History of Racing Video Games - Part 2

[@Gamerdad90s]

funny how MJR mentioned how many racing games there are and how he wouldn't be able to cover them all so he personally picked some, yet people are crying out that he didn't pick this game or that game, or you forgot this game. SMH, just appreciate his video for what it is.

[@azzy2001]

You're right, really cool video BUT Outrun 2????? Haha

[@sammyshah719]

I would think Sega Rally deserves mention....

[@InstaLabSparti]

Sega rally Championship is the best 3d arcade racer ever! Good version on Saturn pixelperfect on PS2

[@Blueflag04]

especially sega rally 1 & 3

[@theboysincorporated2996]

I literally went into the comments to say that

[@PatRiot-]

4 years later only about 18 people agree......

[@BenDavidLevi]

At 2:36 I thought he was gonna say his other passion in life was...Jesus. I panicked there for a second.

[@stevebaars4501]

the mario kart double dash, IS MARIO KART 64!!!!!!!!!

[@228Brendon]

I caught that also

[@Gladiator0161]

Yeah, i caught that too, lol

[@tawrus80]

I really expected Virtua Racing to be featured. Very groundbreaking, especially on Genesis. I also thoroughly enjoyed Stunt Race FX on SNES and was amazed at the graphics and physics.

[@thearmoredbluedragon113]

Virtua Racing!?

[@wermzer1312]

Road Rash 2 & Offroad were my favorites!

[@Lotus-Son]

That last music track is amazing and beautiful.

[@driverkaldie]

I also expected that this list of great historical racing games would have Virtua Racing and/or Virtua Racing Deluxe for the Sega 16-Bit and 32X...

[@hermiod]

No Virtua Racing? No Cruis'n USA?

[@Krusad3r.]

Thanks so much @MetalJesusRocks for brining back my childhood

[@gambitwilson7880]

Dude BRAVO for including "Off Road Fury 2!" I remember countless nights spent playing that with the 4-player split screen.

[@Backinblack10001]

83 people don't worship metal Jesus!!!???? This video rocks

[@ciredecgellar8232]

And what about Sega Rally ????? !!!!

[@tranceotaku]

Thank you so much for this racing video game series! My two favorite genres are RPGs and Racing as well. You did an excellent job! Keep rocking Metal Jesus!

[@skull2knight]

This video made me think about how my dad loved the old game systems. He doesnt play anymore because he says that it is too realistic nowadays. This video was the history of classic games that my dad used to play and grow up with.

[@FrenchFighter01]

you forgot a major revolutionary game on PC : "POD" ...back in the days this game played on Pentium 166 Mhz along with the very 1st 3DFX Voodoo card, that game was the 1st PC game to really run at 60 fps with powerfull 3D effects like bilinear filtering...

[@MetalJesusRocks]

FrenchFighter01 Planet of Death was AMAZING at the time. Loved that game.

[@SJB666]

Was that game also under a different name? Powerslide perhaps... Powerslide was awesome I used to play it on a Pentium 133 Voodoo 2.

[@tempestfury8324]

I'm shocked! Okay...well, surprised at least. Granted, I'm probably older (not by much!) than Metal Jesus Howdja Getthat Name.....but not a single mention of Road Rash??? REALLY? I tried many desperate hours to get ANY Papyrus racing games to work on my PC and would honestly rather play ANY of the Road Rash games! For a "social" racing game - nothing beats Road Race except one of the many Mario Kart games. It's criminal not to give Road Rash a nod. It's like naming great first person shooters and not even acknowledging GoldenEye on the N64. My three cents.

[@chriswheatley3146]

I agree that Road Rash should have definitely at least been an honorable mention.

[@chriscorsello]

This video came out 7 years ago! How about "History of Racing Video Games - Part 3" ??? It has been long enough, and enough games have come along since then. Do it Metal Jesus, do it!

[@DHSeaVixen]

Papyrus made Grand Prix Legends in 1998. In my opinion, the best of its kind. Its one downfall was that it was way too advanced for it's time. It's physics were amazing but notoriously hard to master and so alienated many. It's full potential, however, was realised by a few and It lives on with home made mods and patches, working smoothly with modern operating systems. Truly, worth more of a mention than one screenshot of the box art...

[@chunmakeix]

Really nice video! But.... : ¿ Micromachines , Road Rash, Destruction Derbi, Pizzaman, MSX racing games, Sonic R,...? great racing games too. :) Thanks for video.

[@momerion]

2:17 Mario Kart Double Dash? That's Mario Kart 64!!

