The Windows version of NFS: Porsche Unleashed was so beautiful at the time of its release.. It still doesn't look too shabby. I loved the detailed in cabin view of the cars. Definitely one of my all time favorite racers as well.
Porsche Unleashed or Porsche 2000 as it was called in some regions was waaaay ahead of its time in my opinion. The level of physics, graphics and accuracy was great, not to mention the fact that it worked well with generic steering wheels for the PC. Still play it today. I remember buying and repairing cars to sell for cash for hours :p
Still one of the best NFS ever made. Would love a remake with modern graphics - but not by EA, if they'd do a remake, they would make you start with a Dacia and offer every Porsche as a DLC
I'm with you, Porsche Unleashed was one of my favourite NFS game. I used to play every time!! Thank you for showing everyone the wonderful world of Porsche Unleashed!
Porsche Unleahed (Porsche 2000 here in Europe) is my favourite NFS game of all time! It was so amazing back then and showed some power of my fairly decent gaming PC back then to my friends who tend to do gaming on consoles only. it's not surprising it's my favourite, because I'm more of simulation guy. I loved the feature you had to pay your damage you caused by your self, not many racing games ever since has done that.
I got to see Primus live a few years back, when they played the entire Sailing the Seas of Cheese album from beginning to end. It was freakin' awesome!! Great show. Great band!
I can't believe you put NFS: Porsche 2000 (Unleashed in the US) in there. I bought that game when it came out and I was like 11. Back when PC games had nice cardboard boxes and manuals. I love this game. Nowadays it's either all about tuned cars or racing others to the death online. But this was the only game I remember that you could just relax and drive in the sunset while taking in the amazing backgrounds of European landscapes. I am surprised you even knew about it haha.
I love NFS Porsche Unleashed too. Although it was the least popular NFS game for its day, it was a very well-made, high quality racing game. I always liked the fact that Porsche cars were the ONLY cars playable in the game. As a result, the game gave a very deep and complete HISTORY of the Porsche brand which was extremely educational. As a player, you got to learn about and drive all those Porsche cars from the classic 50s era into the modern, high-performance era. Really cool and unique racing experience. For a similar experience, the Ford Racing series games and Corvette both for the PS2 and XBOX are, not quite as good, but worth a look too. Their simplified racing physics make them really fun multiplayer LAN games.
Completely agree with you on NFS Porsche Unleashed (or Porsche 2000 as it was called here). One of my absolute favorite racing titles of all time. Made me learn a lot about Porsche and was so much fun to play. All the tracks were very well designed and very memorable. I had hoped they would do a game like this again for the 50th Anniversary of Lamborghini for example. Never played the PS1 version, but from the footage you showed it looks like a completely different game. Glad I played it on the PC back then.
Racing Video Games I had the PC version and was amazed, the PS edition was a pale imitation unfortunately. NfS2 was the worst though, and stands as the worst in the series, following up the outstanding original with such utter muck as to be beyond belief. I tried the PC and still own the PS copies, but they are both pants, luckily they must have shot the people responsible because NfSIII was brilliant, overshadowed by the near simultaneous release of Gran Turismo, and the next game NfS:Road Challenge was another stunner.
WOW! POD! I remember they gave me a POD Demo CD when I bought my first Pentium MMX 233MHz in 1997. Too bad I was never able to play the full game, but I loved the demo. And Porche Unleashed! Wow dude, i have a soft spot for this game. My favorite NFS of all time. Period. Great video, man!
Thank you so much for highlighting stunts! To this very day I create tracks, play it and have fun with it. I never again experienced a track generator this easy to use.
Just reading you reply alone made my day! I'm actually having a similar issue myself. I was running that game on my brother's computer before he moved out. It's mind boggling since that game is about 15+ years old. Do what you can (no rush!!). Keep on rocking! ---Mark R.
I was shocked at how poorly those old 356s controlled as well. They were death traps! Thankfully they don't go very fast... But it gave me an appreciation for Porsche and how far those cars have come. Good stuff!
I am totally with you on NFS Porsche unleashed. I love how they start you in the early days with the 356 models as you were showing in the video. I never played a realistic racing game before this, and was freaked out by how tail happy the car was. It took me forever to make it through that course you showed. Once I got the hang of it though, the game was MAGIC! Now I love racing sims like Forza and Gran Turismo.
OMG DUDE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR POD FOR LIKE 7 YEARS!! None of my friends knew what it was and my only memory of it was the intro!!! Thank you so much!
