The Bizarre World of Nintendo DS Racing Games

[@DustinEdenYT]

Did you play any of these games back then? Share your memories in the comments :) Check out the sequel to this video - The Forgotten World of PSP Racing Games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIjYgouIe7xgbK8

[@alelexthomas8123]

yes in my childhood i played: Asphalt 1,2 Carbon, most wanted, underground, and Pro street because a DS was the only thing i had to play with and these times were AMAZING !!!!!!

[@tzuRu]

I had almost finished DTM Race Driver 3: Create & Race (Yes,the full title was necessary) Being at 80% until i lost the Cartridge years ago Never bothered to Complete it

[@itslvc5588]

Yep, I played all of them on my phone lmao. Pimp my Ride on the DS sure is a hidden gem

[@twistedaxles9126]

I played Speed Racer, NFS Carbon, Monster Jam Path Of Destruction, NFS Underground, both Asphalt Urban GTs, NFS Undercover, almost all Cars games and Herbie Rescue Rally

[@thyagobsz8771]

Almost every single one, missing Nitro, Colin McRae, Pimp my Ride and Trackmania Did 100% in Prostreet and I gotta say I love the rythm minigame, it's a unique charm Had some problems with U2 because I would get my save deleted if i turned the game off without saving or if i got out of battery in the middle of a race Asphalt 1 and 2 are incredible games, still got to finish them And yes I almost 100% DS Most Wanted, almost. I might be a crazy man

[@lol-ih1tl]

When you realize that Most Wanted is technically both the best and worst game of the franchise.

[@DustinEdenYT]

Ironic isn't it 😂

[@wirti94]

@@DustinEdenYT yeah just like the tragedy of Darth Plagueis, the wise :) Btw I 100%ed Carbon on DS :D wasnt too bad

[@akiradkcn]

@@DustinEdenYT definetively one of the racing games of all time huh?

[@Sinistar1983]

Its crazy that the GBA version is far more polished. Despite the system not even being made for 3d

[@shadow105720]

@@Sinistar1983 so just play the gba version on your ds and call it good lol

[@luhibi1220]

I've actually messaged one of the dev of the DS port of UG2 asking why they didn't get to port MW. During the development of DS UG2, they just wanted to 'enhanced' the GBA version but they went the extra mile after finding out that DS was more powerful than expected. None of the code and assets from the GBA port can be used. The engine code was written from scratch and the assets were reworked from the PSP. The additional work meant their completion date slipped by a couple of months and supposedly that lead the next port to be given to someone else.

[@gayfishticks2839]

Not surprised EA decided to go for a developer who didn't mind shipping a unfinished game (most wanted) instead of sticking to a team who would rather delay the game in order to polish it and give a better experience (underground 2)

[@schultzie8925]

Based Pocketteers

[@nandaalur6583]

@@gayfishticks2839NFSMW DS looked like Big Rigs 2.0

[@gayfishticks2839]

@@nandaalur6583 wonky phisycs and all

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

And unfortunately, that other studio was Sensory Sweep

[@TigerChamp99]

NFS Carbon on DS is the only version of NFSC (except PC) that runs at 60fps.

[@DustinEdenYT]

Oh man I think you're right... 😅😂

[@NASCARFAN160]

Pretty sure the PS3 version runs in 60

[@PhilipMarcYT]

@@NASCARFAN160 Carbon on PS3 is awesome, it's like Underground HD. 😀 Don't know if it's 60fps, I didn't realize.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

@@PhilipMarcYT considering the 360 version doesent even reach 30 most of the time i highly doubt it. And undercover on ps3 is about 20 fps. edit: MW, carbon and prostreet on the ps3/360 are UNLOCKED and mostly hover around 40 fps. but the fact that there is no vsync makes the framerate seem quite stuttery and low anyway. but the controller response is better (thats the only reason they did that)

[@ps3beatswii]

Ps3 carbon is locked at 30

[@JinteiModding]

Hope you make a sequel to this video but on the PSP, as there are some "obscure" racing games like Wangan Midnight Portable

[@DustinEdenYT]

The PSP had some great racing games! In fact Midnight Club LA Remix is my 2nd favorite in the franchise :)

[@richardsavings6690]

I own Wangan Midnight, and trust me you're not missing much.

