Evolution of Open World Driving Games 1986-2021

Evolution of Open World Driving Games 1986-2023
1986 Turbo Esprit 0:00
1989 Vette 0:12
1990 Test Drive III: The Passion 0:25
1994 Quarantine 0:39
1997 Carmageddon 0:57
1998 Auto Destruct 1:12
1999 Crazy Taxi 1:27
1999 Midtown Madness 1:44
1999 Driver 2:00
2000 Midnight Club: Street Racing 2:18
2001 World's Scariest Police Chases 2:36
2001 The Simpsons: Road Rage 2:50
2001 Grand Theft Auto III 3:10
2002 Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven 3:26
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 3:44
2002 The Getaway 4:03
2003 Midnight Club II 4:20
2003 The Simpsons: Hit & Run 4:40
2004 Driver 3 4:58
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 5:17
2004 Need for Speed: Underground 2 5:44
2005 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition 6:04
2005 L. A. Rush 6:25
005 Need for Speed: Most Wanted 6:462006 Driver: Parallel Lines 7:05
2006 Test Drive Unlimited 7:24
2006 Need for Speed: Carbon 7:40
2008 Burnout Paradise 7:57
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV 8:18
2008 Midnight Club: Los Angeles 8:40
2009 FUEL 8:59
2010 Mafia II 9:20
2010 Crash Time 4 9:45
2011 Test Drive Unlimited 2 10:08
2011 L.A. Noire 10:27
2011 Driver: San Francisco 10:45
2012 Sleeping Dogs 11:06
2012 Forza Horizon 11:27
2012 Need for Speed: Most Wanted 11:48
2013 BeamNG.drive 12:08
2013 Grand Theft Auto V 12:27
2014 Watch Dogs 12:48
2014 Forza Horizon 2 13:08
2014 The Crew 13:28
2015 Mad Max 13:46
2015 Need for Speed 14:08
2016 Forza Horizon 3 14:28
2016 City Car Driving 14:51
2016 Watch Dogs 2 15:12
2017 Need for Speed Payback 15:29
2018 The Crew 2 15:46
2018 Forza Horizon 4 16:02
2019 Days Gone 16:20
2019 Need For Speed Heat 16:38
2020 SnowRunner 16:58
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 17:18
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion 17:43
2021 Forza Horizon 5 18:11
Special thanks to World of Longplays (longplays.org) and RacingGameArchive ( / racinggamearchive ) for providing the gameplay footage
Nixian Channel Description:
We’re lifelong video game enthusiasts with a passion for showing the world how our favorite hobby has grown with us, from individual series to industry-wide retrospectives.
We put significant time and creative effort into each one of our videos, including research, digging into archives, recording voiceovers, and editing. Every video takes as many as 10 hours to produce, because we strive to give our fans consistent, high-quality content.
Our popular “Evolution of...” series goes far beyond simply presenting gameplay footage. We take the time to show how a video game property - its gameplay, character designs, graphics, sound direction, etc. - have evolved over time. We include unique voiceover work on each video to enhance the viewing experience.
People have been playing video games for decades. In that time, we’ve gone from moving a white line up and down to block a moving pixel, to participating in full-fledged, painstakingly rendered real-time battles with people all over the world. We help older gamers look back on how these experiences have changed throughout their lives, and new gamers to understand the broader context of the series they’re playing for the first time today.
The video game medium never stops growing, and we’ll never stop chronicling its evolution.
Editing and voice-over were made by me.

[@D71219ONE]

Early 2000s Rockstar: *Releases 3 games in 4 years.* Modern Rockstar: “We don’t do that here.”

[@machomanalexyt5736]

GtaV still makes loads of money, so they dont really have to worry about making Gta6

[@speedfreakfrank]

Now its 3 games in 4 decades.

[@TheKosmoTV]

@@machomanalexyt5736 Gta v online makes money

[@fonkedition4819]

Ок

[@bidcashcc]

They are not hungry now. Steam just mine and loot of cash. I left GTA V. A lot lags, bugs, slow, crashes, hard earn money and hackers

[@alitlweird]

it’s hard to comprehend that, once upon a time, every single one of these games made us go, “These graphics are AWESOME!”

[@TurtlesLV]

No one, absolutely no one said that about "City Driving Simulator" or whatever the name was.

[@mentallyunstable5238]

i used to play battlefield 4 on my ps3 and think its insane. now i play on ps4. after going back to ps3 its a whole different game

[@sir_dark_humor8673]

Some 90s games have parts that look nice

[@alitlweird]

@@TurtlesLV Ha! ok. Perhaps not that one.

[@siddhantjhaveri]

These old games were actually AWESOME. They were built without use of any engines, they were all pure programming. Now we have all sorts of tools available and it's easier.

[@arandomfreshpotato]

When the games from the 2000’s are better than mobile games:

[@kadeveloper1]

In just 30 years, we've gone from tetris to graphics that are hard to distinguish from reality. That's amazing!

[@Thunderhawk51]

What good will gorgeous graphics do when a 2 DECADES old game wipes the floor with them when it comes to realistic physics and handling? 🤔

[@diddon]

some black and white pixels to real life like graphics

[@MelvinJ64]

30 years is a long time, not the blink of an eye.

