In the late 80's, Geoff Crammond released the incredible game of ' Stunt Car Racer '. It involved you the player, racing around a 3D track in a first person view using a vehicle which had boost capabilities. It was also one of the greatest racing games ever released and what made it so great was the fact that all of the tracks were like rollercoasters, with such dangerous driving and incredible heights involved it would've killed anyone if it was real life. But this month as a bit of a shock, a coder by the name of Vesuri looks to be working on an Amiga version of Stunt Car Racer that's running at a smooth 60fps. Something Amiga owners have been wanting for a very long time.
Either its blind nostalgia or something else but I've never had a problem with the frame rate in the game, but even so back in 2016 there was a number of owners hoping for a smooth 50/60fps frame rate and offerings of £400. In fact according to one user, part of the reason he even bought a 68060 at the time was the hope that SCR would break the ~15fps frame rate it was fixed to. That hope didn't bear fruit at the time, but with this latest tease there's hope we may finally see a 60fps Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga...
Watch this space
But what spec is this Amiga. Is doesn't say which is highly suspicious. He doesn't mention it in the YT discription either.
ReplyDeletePlace your bets! AGA only? Vampire? Pistorm required!
DeleteI can only guess, but I suspect an Apollo/Vampire, it’s a 68080 FPGA machine with Super AGA and Maggie 3D.
DeleteSomething I have never waited for
DeleteI'm hoping that this is pure OCS.
ReplyDeleteSomething I have never been waiting for.
ReplyDeleteWow, this looks quite impressive in 60FPS. But the hardware is impressive too :)
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