[@YOEL_44]

The NFS Underground Rivals has some incredibly detailed models, Carbon OTC a true open world, and Undercover has a connected map but no straightforward way of traversing it freely (you're always gated into an area). L.A. Rush has the best version on PSP with the addition of the Stunt mode. Colin McRae 2005 Plus is the smoothest to drive on mud. Test Drive Unlimited preserves the same map scale as the PC version just with different graphics. There's also Ridge Racer, on this one if you maintain the drift you're automatically centered on the track, so it's kind of cheaty. Pimp my Ride and Grip Shift are also hilarious in their own way. The PSP is just glorious when it comes to portable racing games, it clearly took advantage of the popularity of the PS2.

[@JinteiModding]

@@YOEL_44 you can explore the NFS Undercover Map almost 100% freely, but you gotta do a glitch under one of the bridges connecting Palm Harbor to Sunset Hills (you just need to reset the car), by doing this you can go to the broken bridge from the Porsche 911 GT2 delivery mission and fall lmao

[@JinteiModding]

@@richardsavings6690 there is a iso/rom hack of the game that replaces the original OST with the one from Maximum Tune 3, nothing else is changed but the music makes the game better tbh

[@TheHankScorpio]

Imagine hearing about NFSMW, how great it is, immediately wanting it, asking for it for your birthday/holiday, and then receiving the DS version instead

[@suimancity]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@JFVideos960]

Rip parents

[@ClarenceRossAlt]

I would not talk to them again, that game looks awful

[@Pokaroquai]

I'm just lucky the fact that my dad had this game on his PC back then and I was allowed to play it lol

[@nixel1324]

I think part of the reason the liveries looked muddy in Race Driver: GRID is because of the texture filtering you had enabled in the emulator. Similar with the motion blur for Burnout Legends, I bet it looks much better at native resolution, possibly affected by texture filtering as well.

[@loganpierce4261]

I actually have the original DS game for GRID and I used to play it a lot and yes I can confirm that it looks much better

[@MauveDash]

@@loganpierce4261 I had Race Driver 3: Create & Race (2007 game) It has the exact same engine/track editor, just overall has less.

Those NDS games were developed point filtering in mind... so they should be pixelated. Some texture filtering really ruins the aesthetic they aimed for.

[@milkforever]

I played Burnout Legends in original Hardware, the motion blur is still terrible.

[@nandaalur6583]

@@MauveDashRACE DRIVER CREATE AND RACE still better than F1 22.

[@rvnx]

You missed the absolute best racing game on the DS, Sideswiped. It's an insane achievement for the system. It runs at 60 FPS most of the time and has really neat graphics and physics. It's burnout-esque fun.

[@legoclayface]

Yeah, it's a shame it got virtually no attention and is very expensive. Although it might seem like shovelware at first just by looking at the box art, when you actually go to play it, it's a damn great DS racer. The fact they got these kinds of physics, shadows, and damage models on the Nintendo DS is insane.

[@kaktus2872]

​@@legoclayfaceYou're everywhere

[@legoclayface]

@@kaktus2872 Yeah I know 😅

[@Therealmcgoonsfrfrealsies]

FR! Sideswiped is Burnout on crack

[@izzieb]

I'd imagine some of the issues with collision might be due to the DS CPUs lacking a floating point unit. Without this, the accuracy of calculations can suffer. Any floating point calculations would need to be done in software, which is extremely slow, hence nobody would use them and just accept the shortcomings.

[@HrHaakon]

> FPU > accuracy I mean, you're right but still...

[@crack4184]

@@HrHaakon More accurate than without but it's like saying a bucket of water is better to extinguish a forest fire than go your way to pee on the fire to extinguish it

[@kacperzimowski4626]

Trackmania is one of the smoothest games I have ever seen on my DS. It was a constant 60 fps during every single race. Good that you put extra note there.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Using this emulator really makes me realise how decent ds game graphics can be

[@nighttimestalker]

The fact track mania was so well ported is honestly mind blowing

[@TheUKNutter]

Wirtual needs to do a video on it 😂

[@ChaseMC215]

Trackmania United Forever is still the better Trackmania game, though.

[@Fay7666]

As someone who's watched GranaDy play through them... nah.

