Hard Drivin' - Arcade

Hard Drivin' (c) 1988 Atari Games.
This was the world first driving simulator to use 3-D polygon graphics.
You may have noticed that the Credit Screen lists Doug Milliken as a Test Driver (See Staff section). He is listed as a Test Driver because Atari didn't want anyone to know what he really did. Hard Drivin' had to be as accurate as possible. That meant doing an accurate car model to mathematically describe the physics of how the parts of the car (engine, transmission, springs, shock absorbers, tires, etc.) react to each other, to the road and to the driver's inputs. The pioneer in the field (in the 1950s) was William Milliken of Milliken Research. His son, Doug, has continued his father's work. Doug is probably the world's leading expert in car modeling. Doug and his father wrote the book on car modeling.
Patents that come out of Hard Drivin' are :
5, 005, 148 : 'Driving simulator with moving painted dashboard'.
5, 354, 202 : 'System and method for driver training'.
5, 577, 913 : 'System and method for driver training with multiple driver competition'.
Note : There were 15 officially released versions, counting 11 cockpit and 4 compact versions, including various British, German and Japanese versions.
SERIES -
1. Hard Drivin' (1988)
2. Race Drivin' (1990)
3. Hard Drivin' II - Drive Harder (1991, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga)
4. Hard Drivin's Airborne (1993)
5. Street Drivin' (1993)
STAFF -
Project leader, game designer, sound system, mech designer, force shifter, analog HW : Rick Moncrief
Techician, mech, designer, sound recording, dashboard shift, game designer : Erik Durfey
Software designer, game designer, car model, force feedback steering, SW tools : Max Behensky
Hardware designer, self test, instant replay, integer 3D algorithms, game designer : Jed Margolin
Game programming, display software, championship lap, game designer : Stephanie Mott
Cabinet designers : Mike Jang, Ken Hata
Graphics : Sam Comstock, Kris Moser, Deborah Short, Alan Murphy
Display math software : Jim Morris
ADDN'L programming : Gary Stark, Mike Albaugh, Ed Rotberg
ADDN'L hardware : Don Paauw
Marketing : Linda Benzler, Mary Fujihara
Sales : Shane Breaks
Mechanical designers : Jacques Acknin, Milt Loper, Geoff Barker
Test drivers : Doug Milliken, Dave Shepperd
Music : Don Diekneite
Management : Dan Van Elderen, Lyle Rains, Hide Nakajima

[@Baldmaxx]

This was the most ground breaking arcade game at the time. Force feedback steering, instant replay, and polygon 3D graphics were all introduced in this sitdown arcade machine. It was for a time also the most expensive at $17,000 US in 1989. I'm 48, and I grew up with this game. Thank you for posting and for the great memories.

[@PhirePhlame]

You should see inside the machine; it's just this stack of PC-size boards!

[@sky173]

It was my favorite in the late 80's/early 90's, eventually purchasing one in 2006 for $600 and fixed it up. Good times.

[@paulogazola553]

I agree. It was amazing! No one have seen such realism. All we have was those F1 2D racing games. Much later we got the PC game called Stunts, with track editor, with was of course inspired by HardDrivin.

[@jasonritter1589]

I'll sell you one lol it's a sitdown arcade

[@sky173]

@@jasonritter1589 Does it work?

[@st1rjool]

I still swear to this day that i learned to drive with this game at the mall arcade.

[@randyg.7940]

yes. I used to play this all the time as a kid. My first car was a stick sift. It took me about 10min to adjust to the real thing.

[@yaantsudnbesdai972]

You needed to learn stickshift because that's what the mall arcade game had. Very difficult to drive but do-able...

[@chriskaprys]

100% ditto. Northgate Mall, circa 12 years old. I still drive stick today, and often wonder how many quarters I pumped into this friggin thing just trying to figure out how to start the car 😆 Imagine if it was a flight simulator, I'd be flying planes now!

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

I learned to drive stick shift with the Sega Ferrari 355 arcade in the early 2000s.

[@atomfallen2409]

Same

[@anthonypforr6463]

I was a the record holder for this game at aladins castle in Gainesville Florida at oaks mall.

