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buttersoft:
Been watching this one as well. There was promise of a beta last October... but it does look nice. And yes, more games need LAN mode!
--- Quote from: BadMouth on July 25, 2023, 01:47:44 pm ---How was the handling/gameplay?
That's what makes or breaks a game. Supposedly it's one of the reasons 90's Arcade Racer never got released.
I'd love to see the Antonis' artwork from that find worthy mechanics.
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Really? I'd be keen to take a look at the source, if you can remember where you heard that. The trailers made that game look sooooo good. Was Antoni/Pelikan even working on the project at the end? I thought Nicalis took over...
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: buttersoft on July 25, 2023, 07:29:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: BadMouth on July 25, 2023, 01:47:44 pm ---How was the handling/gameplay?
That's what makes or breaks a game. Supposedly it's one of the reasons 90's Arcade Racer never got released.
I'd love to see the Antonis' artwork from that find worthy mechanics.
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Really? I'd be keen to take a look at the source, if you can remember where you heard that. The trailers made that game look sooooo good. Was Antoni/Pelikan even working on the project at the end? I thought Nicalis took over...
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Nicalis demo'd the game at some show a few years ago and everyone who played it said the handling and AI were horrible. I remember reading comments from a few random people. Don't remember a defiitive source.
This unnecessarily long, but thorough video mentions it at the 32 minute mark (probably worth watching from the 31 minute mark)
If it were anywhere near releasable, I think they would have dumped it on steam in an unfinished state to recoup a few bucks.
I backed at a high enough level to get the BYOAC logo featured on a track. Never spotted it in any of the released footage.
EDIT: I also want to mention that I'm always afraid of people bashing arcade racers for unrealistic mechanics. Realistic mechanics aren't fun. Go play Desert Bus if you want realism.
I vaguely remember people saying the game was shown in an arcade cabinet at these shows in 2019, but this is the only picture I could find. (from Nicalis twitter 2019) I thought I remembered a picture of a more proper cabinet, but cannot find any other pics.
buttersoft:
cheers, i'll dive into all that :)
EDIT: ah yes, i think i'd seen some of that vid before. I left it playing in the background this time and made it all the way through. It's clear the video's writer has a grudge against Nicalis, but, the validity of that aside, the whole project was unquestionably mismanaged.\
Such a shame, it still looks absolutely amazing even now.
MrThunderwing:
Ahhh, the 90's Arcade Racer... The game that showed so much promise and then just never was. I've also seen that video where the guy mentions about the game being very badly received at the gaming Expo. It's a real shame some competent developer familiar with arcade racers (like Sumo Digital) can't take the source code of Nicalis and make a decent game engine around the existing art assets.
--- Quote from: BadMouth on July 25, 2023, 01:47:44 pm ---How was the handling/gameplay?
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It was a little bit weird in the alpha version I tried, but apparently that's exacerbated by the suboptimal performance of my PC
If you look at Alessandro's video of the game running on a beefier PC, it looks like it's running and handling absolutely fine
2huwman:
This looks really cool - is anyone able to share the alpha demo, as the link has been taken down? Thanks.
EDIT: Never mind, got it. You can still find the google drive link using way back machine and download it directly from the google drive.
I had to lower the settings but it runs nicely. physics goes crazy if you leave the road but it's otherwise looking promising.
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