[@JRDD476]

The DS is certainly a very interesting handheld in gaming. I don’t think many of us expected these games to be good. That is what makes these good or great games(for some of them at least) so special and impressive for what they are.

[@DemoniteBL]

chuab chuu

[@anthonyparis51]

The insane part is that even bike racing games like Ducati Moto DS or Moto Racer DS were also pretty enjoyable and a fun alternative to car racing ones

[@LucyKosaki]

Dustin: "I'm playing these games on an emulator" Also Dustin: *records himself chilling on a couch with a physical DS*

[@ChaseMC215]

Keep in mind, he doesn't have a cartridge in the DS, and his console isn't modded to have a video out.

[@GELTONZ]

When it comes to DS racing games I always need to bring up Speed Racer: The Movie: The Game. It's a fantastic little high speed futuristic racing game which when I reviewed it back in the day I said it would tide us over until we got an F-Zero for the DS...which we never did. Sooo...it's the best high speed racer on the system. Super smooth, great sense of speed, very arcadey. And you know, that was why *I* didn't get many racing games on DS: I don't care about real cars and most were ports. If the DS had more arcade style futuristic racers, I would have bought them. But it weirdly didn't and thus I played the crap out of Speed Racer because it scratched that itch!

[@mooing_cowmilk]

Speedrunning Mod for Trackmania DS turbo: yeah most emu's can't handle it so we have a different leaderboard for that but the handheld does it nearly perfectly. Also it does have the multiplayer feature (Hotseat, Multi-Card Play, Single Card Play, and the Nintendo Wi-fi Connection). Just that emu's don't aim for multiplayer support due to hacking/cheating etc. see the button at 1:09:45

[@carfreak-qg9yr]

A good listing of some that I didn't even know existed. I had a title where you could play through 10 years' worth of races in the Indianapolis 500, from 1961-1971, with different drivers. I believe it was called Indianapolis 500 Legends.

[@DustinEdenYT]

Sounds pretty unique! :D

[@SPEEDYNOOB]

I think I played that on the Wii, was an insane amount of fun playing with my dad so I dug up our copy to play it again just to find out the game ran at 10 fps

[@derpedfox]

@@SPEEDYNOOB Same I've played that on wii too, was a lot of fun with the collision physics when I end up murdering the whole race by driving the wrong way

[@scoagogo]

The best part about Most Wanted on the DS, is that the GBA port of the game is actually vastly better. It uses the same music (although this feels more excusable given its on the GBA), and somehow it looks BETTER than the DS port. I would go on, but just overall its way better lol.

[@ChaseMC215]

Not to mention it was done by the same team that did the DS version of Underground 2. I highly recommend watching Kacey's video on Most Wanted DS. It covers the topics of the game, a man of lies, and multiple accounts of fraud

[@rosse119]

Really great video, but it's a shame you missed so many games such as Ridge Racer, Micro Machines V4, Ferrari Challenge, Cars, Homie Rollers and more. Any chance of a part 2?

[@Waves.d_m]

Asphalt 5

[@paulcarmi8130]

Asphalt urban legends!

[@Eden_M0rgan]

Homie Rollers... Oh GOD no...

[@LyamBenacon]

Asphalt and Ferrari Challenge was the shit, my favorite games on the DS

[@qinn1996]

yo, Cars sucked big time on the DS

[@DoVe_7]

As a person who never owned a Nintendo DS seeing all these different racing games on it was and how some companies were able to make such great games out of the hardware was preety cool , especially how ProStreet and Carbon play on it makes me want to try them out with an emulator, really enjoyed this video 👍

[@mercyanderson4422]

I can definitely vouch for Carbon on the DS

[@cavalierliberty6838]

Prostreet was good except for drag. It was tricker on the DS

[@TornaitSuperBird]

I wanna track down cartridges for these games and play then.

[@cavalierliberty6838]

@@TornaitSuperBird my sister stole my prostreet copy and gave it to her boyfriend. They broke up like a month later.

[@wallthemart]

Emulate a ds sure, but getting one as a kid who loved ps2 games sucked. I wanted god of war, THE nfs mw, gta etc but instead what i got was ds mw, nintendogs, brain age, cooking mama etc. That shit was not for me. I felt so bad that i asked for a ds for getting good grades instead of a psp

[@kingdeedee9237]

I think you forgot about Ridge Racer DS In my opinion I think is just decent, not the worst, not the best but gives you a lot of fun. Nice video btw.

