Why Haven't You Played FUEL?

[@theagle4k213]

You could say developers didn't have enough FUEL to polish the game, hah! Looks really interesting tho especially how tornado rips apart houses

[@BlooTeg]

BA-DUM-TSS love that

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

If motorstorm had open world And if this game would try to have fun with secret of boy nightmare of complitionist but making something else with this world could be helpfull never actually played but i do belive that this game can deliver some solid fun

[@laurentiusmcmxcv]

FUEL is still in a league of its own, map and physics-wise

[@gabrielleraul]

Fuel & Pure, the long lost siblings ..

[@BlooTeg]

PURE OH DAMN

[@riggiemaz8297]

And Nail'd, nobody remember Nail'd :(

[@BlooTeg]

okay that's actually one I've never heard of

[@GamerAlexVideos]

@@riggiemaz8297 Nail'd is awesome. It has the best tracks ever made in a racing game.

[@carston101]

Pure was amazing!! Wish I still had a copy. Never played Fuel, but younger me definitely would've loved it.

[@Theottselmaster]

Fuel had such a weird vibe... AT times it almost felt like a horror with its spooky atmosphere, no people, destroyed city's and sunken city's. Very Mad Max.

[@BlooTeg]

Real. Some of the recordings I did without any background music and it has a completely different feeling then.

[@Hydrus808]

Don't forger the roaming trucks & the jet fighter passing by.

[@74810Eric]

Yeah, It makes Mad Max from 2015 look like a sequel

[@StanleyKubick1]

*cities (apostrophes are contractions of "is" or "has" or indicate possession. examples: my city's been struggling with homeless people, which has the city's population at odds with each other. neighboring cities are trying to avoid the same mistakes

[@Vermilleno]

I spent hours with my friend exploring this map, going on road trips back in 2010.

[@BlooTeg]

CAN'T BELIEVE THE ONLINE DOESN'T WORK

[@Liar]

same and also watching the sun rise and set 😂

[@theblobconsumes4859]

@@BlooTeg You can get the online to work on PC via xlivelessness, which removes GFWL but restores online play Also works with other GFWL games

[@TrolledBy]

I spent so much time on this game as a kid. It's a dead world, but it's a massive dead world. I used to look at the map, think "that looks cool, I'll go there and take a look what it is", and drive for the next 2 hours just to discover it wasn't as cool as I thought. But it was cool enough to be rewarding. I never had the skill or patience to finish more than 30% of the game, so my trips to the volcano, the city and the airplane graveyard took me hours.

[@74810Eric]

A way to learn "it's about the journey not the destination"

[@BlooTeg]

Yeah I don't think I went too far when I first played the game, maybe I got bored haha

[@mynickisalreadytaken]

Did absolutely the same, but finished it at some point because i wanted faster vehicles to exploring :D But before finishing all the races, i collected all the free stuff from the roaming trucks. But mostly just driving/riding around and enjoy. Nice to read that others did the same in their solitude as a Kid/teen/young man :D To see something far in the distance and being able to "just drive there" virtually, is fantastic. And then a dead world. So great.

[@jonathanbolanos6389]

I still have the same dream where they make a secuel with improved handling, more cars, interior view and a career mode similar to dirt 2 or Grid 1

[@BlooTeg]

YES. That'd be amazing.

[@Madroxide704]

I've never heard of the game, but you've inspired me to add it to my list of games to look out for at the local retro game stores

[@BlooTeg]

Awesome! If you ever get the chance to try it, let me know how you feel about it!

[@Xlife93]

when i was younger i unlocked every car and livery. The multiplayer was so much fun because you where able to cruise around the map with people.

[@BlooTeg]

That would've been awesome to try out, sadly the multiplayer doesnt work :(

[@BeyondTheGraveTakai]

@@BlooTeg Look up a mod called Fuel: RE-fueled ;)

[@Fastminer07]

I wish Fuel would emulate properly, cause I've been trying to play it again for the last couple years, even if its has issues

[@BlooTeg]

It doesnt? Well, that sucks to hear.

[@Fastminer07]

@@BlooTeg Yeah, Xenia "runs" but at choppy framerates and with broken textures, and RPCS3 just outright crashes

[@henrysewell1727]

Try magipack or elamigos. I got mine from there and it comes with patches to make it run!

[@ErJotaCL]

and it isn't available on PKGi for PS3, I was able to find it's pc port with win10 support like 1 or 2 years ago, not sure if it runs on win11

[@GoddessOfMisfortune]

It runs perfectly fine on win10 for me, it's on MyAbandonWare and everything.

