The Best Racing Game You Probably Forgot

[@Fastminer07]

A word from Nox (because KZbin kept flagging it when he said it): Thank you for mentioning LegacyShockwave. I have started this project for the archival's sake as a hobby, for free, all web games downloadable from inside your browser and playable even offline! If you want to play some Burnin' Rubber mods you can head out to the Burnin' Rubber Mod Hub, available through LegacyShockwave. NOTE: For the ones wondering about the disclaimer at the end of the video, the LeagcyShockwave Discord server has a semi-anarchy policy and it's not as moderated as your run-of-the-mill server. If you need support regarding any of the games/mods we posted or if you might want to contribute to the project you have to join the server. The link can be found on the website.

[@noxleg3nd]

Big love ❤

[@FirePunk-tw5en]

Hey FM07 I see the model cars in BR 4&5 in mobile games, so are like the cars like free assets or what?

[@noxleg3nd]

@@FirePunk-tw5en Nope, they are actually all paid and can be found on the Unity asset store.

[@xformgames]

Hi! Thanks for the great and long video! Awesome work on the research, it's pretty accurate! Also: thanks to the fans commenting below for the kind words. It gives us strength to carry on :)

[@slothvole]

fastminer better see this or i will riot

[@jakasalways]

Keep going with the development of the next sequel of Burnin' Rubber 6! I can't wait for the game!

[@dergutebraune8797]

i love you guys its been 15 years and you guys still us hooked and im glad for the many many hours i could spend playing your games

[@SanMotoríX]

Thank you Xform games :) you made our childhoods more better.

[@dwayne3191]

Thank you for being a part of my childhood. Make Burning Rubber 6 the best game possible.

[@saviogustavi]

I was fully expecting for him to play the sound of the explosion sound at 11:38 but nah he wants us to play the game to hear it

[@TyCal_]

God damn the nostalgia is real with this one! I miss the simplistic era of browser games so much. It wasn’t about having the best graphics or the most amount of content. They were just fun games at their core and sometimes that’s all you need from a video game. Burnin’ Rubber, Redline Rumble, Lose The Heat and Drag Racer V3 were my absolute favourites.

[@rlfpotatoking9253]

I remember playing Need for Madness and you could design your own cars too, so advanced for a browser game

[@TheKoolKru]

No. I have never forgotten Burnin Rubber. This series has been stamped into my brain to the point where I could never forget it even if I tried. Great video though!

[@dusterpl6093]

i can't believe my underrated childhood web games got their own video essay 🥹

[@Enders1]

Ok 👍😅😅😅😅😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@eldiablo73077]

Hey sup Enders and Duster

[@dusterpl6093]

@@eldiablo73077 i don't know you

[@hellbent650]

You are no longer underrated.

[@Dave-ks9ig]

Henlo 🎉

[@B4RC0D3_YT]

Something you have forgotten in Burnin Rubber 3 here is that the combat racing game called Death Rally also has firearms and equipments on the cars.

[@arandominternetperson4462]

These games were my childhood. Especially BR4 and BR5. I didn't know BR6 was in development, nor the existence of BR Multiplayer. Nice video and thanks for the update on the series!

[@Roy8012_RBX]

Burnin' Rubber has been an integral part of my early days on the internet. Not even JUST Burnin' Rubber, actually, a good amount of racing games from Shockwave were, AND still are! Burnin' Rubber, Drift 'N' Burn, RC Laser Warrior, Sunset Racer, Oversize, Oversize XXL, Redline Rumble, all the way to Ignitro City! 200MPH, Age of Speed, Open Wheel Grand Prix, the list goes on. Thank you so so much for covering this. It was an absolute nostalgia trip and a joyride of a video.

[@derpedfox]

AGE OF SPEED MENTIONED

[@ianwhite2264]

I want to learn guitar purely to cover the race theme from 200MPH Night Show :D I also played the hell out of Drift n Burn 2 My Racer and RC Laser Warrior(which I have long been trying to remember the name of)

[@Roy8012_RBX]

@@ianwhite2264 Sounds like a plan! These games didn't have alot of tracks but they were definitely memorable. I didn't have many actual PC games so sites like Shockwave and Miniclip were pretty much my entire world. RCLW is still playable by the way, got all the cars a few months back.

