Posts Tagged ‘racing’

539th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Playstation 3/Playstation Portable/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar London Publisher: Rockstar Games Rockstar made a racing game! You know, the group probably best known for the Grand Theft Auto series (once it goes third person). Racing games are always a mixed bag for me […]

#764 Colin McRae: Dirt

Posted: 4th March 2016 by Jeroen in Games
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493th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: PC/Xbox 360/Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Codemasters I want to like racing games. They can be impossible to start or difficult to progress in, but when they allow you to drive and do it well, they can feel magnificent. Thanks to family influence, rally […]

#760 Forza Motorsport 2

Posted: 31st December 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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477th played so far Genre: Driving/Racing Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Turn 10 Studios Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Forza Motorsport 2 is listed as a more serious racing game, with some additions to help the casual player – the brake line is mentioned in particular. It’s got a big enough reputation, but […]

#221 Super Mario Kart

Posted: 15th August 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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448th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo It feels like it’s time for something fun! Well, most of these games are, but the Mario Kart series always offers that bit extra. We played the direct successor of this game, Mario Kart 64, a long time […]

#884 Trackmania: United Forever

Posted: 2nd July 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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437th played so far Genre: Racing/Puzzle Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Nadeo Publisher: Deep Silver/Enlight So today we’ve got a game that has one of the stranger genre combinations so far – racing/puzzle doesn’t feel like a natural combination. As it’s a series of games (the DS version will follow at some point […]

#290 Wipeout

Posted: 27th January 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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398th played so farGenre: Racing Platform: Playstation/PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Psygnosis Publisher: Psygnosis Wipeout was one of the Playstation’s launch titles (the PC doesn’t ever matter in these discussions), a fast and slick racer that found its place through its association with the dance and house music culture that was big in the […]

#726 OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

Posted: 15th October 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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371st played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Sumo Digital Publisher: SEGA We really need to play more racing games. We enjoy the more ‘manic’ ones like Mario Kart, but have less of an affinity for more realistic games. Sort of enjoyable when we get into them, but not something […]

#272 Uniracers

Posted: 28th August 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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359th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1994 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Nintendo SNES FEST! Okay we get it. If you’re like us and have followed our exploits, you will know we’ve played quite a few racing games already – and we played more outside the blog. Most of them use […]

343rd played so far Genre: Driving/Racing Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Supersonic Software Publisher: Codemasters It’s been a while since we played the first Micro Machines. We enjoyed it – a colourful racer that allowed and encouraged you to go off-track, furnished with loads of household items to serve as obstacles and […]

#945 Race Pro

Posted: 25th December 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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295th played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: SimBin Publisher: Atari There’s not much more I can continue to say about these racers, to be honest. Car. Race on track. All sorts of classes and types. And supposed to be very realistic. Go! Our Thoughts Here’s the problem with […]