[@VicariousNickk]

I used to play this back when me and my family went to the video rental store! I rented this a few times and always enjoyed it! Another one was PURE

[@BlooTeg]

Oh wow, I forgot PURE existed! I must have played 10 minutes of that one, gonna see if I can find it to play it again!

[@GamerAlexVideos]

@@BlooTeg PURE doesn't have a great PC port, fair warning. The lighting is all messed up and FPS over 60 messes with tricks.

[@m193-r1y]

I'm going to install fuel on my pc. My pc: ☠️☠️☠️

[@BlooTeg]

be VERY CAREFUL if you ever get the PC version of this game lol

[@Hydrus808]

@@BlooTeg Is it safe to get it from the internet archive?

[@oneslow8658]

@Hydrus808 I pirated the game and I still haven't died.

[@Ferrari255GTO]

​@@oneslow8658 but have you died now tho?

[@mikesock8]

there's a download link on the internet archive that is clean

[@DoVe_7]

The Brazilian Goat is back

[@BlooTeg]

BACK AT IT BROTHER

[@sir_justinius]

I thought he was a beaver?

[@RTPJu]

don`t know if you are joking or living in a parallel universe Brazil lol

[@kingtnaughty189]

@@sir_justinius he is a beaver

[@shotojae6007]

Always nice to see someone appreciate this relatively unknown gem, extremely fond memories just driving for hours exploring vistas and appreciating the landscape. Up there with my favorite racing games of all time and still deserves and sequel.

[@BlooTeg]

I wish brother

[@loccapo]

Man did you see local fuel prices? That's why 😂

[@BlooTeg]

Okay, that makes a lot of sense actually LOL

[@loccapo]

@BlooTeg me being from Poland and you from Brazil, whole different continent makes it even funnier xD

[@bakklak.]

@@loccapo siema

[@tenpoundburrito]

I remember Fuel! It was the first game I ever had on Steam. My brother asked me to make a Steam account, and I didn't know why. It turned out it was so he could buy me Fuel as a gift. I had a lot of fun playing it. I remember being amazed at the world size. It was epic at the time. I loved driving around the world, finding cool things, and the variety of the maps. I think I got about a third of the way through before something happened with my computer, and I lost all my progress. I think this was before Steam had cloud saves. Now I want to go back and see if I can still access it.

[@BlooTeg]

Hopefully you can! Definitely worth going back and checking it out again!

[@BeyondTheGraveTakai]

I think Burn My Shadow by UNKLE and the free-roam song are pretty good and fitting for this game.

[@BlooTeg]

I liked the intro song, though it only plays on the intro and the free-roam one is probably my favorite too!

[@L3monwedges]

The timing of this video popping up for me is crazy. I was just reminiscing about this game the other day and wishing it had a sequel too. It's obviously very flawed but I had so much fun just driving around and launching myself off big dunes and cliffs. It's just a big dirty playground for off road fans. I still remember how hilarious it was to get the drag car and rocketing it off mountains. Good times. Great video man, thanks for the blast from the past.

[@BlooTeg]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! And glad there's more people who remember this game haha

[@JennyReads]

This was one of the first 360 games i had. I played it at first, and i found it incredibly overwhelming how vast the map was. I still play it to this day every now and again, just riding the motorcycles down the highway that goes through the middle of the map. Fun times here if you like relaxing and driving

[@BlooTeg]

Yes! Great game to have your Spotify playlist playing in the background haha

[@HipsterNgariman]

I've tried to search for my PS3 copy of Fuel and I must have donated it to somebody...God I loved this game ! Was so surprised to find years later that people found it was pretty bad. The size of the map and exploration alone, were such a novelty, I will have forever good memories playing it. Special spooky mention to unlocking the hovercraft and exploring the sunken city. The out-of-bounds liminal space vibe of these older games were real.

[@BlooTeg]

Yes! Such a different feeling to play this without music, EERIE

[@mothewag]

So nice to see a video about this gem! I actually never understood what happened, but this game was awesome when I was younger. I remember that I played this thing day in day out. I was so hooked somehow... and oh yes... the soundtrack... listening nonstop but never got boring 😄 magic happening! I do believe that I played the game to a 100% because I spent sooo much time with it and wanted to complete every single challenge. But I sadly have no way to track that today :D Thanks for taking the time to review this game 🙏🏽

[@BlooTeg]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@welcometothemesslab7927]

This looks incredible! I found it on internet archive so I'm gonna check it out. Been on a racing games kick lately, was really enjoying Flatout (how I discovered your excellent channel) so I'm looking forward to this one. Cheers!

