Played on the Duckstation Emulator on PC using an Xbox One controller. The physics and handling model aged much better than I had expected them too. Fun car selection. I'm pretty fond of the lack of tracks, it actually allowed me to learn them all and start to master them. Disparity in AI car difficulty is races is pretty rough. Also, putting a big turbo on a car makes it take over 10 seconds to get out of 1st gear? There had to be a more elegant way to do that, extremely frustrating. All in all a pretty amazing first effort when you consider the landscape of racing games at the time of its creation. It's pretty barebones but does everything you want it to do rather well.
É muito doido pensar que lá em 1997 um certo japonês - que muito facilmente vai virar um dos meus favoritos quando o assunto é criar jogos - junto da sua equipe implementou mecânicas de customização absurdas, centenas de carros e gráficos estilosos pra época em um hardware com 2MB de RAM e 1MB de VRAM.
True rating:
Gameplay & Mechanics: 8/10= ⭐️0.8
Graphics & Visuals: 6/10= ⭐️0.6
Sound & Music: 7/10= ⭐️0.7
Quality & Polishing: 10/10= ⭐️1
Setting & Campaign: 10/10= ⭐️1
0.8 + 0.6 + 0.7 + 1 + 1 = ⭐️4.1
This game historical importance can't be denied, I played it a few weeks but decided to shelved it to pick it up again when I finish Gran Turismo 2, but it gave me a first good impresion, I truly appreciate that runs more smoothly than its sequel. I would not recommend this as an entry title in the series, but for I have seen online you can complete this game faster than other main games on the series.
Gameplay & Mechanics: 8/10= ⭐️0.8
Graphics & Visuals: 6/10= ⭐️0.6
Sound & Music: 7/10= ⭐️0.7
Quality & Polishing: 10/10= ⭐️1
Setting & Campaign: 10/10= ⭐️1
0.8 + 0.6 + 0.7 + 1 + 1 = ⭐️4.1
This game historical importance can't be denied, I played it a few weeks but decided to shelved it to pick it up again when I finish Gran Turismo 2, but it gave me a first good impresion, I truly appreciate that runs more smoothly than its sequel. I would not recommend this as an entry title in the series, but for I have seen online you can complete this game faster than other main games on the series.
I love how the cars handle and I like that you can upgrade them you can even make them think every single one of them looks like full-on race cars! and I think you can have a nice relationship with the cars you choose since there's not that many. lastly, the most expensive cars that cost like 500k from each dealership are fast af and cool that's all thanks :)