[@mysteryY2K]

DRIFT N BURN!!! YES!!!

[@hanifloka130]

My goodness, RC Laser Warrior is mentioned. God I miss that game so much, really wanna play that again.

[@SHAdow98V]

4 to 6 hours of content? From a broswer HTML game? That's legit more content than modern racing games like NFS and such if you ignore the cutscenes in these modern games which YOU SHOULD. Seriously modern days now struggle to go up to 10 hours at best and that includes the cutscenes which is pathetic.

[@phanatikpl9896]

Micro Machines(1991) lets you race with motorboats, helicopters, tanks and more while Micro Machines is way older than Burning Rubber or GTA III or any GTA game.

[@Lesturn]

Played a crap ton of burnin rubber games back when shockwave's website was still up, great of you to cover this classic!

[@TallTapper]

it is stil up but doesnt have shockwave games anymore

[@AmityTheOctoling]

I remember playing so many Shockwave racing games, Burnin Rubber, Sunset Racer, Redline Rumble, Rally Point, Traffic Slam, FFX Runner and FFX Racer, that BMW X3 driving game and Go Kart Go. I miss those days.

[@KanzaiDoriftoz]

This is one of the few flash games that I remember so clearly to this day, or well, series, because Burnin' Rubber 3, 4 and 5 were absolute bangers that deserve a hall of fame section for flash games. Thank you Shockwave for introducing me to lots of incredible flash games at the time and thank you to everyone that made Burnin' Rubbber what it is today

[@StriderStryker]

Did you mention the Burnin’ Rubber series? The third entry was a masterpiece! I’m glad that I’m not the only one who played this game since the 2010 era.

[@Fastminer07]

this video was on the Burnin Rubber series

[@tehangrybird345]

Man you just unlocked a core childhood memory! I used to love playing Burnin Rubber 4 on my Grandma’s computer.

[@sharpededgeentertainment]

this game is the real banger back then i legit found out about these games starting with 3 when i was 4 years old and that i just looked up web games to play, and somehow i completed them at that time. 5 felt like a triple a game back then, it was heavily content riddled, wide car selection, and had a lot of fun with putting my team of military boss vehicles in the garage just to see them constantly explode because of how much they've been clipping onto each other glad to see someone big has covered it!

[@117johnpar]

0:45 Hell yeah, Porsche unleashed OST

[@senorlechuga8832]

This is probably the very first video I've seen on KZbin talk about the Shockwave side of flash games. You knew the game was gonna be the best shit ever once the shockwave logo popped up

[@Canvas12]

I honestly forgot these types of games existed so watching this video was a nice refresher for me. I almost forgot how fun these web browser games were back in the day. They were short and simple, yet still very fun games to play. There was this one flash skate game that I used to play as a kid. Its been a long time so I had to look it up to see if I could try to remember it. Luckily I did, and the game was called Street Sesh. I don't know if you heard of that game before. But it was such a fun little skateboarding game. I used to play that game a lot when I was younger, and I had some great memories playing it as well. I don't know if these web browser games are still as popular as they were back then or if they need to make a comeback. But one thing is for sure. They brought us a lot of joy and fun. And I'm glad you covered these types of games.

[@vertigoray5]

Xform announced BR6? Holy shit... I spent a lot of time playing Burning Rubber 4 in web browser years ago, that was fucking fun. Thank for the video.

[@bluedealer]

As a Sonic and Racing games fan, this video is a moutain of nostalgia and history, shockwave and flash where the best back in the day, nowadays the gaming market as changed where huge AAA companies offer "free" games like these sites used to do, good ol' timez

[@FiatUno2003]

Can't believe someone actually made a video about Burnin' Rubber. I played Burnin Rubber 5 and Crash N Burn A LOT when I was younger. I almost forgot about those games. I really need to replay some of these games. They literally are my childhood.

