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Did it better my buttocks. It has amazingly challenge, and the feeling of speed is incredible. Play the Amiga version for a really quite beautiful version. But the feeling of being high up in the air, and of speed and the fear of crashing are amazing.
A five, for sure.

If you feel like commenting the review itself, please do so since this is my very first review! :) (and I need to know if it's bearable)

I have played both Commodore and Amiga version's. Stunt Car Racer is very nice and challenging game.

EDIT: Morrin@: The review was good. It mentioned all the things in this game. However, racing games do always have replay-value.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheChosen @ Nov 15 2006, 06:33 AM) [snapback]267049[/snapback]</div>Certainly they do, but the point was that the few tracks offer not much, after playing it through several times. Ofcourse it has certain replay value, but, well, you know. Heh. I know what you mean.

I remember checking amiga screenshots and they looked more advanced than in DOS version. Im I right?

:w00t: Wow! I played this game years ago on Sinclair ZX Spectrum+. It was my favourite that time... great!

The Amiga version was far superior to the PC version, with a much greater feel, and I seem to remember that the graphics looked a lot better too.

This should also be noted as being one of Geoff Crammonds early games (the man behind the grand prix series of games and the legondary sentinal games)

Love to see this game on the site. I wanted to review it myself a long time ago, but haven't... Your review is good. It does show that it's your first one though, so it's more "formal", but it does say all a person needs to know.

About the game - all who play it should really take the time to get used to it. You can't just play it once or twice and before being any good at it give up. It will get under your skin once you get a bit batter at it!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheChosen @ Nov 15 2006, 07:33 AM) [snapback]267049[/snapback]</div>So did I. I was was six when I played stunt car racer and I did really crappy... <_<

I loved this game on my Amiga when I was a kid, but I also remember that I was quite crappy at it which was frustrating.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest_Sebatianos_* @ Nov 15 2006, 01:09 PM) [snapback]267098[/snapback]</div>Yup. I like writing formal kind of text, except when it comes to rants, cynical and sarcastic texts (from what Im famous of kind of). Thanks for the comments all ya! (and keep them coming!)

Won't they grant you a wish for reviewing...? ^_^

Man, Great memories come in to my mind... This was first game ever I played in "LAN" with Amiga if I remember correctly.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Morrin @ Nov 15 2006, 10:21 AM) [snapback]267071[/snapback]</div>Youre right. Many games (including Stunt Car Racer) were better on amiga rather than DOS.

A very great game. Now i know, why mum always said: "Take care of your stuff, they're memories." Man... i wish i still have the box and the disc. But now i can play again - and i love it! The driving feeling is so soft and realistic for that time... great!

This is one of my all time favourite racing games. I love the sense of physics it has in the suspension and jumps. It's also a game I've been long hoping for a remake of, to take advantage of the graphics capabilities of today's computers.

It was pretty difficult and I memorized howfast each jump should be approached to get a smooth landing. Some high jumps almost brought a feeling of vertigo :w00t:

Regarding the review I thought it was very good, but there are a few things I disagree with. What computer format was the review of? I had the Amiga version and I felt the graphics was detailed enough to see when the car was taking off and when it would land, as well as when I was grinding on the edge of the track, fighting to get back up there I also remember the damage sounds more like if something cracked rather than beeps. In general I remember the 3d graphics as a lot better than in the screenshots shown here.

Another little bonus of this game was the characters you played against. Not that it made much of a difference during the race, except for how good they were, but I liked the names and the gallery of faces. Too few 'Road Hog' characters in todays racing games ^_^

Good memories

I had this on my Amiga as well, and I remember the graphics to be very nice. It is however, a weird fact that games for both Amiga and PC (dos) pretty much always had better graphics on the Amiga version (fact, according to me so bare with me, ok? :D) The screenshots were definitely not from the Amiga version, and I'd say it's the PC version.

Anyway: SCR is a very nice racing game that is rather different from the average F1s and similar ones. Replay value? I would say that if perfecting the jumps is a goal, then it has a certain replay value.

The fuel falls from 66 to 05! :hairpull:

Sorry about the long post, but IMO the review just didn't give the right impression of the game.

For me, Stunt car racer (scr) is in top 3 for racing games for all times. The other two are Formula one grand prix and Grand prix 2, and I find the 3 points given in the review to be close to blasphemy (English isn't my native language so the word may be wrong but surely you get the idea).

Why does scr beats so many racing games, including Stunts? It is the FEELING of driving, flying. I think this game is a benchmark when it comes to realistic car handling. There may be only 8 tracks, but they are more than enough. Super division with increased car performance gives a nice addition to this.