[@NikexD-ct3ym]

Read the annotations, dude. It says that he made a mistake.

[@grezgorztube]

The game aged so well that he thought it was a gamecube game XD.

[@deivytech]

I had played Re-Volt, Crazy taxi, F-zero GX , Colim Mcrae Rally 3 in my childhood. It is awesome feeling to remember good old days games. :)

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I worked at Sierra when we published Grand Prix Legends...and even *I* couldn't get that damn car around the track without spinning out! So frustrating...but once you realized it was a simulator first and laid off the gas a bit, it was quite enjoyable. Still, a lot of customers didn't like the game. But over time it has come to be appreciated.

[@herzglass]

5 years later. Anyway, I loved GPL, 8 years old at the time. Sure I couldn't handle a race but played it a lot. In my teens I became better and I still play it today, sometimes even online, thanks to an active community. There are still new very beautiful maps appearing for it, 20 years after release. My favorite game published by Sierra, ever.

[@zPoisonAssassin]

2:18 LOL that's NOT MARIO KART DOUBLE DASH THAT MARIO KART 64 XD XD you fucked up LOL.

[@amyo]

he done goofed

[@bryanhawth5283]

What about cruisen USA on Nintendo 64

[@huckfinn9225]

Another great video about the evolution of racing games and what makes them fun. Thanks Jesus.

[@69GTUSER69]

I was trying to shazam the song and it kept giving me an error till I read in the credits that you actually made this song, awesome job men!

[@ukt55sto]

Vrally 2 was also good for the psx

[@thedutchretrogamer]

destruction derby 1 and 2 are missing in the list to bad but great vid

[@111abcdefghijklm]

copyNOTrighted and Flatout 1&2

[@sehrschee]

MetalJesusRocks thank you for including WipEout, it has a special place in my heart too, lots of good memories

[@andyboez5484]

Other worthy mentions I feel. -Road Rash -Saloon Cars (Acorn Archimedes) -Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge -E-Type (clone of outrun on Acorn) -Stunt Car Racer (Amiga) -Screamer (DOS) - Microprose Formula One Grand Prix (Amiga)

[@kdy4life]

Or road rash 2

[@lewishuysmans7921]

You didn't show GPL and GTL?

[@ThaPingu]

That first Indi 500 game, so much good memories. I played that game so much. I would secretly wake up at 6.00 am so I could try 200 lap race before school. It was awesome.

[@PatRiot-]

Great video thanks for the time you spent to bring us a perspective on the relative games through the years. Easy to forget that much progress has been made.

[@simonolthenorwegian]

Grid....

[@281cu6]

That was Mario Kart 64, not Mario Kart Double Dash (GC), you showed at 02:30.

[@VivaMidnight]

That's what I was going to say..

[@cmrninfinity]

VivaMidnight That's What I was going to say..

[@PershonsPlace]

LeAmmitioneur That's what I was gonna say, too...

[@cmrninfinity]

Haritha Dhanamina That's what i was going to say, too...

[@samfrito]

Great drivin music MJR! Awesome choices for your coverage of that slice of game history too. So many cool racers. Id once heard racers are a staple of our gaming diet and i still believe it.

[@jungmookim]

This video brought back so many memories. Thanks for the 'drive' through memory lane.

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

One of my personal favorite racing games is Split/Second, released in 2010 for the HD consoles at the time. Basically imagine if Michael Bay hosted a game show, with cool cars, wicked camera shots and enough explosions to blow you mind - and then some! It's one of the most exhilarating and edge-of-your-seat racing games I have ever had the pleasure of playing through.

[@grezgorztube]

The video isn't supposed to be comprehensive. There are some games featured which weren't as good or as important as a number of classics which got passed over, but it's still a pretty good summary of game progression, and gives you a pretty good sampling of games over time.

[@S2Tubes]

Juiced on PS2 was one of my all time favorites. I liked that if you floored it around a corner on a FR, you span out.

[@chakrazoo]

"Sled Storm" (Ps1)and "Crash Tag Team Racing"(X-Box) a couple of my personal faves. Enjoyed the video :)

[@mk1570]

But.. Hot Rod, Sega Rally and Driver!

[@magnetica2288]

I thank you for including POD (Planet of Death). One of the greatest racers of all time, the first truly accepted on-line multi player racer

[@antipathy17]

I was born in 88 so I am still fairly young. I still owned almost all the games you listed and played them with lots of joy. Thanks for the blast from the past. ps Underground was an amazing change to racing nd re-volt was like mariokart but interestingly enough different.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Uniracers is a really fun SNES game. I've been enjoying it a lot lately.

