What if Blur came out in 2003?

[@ImaDireWolf]

this city racer looks like the old midtown madness, its crazy how i played almost every racing game on gamecube and still never knew about this game

[@VexAcer]

Yeah I immediately was reminded of the first Midtown Madness when I saw the how the graphics looked.

[@Bambeakz]

Had no clue this was on the GC. For me it was always a Xbox 360 game :)

[@DangerHiVoltage]

This video really seems to have gone over your head

[@testcrit701]

I feel like what caused Blur to become a financial failure was it's release year of 2010 which had an oversaturation of racing games releasing that year, many high quality games such as Bioshock 2, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, Gran Turismo 5, Halo Reach, and many more, and finally Split/Second,Modnation Racers, and Blur released barely a few weeks from each other, lowering their sales for each other.

[@FiendishOne468]

That, and Red Dead Redemption launched the exact same month (maybe even the same WEEK) as Blur, Split/Second, and Modnation Racers, which practically made those three games dead on arrival. A shame, really, because they were all fairly strong racing titles, in my opinion

[@dreadhavoc]

Yeah, and especially Hot Pursuit 2010 if people were looking for a racing game. Man I loves Hot Pursuit, I still play the original and remaster.

[@123doomdoom]

It was also marketed poorly with cringe ads and promos

[@brawler5760]

I wouldn’t call Halo Reach 100% high quality, when the multiplayer was total buttcheeks.

[@zones3235]

Split/Second & Red Dead Redemption released on the same DAY.

[@noodlefunny]

I'm a fan of the new direction, keep it up

[@wheatleygaming3652]

blur vid when

[@genzboi4125]

Agreed. Bru how did Kacey manage to get the attention of FREAKING NOODLE!!!

[@awii.neocities]

noodle you should make a vid about blur

[@awii.neocities]

@@wheatleygaming3652 Wheatley gaming

[@kt249]

@@wheatleygaming3652 nfs part 2 first, blur later

[@aleblasco39]

As a European person and a Peugeot 307 driver, I approved the use of Peugeots in this game, I wish we got more Peugeot, Renault, Citroën, Opel/Vauxhall, Skoda and Seat in racing games as I love the cars that are made by this car companys as I see them on a daily basis on the streets.

[@0uttaS1TE]

It's so weird to see Saab and MG being represented in a game.

[@blakecooper669]

*cough Colin McRae

[@axing_]

the SAAB billboards everywhere!

[@Yoshiman2024]

@@blakecooper669 And the TOCA Race Driver games as well. But yes, also Codemasters games. I have no knowledge of MG cars being in a non-CM game.

[@sunsolaris]

@@Yoshiman2024 Some of the Forza games and even Forza Horizon 5 feature MG cars, FH5 even features the XPower SV

[@karolwojcik7779]

I discovered Downtown Run some years ago on a random online auction with used ps2 games and I bought it on the spot cause the cover gave me midtown madness vibes. 2-3 days later the game arrives and... there is no disc in the box. I contacted the seller and he gave me a refund and said he has no idea what happend to the disc, it just vanished. Looks like fate itself is working hard to keep this game obscure and forgotten. Also great video as always, its great to see you back!

[@annadelsiena]

Speaking of a "random memory popping up years later", I remember playing this game's demo *once* when I was about 9 years old, on my parents' then new PC. But racing a 206 through France stuck with me to this day So thank you Kacey, I always wondered what the game was called and if it was any good :D

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

Wow, I have never heard of this game. Don’t think if ever even seen in the wild!

[@Kaceydotme]

my coworker saw it in another store a few weeks ago and reminded me of its existence again. have yet to see it in person since 2004.

[@keyshawnroberts3756]

@@Kaceydotme I had the game in 2011

[@VeryCuul]

@@Kaceydotme I picked up this game about 6 years ago and it's honestly been one of my favourite racer games that I've ever played.