[@kadeveloper1]

@@MelvinJ64 30 years is nothing comparing to hundreds of thousands years of human existence

[@arrxw333]

1984: Wow, The graphics cannot get more better then this. Also 1984: When is wireless tech coming out?

[@RizzFleis]

Than*

[@ronn6771]

yeah, it can't possibly get better *than* that

[@twinturboray]

@@RizzFleis That's where you do your corrections? At "than" and not the "more better"?

[@RizzFleis]

@@twinturboray i think its more better or worse

[@twinturboray]

@@RizzFleis You thought wrong.

[@subieasunayuuki]

The 1986 game is impressive for its time. Midnight Club: Street Racing was a head of its time

[@HondaCivic-nq1by]

The one with the C4 Corvette Dash Is Phenomenal

[@skttle1716]

Hi Asuna 😏

[@ryuk411]

😂 hi asuna

[@skttle1716]

@@ryuk411 Kirito and Asuna are from Sword art online, anime :))

[@kingfoorthwal]

@@skttle1716 no one cares weeb

[@SlurpyPie]

Driver San Francisco is still my absolute favourite driving game and it’s a damn shame no one is able to play this masterpiece anymore. :( Edit: I know you can still play it on older consoles but I was mostly talking about PC and digital stores so you can stop telling me

[@user-je1ns9nt7t]

I grew up playing Driver 3 on my PS2

[@softrix1979]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGa8eI2mhqujf8k

[@Kingsunmarquesi]

that was the best driving game ive also played!!

[@imresomodi4961]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmOpiGCIatGJrKc Tutorial for win 10. What are you talking about?

[@izk4093]

My favorite game.

[@fantv525]

These games are so beautiful. I always wondered how the developers could define such a level of detail. It must be so complex to program.

[@parky22]

“1994: Quarantine” 2020: Quarantine Deluxe Premium Edition

[@gamingbuildingandcubing5644]

Lol I didn't realise that

[@Ameterasu5678]

2021: Quarantine Ultimate Deluxe Premium Pro Max Edition

[@parky22]

@@Ameterasu5678 lmao pro max 😹

[@user-wq8yq9el6v]

Quarantine Deluxe Premium black edition!

[@parky22]

@@user-wq8yq9el6v lmao good one 😹

[@krispa5111]

Hard to imagine that GTA V is already 9 years old

[@mohdadeeb1829]

-Time Flies-

[@mohdadeeb1829]

@123IamAnIdiot GTA *VI* ce city

[@jamiemcconnell8864]

man, I remember people in primary school talking about gta 6, im almost finished highschool...

[@krispa5111]

@@jamiemcconnell8864 same :D

[@rayanessid5665]

@@mohdadeeb1829 q2%1 7

[@melotrashcontent]

Once Midtown Madness was there, it has changed everything!

[@incremental_failure]

It was a crappy game. Great idea but it wasn't fun at all.

[@Sun.Shine-]

Those 90s games looked weirdly futuristic, but still stands its time 👏👏

[@jamese7867]

Need for Speed Underground 2 was an absolute game changer when it came out. No one could believe the graphics at the time.

[@chadbailey30]

YES!!!!! I still remember playing that the first time and me and a buddy loosing our shit! I looked so much more realistic that anything else at the time. Plus the game was huge! Still holds up as a decent game even today!

[@vaibhavdabwalv1]

@@princehuskie1617 funny you can play nfs u2 on a mobile

[@yk68]

I still find the graphics cool. If it wasn't for the weird light effects they put I think it would look pretty awesome. The upscaled textures and ray tracing. Just this would improve the game 100x times.

[@varus113]

Still my favorite game of all time

[@yk68]

@@rdb223 I think the graphics of nfs hot pursuit 2 are really good for it's time. The PS2 version is better than the version released for PC,Xbox and Gamecube. Black box's version is way better than the actual EA one. It has better maps, better ambientation and songs. I recommend giving it a try. It's pretty fun. The physics aren't really that good but they are enjoyable. The cops are harder to defeat than Most Wanted ones. They don't get destroyed easily (only when they crash onto a wall) and their car feels to have the same mass as yours. Overall, I think it is a very fun game, it gives you the feeling of speed and action. The only downside is the limited amount of maps. But excluding that, I just love it. Still completing the races.

[@sabih23]

Playing Vice City and San andreas are one of my most beautiful memories of life, when life was easy and stress free

[@sluttyboy69]

2 year old me feels this in my soul miss the old days.

[@xblox9406]

Ectvujc fight and my parents

[@jimj2683]

Your own fault for having kids and getting married...

[@supernoobie5855]

+1

[@malakaatapattu4765]

Completely true. That time was awesome. Playing games in that stressfree childhood is like being in heaven.

[@ChubbyMW]

Criminal how driver San Francisco, is one of the best masterpieces, but is criminally underrated 😮

[@anonymous.54]

Finally!! Someone who included Midtown Madness in an Evolution Video! That game is my Childhood. One of the Best Open World Games imo

[@Smoshylife]

He didn’t have the graphics cranked, the game looks so good on max settings

[@anonymous.54]

@@Smoshylife You are Right, for a game from 1999, I was really Surprised when I cranked up the Graphics. The reflections look Awesome!