[@DatOneCat]

20:40 Not entirely though. NFS Prostreet allowed you to modify the interiors as well by adding rollcages and changing racing seats. And if we're really stretching it, NFS Underground 2 also has the feature to change gauge designs and add stereo systems to your car's trunk area. Technically an interior bit as well.

[@minignoux4566]

Bruh, just launched Trackmania Turbo, went into multiplayer and there it is: "Connection WIFI-Nintendo" 1:09:44 IT'S RIGHT HERE! "Multiplayer"!

[@akiradkcn]

LMAO

[@conorfarrell8874]

Last year I found my DS and played through these games again and my old copy of NFS Carbon, Grid, and a game not listed here Asphalt 4 blew me away. The customization, sense of speed, and vibe of NFS Carbon and variety of things you can do in Grid was insane for a DS title. For Asphalt 4 imagine Urban GT 2 except better, but I wouldn't say it lived up to Grid or Carbon.

[@minignoux4566]

I think the reason Asphalt 4 isn't in the video is because it's a DSiWare exclusive.

[@dihydrogenmonoxide2878]

i think playing on an emulator ruins this test, i think one of the worst parts of racing games on DS was that you couldn't tell a left from a right without the minimap on half the games due to everything just looking indecipherably bad, and part of what defines a good one for me is how well they designed the graphics for the system its on.

[@SaabEJ]

Yeah, I realized that as an issue watching this video on a larger screen. As nice as the maps looked in Pimp My Ride, I bet I wouldn’t be able to hit a single shortcut reliably with how small the screen is, and how muddy the pixels can make things.

[@sylnz97]

true

[@thearousedeunuch]

What about its "dad", the Game Boy Advance?

[@colmnim21]

The track at 8:07 on Asphalt: Urban GT is almost a one to one recreation of the track used for the 1997 and 1998 Argentine Grand Prix

[@MeefMoaf]

The DS version of Underground 2 is actually a version NFS Underground Rivals released on the PSP, rather than being a downgraded version of the console version.

[@omarawilson2853]

Great video. Hope there’s a sequel where you include “Speed Racer” DS.

[@omarawilson2853]

@Knuckles McGirk lucky! I gave mine away to my younger cousin a while back

[@depressedsquidward7539]

I love that game! I played that game on my DS Lite when I was kid.

[@SockyNoob]

That was an amazing game and movie

[@RoyIketani97]

It is the first time that i heard someone talking good things about the Carbon and Pro Street versions for DS, i have a really good memories with them around 2008-2011, even i managed to beat the final boss in Carbon with a Stock Golf just like Kuru, but a lot of years before lol. The DS has a really interesting catalog of racing videogames, and this video showed in the best way, such a great work

[@Drift4Drifters]

Now I'll wait for someone says that this was one of the few DS games that you could play local multiplayer in two different devices using a single cartridge.

[@RoyIketani97]

@@Drift4Drifters That reminds me of the time when I thought it was not possible to play local multiplayer with 2 cartridges because I didn't know how it worked lol. But yeah, I remember several games that could be played with a single cartridge

[@daniellee4003]

​@@Drift4Drifters "few" By which you mean, one of 300+ DS games with single-card play :P 8 of the 15 games in this video had single-card play: more than half.

[@Drift4Drifters]

@@daniellee4003 you're quite right. It's a mind-blowing feature, by how well it worked. I remember playing this game mode with friends with almost zero latency and there was no internet involved while downloading the game or playing. Of course was a smaller version, like a demo, but it was a very wise move to showcase their games to a larger audience when you barely didn't had an e-shop working already.

[@iceicebaby8469]

You made me play trackmania DS again, reminds me of happy times. Little me playing trackmania on my DS, not a care in the world. Actually made me forget about loneliness, depression, anxiety etc. Thank you.

[@DustinEdenYT]

Hope your mental state gets better soon, been there myself. Glad to keep you company 💛

[@cav-_-9857]

These games actually looked pretty good on the nintendo DS screen, because it was made for that. The pixelation wasn't that bad on the OG small ds screen, mainly due to the pixel density and resolution. If you look for off-screen gameplay of these games, they actually look fairly decent. So the way you showed them with upped resolution is a very fair way of representing these games, very nice! Great video!

