Not retro but Forza Horizon 4 has user generated Challenges and people are building Trackmania style stuff in it. Crazy.
Guess there is an upside to the series going all live service…
It seems the Horizon team picked up on this, adding a new mode in the just-announced Horizon 5 catering for stunt tracks specifically!
Cruisin’ Blast heading to Switch!
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Switch trailer up!
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I’m hyped for this. It’s as good a stand in for a new Excite Truck that I’ll ever get.
That looks really cool, can’t say I’ve ever seen it in the arcade myself though!
Such a shame that Cruis’n Blast ended up being a garbage “on rails” rollercoaster, rather than actual driving.
Cruisin’ Blast of the biggest disappointments of last year for me.
Motorstorm Apocalypse executed on the dynamic destruction angle well, thankfully, really glad I finally got round to playing it earlier this year. Was not expecting Evolution to take the arcade racer route with it.
Some good stunt action in this one.
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This one on web/mobile but it’s great.
I just spent 2 glorious hours to 100% it.
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This looks fun!
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From the same people…
Car Stunt Races: Mega Ramps
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Can’t believe I haven’t mentioned The Italian Job in here.
The version based on the modern LA movie for GC/PS2 is a really great 60fps GTA lite. Stunt mode is excellent.
The version based on the old London/Italy movie on PS1 is a bit tough around the edges but still a lot of fun. Lots of modes including time trial, checkpoint, come knocking, challenge (stunt).
Really enjoyed them both.
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Played through recommendation of @matt: The Italian Job on PlayStation, based on the 1969 film, fits the bill and is a cracking game. Played through the whole thing from start to finish on a flight and was very much engrossed.
I’m guessing everyone was too busy being enamoured by Driver 2 at the time to pay much attention to this game. Which is a shame as The Italian Job is in a league of its own, with densely packed cities, an unbelievable draw distance, the handling model that feels beyond its generation, and inventive set pieces based on the film.
A highlight is a mission based on Croker’s getaway which takes you all around Turin as numerous roads are blocked off by way of manufactured traffic jams. This plays out for a full seven minutes and is a true test of your ability to handle all sorts of jumps, ramps, and tight corners and why it deserves a pick on the stunt racing games list.
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According to the developer postmortem, it did well at retail (probably why it’s easy to find a cheap copy)
In the first week of release The Italian Job entered the UK PSOne charts straight in at No.1 and stayed at this position for over 4 weeks, it had also entered at No.3 in the All Consoles Chart and No.4 in the All Formats Chart.
After being so well received in the UK with help from a cult film licence we could only hope that the game would hold it’s own in other territories. This was confirmed by excellent reviews from the rest of Europe and the USA (5/5 OPM), the game even inspired some people to watch the film for the very first time.
My review :
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Jet Moto 3
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I started playing ATV Quad Power Racing 2 this year and it is a nice surprise. It’s basically a mix of the ATV Offroad Fury Games, Road Rash (hand-to-hand combats) and Tony Hawk (you do button combos when in the air to do stunts and earn boost, and in the main career, you’re ranked on both race placement and stunts)
The developer later did Pure and Split Second and you can see the DNA of those games in it.
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