[@PhilRead80]

2005: NFS Most wanted. Still one of my favourite driving games to date.

[@ripchaingaming5133]

Bam Bum Baba Bam.

[@KxvuraFr]

The 2012 nfs most wanted is still one of my favorites to this day

[@Chrisfishem]

I played it on a psp😩

[@ripchaingaming5133]

@@Chrisfishem most wanted 5-1-0 ❤️

[@braxy3356]

@@ripchaingaming5133 wut

[@buak809]

>World's Scariest Police Chases >Drives on an empty highway

[@mayocult2025]

Its a 21 year old game, the platforms used to play the game back then cant run a lot of cars

[@slavsublime4702]

@@mayocult2025 Question is, what was so scary?

[@ChaseMC215]

@@slavsublime4702 It's based on the TV show World's Wildest Police Videos, it is about footage caputred by police, news agencys, and people just to show us the stark reality that criminals have declared you and everyone else the enemy. When it was on, it was once kniwn as World's Scariest Police Chases before changing it's name, and the title wasn't lying, those police chases actually shock many people, even with the disclaimer. The show lasted from 1998 to 2001, that is 4 seasons of the show, in 2012 it was reborn as a 1 season show by the same name of World's Wildest Police Videos, both of the shows were hosted by John Bunnell, who was once part of the police before becoming sherrif. If you are familier with the show COPS, you may have seen him before, as there was a episode of the show where the police force that John was in was dealing with a house full of marijuana. The video game on the other hand came out in 2001 for the Playstation and.... that's about it. There were plans of a PS2, Xbox, Dreamcast, and PC ports of the game, but thry were cancelled, and a sequel was planned too, but that was also scrapped, this was basically the only other piece of media that John Bunnel was involved witt, but if the sequel wasn't canned, it would of been his second narration role for the game.

[@Rottenberg666]

It was a fun game back in the day though. I remember it had some wacky ass cheats :D

[@dillanmistry]

Nice pfp

[@hillybillysillysally5086]

10:47 that game is seriously underrated. Such a good feel to the cars. Kinda realistic

[@andrewtatereal3168]

the game that come after is also super underrated (sleeping dogs)

[@FLXCK_]

@@andrewtatereal3168 yeah

[@Thunderhawk51]

Indeed. While the graphics of these games may have improved over the years, physics peaked well over a decade ago and have gone downhill ever since.

[@truck_dude]

Indeed. I have it on my Xbox One, such a good game

[@FrenchViking466]

Driver is so underrated, i have had some great memories from that game.

[@lazimvp2184]

Forza Horizon team: Okay, let's make our graphics as realistic as possible. meanwhile, Need For Speed team after 2010s: Let's add some more RAIN.

[@simonschmunkamp7717]

Agreed😂😂😂

[@dkjah]

Though they are both fun games they both suffer from the same problem, Thier environment s lack atmosphere, where are the walking population?, it's jarring driving down a street that should be highly populated without a single walking NPC in sight.

[@Weegeepie-jv8we]

@@dkjah yeah but i feel like NPCs in racing games aren't really that necessary and probably a waste of assets for the developers since those games are mainly just about cars and such. I mean yeah it would be cool to see NPCs walking around and all, it would add more detail to the game and make it look more alive but it's a racing game.

[@dkjah]

@@Weegeepie-jv8we yeah, I only meant it as a graphical observation as older Street racing games had crowds on the pavements, as I said it's only an atmospheric thing, it's more to do with I like cruising in open world games and it helps add to the idea of driving round a living city, and in no way does it ruin gameplay, it's more a little wish of mine that they were there.

[@Weegeepie-jv8we]

@@dkjah ooooh okay i think i get you now

[@v0fty167]

Not gonna lie, this is one of the best experience on KZbin.

[@Rex________]

Get prepared to press wasd when you play the games in this video

[@tagger4281]

@@Rex________ lol

[@jhantudebnath8484]

Exactly!

[@radixonix839]

Have you ever been with a man before?

[@adoptmegiveaways5832]

Get free roblox today! 🤩

[@JuniperFever]

I remember playing GTA San Andreas and Underground. Nostalgia hits hard.

[@ImARealPerson777]

You Have opened my forgotten memories... Thanks😊

[@beatdrop4758]

Its good to see that the games evolved so quickly from 1999 to 2004 🔥with greater graphics

[@FeroxX_Gosu]

I grew up in that period, 11 to 16 years old. It was insane. We seriously thought that we will have photorealistic graphics and PHYSICS in all games when we will hit the 2020's.

[@donalain69]

yes. i think so too. just ask myself why... they improved faster in those 5 years then in the 15 years till now..

[@vitonandaputrapratama1764]

@@donalain69 cuz maybe nowday games already have good graphics example like red dead redemption 2 already have a good graphics.

[@blackeagle5392]

@@vitonandaputrapratama1764 yes but science has no lomit In 2000 they say that this is the best graphics and will not come better

[@KvltKommando]

@@blackeagle5392 no they didn't, wtf

[@Dracioxis]

0:40 I love how He is listening to a very relaxing song While hitting people with his car.

