TOIF: Good Morning, Oppo (and let's fight over influential racing games) edition

"boredalways" (boredalway666) 05/26/2017 at 08:30 • Filed to: GoodMorningOppo

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Was looking at The Guardian this morning and found this:

The 10 most influential driving games – in pictures

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While several titles are listed that I grew up with, one of my early influences was Super Monaco GP by SEGA.

What about you, Oppo?

boredalways > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 08:24

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The 10 most influential driving games – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2017/may/26/retro-driving-games-in-pictures-night-driver-pole-position-and-out-run-to-daytona-usa-ridge-racer-and-gran-turismo?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 08:46

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I was heavily influenced by the original Top Gear Rally game for N64 when I was a kid...plus, full custom paintjobs!!!

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 09:00

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Rad Racer was a constant in my childhood. The 8-bit Ferrari 328 was awesome, and even if it was the K-mart version of OutRun. But it did have 3-d graphics

Hard Drivin’ was one of my favorites at the arcade. It was an early open world driving experience.

t0ast > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 09:02

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List checks out surprisingly well overall and did a good job of giving appropriate nods to what followed. I spent a ton of time on most of those 80s-90s titles and their successors. I don’t have a whole lot to add on top of that for personal influence outside of a few oddball picks like Street Rod 2 (PC), Stunts (PC), and Rock ‘n’ Roll Racing (SNES).

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 09:25

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A Race Drivin cabinet taught me to drive a stick when I was like 8 and had no idea what I was doing. There was a clutch, an H shifter, you could stall the car, you had to clutch in and turn the key to restart it...all others pale in comparison for me.

red014 > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 09:40

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For me, it was Atari’s Pole Position as a kid and the first Gran Turismo as a teen, so this list is A-OK by me. I can still hear the voice...

“Prepare to Qualify”

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 09:46

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Also no list of influential racing games could be complete without:

crowmolly > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 05/26/2017 at 10:25

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Came here for Hard Drivin’

Had a real clutch pedal, and you could stall out.

boredalways > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 05/26/2017 at 10:25

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So true, but it never felt “natural”.

boredalways > red014 05/26/2017 at 10:32

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member the Saturday morning cartoon show?

I member

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 10:47

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I still have no clue what TOIF means.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 10:59

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PC games aside (Need for Speed - I played almost the whole series until they went Fast and Furious, Colin McRae Rally):

Sega Rally taught me the handbrake turn.

Ferrari F355 Challenge convinced me to learn to drive stick, and that I needed a gear shifter with a cold metal ball on top.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > boredalways 05/26/2017 at 11:11

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When you’re 8 it was like the real thing. Now it would probably suck, haha.

boredalways > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/26/2017 at 12:12

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Thank Oppo It’s Friday

Adam Stickland > boredalways 05/27/2017 at 03:03

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Being a young adult/millennial, my influential racing games were Need For Speed Underground 2 and Carbon. Loved driving those riced up Tiburons and 350Zs as a kid. Though I liked Carbon more for the storyline and in general gameplay (didn’t do the canyon races much though back then).