[@NeuralNetProcessor]

Always liked the choice of cars on the road. "Hey, a dump truck just came through the loop. Seems normal."

[@srlagarto1]

There's nothing quite like a head on collision with a dump truck at the top of a loop..

[@hellasweet]

Hate when that happens!

[@Taorakis]

I thought the same thing. :P

[@palebeachbum]

This was my favorite arcade game as a child around 1990-1992. The graphics were amazing for the time and it was the most realistic driving simulation. I swear I remember it having force feedback steering, a manual shifter (if you chose manual transmission) with a clutch pedal. Amazing stuff to my 8yr old mind. I had a few PC games from the same era that were similar. Stunts, Stunt Driver and Car and Driver. So much fun back then!

[@GreatMewtwo]

I wouldn't be surprised if the team at Spectrum Holobyte (in California) was inspired by this game by Atari to do Vette and Stunt Driver; after all, they were both in the SF Bay Area.

[@palebeachbum]

@@GreatMewtwo I bet you're right. I had completely forgotten about Vette! I had that game too, also Test Drive. I forget which in the series. They were all fun in their own ways.

[@carabela125]

Best driving game ever. I liked turning at the top of the loop so the car would fly off and crash. Makes for a great instant replay.

[@falkerhard]

And landing roof first on top of a dumpster when thrown out of the loop.

[@manlymanyo2511]

Haha me too. Wow great memories

[@nope-z5y]

It was great for its time, but you would serioiusly play this game over any other racing game ever made?

[@carabela125]

@@nope-z5y Sure ! The graphics were crude compared to today, but the driving experience was very realistic. It was based on real physics of motion and limits of traction.

[@nope-z5y]

@@carabela125 If you get the chance, try a good PC VR sim racer in a comfy racing seat with a force feedback wheel (with pedals, of course). Very much work is done to get the physics, traction, and every tiny detail exactly right in a lot of sim racers these days. Even without VR, a big TV and a nice wheel/pedal setup is so much fun. And trust me, I lost a lot of quarters to Hard Drivin' and I have been a huge racing game fan since that era.

[@thoyo]

the fact that this game was around in '88 with this polygon count was nothing short of amazing. never heard of this game before

[@johnnyvt9]

Imagine what it was like as a 9 year old kid playing this game. I remember the first time I played this game. It was amazing. I remember playing Wolfenstein for the first time too.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

I had this game but in PC in the early 1990s, I had never seen the arcade version though, which now I see is way way better.

[@thoyo]

@@johnnyvt9 must’ve been magical times

[@thoyo]

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor yeah this is cool. Didn’t know they had graphics like this back then

[@atrain132]

Oh man, I used to loooove this arcade game. This was literally my all-time favorite to play at the arcades. It literally taught me how to drive a car. A manual none the less. I remember you had to push in the clutch, and turn the key in order to start it.

[@heavy_ang_patay]

Amazing. Today's arcade racers doesn't even have a break pedal. (Crusin blast)

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

And did you have to use the clutch for shifting too?

[@Spectrophia]

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor Yes

[@JayLang7]

I loved that game. Spent a lot of quarters.

[@dannyboyy31]

This game blew my mind when it first appeared in UK arcades during my teenage years. So much so, that I ended up buying a Hard Drivin' cockpit of my own about 10 years ago.

[@PiroKUSS]

How much did it cost you?

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

I had this game in PC but I have never seen the arcade. Did it have a clutch pedal?

[@dannyboyy31]

@@PiroKUSS sorry, only just saw your reply 1 year later 🤦‍♂️. I paid £400 for it. It was tatty but working.