[@lol-de4lo]

@HelloThere if hitting people with cars is all it takes to be GTA then I guess the true of is death race 2000

[@JanhaviNalawade2023]

Are they zombies ?

[@lol-de4lo]

@HelloThere what's fun?

[@littledgy4316]

Whats that song ? Edit : Found the song , its custard - wahooti fandango

[@kko9329]

What's the song?

[@vibovitold]

I completely forgot I played Test Drive 3, with this photorealistic dashboard :) If i saw those modern games back in that day, my head would explode

[@ZWARBHATTAA]

Snowrunner graphics, physics, tyres interactions with mud, water and snow is pure awesome. As opposed to fast racing games, this slow driving game is actually meditative.

[@memebucket415]

Quarantaine: Literally killing people.. Also quarantaine: plays peaceful music

[@danielgeorge9528]

underrated comment

[@bahaatamer1245]

Also Quarantine: our reality nowadays

[@mauricet05]

@@bahaatamer1245 THIS

[@Hless421]

that game blew my mind it was like nothing I've ever seen before.

[@x-iei-x4725]

Because it was most peaceful day on quarantaine

[@Lemon-bo9vy]

The 2005 Most wanted was way ahead of its time . Very few need for speed games are as good as that game .

[@yazidbougheda4257]

I thought the exact same thing the first time I played it That shit was way above PS2 Standards

[@Hartbreak1]

Basically EA decided to remain in the PS2 era with NFS games.

[@torusato743]

Carbon may exceed MW if EA actually take their time to finish the game

[@williamhall3236]

@@torusato743 nah underground 2 is the only other game to ever be close or even better then mw

[@FBI-192]

Open The Dor

[@KiLLuminati.]

Incredible evolution! When you think and remember(80'-90' generetion) how excited we was with almost every game that appear, and how many times we said that "it can.t be better than this (graphics)"😆 I was like "WoooW" when i played "Carmagedon", "middtown madness", like "OMG" with GTA...i enjoyed this evolution, i didn.t imagine that it gonna evolve so fast and so realistic graphics-visuals! Srry 4 my english 😅

[@weejohnbb]

0:27 I love the graphics of a picture of an old tube TV in the center console.

[@schurkraid]

the crazy taxi was crazy damn good for this time. and the particle effects wow

[@KSEfox63]

Better than cyberpunk though

[@millionfilms5]

yes

[@iambiggus]

I remember when it first came out in the arcades. It blew some minds when it hit the scene.

[@YYFGGUKYGJSHBJSHBJLS]

@@iambiggus Somehow our local small town pizza joint owner managed to get one of the sit down versions in his shop. For a little while he had more people coming in to play the game then ordering. There was definitely a line of kids for a few weeks lol. Good times.

[@belowplays230]

Man im still playing that game for 10 years for now even im done with it

[@Lunaso0]

2:06 its kinda funny to see those tires wriggling when turn

[@John_Muller]

Lol

[@taylormoler7279]

I used to play that game, its cause they'd fall off if you took enough damage 😂😂

[@shawndye7751]

Yeah I liked that game when I played it when I was younger

[@kingtolgakevinpetersoffici2031]

Need for speed underground 2 was amazing but carbon had amazing graphics. I’d loved midnight club dub and LA too. They were amazing tuning games.

[@meheheh]

nice vid keep it goin

[@okaybitrandom3070]

I think we can all agree that The Simpsons: Hit & Run needs a remastered version.

[@user-oy2np8bx1z]

Yessir

[@GERMAN_CRUSADER]

I don't understand why this game is so hyped. There are definitely better gta clones than this game.

[@lamarama4647]

@@GERMAN_CRUSADER because it's funny

[@JonnyTheRWBYDude2004]

San Andreas needs a "Better" remastered version since the one in 2014 was terrible

[@johndawhale3197]

@@GERMAN_CRUSADER You gotta be a Simpsons fan to understand...

[@RapidVenger]

5:18 The legend is Here.

[@youknoweverything7643]

Hard to imagine I'm 30 and remember having and still have all the games from 1998- now I got every game except the 2010 Mafia ,2. I even got my PS1 PS2 and OG xobox, Xbox 360 and my all-time fav game is stunt man especially free play mode with every vehicle and stunt car props and ramps. And the challenges in career mode was actually fun and great story line to it

[@user-hm2hh5nw2b]

This was just awesome! Thanks a lot!

[@streetxgg]

*Test Drive Unlimited is coming back!! But, we miss a lot Midnight Club. Right??? 😢*

[@zacharinl]

True

[@thiiccu]

coming back???? foreal?????? AAaAAAAA

[@rohanjxr]

@@thiiccu watch the trailer ‘testdrive unlimited solarcrown’

[@thiiccu]

@@rohanjxr thank you! I'll go check it out

[@arshkhanlm3086]

We are never getting a midnight club sequel or a remake thanks to GTA Online 😔

[@genericfriend2568]

It would've been hilarious if the last 6 minutes was just different versions of GTA V

[@Piyushrahi]

It would have been illogical and dumb

[@ZACHANDJACKSZACHSMAFIA]

@@Piyushrahi but funny..?! -JACK

[@JamilKhan-hk1wl]

@@Piyushrahi gta v on xbox 360 and xbox one is very different in terms of graphics

[@TheBlackEmerald14]

@@JamilKhan-hk1wl which one has better graphics

[@punisher3413]

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[@dongf5628]

Excellent video. No dull commentary from a middle aged dude boring everyone. Just footage

[@NathanPriviated]

Good video: no ads, no bullshit intros it just gets I to the video! Keep the good work

[@Matt_MD93]

Who else thought driver’s graphics were sick when they first played it?😂

[@ig6786]

Me lol driver in rio was manic!