[@marcianoacuerda]

"Some of the simulators are just... not fun" amen to that Metal Jesus. Coming from arcade racers like NFS High Stakes or Most Wanted, I was never able to get into gran turismo, those games are beautiful, but i really like blurry speed and crashes haha.

[@vixtro]

Only a quick mention of Daytona USA, just because it's the highest grossing arcade game of all time.... There's a reason behind that, because the game was fun as all hell and is probably the most refined arcade racing game ever. No mention of Virtua Racing and Sega Rally though.......

[@eben4707]

I love the music at the end. It's by The Melody Unit as per the description above. I believe the song is called 'Best of bread' If you search for 'The Melody Unit' here on youtube, someone posted that song.

[@gbrownie69]

that song at the end was awesome! great vid too by the way lol.

[@SaulTPokit]

garry brown I've been trying to find out the name of the song but I can't find it

[@gbrownie69]

its The Melody Unit-The best of bread

[@SaulTPokit]

yeah I asked Metal Jesus on his FB page, really catchy song

[@hcpnator]

And good old Pod just blew me away back in the days, downloading cars, skins, tracks from ubisoft website...just loved it.

[@nO_d3N1AL]

My favourites: DiRT 3, Test Drive Unlimited 2, Shift 2 Unleashed, PGR 3, NFS most Wanted, Midtown Madness 2. Seriously, TDU is underrated as hell. The concept of a fully functioning MMO Racing game with the freedom, graphics, car choice, interaction, RPG elements and driving physics aren't seen anywhere else to the same standards. I wish there were more of them kind of games! Seriously

[@nintendoatarikiller]

quantum redshift and cruisin' USA were some of my favorite racing games growing up. I'm glad you mentioned crazy taxi at the end.

[@slacksmore]

There has been many favorite racers I've had over the years and you showed several of them. I have a few games that are really special to me before I got into the game industry and had a large part of getting the driving models to feel correct in Virtua Racing for the Sega Saturn. After tuning the driving model to feel accurate but not lose it's arcade feel despite the different cars you could drive. I really had put a lot of thought into it as I used to race autocross courses on the weekend if a meet was local. Having a old (and wildly modified Triumph Spitfire 1500). For further research during the testing and tuning at Time Warner Interactive, we had the original arcade game but also had some fun showing some of the development team the major difference between their Toyota front wheel drive commuter beater and how much physics can change between my old Triumph which was rear wheel drive and a far lower center of gravity. Before I got my hands on the driving mechanics with added cars. They really didn't have that "connected" feeling so I had gave a few others a ride and knew that changes had to be made. I am a huge fan of arcade racing games and sometimes I had spent most of my down time on R.C. Pro AM on the NES and adored the simple fun of it all. Daytona USA has a permanent position on my Xbox 360 along with Out Run HD (which is pretty much a port of Out Run 2006) but after having my house burglarized, I lost most all of my game collection that was from my classics up to all of my PS2 library. My Saturn consoles were taken along with the imports that of which the classic 2D home port of the arcade original. It was my personal favorite of all the games that I had almost to what could be considered a guilty pleasure. One series came along when I had gotten my first Xbox 360 system which has always had deep roots from ages ago and this game had become an obsession for me. It was like a gift to car lovers of all ages and not a bad game if you have the right people playing with you online Test Drive Unlimited! The first time I've seen such attention to detail on car models both inside and out, proper engine sounds and it was absolute glory for me to just drive these cars (which still have a bit of an arcade feel but between front wheel drive and rear wheel drive was clearly present but it wasn't perfect by any means. I actually liked it that way. Plus being able to drive around wherever you want with whatever you choose. There are race objectives of course and other tasks to earn money within the game and buy larger homes for more places to keep your car collection. This game has a small cult following and it did get a sequel which added some annoying license tests which you must pass to continue on in the game. Test Drive Unlimited 2 wasn't as well received and rated despite some major overhauling of the games engine and added off road racing but only with a small selection of SUV's I had gotten every bit of DLC for the game hoping for a nice. Selection of pickup trucks but that never came to be. Other advancements over the original game was true metallic texture in metallic paint jobs. Car model details and other neat features really made it a decent game but hard to recommend over much more engaging titles that keep looking and getting better with each console generation. Mario Kart 8 is one that I recommend to everyone. It's simply beautiful to see in motion and your replay can be uploaded directly to KZbin. Driving games are one of my guilty pleasures in life. You can drive like a madman and not have to worry about gas money! Great video for those who never had been exposed to early game systems and still some great picks from newer game consoles. On a side note, I did get a chance to play the full on Ridge Racer experience. The hard part? The Miata used in the game is right hand drive. That really messed me up! Rock on

[@whoohaaXL]

Yeah, Road Rash was pretty groundbreaking too, AMAZINGLY fun to play and when Road Rash 2 came out? It was hilarious to watch your character fly 300ft from a crash. Great characters and the original had Soundgarden and Paw on the soundtrack. Excellent game, truly worthy of being an "Electronic Art".