[@aliabdelhameed1584]

Hey there, SSFF

[@vWhiz]

Man this just showed up in my recommendation and you wouldn’t believe how many memories I had with this game playing split screen with my friends all day

[@izzytastics]

blur was one of my favorite games in the last decade. if it was only released at a different time, it definitely could’ve been a great franchise

[@emaheiwa8174]

I love this game so much! Thank you. People forgot Downtown Run too.. I remember playing it on PC with my friends while listening the first audioslave album

[@minignoux4566]

Downtown Run is the same game.

[@emaheiwa8174]

@@minignoux4566 Yes. Both Blur and DR are now forgotten

[@minignoux4566]

@@emaheiwa8174 No, Downtown Run and City Racer (or whatever is the name of the game in the video) are EXACTLY the same game.

[@emaheiwa8174]

@@minignoux4566 Ok. Keep talking alone.. You crearly didn't understand

[@HoroJoga]

The visual design of the UI in this game screams 2009/2010. Every menu and icon have rounded corners like if they were all taken from an iphone 3GS. Playing it nowadays and seeing all those 'share on facebook/twitter' options that don't work anymore are also kinda nostalgic to me.

[@giannisosa6771]

Loving that unintended cameo from Shinyodd at 2:18

[@hashrulsubzero]

Blur....what a great arcade racing game. My first time playing this game was at my local internet cafe with friends where we were bored and looking for something to play then we found this game, we played couple of races and we had fun (in one of those races, my friend managed to beat me in the off-road Beetle on Mount Haruna). In 2021, I've bought the game for the PS3 (second hand of course). I was surprised to find out that the multiplayer servers are still online. Many of my hours was spent playing the online servers trying to grind my way to Rank 32 where I've finally unlocked *Drifter* (gets you a free nitro in your power-ups after you do a Super Drift) for my Nitro, it was hard racing against rank 50 players that have those during my early grinding stages. After I've saw there's an Evo 7 in the game (I love that car and I've drove one in real life). Maybe I'll gave Downtown Run a try. Great video Kacey.

[@p0werfu11]

I remember finding this game in some pirate compilation from ~2005 and since PC doesn't have as much racing games as consoles, I've remembered this game. Was quite surprised that no one mentioned this game in relation with Blur, never thought it was so poorly sold.

[@Pyro-Moloch]

I'm so surprised you made a video about this game. Over the years I've not met another person who remembered it. I still have the disc at my parents' house.

[@Maximus6G]

If you want to go further back, NASCAR Rumble had the same Mario Kart gameplay but with stock cars. I loved playing that game as a kid.

[@beat-man5167]

Rumble Racing is a sequel for the PS2 with the nascar license stripped off. And it's also the one of the best kart racers.

[@ghost23247]

I used to play the hell out of this game on the PS2 as a kid and I still do occasionally: I remember being extremely angry because I lost a lot of points in a failed bet race and the game locked some of my cars! Good times, thanks for bringing it up :)

[@jasper_saberwolf]

Great review! As someone who grew up with a PS2 in this era, I never heard of this game, but I also remember playing Rumble Racing on PS2 which also had similar power ups, but also featured fantasy cars and stunts. Also love the use of Callista at the end ❤️

[@billymercury3897]

There's a plethora of Unknown Racing Games that released in the 6th Generation Of Video Games. One of my favorite was ValuSoft's catalogue of Budget Releases like Hot Rod: American Street Drag, and Officially Licensed NHRA Drag Racing Video Games. The rest of ValuSoft's Library.... I can't really speak for. I remember as kid while shopping at Places like Best Buy, CompUSA, TigerDirect, Heck even Walmart and finding a shit ton of Budget PC Titles for $15 to $30. Yes, I even remember Big Rigs Over the Road Racing

[@cannedbeverage7687]

To add to the list of unknown games, I'd like to mention Adrenalin Extreme Show. It was developed by Gaijin (the ones who are responsible for War Thunder). I know it was on PC, idk about console, it came out in 2006, so it's kinda part of the 6th gen era. It's got good graphics, music, environments etc. but the handling, physics and ruberrbanding are pretty bad. Regardless, I played a crap ton of it as a kid.

