Racer - free race game which made alot of progress...

defiant

Have you seen it ?







very nice !!!!



<a href="http://www.racer.nl/"; target="_blank">http://www.racer.nl/</a>; for more information.

spart

Nice!



Mostly the work of a solitary soul it appears as well...damn.



Too bad I don't have an up-to-date Mac, how are the physics?

ghost_user_name

Yup, I posted about Racer here long ago when the Mac port was first made and then again when the last update was released.



The physics are good *IF* you can properly balance the car -- that's the hard part. Otherwise, it's gonna suck. Hard. Last I checked, the physics were still very buggy and it was way too easy to flip a car. What's worse is that the physics just got completely insane when the car rolls over, bouncing you either a hundred feet into the sky or dropping you through the track into oblivion.



The game is a lot more fun once you switch on the options for music and full-screen.



It has great potential.



Here's a car I was working on porting a while back:







And here's a cool movie showing off some... uh... strange physics settings. Yes, when the shocks decompress, they will often actually put the wheels back in the wrong place. Ick!



http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/.Movies/racer-05.mov



Here's a (slightly ) more serious attempt, but if you watch the very last few seconds you'll see the physics go haywire again:



http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/.Movies/racer-04.mov



And here you can see that it's a Bad Thing? to veer from the track:



http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/.Movies/racer-02.mov



[ 12-01-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]

alcimedes

Brad, remind me that if the opportunity ever arises, i DO NOT want to ride in your car.

spart

Why not? Looks like it would be fun to me.