[@jimbylad7046]

I had no idea Marco Reus was so into DS Racing games. Nice video

[@BrooklynBalla]

The NFS Most Wanted cars look like sometime took a can of soda and drunkenly hammered it into the shape of a car. 🤣

[@djp3637]

For Asphalt Urban GT 2 the song is also notable as it is the intro music which was used for the ITV broadcast of F1 in 2006.

[@89fordscorpio52]

I had Asphalt 2, ProStreet, Grid, Undercover, Nitro and Pimp my ride. I spent way too much time on Pimp my ride and Prostreet, i played them up and down, back and forth. I somehow never played Grid more than twice after buying it. Amazing time it was

[@UnUhWn]

16:57 damn the devs literally predicted 2022

[@GordFT2]

what the freak 😳

[@TheSultan1470]

What? That's always been a warzone.

[@AlysZara]

I mean Chornobyl IS in Ukraine and is in an exclusion zone which could probably be thought of as a dead zone in some way or another

[@lenseeing829]

Asphalt GT to Asphalt 4 really originates on Nokia Symbian phones... Then after that Asphalt 5 until 9, on Android. I grew up with Asphalt, I played all of it and I mean all of it except the console counterparts. But on what I could see, the ports are 1:1 copy in the original. Also the symbian version contains more music than the DS

[@juliplay236]

"Hot Wheels: Beat That" was a racing game that came to my mind pretty quickly as it was one of the first I had ever gotten for the system, and it was considerably fun. Enough so I checked out the PC version and, well, translates well enough I could say.

[@ChaseMC215]

It's better than Hot Wheels: World Race on the GBA, and that game was developed by Black Rock Studio. Yeah, that Black Rock Studio, the same guys who did Pure and Split/Second

[@Dat-Mudkip]

Ah, NFS PS. The game that was so good I couldn't actually complete it because my 11 year old brain couldn't navigate the tracks without obliterating my own car!

[@AdisPlays]

I played Need For Speed Nitro way too much as a kid, I managed to almost complete 100% achievements, the last one I missed was to race against a friend with a copy of the game. I remember that I started a new save years later after I wanted to replay the game and I saw how insanely high my Total Driving distance have gotten over the years 😂

[@mr.curtis6730]

A man of culture i see

[@SiloeFerreira77]

Ow boy.. don't even start to think of making a part 2 video about the 3DS, perhaps can be worse in certain ways or not.. i never get to a conclusion on this especific subject. And i tried really hard on that. Great video by the way..

[@KhakiCap]

I'm quite surprised that Ford Racing 3 got ported to DS. Haven't heard of it until now, so thanks for the review. And as for the Ford Racing 3: Yeah, I can agree on that. Ford Racing 3 title (on all consoles) feels like if you took some sleeping medications. I'm fan of "Ford Racing" games, but Ford Racing 2 had at least some "good tracks" which were kinda memorable, even if it was older title and had less cars. And to the whole video - It was a really great video and I enjoyed it.

[@carlrygwelski586]

"Ford Racing" for PS1 was my first ever simulation-style racing title

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Ford Racing 3 got ported to the freaking GBA!

[@KhakiCap]

@@scottthewaterwarrior WHAT?! Dude, i am speechless!

[@Drift4Drifters]

There was a Ferrari game too. I can't remember if it was decent.

[@kidmjr]

My first foray with Asphalt was on the n-gage qd, and the GT2 came and that menu music, so many memories.

[@carlrygwelski586]

Trackmania DS was my first experience with that seires and have since bought all the editions on PC. Also, the Transformers games had really fun vehicle mechanics

[@leonsjacketre4]

Great vid, gave me something to watch as I B-Speced the 24 hour endurance race on the Nordschlife. Obscure, compromised 'impossible' ports of games are always super fascinating to me.

[@Venomous-Smirk]

@DustinEden This is really an almost perfect review covering almost every DS racing game , appreciate the effort , but.. you should've done some extra digging because you missed that incredibly positively exceptional game : ⭐Sideswiped⭐ The game offers unbelievable crashing physics and a stable frame rate !!! Man ! you should really try this one immediately.