[@Matt_MD93]

@@S_AM_bot I think I first played it in 2001 maybe?😂 makes me feel old

[@ig6786]

@@S_AM_bot nintendo 64 ♡ 007 was my absolute fave then mario 64

[@kaitospin3944]

haha not only did I think it was neat I loved that game.

[@Notfound-mc5oz]

Hehe

[@Nathan-sp2si]

You gotta love Crazy Taxi, best game i played when i was younger

[@mdevidograndpacificlumbera1539]

I was OBSESSED when I was a kid

[@officialpikasso]

No lie

[@iejsyruejrueu776]

Same

[@thomadrector7793]

Stil play now

[@nahhhidwin]

Damn right

[@adrutam1]

Omg Driver thats a nostalgia time for my brain man! Thanks for video

[@audiophile...]

I've played those games released in 2003 or 2004,and back then the feeling was same as today's while playing forza horizon 4 or 5. Ahh,the Novelty.

[@viligamesbg6971]

My god Gta 3 felt nostalgic, even tho i wasn't born yet in 2001.

[@nillazilla22]

Three just looks like if you put four if you turn down the graphics.

[@keryjr7407]

well, you just made me feel old. i tend to forget that people are born after 1990... 🤣

[@OG_BiggieCheese]

Same What month

[@Das_Leben_ist_grausam]

LOL

[@keryjr7407]

@@OG_BiggieCheese i'm born in '88... oh god, bruv... now i made u feel younger and me feel older again 🤣

[@avve9001]

The greatest evolution from pixly games to a true 3d experience seemed to happen during the 90s. All progression after that is fine tuning.

[@rickojay7536]

Thats because you can only do so much for something to look photo realistic In the 90s the visuals were so bad that they had so much to improve on Right now honestly there is a thin line between actual real life and and these games on a visual perspective so most of the games just improve on the physics and gameplay

[@llama3856]

Yeah 3D gaming transitioning happened in the mid-1990s, but it still took until the mid-late 2000s for it to look smooth and less blocky/blurred/pixelated. You can see in late 90s & early 00s games, graphics were very basic and lacked detail.

[@Kommentiert_]

same as the technology these games running on. From big transistors to a silicon chip. I really feel like everything important was invented in the past and today we´re only improving these things. :) i think the next step is to personally get in the game as a charakter just a little bit more realistic than the VR stuff from today.

[@yoatemybeans2334]

Fine-tuning my ass

[@user-xq8ou1bp1y]

Ffdd

[@CplKitfox]

My god. - Driver, - World Scariest Police Chases (talk about unlocking a core memory with this one), - Need for Speed: Underground 2/Most Wanted, - Test Drive Unlimited 2 - Forza Horizon .. among many others were absolute gems in my childhood.

[@Eeshank2]

Great research and compilation.

[@astyutechick7980]

It feels like NFS Most wanted games were always ahead of their time in terms of graphics (and also gameplay but I didn't play them all so can't say that for sure)

[@Absolute_MaddLadd]

Its just nfs,most wanted is a specific title to 2 games but i understand the mistake since mw 2005 is the best racing game ever

[@astyutechick7980]

@@Absolute_MaddLadd Actually I'm aware. I don't feel the same way about NFS Underground or any other NFS games. I'm not saying those games aren't good, but all I'm saying is that both the Most Wanted games always seemed way ahead of their time. And yes, NFS MW 2005 is the best racing game ever! The vibe, the mechanics, the story, the cars, the challenges... everything. My favorite element by far are the police chases. I recall having genuine thrill when the cops were chasing me. It was especially fun because I literally never used the time break mechanic lmao. And the feeling when you evade cops are 20 to 30 minutes of pursuit hell freakin yeah! Oh, and... The story was high-key sick af. Man I could gush over this game non-stop, but you get the idea

[@DOMS4.]

@@astyutechick7980 Nfs most wanted "THE" game, not most wanted the games plural. There's only 1 real most wanted.

[@Sage-vl3so]

Glad we are all on the same page. 05 Most wanted is a game i would play today and probably have a good time.

[@youtubeaccountserio2633]

GTA 3 was

[@LEELOLKH]

The first person to play video game must be really excited.

[@tizoh9663]

First ez omg verified pog

[@joseemmanuelrodriguez9750]

wow

[@TheBSide-wy2zh]

This comment make me confuse

[@anush4800]

prolly the first video game creator lol

[@kmrlasf]

Video games *

[@hildapataki5072]

97 - 99 is the best era of racing gameplay in history imo. Graphics nowadays are absolutely insane and UE5 has broken down some serious barriers but theres just a timelessness to the 90's games we'll never really recreate. I mean if you showed someone the last of us part 2 in 1997 they'd probably freak out but someone in 2022 whos never played carmageddon would do the same thing for different reasons if they gave it a chance i think.