[@dannyboyy31]

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor Yes it had a clutch pedal. The full cockpit version was an amazing piece of kit, and ahead of its time. As well as the all the fancy electronics, it had some really cool mechanical features - powerful force-feedback steering, movable hinged seat that locked in position using electromagnets, and realistic-feeling brake pedal (it had a firm feel to it, like in a real car, rather than just pushing down to the floor like the clutch & throttle pedals). I haven't tried the home versions, but the arcade version had fantastic physics and handling - apparently Atari hired a former racing driver to help with that.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@@dannyboyy31 force feedback steering in the 1980s? Whoa that's just impressive!! I'm older than this game, yet I have never seen this arcade. In fact the only arcade I have ever seen that has a clutch pedal was the Ferrari 355 Challenge by Sega in the early 2000s, more than a decade later than hard drivin'!!

[@kcm732]

This game was the hardest driving game ever made lol

[@dthellland9738]

wish they do a remke with faster computers

[@wclark3196]

It was some hard drivin', that's for sure.

[@charliebrownstreams1734]

its because its meant to be realistic

[@h4lcy]

god, I remember taking turns playing this with friends when one of us actually finally managed to finish a lap, we all cheered

[@jamesdixon6332]

Hence, the name.

[@michaelbauers8800]

One of my favorite arcade games of all time. Closest I could get to being able to drive as a kid :)

[@AnGhaeilge]

I used to play this all the time in the local pool hall. I remember being amazed by the graphics. I think it had a sequel.

[@stuarthough8440]

i believe there was aswell its graphics r great but the the cornering is bad

[@classicgamevideos]

I believe it was called Race Drivin'

[@stuarthough8440]

rings a bell but im not sure

[@retrogamingguitarist5961]

classicgamevideos Yes it was, I played it quite a bit in the arcades.

[@fernandobocadillos]

+Sean Ó Briain I spent a small fortune playing this back in the late 80's and 90's. Got sick happy on it.

[@sensibleb]

The best part of this game was making the cow moo.

[@retrogamingguitarist5961]

That was always funny! This is a strange but classic game indeed.

[@lugit36]

heck naw. the best part was crashing. The music and everything lololol

[@ajb868686]

Lugit36 lmao I agree 100 percent! I've been looking for a video of this for a long time

[@NYYR1KK1]

Crashing was also nice, but you could newer see it since the time you used to look the crashing was away from your driving time since the timer newer stopped.

[@johnas9092]

I wanted it and I got it. I fucking NEEDED to see that comment. I needed to know I wasn't the only one. Man, if you were coming up through elementary school in the late nineties, as I was, this shit was enough. I mean, other kids who were better off financially had N64s and Playstations, and the game was almost ten years old by the time I got my filthy paws on it; but it was A-okay. 3D graphics, great replay value. I got by on this shit right fine.

[@gavinj.1215]

I remember wandering off when I was around 7 or 8 and finding this game in an arcade. I always remembered it and I've now found it again at the age of 34

[@tachikaze222]

I worked as an arcade attendant 1986-1992, and this was the only game we stayed overnight and played when we got it in. That is the highest compliment a game can get.

[@joshuabrown3654]

I'll do ya one better: I rode my bike to the local computer store back when this first came out for DOS and played it for so long that when I got home, the police were there. My mother had called them to report a missing child. Apparently, I was there for about 14 hours. The clerk at the computer store must've been pretty annoyed with me.

[@pvtnum11]

This brings back some memories, I would waste a lot of quarters on this game in particular whenever I had the chance.

[@bassistguy]

This was always one of my favorites at the arcade!

[@xrphellcat981]

i held the high score at my local arcade for a while on this game, used to do a 40 minute round trip just to play the game ONCE, thats how good it was back in the day

[@paulos36]

I was addicted to this in 1991 in my first year of Uni. Brilliant game that really takes me back.

[@michaelshaffer8451]

Same here. I’d just been discharged from the military and started working at the local mall when the arcade got this game. For the first few months, I’d bring along an extra $5 with me to work and either play the game on my lunch break, or run to the other side of the mall after work and play it then. This game was my obsession at the time and I was determined to master it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the only guy in my age group working at the mall who enjoyed the game. I worked at Camelot Music and a buddy Dan worked at Thom McAnn, and a lot of times we’d race each other to the arcade to see who’d get to play it first. TBPH, Dan mastered it before I did and I’d pick up plenty of pointers from watching him play. After awhile, I stopped seeing him as often at the arcade and I wondered why? It turned out that he and a girl from Barnie’s Gourmet Coffee, also in the mall, were getting pretty serious and he was spending most of his spare time with her. She was a stone-cold Fox with an awesome personality. They eventually got married and had their first kid before they left the mall and got real jobs and started their lives together. I stayed a few more years and kept playing that game until it either broke or was replaced with something more popular… I simply can’t remember… but, it was a great time to be a kid.