Just a note: NFSPU has not been forgotten by the hardcore few. I played it for quite some time on the [SS] team. After EA shut down the servers, a member of team [RS] developed the IP Lounge. It's still active. :)
Rumble Racing is one of the best forgotten titles of all time. I've been playing it regularly for ten freaking years, that's how good it is. I replay it completely at least once a year.
I remember Screamer (its called Bleifuss (Lead Foot) here)... it was one of the first racing games i've ever played....there are more games in the screamer-series and the best i had was "Ignition" or as we call it: Bleifuss Fun. A mix between a fun-racer and an arcade racing game.
A forgotten racing gem I really loved from the PS1 was Rollcage, blindingly fast with doublesided cars and tonne of cool weapons, loved that game back in the day. Awesome video dude.
I love the history of racing game vids, and these couple forgotten games vids. Thinking back to what I played as a kid I can remember a few games that weren't highlighted in any of these. I remember my favorite to play in the arcade was the ivan stewart, mickey Thompson off road game that had the 3 steering wheel platform. I also loved the bill Elliott nascar challenge for nes. I was also a big spy hunter fan, but I don't know if that fits the "racing" category.
I've got two things I want to share: 1. P.O.D., Slipstream 5000 and Screamer are all available on GOG for a reasonable price if you're interested. 2. I have another suggestion for a forgotten racing game and that's eRacer for the PC made back in 2001. It was a PC exclusive made for the sole purpose of giving PC gamers the feeling of playing a console racer. It was fun, but man was it hard!
there is a perfect reason NFS Porsche got forgotten - it only features the damn Porsche and this brand used to have cars that looked completely alike. Plus, the police chases were only a minor part of the game.
I have fond memories of POD. I never played it but I used to watch my older brother play it all the time as a child. That Porsche game actually looks like it's got really good graphics for a game so old too.
Nice list of forgotten classic racers. Some really playable titles. It is easy to forget about the quality titles that came out for the PC, and that revisiting them on modern hardware can be a new experience.
Fantastic video! I remember being really blown away by Screamer when I had my Pentium PC and can recall how much it struggled to run the game with a decent frame rate. I think this is a wonderful idea for a series of videos. I love learning about games that have passed under the radar as so many of them I've yet to play. I'd really like to see this type of video done about other genres as, although I like them, racing games aren't my favourite. Thanks for the great vid Metal Jesus!
I just discover this video, made 9 years ago, but it's still worthy join the its ensthusiasm for those amazing games. I played POD a lot in one of my first PC setups. I loved those Quake like textures and blocky and heavy feel car designs. The crazy and deadly look scenarios was awesome as well. You mentioned Descent briefly. That was another game I joyed to play sharing the commands with my brother (yes, it's possible, it works and it's fun!). I also played Screamer, but it was the second edition. My most vivid memories of it are the beautiful locations, the cloudy gray skys reflected in the rear wind shield and the almost endless drifts. The races were hard to win, but the replay was such a prize. I miss this feature in later games. And I played Porsche Unleashed in PC too. My favorite NFS at that time was Hot Pursuit, mas PU was also a great game to me for the same reasons you listed.
I agree. R-Factor is also available in a Pro version, but only to professional outfits building simulators worth hundreds of thousands. As in-season testing is banned or very limited it's very important to motorsport-companies, with the F1-teams being the furthest into development.
Slipstream 5000 is awesome!! I actually played it a few months ago and it's still enjoyable, specially the battle aspect of it, but also the track design and the ship design is very cool.
SHOX, Rally Cross, Rage Racer, Jet Moto, Streak, Test Drive 4, Speed Devils, Beetle Adventure Racing, Vanishing Point, Sega Touring Car, XGRA, Test Drive Unlimited (PC) are some of my favorite racing games that don't seem to get much love these days. I'm happy Porsche Unleashed PC made your list, it is still one of the best NFS games in my book.
As a kid i rented NFS: Porsche Unleashed on the psx. The disc was in perfect condition .... but the bodies of the cars would never load! it was so weird.
Couple other games that have been forgotten, Sledstorm for PS1, Splashdown for PS2, Revolt and Sports Car GT for pc. I remember all of those games were a blast to play.
Stunts could fit on one disk, so it was so easy to hide from my parents. The track editor was my life when I was 13. And watch and save the video replays, from multiple angles!
When the Suzuki game came up I thought it was red line racer! Used to love that on pc, sunk quite some time into it as it was the first motorbike game I played and actually enjoyed so took me a while to master.
I liked the video a lot, but you definitely should have had Powerslide on there. This came out on the PC in 1998 and was all around fantastic. A post-apocalyptic setting, great graphics, awesome soundtrack, really fun multiplayer. One of the best racing games ever and one that is unfortunately mostly forgotten.