[@nlx78]

I am 44, from 1978. When my dad had his first PC, i guess 1983 or 1984. I could do paratrooper, pacman and bouncing babies games that still captivated enough , but some 2 y it was to do spreadsheets on at home, lol. So it had a lousy EGA videocard in it with the basic 32 colors or something, later a VGA and then Super VGA, whining every day helps! . But the real racegames for me (other than maybe those early f1 games, Grand Prix Circuit, it was pretty hard with your tires constantly overheating.....the real racing game I spend hundreds of hours I guess, is Test Drive, I looked it up and it['s from 1987, so I probably had it a year later, copied from friends ;) Kings-, Police-, Castle- & Space--Quest type of games already looked better, Secret of Monkey Island, Larry, Winter Challenge (Olympics) and California Games as well but Test Drive II looked too much Test Drive I, to my liking. When you look up Test Drive 3 from 1990 looks so much better. Sorry, it's a bit confusing what I wrote, but I accidently removed some text and there was no undo option ;(

[@hildapataki5072]

@@nlx78 I looked up test drive and it looks so similar to a game i had on the SNES called race drivin' The first person perspective, soundtrack etc. Also released in 1990 but now i see it's clearly a copy of test drive. I remember it being so unforgiving haha. I suppose the reason i consider 97-99 the best era would be because i was born in 88 and age 10 is probably the best gaming time a kid has, no work, no relationships, no life and love distractions etc.

[@nlx78]

@@hildapataki5072 yeah. The feeling as a kid is wonderful. Like scary movies being actually scary. New year night or gaming yes.

[@PrincipeCiego]

8:59 Fuel, un muy buen juego, bastante difícil en las últimas carreras pero, estuvo bueno, solo le faltó vista desde la cabina y sería el videojuego de carreras definitivo para mí

[@deerlord2363]

Lo jugué en su momento y se me hizo muy aburrido, aunque quise que me gustara porque el mapa era enorme y pensé que podría llegar a disfrutarlo, pero no fue así...

[@featmyself]

Oh god, I remember playing Crazy Taxi at arcades when I was a kid

[@yeetpup9077]

I’m a kid…..

[@yeetpup9077]

Yeet

[@YashovardhanSinghParihar]

Oh god remember playing the GOAT underrated most low profile game ever GUN

[@austinhernandez2716]

I remember having it on my ps2

[@huzefa69]

@@yeetpup9077 I can tell

[@nancymcdonie4126]

GTA: San Andreas never gets old for me ❤️

[@softrix1979]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGa8eI2mhqujf8k

[@Moechtegernpilot1]

The best

[@FlatBroke612]

SA was based >be black >be hood rat thug First mission >steal a bike

[@mrnapolean1]

I will argue to the death GTA San Andreas is better than Any of the GTA 5 and GTA online.

[@pushkarvats3907]

Vice city , midtown madness , road rash ......old days ❤️

[@kartikaytiwari7387]

NFS MW was so exciting, it is exactly what games should be like

[@alisaqi1499]

5:17 a legend was born!

[@fambro7274]

Nostalgic

[@jayeshmange2952]

All he had to do was catch the damn train!!

[@shakeelshaikh6346]

Yes hahaha

[@maxwellmorgan]

It's nice how old games are better for modding.

[@annieusha5545]

25 years later: "Evolution of open world driving games 2020-2045"

[@hamzaghori1076]

i dont think it’s gonna get any better than what’s out right now like i can’t imagine how graphics would literally get better

[@fartmunch973]

@@hamzaghori1076 that’s what they said for the n64

[@Adweale]

@@fartmunch973 no but seriously though I don't think graphics can get any better than real life graphics

[@temp4743]

Maybe just faster fps

[@jaakko1786]

@@hamzaghori1076 The physics have to get better

[@Jacob29nufc]

So many memories in one video! Imagine what graphics will be like in 10 years time!

[@Abinash_Konsam]

Gta San Andreas and NFS MW 2005 ♥️ For me they won't get old

[@marcvanveldhoven5538]

Its insane to think that most of those games in 2000 the graphics look so damn good back in the days, and now im like wtf 😂

[@shinyberb6161]

It's better than I expected with GTA III and midnight club underground

[@KaraMizahFutbolHD]

thinking the same thing while watching, even some earlier games have better realistics than now,

[@SignificantPressure100]

@@shinyberb6161 ITS PURE GARBAGE

[@jonnyb9982]

I miss the 2000s. It was an epic time in gaming history.

[@Elross_]

I understand what you mean. But aren't we still in the 2000s?🤣

[@jonnyb9982]

@@Elross_ nope. We are im the 2020s. I get what you mean though.🥴

[@evolutiongame4472]

@Evolution Game

[@bocekbeyin]

Why

[@SomeGuyWithaPC]

yes, but till 2030 dlss and raytracing is gonna be the new future of gaming.