[@BlooTeg]

Hey I appreciate that! Glad I've gotten someone to try out different games cause of the channel! Hope you enjoy the game!

[@emcdt1461]

Thanks for covering this. I've never played Fuel, but I'd like to some day. I agree that this game doesn't get enough coverage on YT

[@BlooTeg]

glad to be making videos! thanks for watching

[@caiolucena6397]

A decade ago i heard about this game, bought it, drove to the corner of the map, started reconrding and drove to the other corner, it was awesome, sometimes i still watch that gameplay.

[@BlooTeg]

haha hell yeah, good times of just driving around without an objective

[@UndercoverBoy833YT]

I know Fuel gave some MotorStorm vibes to it but I never played both Fuel and MotorStorm. And I don't have that much knowledge of this game that it was developed by Asobo Studio and Codemasters is the publisher. And when will you play Full Auto series? It's console exclusive games and it's basically what if Burnout and Twisted Metal had a baby.

[@BlooTeg]

I haven't played much of MotorStorm besides a bit of the PS2 one, definitely should try the rest specially the ps3 one it seems!

[@Merlaut715]

@@BlooTeg The snowy one, right? I was disappointed Arctic Edge wasn't released for the PS3. I didn't care for the original, but I loved Pacific Rift, and Apocalypse.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

@@BlooTeg Arctic Edge kinda has the opposite issue of FUEL's AI: when they get too far away they are pathetically slow. So you can have a very tight race until you get a little bit ahead, then suddenly finish 15+ seconds ahead of 2nd place!

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

I still really enjoy the original, probably my favorite of them to replay Solo, though the Wreckreation mode and 4 player split-screen still put Pacific Rift slightly ahead overall.

[@at0m1cdust85]

I played it and it`s currently sits on my hard drive. Still annoyed that Damocles is a single event vehicle. Rubber-banding AI sucks, didn`t know there is a mod that fixes it. I should probably try it out after I finish my current playthrough. I am fine with music, it`s decent for map roaming. And yeah, I also want a sequel to Fuel, but I kind of doubt that it will appear. Post-apocalyptic racing/driving games seem to be a niche genre, it`s probably easier/more profitable to just do games set in modern day environment.

[@BlooTeg]

Yeah, it's sad we don't get more "experimental" games anymore, it could end up being awesome (even though most people wouldn't be interested in it)

[@chaweeasdfghjkl]

This game was great, but kinda sad feeling at times, lonely and absolutely massive. The rewards and thrills of racing were great, the landmarks had character and I wanted to explore the rest of the map. But the game made me depressed alot, just low and sad, the glory of playing was there but the game always put me into a funk.

[@BlooTeg]

yes! someone even said it can even feel like horror at times which I can agree haha

[@mrhumbuck_]

Thanks for covering this game, I actually didn't hear about it until a few months back and I was intrigued because I grew up with other Codemasters games like Colin Mcrae Rally and DiRT 3. It does seem a really interesting game, even if it is a bit undercooked. For some reason while I was watching your review I found myself wondering what a trucking simulator set in a similar (but probably smaller and more fleshed out!) environment would be like

[@BlooTeg]

Probably interesting to say the least!

[@reblliouspear]

I think about FUEL from time to time, had it on rhe 360 back in the day and it holds a special place in my heart. Never finished it, barely played any of the missions, just spent hours on hours exploring the desolate world. The couple of times I played the online multiplayer were actually really awesome, I distinctly remember a cinematic race through the beached cargo ship and it was bikes vs buggies. Huge motorstorm/mad max vibes with the changing weather and multi vehicle class races. Wish it was easier to get on PC, but for now ill stick with the 360 version.

[@BlooTeg]

yeah, sucks because you can mod the pc version but I'm not even sure it's worth it with the hassle to get it

[@Hachiroisnub]

Less goooooo finally, my man, BLUEEEEETAAAAG!!

