What racing game title/series do you think should be revisited?

"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88) 09/10/2014 at 17:14 • Filed to: Racing Games

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I've already mentioned some that I'd love to see come back, but here's another: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Appearing in early 2006 on Xbox 360, the game was pretty much created in similar fashion to many other vehicular combat games, like Twisted Metal, Interstate '76/'82, Vigilante 8, etc.

Specifically speaking, it's kinda like a cross between Twisted Metal, Spy Hunter, and Burnout.

The game featured destructible environments, like gas stations that blow up in more ways than just exploding gas pumps (seen again in Split/Second), buildings that can be blasted and then driven through, and the 'Unwreck' feature (similar to the 'Rewind' function that would be seen in the Forza Motorsport series not too long after).

The title would reappear in 2006 (US console release)/2007 in the form of Full Auto 2: Battlelines for the PS3 and PSP.

The original was decently received (70 on Metacritic), but the Sony games wouldn't live up to that (67 for PS3, 53 for PSP).

There hasn't been a Full Auto game since, and Pseudo Interactive shut down in 2008.

Chances are, the rights to the IP are still owned by SEGA.

But, with just about every SEGA in-house racing game developer having been shut down, and the only other one they work with, Sumo Digital, working on the Xbox 360 version of Forza Horizon 2, the chances of another Full Auto game seem rather slim, unless either Sumo Digital and/or Microsoft were to buy up the IP, but that seems unlikely.

So, what series or title would you like to see revisited, that hasn't seen a new release since the turn of the decade?

mcseanerson > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:17

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I'd like a good Ridge Racer game.

Decay buys too many beaters > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:17

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I want Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed re-done with the Forza Engine and physics

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:17

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Test Drive Unlimited 3 with more realistic physics. Open world driving with other players on the island is awesome.

djmt1 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/10/2014 at 17:19

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Well we have Forza Horizon 2 and The Crew coming so here's to hoping we have a spiritual successor. on our hands.

djmt1 > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:20

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Split/Second Velocity.

For Sweden > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:21

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Rush 2 with the stunt level

StingrayJake > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:22

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Cruis'n USA - Throw some modern super cars into a Cannon Ball Run race across America, put together some hammed up story line, and make it all look pretty. People would buy it for the nostalgia factor.

Wait a sec... am I describing Need for Speed?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/10/2014 at 17:25

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+100000000000000000000000000000000000!

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > StingrayJake 09/10/2014 at 17:26

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Sounds like NFS The Run..

Rainbow > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:26

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Test Drive: Eve of Destruction.

I win.

carcrasher88 > djmt1 09/10/2014 at 17:27

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I agree 110%.

This game was absolutely fantastic. The action never seemed to be repetitive, and the power plays were always rewarding no matter how many times you've used them.

The courses were very detailed, though the races appeared to be too fast paced to be able to appreciate the details. Things like the various billboards, stores, and various background vehicles.

I've always hoped someone would find a way to port the tracks as map mods for games like Grand Theft Auto IV, or even a simulator like BeamNG Drive, so people could get to take a good look around at things they would normally miss.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:28

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4x4 EVO/4x4 EVO2: Legitimately fun off-roading games. Maybe incorporate some baja style endurance races into it.

carcrasher88 > mcseanerson 09/10/2014 at 17:28

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Yeah, that would be great. The closest they've got recently was Unbounded, which was a good game, but not a great one.

mcseanerson > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:28

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Oooo, not quite a racing game but Stuntman with actual physics this time. Don't pretend that fence post is made of diamonds just because it's not the one you want me to drive through.

Agrajag > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:29

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Destruction Derby

Jet Moto

Outrun

Extreme G(two wheels good)

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:29

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Driver: Parralel Lines 2.

Still the same 70's new york. Still the same 70's car. But new graphic. How hard can it be?

carcrasher88 > Decay buys too many beaters 09/10/2014 at 17:29

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Me too. One can dream, right?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:29

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Test Drive Offroad. I spent hours playing that game as a child.

carcrasher88 > Rainbow 09/10/2014 at 17:30

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Yes, yes, a million times YES! Greatest demolition derby game ever made!

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > mcseanerson 09/10/2014 at 17:30

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Driftopia?

mcseanerson > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 17:32

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I don't know, I haven't played a ridge racer game in a long time and I keep seeing bad reviews for new ones.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > mcseanerson 09/10/2014 at 17:34

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Yeah. The new one is failed to get the mojo of the old one..

At least the driftopia is free tough.

StoneCold > djmt1 09/10/2014 at 17:35

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I'M HERE TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION AND ONE QUESTION ONLY:

EXPLOSIONS?!?!

djmt1 > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:36

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I just want more games to use destructible levels over power ups. Blue shells are all well and good but come on a dam just blew up and a skyscraper fell over and became a ramp.

Dusty Ventures > Decay buys too many beaters 09/10/2014 at 17:36

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Oooh. Sign me up for that

Dusty Ventures > mcseanerson 09/10/2014 at 17:38

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Also, the vehicle suspensions. Clearly someone decided to replace the springs with water beds

djmt1 > StoneCold 09/10/2014 at 17:39

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Dusty Ventures > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 09/10/2014 at 17:40

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Speaking of which, have you tried Baja: Edge of Control? It has a Baja endurance races that can last as long as two hours without touching the same bit of road twice.

mcseanerson > Dusty Ventures 09/10/2014 at 17:44

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It's been years since I played and I was just a budding jalop with an affinity for american muscle so I wasn't paying too much attention to suspensions back then.