I heard how to pronounce Lamborghini when I was very young, watching The Cannonball Run movie. Remember that?! Loved it! Also, most Americans pronounce Porsche as "porsh", when it's really "poresh-a".
I loved Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed on Windows! I got it when I was a kid when I bought the box set of all the original Need for Speed games. I still have it too. Also, that car crashing into you at 7:52 made me laugh pretty hard.
when you were talking about POD in 1997, and going to the Ubisoft website to download additional cars and tracks, saying, "I hadn't played a game quite like that, where it was really well supported after you bought it", and, "of course nowadays it's completely common place" ... I think you forgot to mention the word 'exploited' when talking about the current situation :P
I loved Porche Unleashed. The graphics were good with an accelerator card. The progressing through history and driving the early models to the present was great and it also had good force feedback steering support.
One of my favorite racing games is Stunt Car Racer. This game always blow my mind. Gremlin Interactive also made nice series Lotus (especially Lotus 2 and 3 were very popular on Amiga). Another one my favorite is Road Rash. There is also forgotten game Hi-Octane and MegaRace (there were quite ok, but nothing special).
STUNTS! Finally! someone acknowledges this amazing game! I played it as a kid immensely and again literally ten years ago. for hours on end. Such a great track editor and AWESOME cars! I was fan of the Lancia Delta as a U.S. kid when I was 5 because of this game. By the way, PS1 has a GREAT racing game. It's a CAR-PG. Called Racing Lagoon. More parts then Grand Turismo, but it's a Japanese Import, so you really have to know your chassis codes and engine codes.
Porsche Unleashed was my brother's favourite game. I gravitated more to High Stakes, but you have to appreciate the quality of that game. It definitely had pacing issues though. The evolution mode is great, but it was hard slogging through the older slower cars. It would have been nice to be able to skip and era if you weren't enjoying it. From what I understand, Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends suffered from the same problem where you couldn't progress without beating each level in sequence.
I found a copy of stunts at a goodwill a year ago. ive yet to play it as i dont have a 5 1/4" floppy drive. also had a bunch of old recipts in the box.
Great video, Pod, Screamer, and Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing are outstanding racing games, certainly among the best racing games of their time... Pod's a particular favorite of mine, it's maybe my favorite PC racing game.
I really need to try that out sometime. I still have all the tracks my buddies and I made back when we played this thing to death on my 286 back in the early 90s.
I know this is a bit too late but i just wanna say that this is a perfect channel for me since i am a console gamer and a metalhead as well. Besides your accent is quite easy to understand for non-native english speaker like me. I just subbed. Thank you
Love the new set up brother! Hey I see you have Viper Racing on big box pc, Please do a video on it. I know you have a love for racing games and that one is great with the crash physics and force feed back even back then. Or hook two games up and horn ball shoot drunken master paul off the track it would be hilarious!
Things that Porsche Unleashed did better than any racing game I've played before or since: 1. Driving school (aka Factory Driver). There are good driving schools in some other racing games, but Factory Driver is a complete separate single player mode and a whole lot of fun in itself. 2. Track design. This is the pinnacle of classic NFS "beautiful separate tracks with shortcuts" philosophy. Some of them had so many intersecting alternative paths, that they would probably be more appropriately called "maps" not "tracks" (Auvergne, Corsica...) 3. Having the most realistic driving physics that could still be comfortably played on a keyboard. There are more realistic racing games, but to play them on a keyboard you either have to be some kind of masochist, or enable so many assists that the game basically plays itself and therefore not fun. NFS5 was realistic, playable on a keyboard and was fun every second you played it. 4. The whole "single car brand anthology" thing. No other game that attempted this is even close.
With a name like "Motorhead"...it has to be good! "You know I'm born to lose, and gambling's for fools But that's the way I like it baby, I don't wanna live for ever!"
thanks for doing this video Metal Jesus. racing games are my favourite also and I was wondering for ages what the old ega game with the wicked track editor was. used to have it in the 90's so stunts it is. cheers mate
Slipstream 5000, I got that recently from the pound shop. It was a good racer for it's time. Star wars pod racer is my personal favorite racer (road rash is up there too)
I'm a big fan of Carmageddon and I'm glad to see the franchise getting some love again. Here's hoping Carmageddon 1 or 2 gets son love on your next set MetalJesus
Screamer was one game from my childhood that i loved playing a lot on my older brother's pc in the day. But i have a few games in mind that seem to be forgotten and i loved. S.C.A.R.S [PS1], the Extreme G series. Porche Challange [PS1]. and one i wish i could have played that never came out in the UK if i remember. Chocobo Racing [PS1]
Heh, Slipstream 5000 was my favorite racing game too when I was little... at least when I could still play it. Most of the time, it didn't wanna work for some reason.