[@nideko4384]

Your story with these games is almost the exact same as mine, what a nostalgia trip! Family not having a lot of money, time period, the XP computer, all the websites, the "introduction game" to the BR series... Honestly I thought that nobody would ever remember these games, let alone make a video on them. I spent so many hours on these flash game websites that even my 2000+ hours now in some games would probably pale in comparison.

[@catturd2]

bro no joke i was playing the new burnin rubber multiplayer game just a few weeks ago, there were no players online but it was still fun to mess around for a bit by myself, crazy to see you make a video about one of my favorite childhood franchises :D

[@roggerrobicq3724]

My man, thank you so much! I have an early childhood memory of playing the game in 2:41at my friends house. For all these years, I couldn't remember anything about it except for a black car on a highway being chased by cops. Thanks to your vid and some google lens I was able to find it! (It's apparently called Lose the heat 3: highway hero ) - and when you mentioned that Zip zap racer - that's a game with a similar significantce for me. So again, thank you for putting out a small brain bug of mine. Sometimes help comes from the most unexpected places 🙂

[@DethFaux]

I remember playing the Rally Point games. Also, my mom collected the Initial D bodies for the Zip-Zaps

[@GoddessOfMisfortune]

Thanks for reminding me of where I spent most of my younger years online, I've really gotta replay the shockwave racing games now.

[@transam33o]

I recognised that this video was gonna be about Burnin' Rubber INSTANTLY. I never expected that you would make a video about this, since barely anyone seems to know about this game anymore. I loved this game a lot as a kid, though I also barely really played it much. I played BR5 quite a bit and that's all I really remember, but Crash n' Burn was definitely my most played game when I was a kid. I'm really excited that they're making a 6th game now, can't wait to see how it will be

[@warracer03]

ZipZaps RC were my gateway drug into RC racing , back then youd get a ZipZap , then a Xmods and after that a Kyosho Mini-Z. After that youd get into club racing and I never left... 14 years later.

[@Fastminer07]

I've always wanted to get into RC in some capacity, but like most things I wanted to try, we never could really afford to

[@warracer03]

@@Fastminer07 its an awesome hobby , if you have a local rc track whatever the scale go check it out :) It doesnt have to be too expensive if youre starting out

[@Fastminer07]

I'll see if there are any near here, problem being, I'm a college student who's primary income is currently these videos, right now everything is expensive

[@warracer03]

@@Fastminer07 I understand that 100% college is expensive , been there. Well, if you ever need help getting started or questions in general , let me know :) Great video btw, took me back !

[@quancena5772]

These games have been locked in my memory, i only remembered playing them, paint jobs for certain cars or parts of a track, i can't believe i found them again thanks to you

[@barrupa]

That small scene from the rc cars leaving the garage at 22:58 reminded me of a memory I thought was long lost. Thanks. I knew the "Redline Rumble" name sounded familiar.

[@Eggyteevee]

Burnin' rubber 6 just got announced lmfao

[@saminates2002]

Hope the algorithm blows this up for your brother, this was amazing and gave me a nostalgia trip

[@dwayne3191]

Excellent overview and analysis. The Burnin’ Rubber series provided so much nostalgic fun and injected ‘soul’ into the racing, worlds, and awesome weapons. It’s a hidden or forgotten gem amongst other Flash racing games. I’d like to see how Burnin’ Rubber 6 turns out.

[@micromaniac6176]

I remember this game all to well in my childhood. From the school pc in free time to our own laptop at home. Great video! And I'm from the Netherlands myself so that makes this story even better!

[@Fastminer07]

I asked my Dutch friend about my pronunciation, he said I got the names fine but I did Utrecht dirty

[@eurikadude]

Ahh flash games, I always felt a sense of coziness and humbleness about them

[@retrocar7761]

Thanks for this video, I kept searching for a racing flash game that had a R34 Skyline and BMW M6 for years and years, now I finally know what its called, I played the first Burnin Rubber so many times back in the day.