Dusty Ventures > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:46

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Baja: Edge of Control. This time with proper physics, not just THQ's recycled bike/ATV physics crap.

Colin McRae Rally. DiRT is fun, but it's not the same. Colin McRae Rally was a proper rally game. We need that.

Stuntman. Lord did I love the game, especially the sandbox, but again the physics left much to be desired.

carcrasher88 > For Sweden 09/10/2014 at 17:48

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That would be awesome.

I was actually quite fond of LA Rush too. Wouldn't mind seeing that part of the Rush series revisited as well.

Most authentic representation of Los Angeles of that gaming generation.

carcrasher88 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 09/10/2014 at 17:49

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That would be fantastic. Off-road and Baja type games have been rather lacking in recent years.

carcrasher88 > mcseanerson 09/10/2014 at 17:52

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Agreed. I never played the original, but I really enjoyed Ignition.

That game had one of the greatest forms of product placement in it, with it's little Armor All tie-in.

mcseanerson > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 17:54

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I played the original and I remember the reviews saying it was the hardest game they ever played because you had to take the exact path that they wanted otherwise you'd hit a trashbag and your car would blow up.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Dusty Ventures 09/10/2014 at 17:56

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I have not. What's it on?

Dusty Ventures > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 09/10/2014 at 17:57

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360 and PS3

carcrasher88 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 17:58

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Need For Speed: The Run had a great premise, in my opinion.

It's just that the gameplay usually didn't match up, except for the on-foot segments (which I thought were decently done) and the more dramatic portions, like the part where you're being chased by a helicopter and a bunch of Porsche Cayennes.

I'll bet that if Criterion had made The Run instead of Black Box, it would certainly have been a better game all around.

EA should have kept Black Box targeted on their Skate games. Instead, they let them not only make The Run, but manage NFS World as well.

Skate seemed to be a much better fit for them at this point, but instead of having them focus on that, they let them keep going with NFS, and that's what led to the studio's shutdown last year.

carcrasher88 > djmt1 09/10/2014 at 18:00

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Oh, heck yeah!

carcrasher88 > mcseanerson 09/10/2014 at 18:02

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I know. I kept sliding into burning traffic cars in the Aftershock level.

And even the slightest crack in the road was death for a dirt bike.

carcrasher88 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 18:04

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NO. Not Driftopia was an awfully botched free-to-play Unbounded.

In comparison (and in general), Unbounded was very much more worth paying for.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > djmt1 09/10/2014 at 18:05

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But that would mean I'd have to buy a console...

carcrasher88 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 18:06

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I'd love to see a new Driver on an updated next-gen version of the San Francisco engine, going back to the 70's would be the icing on the cake.

djmt1 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/10/2014 at 18:07

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In that case lets hope The Crew's handling has improved since the beta.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 18:07

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Yeah. I even genuinely believe that The Run is the basis of NFS Movie. It's a bit like TDU2: Great Idea, not so good execution.

carcrasher88 > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/10/2014 at 18:07

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I loved those games. Them and V-Rally.

The world needs more off-road/rally games, and it looks like Forza Horizon 2 may supply that as part of the game.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 18:08

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Yeah. Have you tried the parallel lines? It's awesome!

carcrasher88 > Agrajag 09/10/2014 at 18:11

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They need to make a Tourist Trophy sequel.

With American motorcycles this time, too.

And electric ones.

And maybe the Can-Am Spyder.

Destruction Derby type games do need to make a comeback. Fortunately, Bugbear is hard at work on just that.

carcrasher88 > Dusty Ventures 09/10/2014 at 18:18

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That would be fantastic. Shame 2XL Games focuses on mobile games these days.

Maybe Nordic Games could make one, since they're releasing a new MX vs. ATV game next month.

Maybe someone could convince Microsoft to get Playground Games to make a new Rallisport Challenge game.

Stuntman needs to come back, and maybe if MX vs. ATV: Supercross does well enough, Nordic Games could have a new one made, since they own the IP now.

carcrasher88 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 18:22

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I really thought the only real major downsides to TDU2 were the characters, car selection, and online.

They did a pretty decent job with the vehicles meant to go off road, like the SUVs and the WRX STi.

Though it did feel a bit weird taking other cars off road. I tried it with the D-Type, and it didn't feel right.

carcrasher88 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 18:23

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Haven't tried it, but I'd love to.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 18:25

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The car selection is actually decent in my opinion. Altough as a japanese car fan i think adding some legend like Evo, Supra, RX7+8, and NSX is a good idea.

Characters and online, those sucks. The cutscene looks like a joke.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 18:29

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Well, i think nobody selling that game again..

or is it?

*If you want i can give you the link to the pirated version..

carcrasher88 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 18:37

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Yeah, that was something both TDU games were lacking in.

The first one had the R34, 350Z, it's Nismo variants and roadster, and a handful of Lexus models.

Other than the 350Zs, they were all DLC (though the R34 was standard on the PS2 and PSP versions, if I recall properly).

But overall, the TDU car selection was more plentiful than that of the sequel, especially when in TDU 2, the Bugatti Veyron and it's variants dominated the online scene and leaderboards, essentially ruining the online experience.

carcrasher88 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/10/2014 at 18:41

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It's easy to get on eBay.

I've got three of the platforms it was made for: PC, PS2, and Wii.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > carcrasher88 09/10/2014 at 19:52

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Yeah. Too may veyrons.

For me having 5 different version of the same car that performs just the same is ridiculous. 3 should be enough (Veyron, Gran Sport, Supersport).