[@ecrxft]

Thank you for reminding me of the pure terror I went through with the hydraulics mini game on ProStreet

[@chronoshadow2611]

Thank for putting in the effort to make these videos! It's quite a journey to see some actually fun games, to truly horrible ones. Great video Eden! Loved every minute of it

[@DustinEdenYT]

Glad you enjoy it! :)

[@pushingboii]

I used to play my sims racing, ducati moto, cartoon network racing, pimp my ride, wacky race, sonic kart race, and cars. My favorite one is my sims racing tho. I love nintendo ds, it's an unique experience.

[@Katriot1]

This video it's truly over the top dude! I've unlocked so many good memories while watching it. I remember playing hours and hours Prostreet, Asphalt 2 and Carbon on my old DSi, along some others like Burnout (which I didn't remember to be that bad). Really astonishing what a little handheld could bring with that limited processing power.

[@DustinEdenYT]

Fellow (former) DSi owner here, those camera and microphone apps were really fun! :D

[@minignoux4566]

@@DustinEdenYT Jumpkick into the gray guy.

[@Frenzy724]

I had a DS game called Corvette GT or something. It was all Corvettes. I was probably 5 or 6 but I remember it playing alright.

[@marshallren541]

Watched the whole video. It really feels like a journey. And thanks for making this kind of video, because without it I would never know about the hidden good racing games on NDS as I never had one.

[@dranaugh3687]

There were 2 TrackMania Titles on the DS (Atleast here in Germany): TrackMania Build to Race which had Stadium, Desert and Rally as Environments. TrackMania Turbo (No not the 2016 one) had Stadium, Coast, Island and snow.

[@element7448]

Pro Speed was so amazing, also the music list is insanely good, the tracks burned into my head

[@junilog]

Man I played ProStreet a ton back then. I never really realized that I had the best possible DS racing game other than Mario Kart, I really loved the Nevada Sprint race.

[@papafrita3645]

You should've played Sideswiped, which is in my opinion the most ambitious Burnout clone on the DS. It has a ridiculously detailed physics engine and still manages to run at 60 fps. And the best thing about it? It's actually fun

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Sideswiped is pretty great. Burnout Legends on the PSP it is not, but as far as the DS goes it is one of the best!

[@CinnamorollMegatronPretzel]

I loved Sideswiped but i couldn't finish it because the last track (the arena) crashed the game, prolly emulator issue tho

[@davidscritchfieldds]

Although it's not specifically a racing game, GTA Chinatown wars on DS is by far the best driving game on the DS, and you can participate in races in it, among many other things.

[@father042]

Firebrand games were basically the ultimate company that developers asked to make DS versions of their bigger budget racing games Sort of like n-space for FPS games on the DS

[@ChaseMC215]

Trackmania on the Wii was fun

[@mguymario]

7:07 this is not the first game in the series but is the first game on consoles since the series has only been on Nokia and J2ME before this one.

[@Evoltal_]

This was a great video! I think taking a look at Wii Racing games would also be interesting, as they are in a similar spot as the DS racing games. Just an idea tho.

[@Evoltal_]

And i think now i want to play ProStreet DS

[@DustinEdenYT]

Thanks! I'll note it down, appreciate the suggestion :)

[@YOEL_44]

I hope he tries Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli, if you crank up the dificulty and down the assistance, it becomes totally unforgiving, but the handling model is quite spot on and the rooster of cars more varied than I expected.

[@nightstorm5914]

@@DustinEdenYT but pls dont play the Flatout Port or any other Racing Game from Team6

[@dreflox]

Ive played Trackmania DS (not the turbo one) a lot and I remember making tracks on it :) The thing that striked me with it was its buggy physics. The way the car falls is so unnatural compared to TM United and the way it bounces is so weird. Not mentionning the fact that it clipped through the tracks sometimes and the loopings were a bit janky.

[@Ryuga____]

Another great and interesting video. I had a Nintendo DS as a kid, and back then i played all the games you presented here, so i know these versions very well. Your video was a great opportunity to have your opinion on theese games, especially on some gems like ProStreet or Carbon (DS) for example. Thank you again for this 1 hour and 20 minutes well spent. xD

[@Bluefire397]

The fact that a DS game has a full-blown track editor is mind-blowing. I might have to try out Grid / Dirt 2 for the DS one day just for that.