I didn't expect to see Porsche Unleashed here. That game is awesome. Best racing game ever made. I spent hours just driving around and enjoying the environment. And the graphics look great even today. Also check out DethKarz and Tank Racer. Really great games as well. Oh, and also Ignition.
There were just so many cool PC racing games in the 90's, I wish you'd have mentioned more. Like Ultim@te Race pro, Screamer 2 (which was A LOT better than 1), Whiplash/Fatal Racing ...
POD - The reason it's mostly forgotten is that almost nobody could get it to work! I bought a copy of it probably three years after it was released and I was never able to get it to run. Today you can buy a copy from GOG, which I presume will work, but in the past, POD was notoriously hard to get working. Screamer - It's a great looking game, but I must not know how to play it properly. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it seems as if once you go above a certain speed, your steering no longer functions when going into a curve. In real life, if you head into a curve going 200+ MPH and turn the wheel, the nose of your car will start to turn in the direction you chose while momentum will cause the car to skid sideways into the wall. This is what happens in most racing games. In Screamer, if I head into a curve at 200+ MPH and try to turn, the car doesn't respond at all and just slams head-on into the wall. Only at slower speeds can I turn and skid. Go too fast and I just plow straight into the wall.
MJR do you know these 2 games? Speed Busters/Speed Devils (PC & DC) and Ignition/Fun Tracks (1997)? They're both very arcade-y with great tracks and fun cars. Should be right up your alley
no way...stunts i loved this game.it was so cool that you could make your own tracks and even record your gameplay and watch the replays...i'd build a crazy,oversized ramp and just go flying off for miles on end good times
Hey MJR, Redline Racer and Suzuki Alstare Racing were actually very reminicent of the Moto Racer franchise, you should check those out if you haven't already. As for Stunts, have you tried any of the Trackmania games, they're fabulous.
Speaking of Wipeout, there was a racing game for N64 and Playstation called S.C.A.R.S.; not the best but I think it was pretty much under the radar/forgotten...Thanks again for the consistent /GREAT videos!!!
I only had the PS1 version of NFS Porsche Unleashed but, despite the stripped down aspect of it...I loved it... I think between Porsche Unleashed and High Stakes, I spent the most time on those two versions of NFS
The Windows version of NFS: Porsche Unleashed was so beautiful at the time of its release.. It still doesn't look too shabby. I loved the detailed in cabin view of the cars. Definitely one of my all time favorite racers as well.
Porsche Unleashed or Porsche 2000 as it was called in some regions was waaaay ahead of its time in my opinion. The level of physics, graphics and accuracy was great, not to mention the fact that it worked well with generic steering wheels for the PC. Still play it today. I remember buying and repairing cars to sell for cash for hours :p
+Sasheen Dowlath I still play it... it looks amazing on an old comp with a Voodoo card, or two
Still one of the best NFS ever made. Would love a remake with modern graphics - but not by EA, if they'd do a remake, they would make you start with a Dacia and offer every Porsche as a DLC
I love Porsche Challenge on ps1. Pedal to the metal!
I'm with you, Porsche Unleashed was one of my favourite NFS game.
I used to play every time!!
Thank you for showing everyone the wonderful world of Porsche Unleashed!
I was a MASSIVE fan of Stunts. So much fun, and yes, the track editor was brilliant!
Porsche Unleahed (Porsche 2000 here in Europe) is my favourite NFS game of all time! It was so amazing back then and showed some power of my fairly decent gaming PC back then to my friends who tend to do gaming on consoles only. it's not surprising it's my favourite, because I'm more of simulation guy. I loved the feature you had to pay your damage you caused by your self, not many racing games ever since has done that.
I got to see Primus live a few years back, when they played the entire Sailing the Seas of Cheese album from beginning to end. It was freakin' awesome!! Great show. Great band!
I can't believe you put NFS: Porsche 2000 (Unleashed in the US) in there. I bought that game when it came out and I was like 11. Back when PC games had nice cardboard boxes and manuals. I love this game. Nowadays it's either all about tuned cars or racing others to the death online. But this was the only game I remember that you could just relax and drive in the sunset while taking in the amazing backgrounds of European landscapes. I am surprised you even knew about it haha.