[@harrydathore4930]

Felicidades por un logro tan increíble, no puedo esperar a ver tu canal crecer aún más.

[@sevantofra]

I remember my first driving wheel, it was for N64. It went between your legs and had 2 tabs that went under your legs to hold it in place and pedals. Now I have a TMX Pro with a stand and brake mod. The differences, lol.

[@ElDemonioHombre]

5:49 I grew up playing that game. Loved every second of it.

[@ditraali7312]

@DONT Shut Up Bot

[@Reth_Hard]

I think the best one was Turbo Esprit in 86, it just went downhill after that... :P

[@Reth_Hard]

@KINDLY HELP ME REACH TO 10K SUB Uh... No thank you!

[@kekabusayong3803]

@@Reth_Hard no but it's okay it's your opinion

[@Flash75672]

Same bro and nfs underground, nfs carbon, nfs most wanted, gta vice City, gta san, gta 3 😍😍 those days

[@MoonlightTheGreat]

Midnight Club was literally my live back then. I was playing it on PSP and i loved it so much! Rest in peace!

[@nenjidesu]

Yes. Good Memories :'D

[@Jetsweepp]

Midnight club LA was the best. My mom's boyfriend found a disc in one of his boxes. Sadly it didn't work for long but I loved it

[@babogam]

I think Rockstar should bring back mid night club

[@MoonlightTheGreat]

@@babogam yeah

[@thegoat2874]

@@Jetsweepp dude that’s crazy I still the midnight club LA disk and it also doesn’t work 😂

[@CollinAbroadcast]

Wow. You got past the Driver tutorial 😂I never actually got to play the game because it was too hard

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

Are you kidding me? The Driver tutorial was just that: a tutorial to teach you the very basics. How can you not pass a _tutorial_?

[@CollinAbroadcast]

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom there was a maneuver you had to do that I had no idea what it was at the time (I was like 10) 🤣

[@AyrtonEdwards-bv4fx]

What game are you talking about

[@deerlord2363]

​@@AyrtonEdwards-bv4fx 2:00 that one PS: I also didn't pass the tutorial when I was a kid, years later as a teenager I did and enjoyed the game very much. I still have it somewhere. 😄

[@zoiuduu]

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom by not knowing english lol

[@jsvideos2261]

Thank you for remining me how lucky I was to grow up with an Amiga.

[@MRafay-nf2bc]

3:11 Where the real open world games started

[@tacoball69]

Well not really😂

[@hijacked6663]

@@tacoball69 GTA is the open world and inspired a bunch of games

[@tacoball69]

@@hijacked6663 it was the first one with freedom sure but the structure of an open world game was already a known thing.

[@tonyspitfire06]

0:02 - 18:12 It crazy to see how far racing games have come

[@tommyvercetti7595]

Hmm true bro

[@somedudenameddes0121]

Both, both are good

[@Raiii..]

Gta 6 is gonna be over realistic i can tell by how long they are working

[@krispyhd9484]

@@Raiii.. and then we won’t see the next gta for another decade

[@bikerluckee5856]

Wow wow wow … thank you for the video

[@The_Cool_Cat_]

Ahh, I love Quarantine, Carmageddon, Driver, and Crazy Taxi 😎🤟

[@kazifardeen862]

8:24 one of the best game ever made

[@juju0K_]

The best GTA ever made

[@Frank-Walker]

@@juju0K_ what's about GTA5

[@juju0K_]

@@Frank-Walker GTA5 is number 2, I liked The fourth better because it was more dark and twisted than Funny and Goofy if you know what I mean

[@Pyrpyr_2017]

@@Frank-Walker gta 5 is on the 3rd position for me, right after gta san Andreas

[@Frank-Walker]

lol guys...have you lost your sense? I'm still playing gta online from 2014. But, gta San Andreas became boring. The same thing again & again 😑😑

[@arungjose1849]

5:18 All we had to do was follow that damn train CJ

[@myumobile9589]

Ahh smoke, you full of sh*t

[@aryanrawall114]

One of the most famous dialogue of gta sa love this game

[@joshuajenix7819]

Mmmmmh! what's cooking? Where is mine?

[@mr.spanzer7771]

@@joshuajenix7819 officer tenpenny xD

[@historicsyrup5]

Yee yee ass haircut

[@john_trawolta6834]

Mafia 1. Best game 2000s. Graphics, shoting, driving and this story... thats crazy. I play it over 25 times at the moment :D

[@0ZaK0]

Я огромный фанат Mafia 1, но что эта игра лучшая в 2000-x, я бы поспорил. Но точто одна из лучших. Физика машин - высечайший уровень, Графика - очень хороша, Стрельба - выше среднего, Сюжет, повествование... Какой же в игре сюжет. Особенно мне нравятся 10 миссия, в самом конце, о разговоре с Фрэнком, и 20 миссия и конечно же финал

[@spencertaylorcrowe]

Worlds scariest police chases 2000 had some really impressive damage when you crashed the car. That was my favorite part of the game.

[@BoomcoreIsLive]

I love story of GTA San Andreas, physics of GTA 4 and graphics of GTA 5.

