Blue Blue Skies I see! A genre that needs to be stupid again.

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11-07-2018, 03:09 PM
Leynos

Blue Blue Skies I see! We need more arcade racers

The arcade racer needs a proper comeback. Forza, Project Cars, Driveclub, Gran Turismo are maybe the most high profile racing games this generation. An era where Microsoft brings another sports car on it's an E3 stage then shows shiny headlights as they verbally masturbate to video game cars. It's become so cliche and so boring. I don't hate the more realistic racing games but I'm tired of them being practically the only thing on the market and how you can see the men on stage talking about them are jizzing in their pants.

You don't have to be so in love with cars you want to fuck them to enjoy racing games guys (talking to those on stage). Some just want to have fun. Not that Forza isn't but can we get some more blue skies? One of the reasons I was so hyped for a game announced years ago that sadly become Vaporware was 90s Arcade Racer.

Look how dumb this shit is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpjHlBvTCck

Sadly this never came out but the idea is there. I miss the Daytona USA's, Top Gear and such. Yes, I know Forza Horizon exists and I liked the first one but it's not dumb enough. In Top Gear overdrive with a code, I could be the N64 logo. Daytona had me driving past Space Shuttles and Cruis'n series had me in exotic locations like under the ocean or driving through the pyramids. Not even touched the future racers like Wipeout, F-Zero, Rollcage, and hell even Kart racers. Sure we still have Mario Kart and SEGA is making a lesser game in Sonic R racing but I wish it would be a sequel to the best Kart racer ever in Transformed. We are getting some arcade dumb racers like Onrush, Grip, Trailblazers, Redout, Xenon Racer, Horizon Chase,GRIP and a few others. Smaller projects and some I mentioned are out and fun! But where is SEGA or other bigger developers doing this? I guess they think they won't sell. Maybe they are right and people don't want them and want more realism and less imagination which saddens me. These days I take what I can get but man do I miss it. Again not saying I dislike a more realistic racing game but I wish we had a steady influx of over the top arcade racers as well. I know I forget to mention some like Boat/Jet ski and such racing games such as a really good one and more recent Riptide GP Renegade.

Anyone else misses these kinds of games? Also feel free to talk about ones you like from any era. Retro or modern. Anything you want regarding the arcade racer even more subdued stuff like Horizon.
11-08-2018, 02:50 AM
Blades

I do. Both can coexist. The realistic genre was an evolution of Sega's arcade roots (Daytona USA, Sega Rally etc.), but over the past 15 years the genre has marginalized itself. Racing games aren't about going fast anymore.
11-08-2018, 10:53 PM
gamevet

I think that it all started to go south when Burnout: Paradise showed up. You no longer just chose a track, your car and a race style. Now you were asked to drive to the race location, or drop by a garage to get another car, instead of just choosing everything through a menu system. Now, I'm playing racing games like The Crew, that are trying to copy the style of Burnout Paradise, and I'm wondering why? I'd like a racing game like Burnout 3, or Burnout Revenge, instead of the open world driving garbage that everyone seems to be making. Am I asking for too much?
11-24-2018, 09:12 PM
WarmSignal

Apparently no one agrees? I certainly do. I love classic arcade style racing games. They used to be just a staple of gaming, and now racing is niche. It's for car lovers, or Fast and Furious fans. I'm seeing more interest in the idea, perhaps it will experience a renaissance like 3D platforming has enjoyed lately. That would be awesome. I noticed there were two new racing games available on Switch recently, Grip and Trailblazers, as well as Onrush which is available on PS4. Looking to pick all of these up soon enough. I'm hoping that they'll be well received. Does the average game player these days have the attention span for a racing game? Time will tell I guess. Glad I'm not alone in wanting to see these kinds of games make a comeback.
11-24-2018, 09:16 PM
chilled

I can vouch for Horizon Chase Turbo on PC. I've spend lots of hours unlocking dumb cars, but Yu Suzuki's spirit is there
11-24-2018, 10:04 PM
Leynos

I have been playing so much of Fast RMX. Futuristic racers seem to be coming back in a small way. A bunch on PC and Xenon Racer coming soon plus GRIP came out. FASt RMX is so damn good I'm blown away 5 people made this on a nothing budget and less than 1GB. Redout looks fun but not tried it yet. Rise Race to the Future looks interesting on PC.

Really curious about this game as it's coming to consoles early next year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRemXzEsxkw
11-24-2018, 11:23 PM
WarmSignal

I've heard that GRIP is based on earlier Rollcage games that were on PS1. I picked both of those up a while back, I'm thinking about popping one in. Also picked up RC Revenge a while back, and the other day snagged Red Asphalt and Motorhead for peanuts. There are a lot of obscure racers for PS1, it seems. Still like to get myself a copy of Motor Toon Grand Prix.
11-25-2018, 08:56 AM
BigEvilCorporation

This is an underrated gem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOZ-PuvLi0

"Mario Kart for grown-ups", basically. Pickups, powerups, sabotage, loved the thing. Shame it didn't get much praise at the time.
11-25-2018, 11:13 PM
Ecco

I agree that I liked racers with fantasy / unreal elements, more than just plain realistic racing. For example, I think Cruisn' Exotica was the most fun racer I've played, with all kinds of crazy effects like one stage with dinosaurs lol, one stage underwater, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcbZj4e3MUs

I also just miss seeing arcade games in general. I recently went to the movies and a former videogame room was now gone, just a ski-ball room and a couple things like that.

It seems movie theaters are now giving up on arcade machines.
11-25-2018, 11:34 PM
Leynos

Loved the Cruis'N series. Esp World. I wish Nintendo would port Blast to Switch but there are no plans to. Bums me out as I really want a new Cruis'n game on a home system. I don't know how or why but it's a Nintendo IP now. At the very least make a new one exclusive to Switch and maybe contract Shin'en.
11-26-2018, 01:16 PM
WarmSignal

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Originally Posted by SegataS

Loved the Cruis'N series. Esp World. I wish Nintendo would port Blast to Switch but there are no plans to. Bums me out as I really want a new Cruis'n game on a home system. I don't know how or why but it's a Nintendo IP now. At the very least make a new one exclusive to Switch and maybe contract Shin'en.

Cruis'n USA was my religion in 97. It baffles me how some think it's a bad game.