[@Izahdnb]

Ahh thanks for including Re-volt.. that was just amazing. With the track editor and stuff.. cool list man!

[@foolio1990]

I was really really surprised to not see Road Rash in there.

[@kamealex]

Great job, Metaljesus. Really Awesome. Almost nobody remembers Revolt and it's a really cool game for the time (and even today). Thanks!

[@GREEnT704]

Watched both parts - just wanted to say I really enjoyed it! Brought back some memories too, OMG.

[@JesusCommando]

Thanks man, I really enjoyed the two vids! It was great to be reminded about 'Chase HQ' again: I remember playing the stand-up cabinet version of that with the steering wheel back in the arcades! The only ones I think deserved a mention were: the 'Micro Machines ' series on the Megadrive, 'Stunt Racer' on the old Amiga :) and 'Diddy Kong Racing' on the N64; I had a lot of fun playing those with my friends at the time. And the multiplayer cartridge for 'Micro Machines 2' on the Megadrive was awesome! 8 players on 4 controllers ha! x

[@NineteenEightyFive]

Great video, glad to see jet moto mentioned at the end. Tons of fun to play when it came out.

[@Krioux3]

Glad to see you mention Crazy Taxi at the end, that was such a great arcade game. I think Midnight Club really changed the driver games for me, it has been so fun. I really wish you had mentioned the original DRIVER, I feel like I learned how to drive playing that game!

[@superviewer]

Great review - many of my favorites. I would add: Stunt Car Racer, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challange (Amiga), Chequered Flag, Turbo Esprit, Wheelie (ZX Spectrum), Spy Hunter, Le Mans (C64)

[@goat48jimmiejohnson]

LMAO I was JUST thinking that on my Amiga500, along with Test Drive II, I picked up the very 1st game you showed here. I can't begin to tell you how much of an impact that Indy500 game had. I'm STILL envious of its ability to tweak the setup, change tires, and refuel on the fly.

[@sluggotg]

I watched both parts of your history... Very, Very impressive. You only missed one Historic Game! Stunt Track Racer! I highly recommend you try it. It was a very early game that allowed you to hook up via Parellel port/seriel port to go head to head. An absolute classic. And I have to bow to you.... your Racing game history is better than I could have come up with... I do not give that honor to many! Good Job! Sluggo

[@Sailor570]

Oh my, underground and gt4... memories.

[@pobstblake92]

Metal Jesus, my saviour, please do more of these history videos!

[@1337rigs]

I found this video in my bookmarks dated 9/27/14. Subbed today. Good luck for 200K!

[@Th3R3GuLaToR]

Split Second is an awesome and unique racing game that if you haven't put it on any lists (which you haven't that I've personally seen) you should definitely check it out. Great stuff Metal Jesus!

[@atarig33k]

Some of my favourites not mentioned: Lombard RAC Rally (Amiga 500), RVF Honda (Amiga 500), Street Rod 1 and 2 (DOS), Stunt Car Racer (DOS), Wacky Wheels (DOS), Harley Davidson-The road to sturgis (DOS), Lamborghini American Challenge (DOS), GP2 (DOS), Power drift (arcade), Sega Rally (arcade), Road Rash (3DO), Aeroguage (N64), Snowboard Kids (N64), Diddy Kong Racing (N64), Topgear Rally (N64) A couple of these games aren't great, but had fun playing them and have good memories.

[@afttfalcon5]

I like even the Need for speed video games!Keep on rocking Metal Jesus!

[@sdewey4152]

Ahh Gran Turismo 1 and 2, so many memories as a child I remember I used to play these with my dad every day :D still got my 2 from back then and recently bought 1 again

[@Shreddah]

The Duel: Test Drive II.

[@Lipitoarea]

I agree with u my friend! if we loose the arcade style we lose everything! the fact is that the creators of racing games will never manage to capture the true driving experience!