[@BlooTeg]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@D3VYN3]

Now you're making me want to play Fuel. I've almost 100%ed it, just missing a few liveries/doppler trucks. but it's still so great to throw on a podcast and cruise across the map visiting each areas "attractions"

[@BlooTeg]

that's honestly commendable

[@squeak5213]

replayed it recently, ahead of its time i think. super fun. wish it and motorstorm had a baby

[@BlooTeg]

I wouldn't complain, I'D BE THERE DAY ONE

[@yzflash9125]

man, I got this game when it came out. My buddies would jump online, and we would head to the LONG road in the center of the map and just rip. it felt a little soulless, but the scale of the map was so crazy back then. Spent hours just driving with friends, I did enjoy my short time on this game, never really wanted to go back.

[@BlooTeg]

really wish I played it online!

[@tenta05]

I have played fuel, and I love it, the truth is I don't pay attention to other people's opinions, we don't all have the same tastes, and you just have to give a chance to those games that they say "are bad" and you get a Surprise, like me, I loved this game, and thanks to you for the content, and I did see the end of the video calmly hahaha, greetings from Uruguay

[@BlooTeg]

haha I appreciate it! And I agree, even if I don't like a game, I'm always hoping people might give it a shot, who knows, maybe they'll enjoy it!

[@JesperYouTube]

This game looks really great, reminds me of motorstorm

[@BlooTeg]

Seems most people remember motorostorm from it, I definitely gotta finish playing the rest of the series!

[@DasE30Cuz]

5:05 you just described why I have over 6600hrs in SnowRunner lol

[@458italiap]

God damn!

[@BlooTeg]

Impressive.

[@adgefreeman6091]

Damn... That must take a lot of Fuel.

[@BlooTeg]

It might

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

i have played this game as a kld too, bought it for cheap, thought it was a hidden gem /shovelware, but like you said, the scale of the map is what sticks with my memory !

[@BlooTeg]

Yeah, everyone remembers that!

[@conahscreations]

I remember playing this game a bunch back on the xbox 360! Like you said in the beginning, it was during my open world obsession where I loved the freedom to explore maps (still do) and would get lost in this for days. I free roamed so much that I never experienced most of the content like the extreme weather and different race events lol, just freeroamed all the time. Definitely agree it had a very distinctive vibe, slightly off-putting and unsettling at times, but huge and intriguing too. I used to find the tallest hills / cliffs and launch myself off them as fast as possible lol. Gonna have to get it again, great video!

[@BlooTeg]

Thank you! Glad I brought back some memories!

[@NoItDoesntHavePopups]

Man You just blew the dust off my memories of this game. I loved to explore this game when I was young. I stoped playing it because I think the used game disk I got for my cbox 360 was scored and bugged out and The game really makes you feel lonely as hell😂

[@BlooTeg]

aw man rip but yes, the world can be EERIE

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

As far as off-road racing games go, I'd highly recommend you check out Motorstorm. While it isn't open world, the tracks are quite large and full of alternate routes. It also has a large variety of vehicles (and they are all done quite well), with different vehicle classes having different optimal alternate routes. Stylisticly I'm actually getting similar vibes from seeing FUEL, though Motorstorm is like that combined with Burning Man/Fire Festival.

[@Swattii]

That story in the beginning sounded pretty scary, ngl. I will keep that in mind if I ever try to find a download of this game online.

[@BlooTeg]

Yes! Or keep a bootable usb stick with you

[@JOHANNESwhoelse]

Fuel is what an open-world Motorstorm would have looked like, if Evolution Studios just didn't care.

[@BlooTeg]

That could be fun, right?

[@JOHANNESwhoelse]

@@BlooTeg If the map would be designed with more interesting landmarks, regions that differ significantly from one another and with Motorstorm's massive metal structures, it would be interesting, even today! It's a shame what happened with that franchise. Apocalypse was such a dud of a game, that an entire planned DLC never released, making it lost media.

[@dmg_57]

Motorstorm also had an apocalypse themed game, brilliantly named "MotorStorm: Apocalypse". You might want to check that out if you liked the random events and disasters here.

[@BlooTeg]

Will do!

[@franknord4826]

I put at least a hundred hours into FUEL, but did barely a dozen races. I just spent all my time driving around in the starter buggy which IMO felt incredibly solid no matter what terrain you went through.

[@BlooTeg]

Y E S!

[@reeewhydoihavetochangethese]

I spent so many hours on the off road bikes just cruising the map. Sometimes I'd get in the street stuff and rip around the asphalt but, usually them off road hybrid bikes

[@BlooTeg]

that one bike with the long ass back is my favorite, great off-roading with it

[@salvagedmetal]

Gonna be honest though, BEST part of the whole game is truly the intro song (Unkle - Burn My Shadow) I listened to that song as much as I played this game back in the day. & I was on dial up back then. so when I got a new game on PC, I played it ALOT.