[@elvishendrix676]

BR4 is absolutely goated. As a kid, an open world racing game with actual progression system and customization options that you can play On the freaking web seemed so cool to me. Felt like a mini Need for Speed or something haha. This brings me way back. Thanks for this video.

[@heyitspanos8004]

Thanks for covering this. Its astonishing how little coverage shockwave has on youtube

[@Fastminer07]

true

[@PieterAlbers]

This is epic - I am genuinely surprised and happy! This is a great video and retrospective. Pretty accurate as well! We really hope we can deliver with 6 as well! Thanks for the video!

[@AdrielBGaming]

Nice to see you did a retrospective on our childhood games, good video!

[@idk-md3hx]

20:49. While you are right about the lack of open world in BR5, there was still a test drive option that would let you travel in the car you selected on a small map that features the hangar, several trucks and containers. 21:25. There's three. The third one is Burnin' Rubber Cartapult which was released for Miniclip, it essentially was a mix of angry birds and traffic slam. The goal is to launch a variety of cars (literally) using a big slingshot in the city to cause mayhem. You would also get barrels to further the amount of chaos you cause.

[@Jireninyourrecommendations]

I remember having nostalgia of burnin rubber 3 a year ago and decided to download it for the fun of it. Couple weeks later, I found out that there was a hard mod for it and downloaded it. Best and worst decision I have made.

[@mockingjay8098]

I'm so glad people are still talking about these games lol

[@dorakizz5650]

This is truly was a well done video! The only Burnin' Rubber game you forgot to mention in your video was BR: Catapult, but it's fine because it's not that important anyways

[@heyitspanos8004]

Burnin rubber is by far one of the best flash games series of all time

[@ELX-5]

FUCK YEAH A BURNIN RUBBER VIDEO ESSAY THIS ROCKS!!! This is very well done and a good trip down memory lane with these games :] And I still remember how fucking hard the dumbass truck boss fight was in BR 3 and how it would get stuck in that one turn and barraged him with missiles lolll I think this is the only video about BURNIN RUBBER series like this. Fucking awesome dude

[@dr.cicerodark5985]

About time burnin rubber, getting the recognition it deserves. I used to watch a bunch of burnin rubber videos when I was younger, just seeing cars with guns shooting up each other blowing up. It just seemed so awesome to me back then. This game even gave me my love for car combat games. With it still my favorite game Genre to this day.

[@LawinYT]

The Burnin' Rubber series really had a great impact on my childhood. I still get Goosebumps to this day when I think about it.

[@Only_Habibi]

After all these years, Burnin Rubber 6 is in the works!

[@NateHotshot]

This made me remember a car game that i played the hell out as a kid but totally forgot about: crashday. that was fun, racing and you could have guns, a track creator i spent evenings on. good times.

[@georqedubyakush6066]

Why did me and this guy have the same childhood gaming experience. Dad had xbox and ps2, hes the one that got you decent games every so often, but grandpa had the cool computer setup with the billy badass broadband modem. Gobless brother

[@TestPlayer83021Alt]

I did know how burnin' rubber games are supposed to be good but they planning BR6 but i HOPE they dont use same assets from previous games

[@Fastminer07]

iirc, they're already remastering many of the assets

[@TestPlayer83021Alt]

Yea.. I think i did know BR4 Crashing to an CPU Car is NEARLY BROKEN IT CAN DO ALOT OF DAMAGE THAN ANY WEAPON.

[@TestPlayer83021Alt]

Update: I think legacyshockwave server hates me now

[@Fastminer07]

I'm noticing that seems to be the case with most people who join/run into LS

[@VampyKitsune]

Holy smokes someone who finally covered shockwave content. This and drift and burn 2 and 365 were my faves

[@ArthurLopes39]

Burnin' Rubber 4 was awesome, played the hell out of that while blasting Bodies on the background. I also played a lot of one where you drove a Caterham over an infinite wood bridge, that was quite fun.

[@not_kjb]

Jeez, I stared at the thumbnail speechless for a bit. As soon as I saw it I knew exactly what the video would be about.