[@Ezyasnos]

Maybe nice to make a 3rd part? To mention games like the Lotus Turbo Challenge series (totally blew me away seeing that on an Amiga), Supercars series, All Terrain Racing, Death Rally, Whacky Wheels? Pretty much my favorites in terms of multiplayer fun. Also, Street Rod and Test Drive 3 would nice to be mentioned

[@noideac]

Man i bought hydro thunder on my dreamcast a couple of months ago and was blown away by how awesome it was. I grew up with the PS1 version, but this just killed it.

[@fartex1]

omg, the indy 500 game... ive spend hours and hours on that game tweaking that car... thanks for the memorycheck in your first part aswell man, those arcade machienes where the bomb back in the days ;)

[@krankymann]

I love this channel but wth, you include a snowboarding game but no Sega Rally, Forza Horizon, Microprose GP and an honorable mention only for Colin McRae Rally? Huge props for Great American Cross Country Road Race - my fave on the Atari 8 bit but MJ you need to do a part 3 stat.

[@LeePrototype]

One of my favorites is 'Downhill Domination' on the PS2. This was a Pedal-Bike Arcade style racer and was so much fun. You should really give it a go Metal Jesus! :)

[@Stinkymens]

Thanks metal Jesus for making this! I'd have to say hydro thunder is my favorite arcade game of all time

[@Artherus1]

Crash mode was the best thing my adolescent mind could comprehend; man that was an awesome game.

[@bcyrx]

The one flaw in the newer Burnout games is the way the camera lowers behind your car when you boost. It makes it much harder to see the curves in the road coming up (which is far more important when you are going fast). I enjoyed my psp version for the most part, but on a small screen with a camera angle set too low made it very difficult to play well.

[@agata70]

Crazy Taxi arcade version was one of the best if you can master the special moves and learn the clients pattern. I could last for about 2 hours each time and sometimes attract a crowd behind me.

[@Timmoux]

I still have Rock 'n' Roll Racing, and it still works! And rock is still rock, even in MIDI format!

[@haroonhabib8468]

Midnight Club 2 all the way!!! Have beaten it 3 times but never gets old. The most challenging yet the most exciting and fun racing game I ever played. I highly recommend it!

[@pdk25]

I loved this video. Brought back a lot of memories. Two raceing games that I always loved that you didn't mention were Super GT (Scud Racer in Japan) and Ferrari F355. Super GT was the second game made for the Sega Model 3 arcade board and the graphics just blew me away. It was my favorite arcade racer ever. Ferrari F355 was my favorite sim racer ever. Super hard gameplay but with drive assists off but it was so fun mastering the game.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I wish I could have included every single big racing franchise in this video...but then it would have been way too long and nobody would have watched it to the end.

[@danaurora314]

Metal Jesus rocks man!

[@77Hog77]

its a crime that Stunt Racer FX isnt on here. It was in the last of the games for snes but its graphics were ground breaking. Also no man or robot can beat me at F-zero.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

WOAH! Nobody EVER mentions Rollcage Stage II! I'm impressed sir!

[@Psychopathetica]

Just a recommendation MetalJesusRocks, but you should definitely play Destruction Derby 2 for the PS1. This racer not only includes a nice heavy metal soundtrack, but the fact that you can do a lot of damage to cars and vice versa. The damage to the cars show as you can lose a wheel or two, lose your trunk, lose your hood, and the body gets mangled. Whats also cool is that you can flip your car off jumps and end up doing stunts like barrel rolls, backflips, front flips, and spins.

[@AlexCail]

Would of liked to see Road Rash, Cruising USA and Trackmania. But the amount of games to list is insane and i'd say this is a pretty sweet list.

[@GaijinGarry]

I remember way back in the day having a lot of fun playing the street rod games on PC too

[@nobel11]

What an awesome retrospective. There were some nice memories in here, and some games I am intrigued to try. Thanks, man. Your videos are awesome!

[@tloguild]

Excellent vid! My honourable mentions for part 2 would have included the Midtown Madness series / and the Screamer series both on the PC. So many to choose from.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I am more of a rhythm guitarist...but I can play pretty fast! I really love chunky metal riffing or fast punk rawk stuff.

[@PuntoDeRebase]

Gran Turismo was the revolution of racing games now a day. When I was a kid and watched the game at first time in a demo-video I was hallucinated

[@Claydood]

I wish you mentioned Vette! Which was released in 1989. Was a 3D game, but way ahead of it's time by being open world allowing players to drive around San Francisco.