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opa-opa

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Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« on: January 11, 2007, 04:10:13 PM »
You know the type of racer that's instantly accessible and addictive

The ones that make you want to race the same track over and over because you want to shave 0.01 seconds off your time

It's just weird since I just booted up my 32X and played Virtua Racing Deluxe for the first time in like 10 years, and I actually had more fun with it than Ridge Racer 6, Gran Turismo, or any other racing game I played in the last 10 years....
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cubicle47b

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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2007, 04:14:51 PM »
Those games are okay but have you tried pole position II on the 7800?  Godlike.
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2007, 04:15:06 PM »
burnout revenge, fagcakes, and outrun 2006 C2C
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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2007, 06:29:06 PM »
F- Zero GX is really good. Its pretty much the only racing game Ive touched this decade.
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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2007, 05:40:22 AM »
Outrun 2, F-Zero GX...in other words, nothing's changed: The Sega racers still kick the asses of all the rest.  :P
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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2007, 06:05:44 AM »
I've always been a Ridge Racer guy. Although, I admit, it's not as accessible as the Daytona series was


I think I became such an RR fan, because I owned a Playstation at launch (1995?!) and it was the only game that had replay value for the first 3 months of the systems inception.

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The Sceneman

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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2007, 07:27:35 AM »
All the other PS1 launch titles were abslolute crap. ESPN Xtreme sports lol. It took two years for FFVII to come out
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ToxicAdam

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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2007, 09:54:34 AM »
In hindsight, it might look that way. But I thought the PS1 had one of the best launch lineups ever.

The first three months (By December of 05), you had Warhawk, Destruction Derby, Wipeout, RR, Jumping Flash, Battle Arena Toshinden. ESPN Xtreme Games was a decent knockoff until Road Rash came out later the next year. Granted ... almost all of those games offered very little in the way of depth. JF you could finish in one night.


You compare that to the launches (first 3 months) of this generation and I think the PS1 blows it away.


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Himu

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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2007, 11:21:18 AM »
Get Burnout, dude!
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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2007, 11:48:28 AM »
failed thread.


seems to be a common thing opa-opa.


Plenty of "pick up and play" racers out there.

 
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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2007, 04:46:20 PM »
Scud Race beats the shit out of both VR and Daytona and you know it Opa.
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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2007, 04:59:49 PM »
BURNOUT
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Re: Why hasn't there been any racing games as playable as Virtua Racing/Daytona?
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2007, 05:20:27 PM »
Quote from: opa-opa on January 11, 2007, 04:10:13 PM
You know the type of racer that's instantly accessible and addictive

The ones that make you want to race the same track over and over because you want to shave 0.01 seconds off your time

It's just weird since I just booted up my 32X and played Virtua Racing Deluxe for the first time in like 10 years, and I actually had more fun with it than Ridge Racer 6, Gran Turismo, or any other racing game I played in the last 10 years....

Opa, have you played Rallisport Challenge 2?  I get the feeling you describe from that game.

And I also love Virtua Racing Deluxe.  It's what I got a 32X for.
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