[@BlooTeg]

everyone seems to agree with that haha

[@salvagedmetal]

@@BlooTeg it's a solid game, but I still remember how that song hit the first time in a good set of headphones

[@anthonygarland8839]

The tornadoes are so realistic that's one thing I've loved about the game

[@BlooTeg]

and awesome

[@callmejay360]

I vividly remember playing the DEMO for this game on my PS3 back in my dad’s place and just driving around and feeling extremely immersed by the graphics and day/night cycles, but I never owned it. Thanks to PC, Piracy and Game Preservation, I could get find it and play it on my Steam Deck. I truly wish this was sold on Steam so bad.

[@BlooTeg]

Awesome! Really wished there's a better way to get

[@JZStudiosonline]

Where did you manage to acquire it?

[@Cyphergrave]

One the coolest offroad games I have. The freedom to cruise around such a big map is awesome.

[@BlooTeg]

hell yes.

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

I feel like I'm the only person who played this sometimes. A hallucination. I played it so much, I 100%ed it. Spent so many hours doing road trips with friends.

[@BlooTeg]

man I WISH I played this with friends online

[@xrealess]

I remember playing this online with my cousin. We traveled thru the map diagonally, from corner to corner.. took us like 1h30m lol amazing memories

[@BlooTeg]

Must have been some good times lol

[@BobExcalibur]

It might not have the manic energy and wildly environmental variety that you get in Motorstorm Pacific Rift, but FUEL is pretty neat. It's lack of availability is a rotten shame. You can find repacks for it that will need secondary uni tweaks, but I wish we had a decent GOG installer for it. Rip code masters.

[@BlooTeg]

YES! GOG could probably save this game from obscurity

[@GoddessOfMisfortune]

It's on MyAbandonware, dunno why people are struggling to find it.

[@Tedris4]

The map size of FUEL made me pay attention to it for a very particular reason - the size of the map was such that it was a proof of concept that could replicate huge areas of the real world at actual size. The map is almost the same size in area as Northern Ireland or Connecticut. Of course, it never really happened. The Test Drive Unlimited games did/do on a smaller scale (with Oahu, Ibiza and now Hong Kong), but nothing to the size of FUEL. Microsoft Flight Sim also uses map data to render the whole world, but not really explore it so close up as driving games. Mostly the reason being it would be a pain in the arse for both developer with the sheer scale and player with such swathes to trek through. FUEL kind of marked the end of the "size war" in open-world games and began a mindset more of filling what spaces they had with more things to do.

[@BlooTeg]

awesome stuff!

[@Rockport1911]

Back then I was pretty happy with map size of TDU1 which was big but also somewhat detailed. I heard of FUEL but offroad racing wasnt my thing and I just couldnt see how a map that big would still be interesting. Its interesting how they pulled off such a big world in a PS3 game, the game basically generates them from a heightmap and theres some procedural generation with the placed objects going on.

[@BlooTeg]

yes! it's only really interesting if you're curious about the map size, but on the detail side of things, ehhh

[@cinimini4854]

Okay, you got me. I just purchased a used copy on a 2nd hand online shop, you happy now? Because I am. Can't wait to try it out.

[@BlooTeg]

have fun!

[@alexcenusa4440]

I played it bro,when i was telling my friends about this game,they told I'm investing stories. It was good game for it's time

[@BlooTeg]

Hey, if you liked it, you liked it, no shame in that.

[@amemeforlife6983]

It's criminal how little this game is talked about. While the game has some rough spots I still dust off my old 360, throw on some music and just drive around and just chill.

[@BlooTeg]

YES!

[@Gmodifier]

I very much agree with your take on this game and I remember when it came out. The parts of this game that are great really excel but it clearly isn't finished and they most certainly had to cut development short of what they wanted. If it came out today, they could probably patch the game easily with updates, DLCs and such but it was just a bit too early for that in 2009. That said, this game is a huge inspiration for the games I hope to produce in the future!

[@BlooTeg]

Awesome to hear mate! Hope you have a great future in game producing!

[@simex909]

"we made the biggest map ever, should we make long distance point to point races to utilize the map? Maybe they could be open ended so navigating the map is part of the challenge." "no, make a few circuit races that could be in a normal racing game which loads individual maps." It's not that it's unpolished, it's that they forgot to make the rest of the game. It would have been so easy to make content that leverages the map. My theory is that it was a tech-demo and corporate was so impressed the said "ship it!"