[@Tehsnakerer]

Really enjoyed the video, wondering have you ever heard of Rumble Racing? Similar powerup based racer with a heavy emphasis on doing flips, enjoyed it a lot as a kid, me and a mate played it a ton in coop career mode and had a blast, no telling if it was actually good or if that was me being a child tho.

[@TheCamSays]

Its prequel is also something most have or haven’t heard of as it had the NASCAR license for the PS1.

[@G4bri3lBatista]

I loved everything about Blur, the menus, the music, the engine rev when choosing cars, etc...

[@1martymcfly298]

For the game to be a Disney game I'm surprised how good it is with no movie or cartoon for it to be based on or off of.

[@KatAspen]

Good to see yuh back girl!

[@xXYannuschXx]

2:55 "The genre doesnt have the mass appeal it used to" - Its likely related to cars not being as popular (popular as in enthusiasts raving about the next big drivers car or sports car) and/or exciting anymore. I remember my friends and I playing NFS games and dream about our first cars when we were young (early 2000s); most of my classmates had NFSU2 and/or NFSMW and talked about the cars in the game. Nowadays it seems the youth simply doesnt seem to care about cars anymore, just one out of ten of our apprentices is a car fan, while half of them dont like them at all.

[@ahindrance]

Glad to see ya back Kace

[@Mandarin9900]

I'm just surprised to not see the game's name mentioned anywhere, that's why I thought this would be a video about Blur. This is a great video and you made me discover a weird racing game I now want to own, but if you want it to be more known, at least mention its name in the description! You also mentioned there's no other review of this game out there, so if this is the first one why should it be hidden?

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

"The genre doesn't have the mass appeal it used to." I agree with this, but at the same time I don't. I agree with you, Kacey, because you're absolutely correct - the racing genre doesn't have the same _mass_ appeal that it used to, but I don't think it's for the reason you think it might be. I think the reason why the racing genre, overall, doesn't have the same mass appeal is twofold - First, the people who enjoyed Driver, Midnight Club, Ridge Racer, etc. when they were younger have sunken their teeth into more realistic, more demanding affairs - iRacing, rFactor, Assetto Corsa (Vanilla and Competitzione) to name a few, while the racing genre on the whole has been... I don't want to say brushed aside, but having its priorities shifted, with more arcade-y racing games being given the budget treatment, and second, in the case of games like Hot Wheels Unleashed, more arcade-y hampered by either a publisher who cares _just_ enough to get the game on store shelves, but not enough to give the game the love and care it deserves in the long term, or they're developed by small indie teams who can just barely afford to release the game for a fiver on Steam. I'll admit that watching racing sims go from being the weird niche to industry standard and arcade racers go the route of racing sims in the '90s and '00s has been a bit like mood whiplash. It genuinely seems like overnight (That night being about 15 years long or so) games like Driver, Ridge Racer and even Need for Speed, that would have been _guaranteed_ sellers back in the day, are now the risky investment compared to hardcore simulations like the ones mentioned.

[@DrakainaZero]

Holy fuck, City Racer. I thought I was the only one who remembered this game

[@Behdad47]

6:13 I have been looking for this game since 2009. God bless you.

[@VideoMatoran]

This game is what happens when you take Midtown Madness, remove the unique game modes and a few goofy vehicles (bus, big rig), and mate it to Mario Kart.

[@timm.e.n.]

Another obscure childhood classic given your attention, I keep writing this comment lol thank you so much!! Nostalgic time capsules, cold hard reality checks - those are the words that describe your videos best imo, and the new sorta style still keeps these themes in check perfectly well, brilliant stuff Honestly didn’t know this was rare, might have to check what I can fetch for my PC copy - I remember throwing tantrums at the trip wires, but I kept playing it because of the obscure cars and the track enviroments Btw thanks a ton to your patreon supporters, I would chuck you some Danish Krone myself if I wasn’t strapped but I love these videos to death mate, no doubt the most enthralling content on’ere!❤️

[@timm.e.n.]