[@paulos36]

I love how much detail a computer game can bring up in someone's memory. They're like old photographs in that way. That's an awesome story, mate.

[@palebeachbum]

One of my all-time favorite video arcade games! Thanks for sharing this.

[@IVR02]

The only driving game I've ever seen with an actual clutch pedal.

[@machiavellianwolf8246]

Also the ignition key was classic lol loved it!

[@alessandrofantini891]

The best drive Simulator at time

[@xTheReapersSpawn]

@@alessandrofantini891 No wonder joy riding was more popular at the time, way better sim than this...

[@keithcarlson7267]

I credit this game for teaching me to drive manual transmission.

[@ROrneli]

@@xTheReapersSpawn bec ause that was easy. this was considered to be "realstic" lol

[@paddytheunique]

Wow, how is it that I remember this so damn clearly! The sound effects and everything. A truly awesome game for its time.

[@LITTLE1994]

It's so hard to believe this arcade was back in 1989, before the SNES Super FX or Genesis SVP chips. The 3D graphics is very impressive, not to mention the instant replay, controls and hit detection. That game, though very tricky, must be very expensive during its release, for the kind of revolutionary technology it had at the time.

[@deadslash736]

I never saw past thst first loop. You have solved my seemingly eternal quest to see what was beyond. Thank you.

[@stevewaller6577]

In the arcade machine itself, you were in a Ferrari Testarossa, the wheel and stick shift in your hand, the key start, 3D graphics, mind blown as a kid, lost mucho pocket money to this thing and could hardly get past the roll over track, happy days right there.

[@wpmonster]

This game was way ahead of it's time, I used to love this game.

[@tomhoedt6467]

It use to be hilarious to me as a kid that they made the replay music so damn dramatic 😅

[@VictoriaRamos-lj2ee]

Right even now im crying laughing over that and its been decades since playing this at a arcade!

[@deceiver444]

The most impressive game I had ever seen.

[@SammyRenard]

I love the cheesy music during the crash replay, as if the game was mocking you. "hahaha check out the dweeb who took our jump too fast!"

[@ajb868686]

everett1911 this comment made me laugh so fucking hard because it's true

[@chanimpresario4968]

Ha ha ha that's actually what I watched the vid for.

[@atrain132]

It almost reminds me of the old 1950s driver's ed videos that show people getting in car accidents.

[@BigAl723]

Used to play this at the local roller rink. 50 cents unless you knew the trick of putting one quarter in and punching the machine. I loved the stunt track and being able to use a real clutch/shifter. God damn the memories are too good.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

So this arcade had a clutch pedal? It really amazes me because, even though I'm older than this game, I hadn't seen any driving game with 3 pedals until the Ferrari 355 Challenge arcade by Sega in the early 2000s, so to think there was a thing like that but a decade earlier, is just mind blowing!! 🤯

[@mistuhsullivan5779]

Probably where the cybertruck ideas came from

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Holy smoke, I remember playing this in arcades in the 90's. Been trying to figure out the name of it. Thanks.

[@bullymac68]

Man, the steering on this game was unforgiving !

[@GarageFab]

This was a wild flashback! I was obsessed with this game. Everything I know about driving I learned from Hard Drivin.

[@sublimefan661]

Loved playing this in the arcade as a kid. The realism in the game always intimidated me, especially with the way the steering wheel felt as you turned and lost control, the fact that it wouldnt let you even start the car unless you pressed the clutch down just shows how realistic this was for its time.

[@--Zook--]

The sit down arcade version of this game was amazing. Fully adjustable seat, A real clutch and manual transmission option, force feedback steering. I would go to my local arcade as a kid and spend all my $$ playing it. Only in manual mode of course. I got good enough to have spectators when I played. Pretty big thrill for a 13-14 year old boy.