[@techygameryt3893]

17:18 7 years of development goes waste 😂 Edit: thanks for the likes

[@fabianboro4686]

why does everyone said it was 7 years of development tho?

[@user-zc2hz3yj2k]

@@fabianboro4686 the game took 7 years to be made..

[@fabianboro4686]

@@user-zc2hz3yj2k it does not look like 7 years development for me 😂

[@ishans22]

@@fabianboro4686 gta took 5 years to be made

[@fabianboro4686]

well it's actually 4 years (they said). But the first trailer release in 2013 so it looks like 7 years. And what we can expect from a whole new project that can't reuse anything from their previous magnificent games (witcher series). Unlike Rockstar, making GTA 5 or RDR is from developing their previous project.

[@RUhapy]

im impressed by these old games.

[@LionelAndresMessiCuccittini10]

Me sorprendió cada juego ( exceptuando los GTA) y los avanzados que estaban, o se sentirán para la época, buenísimo el vídeo

[@LordKosmux]

Crazy! In 12 years, from 2010 to 2022, we're reaching the point when we won't know if it's a game or an alternate reality.

[@Nozerone]

If you haven't, you should check out the Horizon Subreddit and see some of the pics that have been taken. Some of them are so well done that it's hard to believe it was taken in a game.

[@sergeich177]

I would say that the close-to-reality graphics began from 2019 approximatelly

[@tip658]

🤣🤣

[@thevaultdwellerf6691]

@Tanner Edge totally false but ok

[@sirmayk7770]

@@thevaultdwellerf6691 GTA trilogy

[@kevinduliesco5468]

I still remember when trees in games are basically arrows

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

"Death Chase" ZX Spectrum

[@cutekittens4043]

This Comment is your profile pic lol

[@proudsanatani8605]

Pubg too🤣🤣🤣

[@alitlweird]

Flight Simulator II. ©️1985

[@nothcial]

Ok grandpa let's get you to bed

[@tito1987hac]

Wow.. you brought me back to beautiful childhood memories .. Especially DRIVER 2000 on my PS1 💖.. Great times

[@FlatEarthDisciple]

I was OBSESSED with Carmageddon!

[@thespinetwister3255]

Driver: San Francisco was and still is one of my favorite games of all time

[@jamfera2]

Perdeu a essência dos títulos anteriores... O Driver: San Francisco vendeu tão pouco que a Atari nem teve condições de fazer um novo Driver há mais de uma década.

[@historiasdeinternet569]

@@jamfera2 cállate, déjalo con sus gustos. No vino a preguntar eso

[@deerlord2363]

​@@jamfera2 How did it lost the essence? It's a game about driving! Plus it has a pretty nice catalog of licensed vehicles.

[@robintst]

I'm impressed, Need for Speed: Underground 2 really holds up in the visual department for 2004. Also esprit is pronounced "eh-spree." :-)

[@arziel340]

Right and even today my favorite part of this franchises😊

[@rewolvi]

Agreed, one of the All time best driving games. Not until 2012 where better looking games.

[@fandecaisses1]

The sound effects in NFS were groundbreaking as well, ahead of the competition at that time, an underrated point of this series

[@chickenmuffin]

1986 here. I remember al this progress. Mind blowing. Games are too real now IMO. It was more fun when they werent.

[@Mike-zh7xe]

omg, 1986 Turbo Esprit. I never knew how that came was called, I only remember how it looks like because i was 4 years old or younger when i played it on a Commodore clone. Thank you for this! I was old enough to fully remember carmagedon and most of them after.

[@staggabob]

Well..it wasn't called "Turbo E-Spirit" like he murders the name here!

[@IgorRyltsev]

Plot twist: We live in an open concept simulation.

[@gamerchristian3679]

yes

[@madhousenetwork7765]

As in Matrix or Free guy?

[@iiilllredllliii7847]

The Last ,, Corona DLC“ sucks

[@Cris-tu4tl]

Yes, truetruetrue TRUEEE

[@tyoyusuf8501]

Foolish

[@sailabalarath4180]

7:40 remember they were playing this in a old crappy computer with windows xp

[@hwyvinee680]

because the old crappy computer was godly for its time

[@matgrill9085]

Literally me as a kid

[@iamgroot192]

Its like sayin ps5 old crappy console in 2035

[@idontknowlol5208]

@@iamgroot192 tru

[@sailabalarath4180]

Ahem... 2gb ram is a lot

[@WandaMaximoff_Storm]

18:11 this game it looks like real😳

[@north6180]

I played the game for a horizon 4 in 2019 and it was like very good and then horizon 5 is like very very good

[@north6180]

U sould get it if u want to

[@north6180]

Why did horizon 4 look like that in the video it looks better ngl in the game

[@capuron926]

No one: Grandparents: "Everything was better in the old days"

[@selselcuk9011]

5:47 LEGEND

[@Nockspielt]

2:15 What a big step in graphics and framerate the midnight club, incredible!!

[@DharcTunesYT]

Just goes to show how game changing Rockstar Games did to their franchises.

[@rennmaxbeta]

Turbo Esprit was one of my favourites back in the 1980s.

[@MrRyuga-ij6pd]

When nostalgia hits more than truck....