[@BlooTeg]

I can believe something like that too haha

[@InternetMouse]

I actually never even heard of the game Fuel here. First impressions, it looks very nice. Im actually shook there was no mention of the game on KZbin and Google here. This is an underrated game here. Thanks blue tag for this awesome review here. I always love these reviews as you expose to me different games I never knew existed here ♥️ 🐀

[@BlooTeg]

Thank you InternetMouse! Glad you enjoyed the video and I'm glad to show you some different games you haven't heard of!

[@RjM777]

man i remember my cousin having a ps2 and me playing gta 1&2 on the ps1 , my lives goal was playing gta sa back then

[@BlooTeg]

hahaha I definitely feel you on that one

[@vitougtr]

I played this game. Its so good!

[@BlooTeg]

Hell yeah!

[@rorym1980]

Playing ur own music in background is a must and really improves the game. I recommend the offspring.

[@BlooTeg]

great choice!

[@rafaumtgavioli]

About acquiring this game today… because you can’t buy anywhere and there is no recent uptades for it, soon it will be legaly considered a abandonware (maybe it is today, I dont know), and it can be legaly downloaded in places like myabandonware. And I dont see the devs from Asobo Studio that are fully focused on Microsoft Flight Simulator, and the distributors on Codemasters now owned by EA wanting to sell it today

[@BlooTeg]

Yeah, shame we'll probably never get another one ever again

[@Kinolas23]

I remember watching the trailers for this game when I was young... Tornadoes in a racing game on the biggest map ever was the only points I needed to rush to the store and buy this game instantly. I was used to motorstorm already, so the gameplay loop ended up being far less stimulating or entertaining than I'd have expected :( Still played a decent number of hours, I wish there had been a second fully polished opus

[@BlooTeg]

yes, that'd be a dream

[@Altlos489]

8:29 *Darude intensifying* Did you say... Sandstorm?

[@BlooTeg]

TUDUDUDUDU

[@RandyOrlok]

12:30 this music is from game ?

[@BlooTeg]

yes sir!

[@enzonalin8066]

I like so much that post-apocalyptic aesthic of games and movies of late 2000s and early 2010s (Fuel, killzone, Death Race, Universal Soldier 3 etc). Fuel has a very good and simple gameplay. It's just sad that the game doesn't force you to explore the huge map

[@BlooTeg]

Would be great to have something to look for in it!

[@jayfireninja3640]

man i miss this game, its the reason why I like offroad vehicles.

[@BlooTeg]

that's awesome haha

[@TiborSzarvas]

I remember dreaming about Grand Raid Offroad back in 2005, i was very sad when it got cancelled.

[@BlooTeg]

I'm really impressed by the amount of people who were hyped for Grand Raid Off-road, I had never heard of it before this video!

[@michaelfagan1575]

I put this game along the lines of the motorstorm series and I liked this one better than those for the most part

[@BlooTeg]

So far, same! Though I only played the first MotorStorm haha

[@xXYannuschXx]

The thing is: what does this game do better then Motorstorm did 2 years prior? Or Motorstorm Pacific Rift that came out in the same year?

[@BlooTeg]

different games, if you ask me it's a completely different feeling playing FUEL and Motorstorm but like I mention in the video, it's easier to talk about what this could have been than what it actually was haha

[@xXYannuschXx]

@@BlooTeg I agree, different games and I really liked FUELs open world concept, at least on paper. Problem was that FUEL just felt rough compared to something like Motorstom. There were quite a few offroad arcade racers back in the day that felt like "bootleg Motorstorm", which was often used as a benchmark. My point: the game sadly didnt do anything that set it apart from the competition.

[@BlooTeg]

totally agree!

[@AaronSmith0]

Motorstorm, pure, Fuel. Peak off road gaming

[@BlooTeg]

STILL gotta play PURE

[@Artis_OTS]

I bought a copy like 2-3yrs ago. Rented it a couple of times when I was a kid. Always liked it, don't think I'll ever beat it

[@BlooTeg]

It's definitely fun to run around, but if your vibe is to just drive around, all power to you!