[@barebarekun161]

Crazy to know in less than 7 years we went from Hard Drivin' to Daytona USA that was a leap we'll never see again in graphics.

[@theloganrocks]

I spent so much money on this damn game! Awesome post!

[@dmoore0079]

Because of Hard Drivin' and Race Drivin', I knew how to drive a stick shift before I ever got my permit.

[@masterdalshei]

i played this in 1990/91 . it costed 20 nkr or 2 dollars to play. used more money playing this than fuel to my car. :) i was 18 years old first time i played this. and it still brings great memories. thanks for sharing

[@GrijzePilion]

Way ahead of its time. These physics and these graphics are amazing for the time.

[@lancetheb.m.c]

I actually learned how to drive a manual transmission on this game! Took me an entire Saturday and $50, but I figured it out!!!!!!

[@Skinski7]

Great game. I remember one fella at the arcade who mastered it and would gain seconds each lap. He would play it for as long as he wanted then just walk away. Saw him play for an hour sometimes before he would get sick of it or have to go.

[@YtseFrobozz]

This was one of my favorite games. The interface was the best part. It had a key to turn and if you sucked with the clutch it would stall and you'd have to start it with the key again (and remember to push the clutch in!). The force feedback on the wheel was strong, but felt very good. You could tell when you were at the edge of traction on the car. And all the sounds were good considering the technology of the time. I still love the sound of running over a sign post.

[@ProfessionalDriver101]

I remember that when my family visited some relatives in Virginia in the early 90s, we went to a Cracker Barrel for breakfast before heading home, and this arcade cabinet was in the entrance. I played it briefly, and I remember after completing a lap, the map changed to driving on the right side of a train track that perpetually curved on a soft left, with banditos on the roof throwing sticks of dynamite down that you had to slalom through while taking the left curve. I almost completed the lap on that before a stick hit the car and ended my run.

[@jasonwilkins1969]

I always wondered where they got the idea of the cyber truck from

[@SlammedZero]

This is unbelievably nostalgic!!! I loved this arcade back in the day.

[@alengard77]

Man, I remember playing this ages ago. Thanx 4 the upload. 100/100 Atari's best 80's polygon driving sim.

[@frazordelta]

I've played a lot with this game, in my country, Italy. And with Race Driving too. Was amazing to see the steering wheel moving alone during the demo when no one was playing!!! That was the future for us. Ciao from Bologna, Italy.

[@kasteman1]

Going from Atari at home to this game was mind-blowing. I spent a lot of quarters on this one. The steering feedback was so cool.

[@manlymanyo2511]

God Almighty. This brings back joyously amazing memories.

[@googleisevil4531]

Flying off the loop was, at the time, the funniest thing I had ever seen.

[@mymindtoyourmind]

IMHO the sit-down arcade version of this game is still one of the best racing games ever made.

[@JohnathanKatz]

I have been searching for this game since my early childhood and an arcade game selling site brought me to this video. I remember going to the arcade with my father at the Oak Park mall here in Overland Park, Kansas, I would always play this game with him and to find it after all these years is just amazing.

[@SlackrUk]

I played this maybe twice, I think at Gatwick Airport South Terminal. As soon as you took that right and the barn (and the cow!) came into view it all came flooding back!

[@SuperCholdi]

12 years old and this appeared in an amusement arcade near where I was staying on holiday; I hopped in, selected manual, and then whined as I realised I totally couldn't drive. After that I used to to make up excuses to go back to the arcade just to sit in it on demo mode, and fiddle about with the key and the gearstick.

[@gavinvalentino1313]

I used to pick kids up out of the seat and take them to a different part of the room if they were doing that stupid sh!t in Demo mode.