It's 2014 now, but I still play NFS Porsche Unleashed sometimes. The best racing game ever! ;)
I love NFS Porsche Unleashed too. Although it was the least popular NFS game for its day, it was a very well-made, high quality racing game. I always liked the fact that Porsche cars were the ONLY cars playable in the game. As a result, the game gave a very deep and complete HISTORY of the Porsche brand which was extremely educational. As a player, you got to learn about and drive all those Porsche cars from the classic 50s era into the modern, high-performance era. Really cool and unique racing experience. For a similar experience, the Ford Racing series games and Corvette both for the PS2 and XBOX are, not quite as good, but worth a look too. Their simplified racing physics make them really fun multiplayer LAN games.
Completely agree with you on NFS Porsche Unleashed (or Porsche 2000 as it was called here). One of my absolute favorite racing titles of all time. Made me learn a lot about Porsche and was so much fun to play. All the tracks were very well designed and very memorable. I had hoped they would do a game like this again for the 50th Anniversary of Lamborghini for example. Never played the PS1 version, but from the footage you showed it looks like a completely different game. Glad I played it on the PC back then.
Not a good one on gba but played it for hours
Racing Video Games I had the PC version and was amazed, the PS edition was a pale imitation unfortunately.
NfS2 was the worst though, and stands as the worst in the series, following up the outstanding original with such utter muck as to be beyond belief. I tried the PC and still own the PS copies, but they are both pants, luckily they must have shot the people responsible because NfSIII was brilliant, overshadowed by the near simultaneous release of Gran Turismo, and the next game NfS:Road Challenge was another stunner.
WOW! POD! I remember they gave me a POD Demo CD when I bought my first Pentium MMX 233MHz in 1997. Too bad I was never able to play the full game, but I loved the demo.
And Porche Unleashed! Wow dude, i have a soft spot for this game. My favorite NFS of all time. Period. Great video, man!
Thank you so much for highlighting stunts! To this very day I create tracks, play it and have fun with it. I never again experienced a track generator this easy to use.
Just reading you reply alone made my day!
I'm actually having a similar issue myself. I was running that game on my brother's computer before he moved out. It's mind boggling since that game is about 15+ years old.
Do what you can (no rush!!). Keep on rocking!
---Mark R.
MSR on the Dreamcast is truly awesome. Love that racing game!
I was shocked at how poorly those old 356s controlled as well. They were death traps! Thankfully they don't go very fast... But it gave me an appreciation for Porsche and how far those cars have come. Good stuff!
I'm so glad to see that people remember Slipstream 5000! It was a pretty cool game back in the day!
I am totally with you on NFS Porsche unleashed. I love how they start you in the early days with the 356 models as you were showing in the video. I never played a realistic racing game before this, and was freaked out by how tail happy the car was. It took me forever to make it through that course you showed. Once I got the hang of it though, the game was MAGIC! Now I love racing sims like Forza and Gran Turismo.
OMG DUDE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR POD FOR LIKE 7 YEARS!! None of my friends knew what it was and my only memory of it was the intro!!! Thank you so much!
Just a note: NFSPU has not been forgotten by the hardcore few. I played it for quite some time on the [SS] team. After EA shut down the servers, a member of team [RS] developed the IP Lounge. It's still active. :)
Rumble Racing is one of the best forgotten titles of all time. I've been playing it regularly for ten freaking years, that's how good it is. I replay it completely at least once a year.
Jeah, love you for promoting Slipstream 5000! I loved the game back then and I still miss real flying-racing games since then!!
I remember Screamer (its called Bleifuss (Lead Foot) here)... it was one of the first racing games i've ever played....there are more games in the screamer-series and the best i had was "Ignition" or as we call it: Bleifuss Fun. A mix between a fun-racer and an arcade racing game.
A forgotten racing gem I really loved from the PS1 was Rollcage, blindingly fast with doublesided cars and tonne of cool weapons, loved that game back in the day. Awesome video dude.
I love the history of racing game vids, and these couple forgotten games vids. Thinking back to what I played as a kid I can remember a few games that weren't highlighted in any of these. I remember my favorite to play in the arcade was the ivan stewart, mickey Thompson off road game that had the 3 steering wheel platform. I also loved the bill Elliott nascar challenge for nes. I was also a big spy hunter fan, but I don't know if that fits the "racing" category.
Ah, my day is complete when somebody recommends an N-Gage game! Awesome! Never played it... but that truly would be a forgotten game. Thanks!
Redline Racer was so fast I used to love it. I didn't realise it was Criterion until now. I'm a big fan of the Burnout series too!
