 month ago
Is Burnout old enough to be considered retro? 🤔
Because otherwise I, too, would have to say Road Rash. Or possibly that super old arcade Star Wars racing game I only ever got to play once. The game wasn’t special though; what made it rad was the arcade machine because it was one of those sit-down ones with a gyro so that shit gave you a realistic feeling of being on a speeder bike.
Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Gran Tourismo 2 and 4, Ridge Racer Type 4, Burnout 3 Takedown and NFSU2/MW. I like a lot of racing games but these are my favorite retro ones.
EvilBit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Lots of great ones mentioned here and while I don’t know if it’s my favorite, I have a deep soft spot for Super Off-Road. It has an incredible spatial sense and fluidity for its time and still holds up at any barcade.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, fair. Me and my brother definitely played alot of that.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Mario kart is the only racing game I’ve ever been good at.
So, I’ll take Mario Kart 64 as my best retro pick.
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
For me it’s Rad Racer on NES. Just very nostalgic! I love the sounds and the graphics just scream 80s/early 90s
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And you can press select and everything goes to anaglyph 3D…
A random piece of trivia you can use to blow certain people’s minds is that Rad Racer was developed by Square. Yes, that Square.
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I had no idea to either of those!
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Rollcage
Revolt
Star Wars EP 1: Racer
NFS
NFS2
NFS Hot Pursuit
NFS Underground
Death Rally
Crash Team Racing
Hydro Thunder
SSX Tricky
San Francisco Rush 2049
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Defectus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Super Cars (Amiga) Also have a fond memory of Death Rally
TheMadIrishman@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Rock n Roll racing for the SNES. Absolutely adore that game.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, RnR, as well as SF Rush 2049 were basically my entire childhood… so much so that I have been using this user name ever since. Though, if I could somehow also add in a tokyo extreme racer reference too without it getting too long or complicated… or culturally insensitive… I loved thise games too. Not enough proper Racing RPG games any more. You never start from the bottom and work your way up. Modern racing games just have you win cars in the lottery…
TheMadIrishman@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
SF Rush was an absolute riot!
48954246@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I suppose crash team racing would be considered retro now.
I spent countless hours finding all the secret paths and shortcuts
synapse1278@lemmy.world 1 month ago
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Road Rash and Skitchin are great. The Ayrton Senna games too, but I played those on Master System.
Network Q RAC Rally Championship on DOS is as good as it gets. Not the sequel International Rally Championship, which is far worse.
POD on Windows 9x. It has not held up and doesn’t look so good no matter how you get it working now. But if you played it back then those memories will live inside you forever.
Badlands on Commodore 64.
Moto Roader 2 on PC Engine.
NFS Porsche Unleashed/2000 (whatever they called it in your region) is the best NFS game.
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Love road rash!!
Twig@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Have you tried Old School Rally?
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
It’s on my wish list.
Along with some of the other throwback racers/rally games recently, I wish some dev who idolised Rally Championship was giving them a go. They all seem to want to target Sega Rally with a bit of Colin McRae sprinkled in. Which is still good, I love rally wherever I can get it.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I had a demo version of POD and I played it a lot. Now I’m afraid to look it up lol. Is it really that bad?
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
It’s maybe not so bad, but I spent ridiculous hours in POD, playing every track and in reverse, and with every car, and split screen multiplayer.
I’ve never been able to get it to work with dgVoodoo, so the 3dfx crispness isn’t there. And I think it’s limited to 800x600 (but I remember it being somewhat prone to crashes above 640x480, this was about 10 years ago though). I also had a lot of audio popping which I couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
It was such a great looking game to show off the Glide graphics on a 15” svga monitor, but for me it didn’t scale well on a 24 - 27” hi res screen.