(A pc disc copy of Downtown Run is probably not as rare as a US City Racers copy, for sure not worth more than the memories I cherish)

[@derpsanchez]

Great video, when our friends played Blur we would all pick the Ford Supervan on the crazy vertical San Fransisco level with only the speed powerups for maximum chaos.

[@Niclau96]

I remember seeing this on the shelves at GameStop back in the day, haven't given it a thought in years

[@fathersunglasses6085]

NFS High Stakes (NFS Road Challenge in Europe) menu soundtrack brings back memories

[@Soonjai]

I´m still convinced that Split / Second and Blur releasing within 2 or 3 days of each other didn´t help either game in any capacity. Really a shame since both are still extremely fun games to play.

[@youtubeus3rname]

DOWNTOWN RUN!!! I tried to find what the title of this game was some years ago, spent so many hours playing it when I was a child... Oh my stars, thank you so much Kacey.

[@mordredward]

I remember it as Downtown Run. I played it many many years ago as a kid. I can't remember how I got hands on that game, but I know I had fun playing it and want to play it now, after 15 years or so... I remember atmosphere, but it took some time google searching for me to dig it's name and I knew this vid will be intereseting when I saw that red low quality Thunderbird at one of frames and knew that it will not be about Blur, but more about Downtown Run. 😄 Great vid. I would say that you earned sub from me, but I am already subbed for some time. (since one of TDU reviews) :) PS: Some NPC dude had my nickname at 9:19. 😂

[@spinosauro666]

I loved blur, i played it so much with my friends, really felt like a Mario kart for people over 5 years old I still hope for a sequel

[@cromulence]

I played Downtown Run back in the day. It was offered as a FREE game on a local UK newspaper shortly after it came out... really. I enjoyed it as a kid.

[@delorean8526]

A game I love to play but is seldom known from the 6th generation console era is Road Trip (Road Trip Adventure in Europe) for the PS2. Failrace has a playthrough series of it here on KZbin but it's a combination of a traditional RPG and a racing game, complete with party members to equip and a large world to explore and do stuff in. Something I remember from playing it is the handling model had a quirk where a slide to the left would essentially lock the car in the slide until you stopped, but it wouldn't happen if done to the right.

[@simecrafter7230]

2:15 My boy Shinyodd has his priorities straight

[@MirelRC]

Bro I've had a really hard time finding this game again. I've played it when I was a small kid and few years ago I've reminded about it but didn't know the name of that game. Thanks for making a video about it.

[@Under10Hours]

In this house we stan the Transit Van

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Bruh this game was a memory like a tumour in my head, I was always desperate to play it but it never worked and my pc died and I never found the name no matter how much I tried

[@YashaAstora]

The way you describe Blur perfectly fits Onrush--an incredibly unique, vibrant, and passionate game that's unlike anything before or since...and also probably doomed from the start :c Onrush is probably my favorite arcade racing game of all time, I recommend that everyone give it a try. Such a masterpiece.

[@Gamebit257]

Fun fact: Developed by ex-Evolution Studios (Driveclub)

[@shawklan27]

The game gets boring real quick though compared to blur

[@dankswank9088]

"I'm not a psychopath" "M I L K F I R S T"

[@MetalJody1990]

Blur is amazing and its visuals are still beautiful to this day. I'm never deleting Blur from my PC. It's too damn good.

[@radagastaddams3703]

the building where I worked & the exact window I had a seaside view is in Blur. it's a really good game. like Split Second from around the same time it's criminally overlooked. plus seeing my office window looking out over Brighton seafront is very cool. easily one of the best PS3\XBox360 racers

[@ManasD30]

I've tried playing blur, but found the handling to be not my type, and faced a 1-2s lag with my controller. But despite these issues, I liked the game.