I've got two things I want to share:
1. P.O.D., Slipstream 5000 and Screamer are all available on GOG for a reasonable price if you're interested.
2. I have another suggestion for a forgotten racing game and that's eRacer for the PC made back in 2001. It was a PC exclusive made for the sole purpose of giving PC gamers the feeling of playing a console racer. It was fun, but man was it hard!
there is a perfect reason NFS Porsche got forgotten - it only features the damn Porsche and this brand used to have cars that looked completely alike. Plus, the police chases were only a minor part of the game.
Pod was one of my favorite games, with the mmx and the acceleration video card was just awesome.
I have fond memories of POD. I never played it but I used to watch my older brother play it all the time as a child. That Porsche game actually looks like it's got really good graphics for a game so old too.
Nice list of forgotten classic racers. Some really playable titles. It is easy to forget about the quality titles that came out for the PC, and that revisiting them on modern hardware can be a new experience.
Fantastic video! I remember being really blown away by Screamer when I had my Pentium PC and can recall how much it struggled to run the game with a decent frame rate.
I think this is a wonderful idea for a series of videos. I love learning about games that have passed under the radar as so many of them I've yet to play. I'd really like to see this type of video done about other genres as, although I like them, racing games aren't my favourite. Thanks for the great vid Metal Jesus!
I've been searching for porsche 2000 for two hours now. Thank you for helping me find my childhood game!
This game was so much fun! I used to play it at my friend's house, and like you said, I was just blown away.
I just discover this video, made 9 years ago, but it's still worthy join the its ensthusiasm for those amazing games. I played POD a lot in one of my first PC setups. I loved those Quake like textures and blocky and heavy feel car designs. The crazy and deadly look scenarios was awesome as well. You mentioned Descent briefly. That was another game I joyed to play sharing the commands with my brother (yes, it's possible, it works and it's fun!). I also played Screamer, but it was the second edition. My most vivid memories of it are the beautiful locations, the cloudy gray skys reflected in the rear wind shield and the almost endless drifts. The races were hard to win, but the replay was such a prize. I miss this feature in later games. And I played Porsche Unleashed in PC too. My favorite NFS at that time was Hot Pursuit, mas PU was also a great game to me for the same reasons you listed.
I agree. R-Factor is also available in a Pro version, but only to professional outfits building simulators worth hundreds of thousands. As in-season testing is banned or very limited it's very important to motorsport-companies, with the F1-teams being the furthest into development.
Slipstream 5000 is awesome!! I actually played it a few months ago and it's still enjoyable, specially the battle aspect of it, but also the track design and the ship design is very cool.
Wow! I remember playing POD. Also Porsche Unleashed was a very different type of NFS game. A welcome change at the time.
SHOX, Rally Cross, Rage Racer, Jet Moto, Streak, Test Drive 4, Speed Devils, Beetle Adventure Racing, Vanishing Point, Sega Touring Car, XGRA, Test Drive Unlimited (PC) are some of my favorite racing games that don't seem to get much love these days. I'm happy Porsche Unleashed PC made your list, it is still one of the best NFS games in my book.
As a kid i rented NFS: Porsche Unleashed on the psx. The disc was in perfect condition .... but the bodies of the cars would never load! it was so weird.
I keep an old single core processor PC around that still runs XP for just this reason.
Couple other games that have been forgotten, Sledstorm for PS1, Splashdown for PS2, Revolt and Sports Car GT for pc. I remember all of those games were a blast to play.
Stunts could fit on one disk, so it was so easy to hide from my parents. The track editor was my life when I was 13. And watch and save the video replays, from multiple angles!
I have not... Gonna have to check 'em out. Thanks for the suggestions!
When the Suzuki game came up I thought it was red line racer! Used to love that on pc, sunk quite some time into it as it was the first motorbike game I played and actually enjoyed so took me a while to master.
I liked the video a lot, but you definitely should have had Powerslide on there. This came out on the PC in 1998 and was all around fantastic. A post-apocalyptic setting, great graphics, awesome soundtrack, really fun multiplayer. One of the best racing games ever and one that is unfortunately mostly forgotten.
Loved Moto Racer on the PC/PS1... Great motorcycle racing games!
I've always had the same feeling about Porshe Unleashed, it's so great to see that you share my love towards that game.
I heard how to pronounce Lamborghini when I was very young, watching The Cannonball Run movie. Remember that?! Loved it! Also, most Americans pronounce Porsche as "porsh", when it's really "poresh-a".
I loved Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed on Windows! I got it when I was a kid when I bought the box set of all the original Need for Speed games. I still have it too.
Also, that car crashing into you at 7:52 made me laugh pretty hard.