[@Hotshotter3000]

I remember this game from the arcades. I played it only a few times since I never seemed to even get the car started without crashing or the engine dying (it's been more than 20 years, folks, please forgive factual errors due to the damn long time since I've seen this in an arcade cabinet). But one thing that I positively loved about it was the fact that it reminded me of stunts, a driving game for the PC that allowed you to build your own custom race tracks with all the stunt stuff in it! :D

[@TheDurnans]

My buddy and I played this game so much that we learned that there was a cheat available in the Championship lap. Even though it says "Stunt Track" only, you could crash through the barriers and use the speed track. You'd win every time if the "ghost car" took the stunt track. The "ghost car" was the game using the fastest driver's run exactly. However the #1 driver ran the course, that's how the ghost car would do it from then on too.

[@lugit36]

I love it whenyou crash because the replays and the music that goes with it

[@salvationarnie4577]

I played this as a kid in the arcade at the mall, and I remember saying something like, "We still have a long way to go before this type of game is satisfying." I think I said it less eloquently, though, since I was about 12.

[@dhooter]

Ha ha blast from the past.I spent my entire landscaping paycheck at the bowling alley in Homestead back in the 90's

[@chrisnapierutube]

This is my all time favourite arcade game. It was so advanced for its day. Its title was very apt as its realism dictated you couldn't just floor it and steer wildly as in other driving games such as "Outrun", this was a proper simulation and it rocked. Unfortunately the surviving arcade machines all seemed to have faults last time I tried to play, (no clutch, dodgy steering etc), I'd love to own one now to play with and for my kids.

[@Kempe9110]

I've probably logged close to one hundred hours on Hard Drivin' as an arcade attendant back in the late 80's. About 10 yrs ago a friend bought two of the Hard Racin' games, which have the old Hard Drivin' and new tracks. He linked them together so you can race each other. Perfect game for gear heads that likes video games.

[@TheShepster80]

the arcade unit had a 4 speed gear stick and clutch pedal if i remember right!! i loved this game it was my favorite for ages!!

[@DTrux-v8f]

I remember seeing this in the arcade when I was a kid back in 91 and being blown away by the graphics and the fact it had a loop but I always crashed either before or on the loop

[@WeAreWatching1984]

I LOVED this arcade game. Since it was one of the first games with realistic physics and force feedback I used it to get an idea of how a car would handle before I was ever old enough to get my driver's licence. It was also where I learned the basics of using a manual transmission. When it came time to drive the real thing, everything seemed easy.

[@toyotaprius79]

A rather faithful revival to this: BeamNG - The Nostalgia ( Hard Drivin ) Map

[@ianwilmoth]

the physics of the car and the steering feedback was so effing good. also the actual clutch and stick shifter in the really deluxe version where you would stall off the starting line if you messed up taught me to drive stick. the car in this game had really bad handling but it was sure realistic af.

[@jrjames99]

I used to play this at the mall arcade in the early-mid 1990's, great childhood memories.

[@johnnyj0104]

So glad you hit the cow at the end. I was waiting for it every lap!

[@To-mos]

An old movie theater I used to go to had this game, it was quite the experience back in '95.

[@sean8102]

I remember playing this on my genesis when I was a kid. The arcade version is so much smoother.

[@DanielSong39]

This is the rare driving simulator that shows just how difficult it is to drive a car at speed. It would slide off the road at the slightest mistake... and once you lost the car, it was gone!

[@paulogazola553]

hahaha, good point. Every racing-gamer have to play at least once games like Live for Speed, Netkar Pro (dead), rfactor, and so on. A F1 car is undriveable, for instance, even for a driver with a princess-feet. You can complete a single lap without traction control.

[@wudaddy]

I loved this game as a kid in the early 90s. I enjoyed watching.

[@wonkydude1]

The arcade version was fun, but it translated very poorly onto most systems.

[@DanielSong39]

Stunts (4D Sports Driving) was the spiritual "port" of this game and was really well done - one of the best DOS games at the time.

[@frascapix]

because there was no system with enough power

[@darsure3006]

can confirm the SNES version was a bit of a chore, I still played the hell out of it though because i loved the arcade so much, and it had its moment

[@solarflare9078]

The Mega Drive version was good. (In fact, it was the only good port of this game. The Saturn and PS1 ports, while good, are a different game, Race Drivin)

[@AchtungBaby77]

Check out the C64 conversion of this game... the word "poorly" is understatement of the century.

