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Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:15:35 +0000

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By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:51:02 +0000

it's definitely the multi-player over wifi that will make this game awesome. With a touch and an iPhone in our house already, I'm looking forward to kicking my kids' butts.:)

By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:51:00 +0000

it's definitely the multi-player over wifi that will make this game awesome. With a touch and an iPhone in our house already, I'm looking forward to kicking my kids' butts.:)

By: rich_952000

rich_952000 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:13:08 +0000

Wow, this is the second time I've skimmed over this article, and just now noticed this is a Freeverse game. I'm sold. Period.

By: rich_952000

rich_952000 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:13:00 +0000

Wow, this is the second time I've skimmed over this article, and just now noticed this is a Freeverse game. I'm sold. Period.

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:38:28 +0000

oh wow, I almost missed the Scalextric days, just remembering seeing my brothers and cousins playing in massive tracks but I never got around to playing on them. This looks like a great trip down memory lane. Am quite eager to try this out

As for Analogue acceleration, couldn't you work something like a sliding vertical bar on the side? Sort of like the throttle in X-Plane?

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:38:00 +0000

As for Analogue acceleration, couldn't you work something like a sliding vertical bar on the side? Sort of like the throttle in X-Plane?

By: Gregz0r

Gregz0r — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:23:39 +0000

I loved Scalextric back in the day, and heard that it's gone digital or something(the real thing i mean).
Anyways, this looks like it's gonna rock. I trust it has authentic sounds too?

By: Gregz0r

Gregz0r — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:23:00 +0000

I loved Scalextric back in the day, and heard that it's gone digital or something(the real thing i mean).
Anyways, this looks like it's gonna rock. I trust it has authentic sounds too?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:47:08 +0000

@Mark: I'm a big Scalextric (1/32nd) nut and we've got a very serious HO club racer testing for us too, so don't worry, you'll enjoy it (and yes, real cars are actual 3D, while anything on a flat screen is ultimately 2D ). As always though, prime directive is to make it a really fun iPhone game.

There's a lot of tweaks, tuning and such to go before MacWorld of course, and the preview version mentioned above was very pre-alpha (by the time anything I'm working on gets through the various levels of "are we allowed to talk about this" checking, it's usually way behind what I've got here )

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:47:00 +0000

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:21:51 +0000

@Aaron: Really appreciate the feedback. I might suggest that if the digital controls are "more fun" then perhaps some attention should be paid to making the analog controls "more fun" too, instead of just accepting it . Maybe a different choice of analog implementation, or responsiveness tuning, would help? But hey, creds for trying, so thanks. And I think you meant "3D", not "2D"...

I go back to the 1/24 scale real hardcore scene in the 60s, where most towns had an actual track business/storefront, there were multiple magazines dedicated to the sport, and top end accessories like a pro controller were $50 or more (in 1960s dollars!). I really don't expect you to perfectly emulate that experience, but now you know where the bar is set .

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:21:00 +0000

By: boardopboy

boardopboy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:47:51 +0000

WOW!

By: boardopboy

boardopboy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:47:00 +0000

WOW!