[@pinkuwah]

i cant belive need for speed most wanted 2012 remaster got a whole video

[@dudetf]

I absolutely liked this video, Burnin' Rubber was THE game i used to hammer my time out on when i was a kid, always playing the Burnin' Rubber 3 and 4 after coming from school

[@dudetf]

Also, i enjoy that one skip in the forest area of Burnin' Rubber 3 being featured in the video too

[@sandcrakes]

Now that you've made this video, it has become a good memory unlocked

[@DRiiiFTzz]

You should look into Hot Wheels: Extreme Racing, its a great version of the race with different vehicle types aswell as weapon mechanic. You could change from car to plane to boat mid race, was a childhood favourite of mine. Released all the way back in 2001 on PS1!

[@KoalaTContent]

14:25 I remember renting some racing game from Blockbuster for the PS1 that basically worked like the Sonic Racing Transformed game, where different parts of the track trigger you changing into a boat, car or plane. I've tried to remember the name but I really don't

[@pokeboi5438]

Back in 2010/2011, me and my brother would sit at our family desktop computer and play either BR3 or BR4. Thanks to the weapons that were added from 3, my brother would be managing the firearms on one side of the keyboard while I would manage the driving on the other side and we would have great fun. My favourite memories were the bosses in BR3, especially the tank you had to fight at the end 😎 These games were our childhood and I imagine for a lot of others as well.

[@gangstertechnology]

this one hit me hard, i remember playing these quite fondly... need to get around trying them again

[@RDGamer321]

This is one of those games from my middle school days where I don't remember playing it but I recognize the visuals and know that I have played it at some point. The weapons, menus, powerups, and gameplay are all familiar to me.

[@KevinAbillGaming]

6:27 There are actually 2 different city layouts for BR2, one is at sunny on beach environment, the other one is at cloudy on bustling metropolis.

[@Fastminer07]

ah

[@MGR99]

The redline rumble car select screen just sent me back to childhood, remember that select screen being such a cool thing.

[@slothvole]

You should check out burnin rubber 5 mods, most notably burnin rubber 5a made by mars jetblack. It completely redesigns burnin rubber 5s campaign, adds dual guns like in 3 and 4, and alot more including flying helicopters. I have some old videos on it if your curious

[@romakryvytsky8018]

I only played spinoff "Burning Rubber Crash n Burn" I didn't know about this series, but this game become a monolith in my memory. Also I'm definitely shure I played similar racing game with guns, but this game was nothing like in this video and I'm shure it was before flash games.

[@dennisthewalker]

I absolutely remember this game. It takes ages to load but dam its worth it. Good old middle and high school java days were awesome.

[@zlette]

I used to play Traffic Slam all of the time as a child. And yes I mean the original. I have no idea where it is anymore and I really wish I could play it again. That was one addicting game to play.. I also played Burning Rubber 3 so so SOO MUCH! However, there was one game I played, and I loved this game, and I was crushed to find it was no longer available. The game was called Carbon Combat. It was a multiplayer, shooter, driving game. Where you take a car that can fly (with a similar animation to what you would see in Back to the Future Pt.2) and with a gun on the top of the car. It had TDM, CTF, DM, and likely other gamemodes too. I loved that game and honestly wish I could play it again.

[@colbyboucher6391]

Never heard of this series but now I'm looking forward to a sixth entry. Everything about indie game development has completely changed, it's like we're on a different planet.

[@JDumbz]

Man, this was a nostalgia trip. Makes me want to try out the steam game since I never got around to try it.

[@Moatiz]

Holy crap I completely forgot about burnin rubber. Those were good times! burnin rubber 5's ending was the coolest I ever felt playing a flash game lol

[@Mihnnnea]

Holy finally a vid on burnin rubber i loved that series when i was a kid

[@sirihatfir]

I really miss the days of web games, sure it wasn't amazing to setup but it was fun for sure.

[@Shyama7015]

Man I remember the game at 2:42 Holy hell I played that so muchhh

[@Fastminer07]

Oh yeah, I haven't found a good way to replay it, but I really want to cause it was great

[@asb6493]

@@Fastminer07 can you please tell me what it's name is i have been searching for it for a long time

[@pdg_strix2447]

​@@asb6493 Me too

[@Fastminer07]

Lose The Heat

[@Enders1]

I'm glad to be of help

[@marijus5529]

i am so glad that there is still people who remember this game!