[@gogolplex74]

I just tried the DS version of DiRT 2 and I thought it was pretty good until I hit a problem, my career progress was stuck at 69% and the map didn't display any new events and didn't know what to do, I found 2 people online who had the same problem without solution so I'm not sure if it's a bug or if all versions suffer from this.

[@alpzepta]

I owned both DS and DS Lite, I’m gonna check out all of these games because I’m a Porsche 911 Fan and also like other cars too

[@MrSeatbelt]

1:02:59 "with only a small selection of preset colors and vinyls being selectable" NFS Nitro DS enjoyer here, this is false! Yes there are presets you can select but you can also, chose your own colors (primary, secondary and your wheels) and actually draw your own logos with the tag editor and put them on your car by selecting the "Custom" theme on page 6. Also there is a way to improve a cars stats (iirc you do this by winning races meant for cars with higher star ratings than the car you want to upgrade). Also small SPOILER, Finishing every bronze,silver and gold race/mission as 1st place unlocks the nitro cup, with 3 extra races/missions on the moon!

[@gionniblood]

Nitro was the first NFS I played on DS, the game was goofy but damn good, possibly my 2nd favourite after ProStreet

[@Yngdady]

I never played the burnout game, but are you sure the emulator wasn't making it run poorly or glitchy? There's no way developers would just let world culling appear to the player and think vehicles falling through the map during crashes is acceptable

[@rileycall1888]

35:10 I remember being stuck on the campaign mode for 3 days because of the hydraulics, I hated it. it was the worst thing in NFS ProStreet

[@gabrielmeza4780]

you just have to look deep enough, I can name a few apart from a plethora of NFS games, like Juiced, the 2 asphalt games, micro machines, pimp my ride, hot wheels beat that, burnout, cars 1 and 2, dirt, Ferrari challenge, ford racing, MX vs ATV, didn't looked them up, I just played them a lot when i was a kid, I think it's mostly a matter of sales and audience rather than hardware or time, still a great video, I suggest trying some of the ones I mentioned if you're interested, much love

[@Nikmg0]

16:57 they knew

[@matthewl5434]

i was expecting the hot wheels whatever game to be here for some reason, i grinded that game way too much and i still have my original save

[@DriftDweller]

As a car game and Nintendo lifer, this breakdown has thoroughly satisfied my spirit as to if the DS had any memorable games for us automobile boys. Thank you Dustin for experiencing racing games like NFS Most Wanted so I didn't have to find out the hard way. 👏🔥

[@Varialflop]

Tbf that's like saying "thank you Dustin for fucking my wife", half the fun is doing it yourself

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

1:09:29 i just want to add something here: the game features both a "pass and play" mode and regular online racing with the use of Nindendo WFC, sadly, i only played the game on an emulator, and even when i played the Wii version, the servers were already shut down

[@nathan4139]

The most wanted OST is fucking hilarious

[@johngrace1312]

Everyone talking about NFS, and I’m just like, the 2 games I have the strongest memories I have from playing on my DS are Digimon Party-Racer, and the Hotwheels World Race/Acceleracer game

[@ntl9974]

Wow Digimon racer. Wish they would do a Pokemon racer

[@quintanya9541]

Pretty sure the DS version of Grid also has a damage model for different parts of your car which affect your handling, speed etc...

[@bewoutv8976]

Dont forget that Asphalt urban gt has a awsome soundtrack!!

[@leobustos740]

New subscriber, the longform video thing you got going on is amazing. Leave the whole thing playing on my phone while doing whatever and I love it.

