Racer (2002)

by Hippo Games

Well this is a great racing game. I will let a couple of members describe it for you..

Usul wrote:

Here we have a VERY nice racing game indeed. The controls are simple just as it should be, you don't need much time to get into the game. Good.

Racing feeling is pure and great, the choice of cars is ok and they look quite accurate. The Career Mode is just cool, it's like a sort of Mini-Gran-Turismo with gains, upgrades and new cars.
Only thing that annoyed me a little is that you have to repeat the first race numerous times in order to be competitive for the next ones...

Thumbs up for this

Chroelle wrote:

The gameplay is good. I have put the game down and picked it back up around 9-10 times. I have played it every single day since P.A. suggested it. However it has some annoying sides, like Czech text lots of places, repetition of first race over and over to get upgrades and improvements, and when you are fully upgraded it seems you can only win the harder races, by getting pushed along by the faster cars behind you...

Pater Alf wrote:

Chroelle and Usul said everything: excellent racing game with 1 and two player, training and career mode. Gameplay is nice, I played it every single day for two weeks now and I'm not tired of it.
There are some minor flaws, especially that they didn't do a complete translation of the game, so that some parts are in Czech (same for the editor).

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Details Game license: Freeware (GPL) Game hunter: Chroelle Game proposer: Pater Alf Download count: 359 Game homepage Platforms: Windows 98 Windows XP Windows 2000 Linux System requirements: Processor speed: 200 MHz RAM: 0 MB

Genres Driving

Ratings

• Game hunters' rating: (4 of 6)
• Overall: 4.25 (4 votes)
• Playability: 5.00 (1 vote)
• Idea: 4.00 (1 vote)
• Technical: 4.00 (1 vote)
• Graphics: 4.00 (1 vote)
• Music: 4.00 (1 vote)
• Extras: 2.00 (1 vote)

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Downloads

• racer_en.zip (15.79 MB)
  (Windows Executable)
• racer-1.0-linux-src.tar.tar (7.60 MB)
  (Linux Source)

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Discussion on our forums on Racer

• Chroelle on 02.12.2007:
  ...dum da dum....
  Still haven't gotten to that part where I win all the races. I think I need to get back to this game...

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• Chroelle on 11.11.2006:
  BTW: Go for level 4. The one that is 10 rounds and only 135000 for first prize. You will win big, if you maxed out your car...
  Do this a couple of times and you should be on your way moneywise...
  
  I am going for gold on all races. Tell you when I get there if that was the solution...

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• Pater Alf on 11.11.2006:
  Maybe you have to win every level D race, before you can go to level C? But I´m just wildly guessing (don´t know anything for sure)...

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• Chroelle on 11.11.2006:
  I will play it some more today until I get maxed out...
  
  EDIT: Done. You get a lot more engine power when your engine is maxed out. I am driving the Megane, and I am flying at 210...
  I haven't figured out just yet, how I get to buy a level C car. Has anyone else?

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• Pater Alf on 11.11.2006:
  At this stage you should be able to compete in race two without any problems. I played till I always ended race one somewhere between first and third place and when I tried race two, I normally landed on rank 3 or 4 (so I don´t lost any money or even gained some). You can also try race three which isn´t harder than race two and you should be able to compete with the other cars (but with bad luck you will loose money here).

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• Chroelle on 11.11.2006:
  I have that annoying feeling that I ahve to play the first race at least 16 times more, and I already did it 8 times or so. Just to get my car good enought o compete in the second race... Did you get to where you are actually winning race two every time? I got only to the part where I win race 1 every time with no sweat.

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• Pater Alf on 11.11.2006:
  Correct, translation could have been better. But in many cases there is the czech word for a certain action and when you point at the word with the mouse the english word wil appear too. Imo not the best solution but enough to make the game playable.
  
  BTW, a friend of mine speaks czech perfectly. Maybe he can explain the editor to me (haven´t looked at that one yet).
  
  Music worked fine on my computer. I don´t have any idea what they´re singing about (as it is czech again) but it really sounds great.

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• Chroelle on 11.11.2006:
  I had problems with the music. It was simply jittery bits of noise in my headphones...
  I lik ethis game alot, and I hope someday they will make a fully English version of the game... It seems there are quite a few places where they still only have the czech word for something...That is quite a nnoying, since my Czech is rather rusty...
  BTW: Just looked at the editor. You might want to polish up your Czech too on this one...

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• Pater Alf on 07.11.2006:
  You´re right, it looks very similar to the one you came up with. Just saw that you suggested a racing game as well today after I finished the thread. But maybe one of this two games is good enough to get on the site (or even both of them?). I have a good feeling with this one.
  
  Some minutes ago I found out that there also is a track editor for "Racer" (just follow the download link). I will try it later...

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• Chroelle on 07.11.2006:
  Looks alot like the one I came up with earlier today. I think I will give this one a play when I get time... Looks promising.

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