[@yeehaw2685]

These games remind of the Death Race movie that came in the 2000s, very nostalgic.

[@Fastminer07]

You just now reminded me of that movie, I thought it was some kind of mad max spinoff

[@TheLaXandro]

I remember there being another good racing game on Shockwave that I can't seem to find now. It had formula-like cars, tracks free-floating in space, daily missions and a track editor. I remember that one of the ways to cheese points for daily goal was to build a downwards corkscrew track and skip no more than 2 layers at a time (or it'll respawn you), but it also had a really decent handling model.

[@Fastminer07]

I honestly couldn't tell ya, maybe the LegacyShockwave or Flashpoint guys might know

[@brandonchase7273]

Did the car you drive have a Miniclip livery?

[@adgamehead]

Sounds like Drift n' Burn 2?

[@atrovisy8109]

That's the game. Drift n' Burn 2

[@TheLaXandro]

@@adgamehead that's it, thanks mate. I had a hell of a time finding it.

[@erichh1995]

i remember playing burnin rubber and other flash racing games when i was like 3/4 years old, i'm almost 19 years old and most of them still have a special place in my heart forever

[@slowerslowidk]

how i f**king love this channel and your way of discussion

[@adamgames1975]

When you said Netherlands the only thing came to my mind is their anthem (aka f1 theme)

[@Fastminer07]

Super Max

[@grimthefangking]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU! I forgot the game I loved so much back in school was Redline Rumble!

[@simon_969]

I remember the boss battles the nostalgia of my crappy childhood comes rushing back

[@henkaizu4727]

I really love this game as a kid with a brick family PC, I can't believe they were making a 6th installment. I'm kina excited for it.

[@wydua]

I wanted to say that i just discovered this channel but Apparently i am already subscrived to you lmao. Anyways good video and god i wish that indie games take over the world.

[@juanjo_sound]

Can you do a video essay on the aesthetic of NFS 2015? I'm playing it recently for the first time and, especially above 1080p, the visuals are quite breathtaking in a way i haven't seen in many other racing games. The use of colour washes over my brain in the most satisfying way, time and time again. It's really blowing my mind that it came out back in 2015

[@Fastminer07]

I've got something more planned for the NFS series, and I'll go over it there

[@toterkanalkeinmotodesgmehr8956]

I remember playing this on the family-computer in the livingroom. That´s some VVS-grade nostaligia.💎

[@PeterEgbuna-ne9bp]

The burnin rubber series was so fucking good ESPECIALLY 4. I think burnin rubber 6 is still in development Update: BURNIN RUBBER 6 IS IN DEVELOPMENT HOLY SHIT I'M FREAKING OUT RN!!!!!!!!!!

[@iLOLZU42]

Always amazed to see more videos on Flash and Shockwave.

[@Mosigana]

i remember dumping hours as a kid into burnin' rubber crash n burn

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

That BR3 startup sound hit like Crack. I damn felt like a little kid again hearing it. And I have the Standalone versions of BR3 and 4 on my Laptop as well.

[@SaiDrewz]

Ohhhhh man this was my childhood. Played 3 4 and 5 constantly. I never beat any of them though so it might be time to change that

[@TheCanadianGTR]

Out of all Burnin' Rubber games, Burnin' Rubber 5 is one of my most favorite racing games of all time!

[@Gamble..]

it definitely doesn’t feel as genuine due to microtransactions, but i grew up on mobile racing games way more than anything else. the asphalt series definitely sparked my early liking for racing games

[@fae_gavan7582]

Ooh, Burnin Rubber! It's been a while since I last saw it. Maybe I should buy the standalone version, too...

[@RH-cc4of]

Burning rubber 3-5 and Jak X are two of my favourite racing games of all time

[@HimeSiffie]

you would NOT understand HOW MUCH i've played traffic slam 3 back then