I forgot that stunt and screamer exists. Love your selection. Brings back childhood memories.
I was surprised to see Stunts on the list. One of my favorite DOS games. Track editor was super fun!
Porsche 2000! I absolutely adored that game!
I didn't play STUNN Runner in the arcade, but I've heard that the Atari Lynx version is very good.
when you were talking about POD in 1997, and going to the Ubisoft website to download additional cars and tracks, saying, "I hadn't played a game quite like that, where it was really well supported after you bought it", and, "of course nowadays it's completely common place" ... I think you forgot to mention the word 'exploited' when talking about the current situation :P
I loved Porche Unleashed. The graphics were good with an accelerator card. The progressing through history and driving the early models to the present was great and it also had good force feedback steering support.
One of my favorite racing games is Stunt Car Racer. This game always blow my mind. Gremlin Interactive also made nice series Lotus (especially Lotus 2 and 3 were very popular on Amiga). Another one my favorite is Road Rash. There is also forgotten game Hi-Octane and MegaRace (there were quite ok, but nothing special).
The SNES Biker Mice From Mars was a really good feature packed racing game that almost no one talks about.
not only is the gameplay super awesome it has one of the best soundtracks in my opinion, I love the music. Great band choices
Screamer Rally is a real piece of art of racing games. To understand the full power of this game you must use a tiny little steering wheel.
I haven't...but I'm looking for suggestions for Part 2. Thanks!
A great racing game was Total Driving. Thats some badass techno music and really cool types of cars
I have POD Speedzone...and it's ok. Not anything special, but if you can get it for a few bucks like I did, it's probably worth it.
STUNTS! Finally! someone acknowledges this amazing game! I played it as a kid immensely and again literally ten years ago. for hours on end. Such a great track editor and AWESOME cars! I was fan of the Lancia Delta as a U.S. kid when I was 5 because of this game.
By the way, PS1 has a GREAT racing game. It's a CAR-PG. Called Racing Lagoon. More parts then Grand Turismo, but it's a Japanese Import, so you really have to know your chassis codes and engine codes.
Porsche Unleashed was my brother's favourite game. I gravitated more to High Stakes, but you have to appreciate the quality of that game. It definitely had pacing issues though. The evolution mode is great, but it was hard slogging through the older slower cars. It would have been nice to be able to skip and era if you weren't enjoying it. From what I understand, Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends suffered from the same problem where you couldn't progress without beating each level in sequence.
Oh yeah, I remember S.C.A.R.S.! I have that on the PS1...gonna have to pop it in again. Thanks for reminding me
I found a copy of stunts at a goodwill a year ago. ive yet to play it as i dont have a 5 1/4" floppy drive. also had a bunch of old recipts in the box.
Great video, Pod, Screamer, and Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing are outstanding racing games, certainly among the best racing games of their time... Pod's a particular favorite of mine, it's maybe my favorite PC racing game.
I really need to try that out sometime. I still have all the tracks my buddies and I made back when we played this thing to death on my 286 back in the early 90s.
I know this is a bit too late but i just wanna say that this is a perfect channel for me since i am a console gamer and a metalhead as well. Besides your accent is quite easy to understand for non-native english speaker like me. I just subbed. Thank you
Love the new set up brother! Hey I see you have Viper Racing on big box pc, Please do a video on it. I know you have a love for racing games and that one is great with the crash physics and force feed back even back then. Or hook two games up and horn ball shoot drunken master paul off the track it would be hilarious!
Things that Porsche Unleashed did better than any racing game I've played before or since:
1. Driving school (aka Factory Driver). There are good driving schools in some other racing games, but Factory Driver is a complete separate single player mode and a whole lot of fun in itself.
2. Track design. This is the pinnacle of classic NFS "beautiful separate tracks with shortcuts" philosophy. Some of them had so many intersecting alternative paths, that they would probably be more appropriately called "maps" not "tracks" (Auvergne, Corsica...)
3. Having the most realistic driving physics that could still be comfortably played on a keyboard. There are more realistic racing games, but to play them on a keyboard you either have to be some kind of masochist, or enable so many assists that the game basically plays itself and therefore not fun. NFS5 was realistic, playable on a keyboard and was fun every second you played it.
4. The whole "single car brand anthology" thing. No other game that attempted this is even close.
With a name like "Motorhead"...it has to be good!
"You know I'm born to lose, and gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it baby,
I don't wanna live for ever!"
Holy shit you put Screamer on there!!