[@some_dude2209]

Damn you just unlocked my own forgotten memory when you mentioned Extreme G3 or as I remembered it back in my original xbox days, XGRA

[@Sparkcell275]

Well I can definitely say I haven’t heard or have seen city racer before. Definitely interesting to see you cover something pretty obscure. Can’t say why but something about your voice makes these type of videos sort of soothing and pretty enjoyable. Kinda cringe to admit that but I don’t know how else to describe what it’s like watching your videos. Just keep enjoying what your doing, have a nice day.

[@A_B_M]

City Racer was the reason, why I was waiting for the release of Blur long time ago)

[@kedinamite579]

I saw Blur from KuruHS vids. I said to myself, "Why not givin' it a shot?". Downloaded and the OST in the main menu... I fell in love. 2 months ago and still have to complete it. Bro, I graduated so it's justyfied that I still have to finish it. Only once that I'll have it complete, I'll 100% it. Kuru was right. Blur is cool. What next? "Bloom"? 😁

[@joelleandersmits3788]

When I saw the title I was really hoping it would be Downtown Run and I was right. I love this game on PC to death as it was my favorite game in my childhood.

[@MasonAK.1]

You have no idea how hard it was to find a copy of Beetle Adventure Racing as a kid. I've only seen 2 physical copies in person and I own one of them. Relevance of BAR to this video? Beetle Battle. You'd get power ups and weapons in a "Mario Kart balloon battle" sort of way, and had to be the first collect the different colors of beetle without dying and reach the exit... there's something about VW Beetles launching missiles at each other to explode the other players car that's intense yet hilarious

[@heedseeker6155]

Blur is literally one of the best games I’ve ever played. Easily logged hundreds of hours online.

[@hannahvickery4683]

Thanks for the video, definitely worth the wait ^_^. I hadn't heard of City Racer before but it seems absolutely wild. Even though it seems really bad, preteen me would've probably loved it lol.

[@SenpaiKillerFire]

Shinyodd playing Cities: Skylines

[@iWerli]

I've never heard of blur, but 30 seconds in i can tell it's mario kart in a tuner car environment which sounds awesome for an arcadey game

[@spazjackrabbit61]

dude this game is my childhood i remember playing this game a lot on my old pentium 4 pc

[@MSX]

Nice work! THANKS

[@genzboi4125]

Good vid. Keep these up!!

[@tenshiinen]

A fascinating thought is that more people have probably seen this video than bought the game

[@midgarsoldier]

I actually have Blur among many other games on my Xbox 360, but now I got excited to give this game a go!

[@rexthesheep]

Blur was always a classic at LAN parties back when I had IRL PC gaming friends!

[@anarkii]

Love the idea of videos where you revisit games you vaguely remember playing and liking as a kid, I'm constantly picking up cheap $5 titles from the local game store I remember thinking were good only to be too scared to play them once I get home and ruining my memories lol

[@rotarydude9737]

Honestly me and my friends all recently torrented this and have been playing it over Hamachi (LAN), its seriously a mad fun experience with a couple lads, would highly recommend it.

[@BayAreaRushHour]

This was within the first 4 games I bought for my Xbox 360 when I finally got one late in 2016, I played it at a friends house in middle school and was easily one of the most fun games I played. This game just keeps looking better as times goes on as the racing genre has never tried anything like this again. Too many racing games are aiming for sim racing. It sucks that arcade racing games are dying. I happily play the sim titles with my wheel, but sometimes I feel like relaxing with an easier physics system with more game design than go around circle until end of race.

[@lordmegatron65]

Im actually surprised ive never heard of this game before! I played so many racing games during the 6th gen console era! I loved BLUR so much! Still got it on my PS3! 😊👍

[@dnegel9546]

Dream game blur x split second x burnout 3. I love those 3 arcade racers so much.

[@some-replies]

Old video, but you should try the NightRunners demo. Something about it feels like a blended nostalgic memory of arcade racers past.

[@christophercarrasco154]

This is why I recommend Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. It's from the creators of Blur after Activision fired the entire team. It's like their take on Mario Kart without all the real cars.

