Racing Games Through the Years

[clemencaman]

To forget the whole F1GP Series by Geoff Crammond ist a big mistake guys !!

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

It's aimed as more of a visual tour than a recommendation of the good and bad

Agree that the F1 series by Crammond was the pinnacle of epic games back in the day. Someone needs to give that bloke the F1 licence again

 

[Peter Stokman]

Did you guys know I'm the biggest Simracing YouTuber just for this one vid alone?

un believable that we been able that time to see the circuit

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Iv'e always had some sort of machine that i could race on, I was a Saga guy, then Xbox and finally moved over to PC. always had a wheel even the shitty ones,
This was my game when i moved over to PC, Race 07 was good but this was just so much more..

Yes its looking a bit dated but its like your first love..it will always be special to me..

 

[CaptainRizla]

My last contribution, and although not a sim, but if we are talking about just racing games then I'll offer up Supercars 2 -

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

Wow 120k views for a lap of Monaco !

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

Yes its looking a bit dated but its like your first love..it will always be special to me

To be fair, it actually still looks pretty decent Loved that game. Still do actually...

 

[TheReaper GT]

I remember one game from the SNES, I think I played it way more than I was allowed...

It even had it's own track editor...

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

Fun fact real, did you know that Mablethorpe is my local seaside town and it's not up north, it's in Lincolnshire and it floods a lot. Yes the arcade is a bit retro there. But there is a chippy to die for

And you can still get 4 sausage rolls from Cooplands for £1! 4!!!!

 

[CaptainRizla]

Come on Paul, shove something by Geoff Crammond in the OP to calm the masses

 

[quicksilver384]

Ok I have owned or currently do own the following. I have added a few (not on your list) which in my opinion are well worthy of a shout out.

1986 Sega Out Run - Sega (got it on Master System)
1989 Indianapolis 500 The Simulation (recognize so May have had)
1996 Daytona USA - Sega (got it on Dreamcast)

*** 1997 Toca Touring Cars (got it on PS1)

*** 1998 Toca 2 Touring Cars (got it on PS1)

*** Toca World touring cars (got it on PS1)

*** Toca race drivers 1 and 2 (got it on PS2)

*** 2008 Ferrari F355 Challenge (got it on Dreamcast)

*** 1999/2000 Mobil 1 Rally Championship (had it on PS1)

1997 F1 97 - Bizzare Creations (got it on PS1)
1998 Colin McRae Rally - Codemasters (had it on PS1)
2003 Colin McRae Rally 3 - Codemasters (got it on original Xbox and PC)
2005 GTR Simbin (got it on PC (disk and steam) )
2006 GTR2- Simbin (got it on PC (disk and steam) )
2013 Assetto Corsa - Kunos Simulazioni (got it on PC)

 

[BoogerMac]

OMG! You left off the single, greatest racing game in the history of the universe!!!!!!!! I give you...

 

[aka2k]

This looked amazing back in 1992:

Grand Prix Unlimited. It was one of the first racing games I've played on PC when I was a kid.

And another really cool stuff from the old days:

Car & Driver from EA, circa 1992 I think. Pretty much the older brother of the first Need For Speed.

 

[quicksilver384]

Another fun fact, this time in relation to Daytona USA. I worked in a sales call centre once (shudders) and to help "motivate" the staff (try paying more, that would help) they brought in a full Daytona arcade rig for us to use.

My memorable daft fact about daytona usa was back in the day I used to think the intro bit went "Daytona, It's a movie" lmao

 

[AndrewBo]

And you can still get 4 sausage rolls from Cooplands for £1! 4!!!!

True, but please.....

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

Come on Paul, shove something by Geoff Crammond in the OP to calm the masses

Ok ok I've been bullied into it

GP4 is now in the OP

 

[CaptainRizla]

This looked amazing back in 1992:

Grand Prix Unlimited. It was one of the first racing games I've played on PC when I was a kid.

Music brings back memories of Leisure Suit Larry for some reason

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

OMG! You left off the single, greatest racing game in the history of the universe!!!!!!!! I give you...

So that's where R3E gets it's sounds from! @anthony monteil you thieving bugger

 

[quicksilver384]

Music brings back memories of Leisure Suit Larry for some reason

I wouldn't know I have *never* heard of such a dirty game.

 

[James Robertson]

I remember getting a spectrum 48k and a copy of Chequered Flag for my 10th birthday in 1983. The spectrum was purchased from an ironmongers shop in a small fishing village in the North East of Scotland. I can still remember seeing all the shiny spectrum boxes lined up on a high shelf and the shopkeeper climbing up a stepladder and bringing one down for me, I'll never achieve excitement like that again.

I also remember it took about 8 hours to get the first game to load, my mum and dad had a cassette deck with bass , tone and treble, and if you didn't set them exactly to the correct levels the game wouldn't load, it was like cracking a safe. Anyway, I played Chequered flag to death, but I recall being bitterly dissapointed that the graphics in the game didn't exactly match the cassette box art.