I find myself playing scr every now and then, much because the game accomplishes two very controversial goals simultaneously: simplicity of handling the vehicle/learning to drive and on the other hand the accurate (or the feeling of) physical performance. Usually one must compromise between the two but not with scr. Sorry for the caps, but I must emphasise: the FEELING of driving in this game is something I haven't really encountered in any other racing game. GP2 and GP3 get close, but hey, they're 5 and 10 years younger, with maybe 100 times larger budget behind them. Also, scr accomplishes the realism with only the four arrow keys, whereas the formula games really need a joystick or a wheel to feel the precision and the realism.

Stunts is a track-making game, with a driving option attached to it. Scr is a racing game. You select control method, choose championship/practice and DRIVE. Enjoyment in 10 seconds.

It is due to the realistic (or maybe it is the "feeling of realism", I can't tell the difference) car handling that I think the game is more a breakthrough in racing games than "just another good racing game". Latter would justify the three points. I'd go with the former one, and would've given five points with no questions asked. And I think maybe 10 games in Abandonia deserve a five. (they are, btw, Colonization, Dune 2, Formula 1 grand prix, NHL hockey, Pinball fantasies (and Day of the tentacle, Monkey island 2, Civilization 2, Princess maker 2 which are unfortunately ESA protected).

(not that I would've played one third of all games in Abandonia though)

I like that it is not very easy for a game to get the 4 or 5 but I really think this was a vast underrating.

You know, there's a section on this forum, where you can do reviews for certain games. Look here (Community Reviews)

Ask an admin if he can move your post there and maybe you can edit it a bit more and elaborate a bit more. :sneaky: :ok:

Pelastajasankari, I feel you (in some aspects). I understand if the game is sacred to you and the rating of 3 you take as "plashphemy". However, we all must agree that this is the horrible wonderful world of criticism where all of us have our opinions.

And reviews are reviews. You don't have to agree. Reviews just give a little hint of what the game is about. If you like it more than I did and you think it deserves more than 3, then vote for 5 and enjoy the game. It's not like the end of the world. Besides, 3 isn't that bad rating for a game after all. It could be 2 wich is much much worse.

Peace, and pleasant driving.

Stunt car racer was the ONLY racing game for C-64. It had everything. It was vector, it had the physics, the only game for C-64 that had the physics and gave you the sense of driving a real stunt car. There really isnt another racing game in the 80s. This is light year better than anything else made for C-64. It deserves not 5 but 10.
This game toghether with Elite were the two game to have.

Creator.

Great game. Had this one on C64 originally so jut ahd to try it out on PC and im hooked. One thing though.
What key is used for accelerating without boost? My Cursor up key seems to make my car reverse??

Another one for my expanding collection - used to play this on the amiga, and I found it very hard, but eventually I managed to get quite far...Will give it another go! ;)

used to play it on the C64. although i have played the amiga and pc versions as well now and i find the amiga version to be the best one but the C64 version still holds fond memories for me

Hey you drivers out there, please share your records, I'd like to know how fast you can drive these tracks. Here's my records:

Track normal lap time / normal race time - super division lap time / super division race time

1. division
DB 1.10.11 / 3.38.02 - 1.06.12 / 3.28.87
SJ 45.24 / 2.19.08 - 43.98 / 2.16.17

2. division
RC 1.13.48 / 3.43.87 - 1.09.09 / 3.31.03
HJ 47.72 / 2.26.42 - 46.12 / 2.22.49

3. division
BR 45.00 / 2.19.47 - 42.65 / 2.13.31
SS 53.30 / 2.45.23 - 49.92 / 2.33.89

4. division
HB 49.29 / 2.31.86 - 46.87 / 2.24.30
LR 42.90 / 2.16.83 - 39.48 / 2.02.29

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Also if there are any track records on the internet, please tell where I can find them. Couldn't find them easily.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MikkDC @ Jun 16 2007, 02:31 AM) [snapback]294648[/snapback]</div>If you tap boost (space bar) your car will accelerate automatically until you brake (forward arrow) or brake with boost (down arrow). Normal acceleration is quite slow, and you won't get to more than ~170 mph with it.

One of my favorites since the C=64 version! When I changed the 64 to Amiga, got this game again, and notice the 64 sound was better, but the gfx was better on Amiga. The pc version is not bad, but I prefer the Commodore ones.
I usually let go ahead my opponents, then I like to follow them, then beat in the end :sneaky:

One of the best games on C64.

Stunt Car Racer!!!!
 

My lap times ...:perv:



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