[@ORtBO]

U forgot ferrari challenge, indianapolis 500 legends, and asphalt 4: elite racing. I'm sure I'm missing more included, owning those three games back when it released was the best feeling

[@epiclyslowcars]

Only missing the Ferrari Challenge DSi Download game which was very underrated

[@AmarinTheCutest]

Regarding 28:40 - Hi! I own Juiced 2 for the DS, & I 100%'d it. I don't remember how long it took me to do the drift events, but I definitely did it. I wasn't a fan of the physics & handling model, which bring you to top speed really quickly, nor did I like how almost every turn was a 90 degree one. But I somehow was able to stomach it all the way without much fuss. It just felt really mid. I love this video BTW, as someone who's collected a lot of DS racing games, basically all the ones I find tolerable enough to play to the end. A really nice trip down memory lane. Also, Trackmania Turbo isn't as smooth on actual hardware compared to the emulator, but it's still really good fun, & I've gotten the Author medal on half the tracks in it! Happy to see you enjoyed NFS Carbon too, that's one of my favorites, even though I beat the whole thing in... I want to say only 5 hours back in 2013? Pro Street is phenomenal too, but I haven't spent enough time with it. Underground 2 became unbearable with how you had to run a perfect race later on, & the repetition of the tracks. Out of these games you've shown, I've beaten Asphalt 1 & 2, NFS Carbon, Juiced 2, GRID, NFS Undercover (my personal favorite), Burnout Legends (yes, I suffered through it), & Trackmania DS & Turbo (race events only, if I recall). I got pretty far in DiRT 2 & NFS Underground 2, but never beat them. Maybe one day! Pimp My Ride being on the Asphalt 2 engine made me check it out, out of curiosity, it's better than it has any right to be! Thank you for making me aware it existed.

[@TheUKNutter]

7:49 Creativity? The track is literally a Formula 1 circuit…

[@gars129]

These days, it's the 2D games I go back to. The GBA and DS were just such good 2D consoles, and DS games pretty much didn't have to deal with the GBA's flaws, namely the sound and screen.

[@nathanstroud2223]

I still have the cartridges for Carbon, Ferrari Challenge and Indianapolis 500 Legends. I actually got up and checked during the video.

[@carlrygwelski586]

1:05:13 I literally raised an eyebrow when I saw the title lol

[@НикитаЛубин]

Now i really want you to dive into the world of PSP racing games. With the name of the vid kinda like "The Joyful world of PSP Racing games"

[@Lcngopher]

Another racing game on ds you didnt cover was a game called indianapolis 500 legends. It consisted of 1961-1971 indy cars and had missions where you drive as famous drivers from that era or you could just race as those drivers

[@maximrukinov3101]

Great achievement! Now go for 4 hour video about PSP racing games :)

[@paul0382]

Asqhalt gt 2 was my favourite game back in the day. I loved it all tho it wasnt even mine. I got it from a friend every weekend or so and i freeking love it. I can still hear the song in repeating in my head 7 years later.

[@thelightspeeddash6329]

The question you asked in the video about why there weren't many racing games that did well bothered me. The reason it bothers me is because the 3DS was better equipped for racing games, yet barely even got games RELEASED for it in the genre. They couldn't even get ports! There genuinely might be less than 20 racing games on the system

[@LittleMsKittyKatt]

Man I wish hotwheels track attack was in this video This video was amazing

[@einpercy825]

I used to play DTM Race Driver 3, which also featured a track builder tool. Really enjoyed the video and had some childhood throwback.

[@PatalJunior]

1:15:53 That background music brings back so much memories while playing Nfs World... 🥺

[@pablofuentes1668]

Loved the video,new suscriber bro hahaha im waiting for the 3ds one 👀

[@petermarasco1105]

Great video bro, very enjoyable. Glad I found it. I still love and play my 3DS to this day.

[@CaroFDoom]

i think it's worth pointing out the track layout of haruna at 38:30 is the same track layout as the road to the east of the lake at mt. haruna and is used in other games like the initial d arcade series and kaido battle. that's definitely something i didn't expect when the console versions of grid chop it up, reverse some parts and hit it with a steamroller to smooth out any hairpin turns same thing happens with the long beach street circuit

[@deeznutz1854]

Underground 2 was the first nfs to have interior customization with their custom gauges.

[@Johnkawesome]

10:45 that isn't need for speed most wanted, that's I need road: oh no the cops

[@000BlackSoul000AMVs]

I have the trackmania game. And as I mainly played trackmania on PC in local sessions as well, I did not find the lack of online multiplayer to be a problem at all. Local Multiplayer worked fine, and it even had a 1 card only option to play with frinds, which was nice. In comparison to the PC versions, you get stuck between bulding blocks a bit more and the custom track creator is realy limited on the block amount, but other than that, it was a nice game! :)