[@yurigagarin4974]

well ahead of its time!!

[@GarethMcKenzieHumphries]

Used to have this in the pub, back in '89. First memories of drink driving

[@LegendaryWoke]

Haaa this was so dramatic to me as a kid with its crazy unique game music

[@intothebluemr]

One of the best driving games ever! Watching this brought back so many memories of a misspent youth. Did anyone else use to goof off on the skidpan when they had extra time to kill, or was it just me?

[@mikemewett9258]

This game was solid !!! Amazing to look back tho 😛

[@271chrissy]

Spent so much time playing this..loved the gear changing with the clutch pedal. Does anyone know what the track to the left was for ....just past the start line.

[@coldfusion167]

I can not agree with you more! I've played this game for hundreds upon hundreds of hours and loved every single second of it!

[@andiarrohnds5163]

man i used to love this game, nobody at the arcade cared about it because it was old and cheap and everyone was all over streetfighter 2 like crack, but i gave this game some love

[@CircleofShit]

"everyone was all over streetfighter 2 like crack" haha.

[@indyracingnut]

I absolutely credit this game with teaching me how to drive. The force feedback you got from the steering wheel taught you that driving too fast makes the car unstable and impossible to get around certain turns without slowing down...add the use of a manual gearshift and a clutch, and you have a bonafide driving simulator. Amazing game for it's time.

[@VictoriaRamos-lj2ee]

omg the memories at the arcade of this game and those damn replays driving test assignment here LOL

[@pastorniels]

Played this game when I was young. It was sitting in the back of an arcade. No one else but me liked to play it, because of the graphics. But I loved it. Because the force-feed back and the controls was so realistic. It was like you could feel that big heavy stock-car.

[@alengard77]

This game was so cool, despite is running, obviously, on an emulator (You can't record a video with this resolution from the arcade) it brings me AWESOME memories from the arcade. The car shaped cabinet, the steer wheel, the transmission, clutch pedal. Man, this was just awesome! I spent a fortune in this one and AFTER BURNER back in the day xD The FPS rate on this game was so cool, it looks so smooth and fluid. THANX 4 UPLOADING MAN!!!

[@leerees]

This game was the nuts, used to play it all the time in the arcade.

[@HashTwoYes]

I used to love this damn game. I was hopeless at it, but I loved it anyway.

[@brandoncarroll7851]

When I seen the cyber truck I thought this game is where it came from Also this is the 1st game that I ever seen that cost a dollar to play

[@londontrada]

Ive just been watching GTA5 in 4K and thought of this game. Yea, we've come a long way

[@loveshovel5748]

Very charming game, thanks for capturing the footage! I think i saw a cargo truck completing a loop de loop at 00:54 😂😂😂

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

I had this game in PC but I had never seen the arcade version, and I see it's WAY WAY BETTER!

[@Rieksfier]

I loved this game as a kid. There was always this one guy at the arcade on Friday night that could nail both tracks to a flawless perfection. I thought that guy was the coolest.

[@gavinvalentino1313]

That was me. And when I walked out of PuttPutt, I got in my bronzit Porsche 944, opened a cold Perrier from my cooler behind the passenger seat, and drove off into the night with "The The - Mindbomb" playing in the Blaupunkt tape deck.

[@ProOcho116]

Most awesome game ever in the arcade. Had the drivers cockpit to enhance the effect, complete with seat adjust. I played this game so much, I could hear the hum of the engine hours after I'd left the arcade. Hard Drivin 2 was ill too, the super stunt track was hard as hell. The barrel roll loop killed me every time. Lol.

[@dogetoxic4873]

This is how I learned how to drive stick shift.

[@BloxiYouTuber]

Lol first time I ever drove a stick in real life my dad said do you know how to I said yes from this game lol

[@Gutch220]

back in the day, this was great. I went to an arcade that had this game right next to Pole Position, bubble hockey and an ice cream freezer.

[@DemomanX614]

Wasn't this game used in some DMVs?