+Mikey the Libertarian Nobody else talks about that game, right? :)
I was going to recommend it but was shocked that you had played it! It's STILL hard to get to work with my PC. Lol
I don't doubt it! Thanks for the deets!
what screamer?
thanks for doing this video Metal Jesus. racing games are my favourite also and I was wondering for ages what the old ega game with the wicked track editor was. used to have it in the 90's so stunts it is. cheers mate
Slipstream 5000, I got that recently from the pound shop. It was a good racer for it's time.
Star wars pod racer is my personal favorite racer (road rash is up there too)
I'm a big fan of Carmageddon and I'm glad to see the franchise getting some love again. Here's hoping Carmageddon 1 or 2 gets son love on your next set MetalJesus
Screamer was one game from my childhood that i loved playing a lot on my older brother's pc in the day.
But i have a few games in mind that seem to be forgotten and i loved. S.C.A.R.S [PS1], the Extreme G series. Porche Challange [PS1].
and one i wish i could have played that never came out in the UK if i remember. Chocobo Racing [PS1]
Burnout 3 and Revenge are my all-time favorite Burnout games. That's back when they still had the kick-ass Crash mode
Heh, Slipstream 5000 was my favorite racing game too when I was little... at least when I could still play it. Most of the time, it didn't wanna work for some reason.
Cyclone Circus for the Ps2 = best racing game you have never heard of
I didn't expect to see Porsche Unleashed here. That game is awesome. Best racing game ever made. I spent hours just driving around and enjoying the environment. And the graphics look great even today.
Also check out DethKarz and Tank Racer. Really great games as well. Oh, and also Ignition.
Excellent video, looking forward to the next installment. A big racing game fan myself and I have a lot of old PC racing games still :)
There were just so many cool PC racing games in the 90's, I wish you'd have mentioned more. Like Ultim@te Race pro, Screamer 2 (which was A LOT better than 1), Whiplash/Fatal Racing ...
Rumble Racing just got added to my Wanted List. Thanks for the recommendation!
POD - The reason it's mostly forgotten is that almost nobody could get it to work! I bought a copy of it probably three years after it was released and I was never able to get it to run. Today you can buy a copy from GOG, which I presume will work, but in the past, POD was notoriously hard to get working.
Screamer - It's a great looking game, but I must not know how to play it properly. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it seems as if once you go above a certain speed, your steering no longer functions when going into a curve. In real life, if you head into a curve going 200+ MPH and turn the wheel, the nose of your car will start to turn in the direction you chose while momentum will cause the car to skid sideways into the wall. This is what happens in most racing games. In Screamer, if I head into a curve at 200+ MPH and try to turn, the car doesn't respond at all and just slams head-on into the wall. Only at slower speeds can I turn and skid. Go too fast and I just plow straight into the wall.
I always thought Jaguar xj220 on the Mega CD was ace when it came out. Amazing music and fun gameplay. That is my hidden gem.
I think Ignition should be on the list. it was my favorite. i really played it a lot when i was a kid.
MJR do you know these 2 games?
Speed Busters/Speed Devils (PC & DC) and Ignition/Fun Tracks (1997)? They're both very arcade-y with great tracks and fun cars. Should be right up your alley
I think no one talks about Street Legal Racing Redline.But i love that game!
no way...stunts
i loved this game.it was so cool that you could make your own tracks and even record your gameplay and watch the replays...i'd build a crazy,oversized ramp and just go flying off for miles on end
good times
Hey MJR, Redline Racer and Suzuki Alstare Racing were actually very reminicent of the Moto Racer franchise, you should check those out if you haven't already. As for Stunts, have you tried any of the Trackmania games, they're fabulous.
Speaking of Wipeout, there was a racing game for N64 and Playstation called S.C.A.R.S.; not the best but I think it was pretty much under the radar/forgotten...Thanks again for the consistent /GREAT videos!!!
Great video. You are right I totally forgot about some of these ganes. Like the Need for Speed Porsche.
Pod racer is my favourite racing game on my n64 I just loved that game I wish I could get a copy
I only had the PS1 version of NFS Porsche Unleashed but, despite the stripped down aspect of it...I loved it... I think between Porsche Unleashed and High Stakes, I spent the most time on those two versions of NFS
I played Screamer so much, I was 7 at the time, I still have the case somewhere but no disc inside! Gutted. Great Video btw!
Mad Dash and Circuit Breakers were some of my old favorites.
Have you ever played Revolt for the PS1/PC/64/DC? such a sick racing game, the spiritual successor Rc revenge for the ps1 is epic also.
***** I have Revolt on the Dreamcast and it is a great version!
As a kid we got an Acer and we got pod, hunted hunter along with a couple other games I loved those 2 games