[@bmben140]

Used to love this game on 360 but none of my mates had any idea what it was about, reminded me a lot of ax vs atv or motor storm

[@BlooTeg]

I heard a lot about MX vs ATV, though I think I've only played ATV Off-road Fury

[@JZStudiosonline]

I like how you answered the title question in the intro. It sure would be awful if someone managed to share a clean copy of the game.

[@BlooTeg]

haha yes, some people did, that's how I got mine, but I don't think there's a lot of demand for it either

[@Pestkowisko]

Internet Archive has a copy, idk about the "cleaningless" (idk the word) but its there

[@SchuetzeKlaus]

Im pretty sure i still have the game on its original dvd. I should have a look if its still playable in 2024.

[@BlooTeg]

that's awesome! let me know how that goes

[@SchuetzeKlaus]

@BlooTeg i will! Only problem is, i dont have a disc drive anymore. 😂 But my old Laptop has one... Now im curious!

[@skyhisurvivor4724]

AT LAST! FUEL! I loved this game as a kid. Still do honestly. Played it in Xbox 360.

[@BlooTeg]

Hell yeah.

[@DhshsgHdbsbsj]

I am no longer the only one who knows about this game 😁 I still have a working Playstation 3, and my original disc copy of Fuel isn't scratched. The case still has the pre-owned gamestop sticker on it. Fuel isn't an award wining game, but it is one of the first racing games I ever played as a kid

[@BlooTeg]

Hell yeah! Apparently it's hard to find even in physical form these days

[@DhshsgHdbsbsj]

@BlooTeg I found the disc in my game collection while cleaning out my storage. I kept my ps3 games. I didn't know Fuel is such a rare game.

[@whiskeycorridor90]

I bought FUEL back in 09 when I was 11 years old. A game where you can freely drive around a world that is roughly the size of a small American state is a dream come true for a kid. However, when you grow up and get your own car and can drive around all you want irl, open world games like this lose some of their luster. That happened to me when I revisited this game about 12 years later. I also have been spoiled by better racing games that do motorcycles, ATVs, monster trucks, dune buggies, and sports cars better. SO while FUEL tries to be a jack-of-all-trades, it is a master of none. This game is still good. The map is impressive not only for its size, but the geographical diversity as well. The art direction is underrated as well, as are the mechanical design of the vehicles. I have always wanted a sequel/successor that puts more emphasis on traversal of the post-apocalyptic setting. Imagine having to tread through thick snow-drifts, torrential rains, and sandstorms to progress through the career.

[@BlooTeg]

as I used to say, some games are better being left as that: memories! haha

[@Leo-mu8kn]

i played it when i was a kid, but for some reason i didnt finish it and now that i have a proper PC i just couldnt find it anywhere

[@BlooTeg]

Yeah, sadly it's really hard to find a copy, maybe you can find a repack somewhere

[@Ryzza5]

Asobo of course went on to make an even bigger map in MS Flight Sim 2020.

[@BlooTeg]

IT'S THE SAME DUDES?

[@wieldylattice3015]

According to Wikipedia, the map is the size of the state of Connecticut, and I find it mildly hilarious that not a single video game has ever exceeded the scale of Connecticut

[@BlooTeg]

I don't know why but I find the word Connecticut funny

[@conahscreations]

10 seconds in and you show Gnawty from Donkey Kong Country. You have my undivided attention.

[@BlooTeg]

Oh you should see my older videos then

[@rafaumtgavioli]

I realy enjoyed Fuel a lot, and I was impressed by the size of the map and only took 6gb on your hard drive! A few years later went back playing after watching Fury Road and I’ve downloaded the Refueled mod that fixes so many problems of gameplay and graphics! It almost felt like a new game.

[@BlooTeg]

Yes! I'd probably recommend that over vanilla

[@rafaumtgavioli]

I just noticed that fuel was developed by Asobo, the current developers for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024! Thats why the map is so big in fuel!

[@BlooTeg]

Yeah, that's pretty awesome! Cool to see they're still around!

[@rafaumtgavioli]

And lastly abou the map. As a urban planner, when you have a map as big as Fuel, technically is not a map… its a geodesic projection because you must consider the curvature of the earth! Take that flat earthers!!

[@SteveBrandon]

I have it. I liked the idea of an impressively huge map that takes rougly two to three hours to drive from the northwest corner to the southeast corner but the downside of that is that the interesting locations are few and far between. Driving around the Fuel map isn't close to being Desert Bus levels of monotony since there are biome changes every fifteen minutes to half an hour or so but I'd still rather drive around even the Playstation 2 version of the Oahu map in Test Drive Unlimited despite that game repeating the same couple of dozen buildings outside of a few landmarks in Honolulu and a couple of other places around the island (plus the houses).