[@lolpl0000]

OH MY GOD I PLAYED THIS GAME IN MY CHILDHOOD!! I thought I’ve lost it forever. Holyshit, I must’ve been 7. Damn

[@TheLPN05Fan]

Wow, didn't expect that soon a new vid! I had a great bunch of NFS Hot Pursuit (Wii Version) vibes and feels. This video was perfectly adequate. Real nice, short snitbit on a quirky but cool subject. Also: THERE WAS A THIRD XTREME G? DAFUQ! I GOTTA CHECK IT OUT! Played alot of F-Zero X on N64 and my uncle also has both xTreme G 1 and 2, never got the hang on them though.

[@LupineTendencies]

Man, that game really reminded me of Midtown Madness… Miss that series

[@bs_blackscout]

That Shinyodd cameo tho XD

[@attel2091]

Old games just wont die as I`m still happily playing Grid(1), GT5, Dirt Rally and Driver San Francisco and newer games are Wreckfest and Beamng. New "AAA" driving games haven`t anything new to the table expect increased prices and dlc`s IMHO

[@GeppyZ]

I bought the PS3 version of Blur back in the day. Played it in splitscreen a lot with friends. I agree it deserves a second chance.

[@TechMasterCarl]

In my opinion Nascar Rumble and Rumble Racing are the equivalents of Blur from the PS1 and PS2 era

[@DARS_04]

Can you talk about Ridge Racer's 2 on PSP or Ridge Racer in general? Would like to see your thought on one of the OG's.

[@hokaheygaming]

I remember getting blur for Christmas it was a great game

[@segeros]

2:40 hell, best concept by volkswagen

[@kasparhc4l]

Youll never believe what im playing right now😂

[@p0werfu11]

A thought about Blur failure: PC port wasn't good especially in terms of multiplayer. I remember playing with people in late 2010-early 2011 and also a little bit later, even got to fourth or fifth prestige level, but didn't had any contacts with other players because there was no chat neither voice chat, nothing. Mutz007, CyborgRyu, Foiki_GT, Drumster, Montoya93 - I still remember some of these names 10 years after (even though I've probably made mistakes in names - sorry). And AZ6ISO too, though their presence was a little annoying. The game also had a lot of cheaters and no kicking system which made the situation even worse.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

A lot of pre 2010 games have wii ports. (Very similer type of graphics) Especially racing games. But that dancing game stayed on wii till 2019-2020 So you can have the game but actually if it came out a few years before

[@DiamondProAlpine]

i have blur on the ps3 and i love it! it's a great game and it's such a shame the sequel got cancelled and the franchise is abandoned

[@xtlm]

This is nice and all. But I want a 'What if Blur came out in 2023" Because I would be happy. That game was the best. The online beta week on the 360 was insanely fun and the released game was even better.

[@Pedro.Sanchez]

Oh I wish Blur had a remake or a Blur2

[@Spheredalai]

plot twist, what if blur came out in 2022?

[@jesusmgw]

Amazing video as always.

[@SHAdow98V]

Also,you earned yourself a new subscriber,just watched several of your vides and i love them,i have a question tho or more of a video suggestion,how about 4X4 Evolution and its sequel 4X4 Evo 2? Great games and seeing your videos made about the good old games most of us "older folk" grew up with i'm sure the video would be a banger.looking forward to future vids.

[@TravMenace]

maaaan Blur is still one of the best arcade racers ever released. online was really something special

[@Goomies]

Blur was so much fun. Bizarre Creations made a true classic.

[@billymercury3897]

Omg Callista at the ending ♥️

[@screwtranslater]

Bruh!!! First of all, cool that you used Crystal Method music track here. And secondly, maybe you should put "City Racer" in the video title, so people can find it when they search for this game on youtube.

[@cerjmedia]

happy to see this in my sub feed

[@TomsterTBurt]

I remember playing this when i was young, such a good game.

[@yellowdude9425]

My only complaint with this game is that there's no custom keybinds, it's impossible for me to play racing games with WASD

[@nightstorm5914]

Split Second should have a 2nd Chance too