[@BlooTeg]

and that's understandable.

[@AyamKrispy02]

Oh man i really got to play this, offroading, multiple vehicles races, big maps AND NATURAL DISASTER??? this shit is what i want from a motorstorm game.

[@BlooTeg]

BRING MOTORSTORM BACK

[@AyamKrispy02]

@BlooTeg You right about the cars, they had b2d physics on offroading games, I was flasbergated.

[@BayAreaMike99]

Game was my childhood the legend fuel my big cousin had it beat it and played it loved cars and driving sooo this was perfect! 5k miles 9 hours of driving going around the map I DID IT BEFORE YES ITS THAT LONG played it many times this games WAS THAT LEGEND was so fun with people when it was active on Xbox met some friends drove so many times WHAT A GAME!

[@BlooTeg]

9 hours?? That's INSANE haha

[@mergame6295]

I remember being really excited to play fuel and I got bored so fast because it had nothing I wanted from it like good music, detailed map, or fun driving. I think it is probably one of the most generic driving games I have ever played. I was probably the most disappointed when I got to San Francisco and realized the city is not accessible to explore.

[@BlooTeg]

definitely understandable, the city was the one that looked the most "explorable" on the cutscenes, shame

[@the_nimble_grunt]

FUEL is an absolute gem of a game. PURE is elite. SPLIT/SECOND is elite. Soon enough people will look back and appreciate the beaut that is ONRUSH ❤

[@BlooTeg]

BRO THANK YOU! I wish I could play OnRush again

[@RTPJu]

This game came right after Motorsport Pacific Rift, that were pretty amazing but unjustly forgotten. Fuel were not even close to be as good as MPR, but enough to possibly influence Motorstorm Apocalypse in some aspects. And, yeah, it`s almost impossible to find it nowadays for PC, but I just found a lot of copies at Mercado Livre (a Brazilian store) with prices ranging from U$8,45 to 25,71 if someone is interested. Cheers!

[@BlooTeg]

Great looking out! I think what sucks the most is that most PCs don't even have a disk drive these days, but that's another thing you can just get out of Mercado Livre haha

[@RTPJu]

@BlooTeg you can find used disk drivers there for a good price, including Blue Ray...but for an abandoned game, just go Jolly Rogers lol

[@MonsterYZFR3]

Where do you get this game? I remember they took it off steam, don't have a disk reader on my pc

[@BlooTeg]

You can find it online, maybe a repack or on Reddit like I did! Hard but doable

[@SicSemperBeats]

There was a pc port? When i tried the game in 2022 i jus emulated on rpcs3.

[@BlooTeg]

Yes!

[@Basso212]

I really enjoyed cruisin with friends and grabbing vista points online

[@BlooTeg]

I wish I could play this online when it launched

[@MisterKrakens]

Codemasters ? Isn't it an Asobo game ? (There is a guy at Microsoft who KNEW they made a crazy unknown giant open world game in 2009 and gave them the Microsoft Flight Simulator project for that)

[@BlooTeg]

yes! codemasters was the publisher, you're correct

[@Bitulescu]

Played Fuel for one hours and uninstalled it. did the first 2 races and then nothing, no indication of what to do, where to go, nothing, moved around a bit on the map, seen how long it takes to get to stuff, unistall. Progression didn't seem like it was done at all and I can't say it worked in the games favour. At that time I wanted motor storm for the pc and got emptiness

[@guy-from-s.w.a.t]

I remember playing Fuel on xbox 360 back when i was kid . Yeah it's kinda hollow , but still fun just ride after race , just exploring the map was fun . 2 years ago i buy for ps 3 and still playing some time

[@BlooTeg]

oh hell yeah!

[@mutantlavalampderg412]

i love the hell out of this ggame, i never unlocked the last tier of vehicles though like "deathtrap"

[@BlooTeg]

Still wishing I could play this like an MMO with other random people

[@grantapalooza998]

Somehow i have this downloaded on my 360 still, not sure when or why i bought it. But its just a nice game to play when you wanna chill and listen to music like you said

[@BlooTeg]

Oh that's awesome!

[@SicSemperBeats]

Wish we could unlock the framerates on Fuel and Pure. These games could look so much better than they do

[@BlooTeg]

I think you can on FUEL on PC, but I think you need an external patch