Find me an off
road racer like Motorstorm that runs at 60 fps on any console and then we'll talk.
Well, it isn't an ultra-lightweight, limited production
road racer like the 911 R of 1967.
Not exact matches
GT Le Mans is basically the same as the GTE - Pro class of the WEC, with GT
racers based on
road - going models
like the Chevrolet Corvette and Porsche 911, generally driven by professional drivers.
But just as older genre film fans might look back in wonder at the summer of ’82 (featuring E.T., Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, Poltergeist, The
Road Warrior, and Blade Runner) or the summer of ’84 (Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom), there have been some contemporary summers with robust, varied lineups of very good movies,
like 2008 (Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Wall - E, Step Brothers, and cult favorite Speed
Racer) and even the otherwise sequel - saturated 2011 (Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Super 8, X-Men: First Class, the first Captain America).
The Challenge Stradalé is a different creature entirely, feeling more
like a
racer for the
road.
Slower corners are nothing
like as busy, so my guess is that all those wingy bits are pushing the nose ever harder to the
road the faster you go, and there isn't the
racer's rubber and massively stiff springing to cope with it.
«Targa» came from Porsche's racing success at the Targa Florio
road race in Sicily; it means «shield,» a kind of description of the trophy that gentleman
racer Vincenzo Florio gave to the winner of the event he established in 1906, and Porsche executives
liked the connotation of safety.
In grand touring cars, we've seen gorgeous
road - capable
racers like the Ferrari GTO and the Ford GT40 evolve into very exotic supercars
like Koenigseggs and Paganis, all still very much in the same mold.
Racing «sports cars,»
like the incredibly efficient (but also insuperably ugly) Prototype
racers that now fight for overall victory at Le Mans, have absolutely no visual linkage to anything any of us would want to be seen driving on the
road.
All of them will have been driven on trackdays and none of them will feel
like they've been built by Audi, but if you can't quite stretch to a Challenge Stradale in your collection then I think the Exige would fill the «beautiful
road -
racer» slot beautifully...
March 18, 2013, Auburn Hills, Mich. - Configured in - house by the Chrysler Group's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) team in collaboration with professional
road racers, the exclusive, street - legal and single - spec 2014 SRT Viper TA (Time Attack) package is specifically built for the performance enthusiast driver who
likes to exercise their machines at the more than 150
road - race courses around North America.
Like its
road - going equivalent, BMW's newest two - door
racer changes its name from M3 to M4.
The new increased aerodynamic down force enables the car to accelerate faster and last longer on the
road compared to the GranTurismo version, additional specifications were added to make it resemble racing versions
like the MC Trofeo spec
racer and the GT4 competition model.
Granted, MINI is not a car for everyone, as demographically it's aimed at those who love spirited driving and a vehicle that handles
like an SCCA
road racer instead of a highway comfort dream machine.
I'm sure most of you reading this are aware of Chevrolet's glorious history throughout the years as not - so - silent partners with some of the great efforts throughout American
road racing history,
like the Cunningham Corvette entries at Le Mans, the original Sting Ray
racer, the brutally purposeful Corvette Grand Sports, the famed Jim Hall Chaparrals, the Penske Trans - Am Camaros, etc., etc., etc..
Key to any
racer, off -
road or not whether it's realistic or arcade is a solid handling modelthat makes you feel
like your driving the vehicle to its limits, all the time just keeping your grip on the
road and dragging every second of time out of the poor screaming machine, but the handling in Nail'd simply lets you drive around everything at max speed and feels loose and light, and never once does it feel
like your actually racing on dirt or mud.
Nail'd officially holds the record for worlds fastest off -
road racer, and it's certainly something to see it action as you fly at breakneck speeds around the track, but what should be a white - knuckle ride on your ATV or bike of choice feels more
like a rollercoaster ride involving little skill but plenty of creative «Oh my giddy aunt» moments.
I would
like it if more or all of the remaining tracks created from modnation
racers are on the modnation
racers road trip.
There he helped provide audio to games
like racing series F1 2010 and FI 2011, off -
road racer DiRT, and the recent spin - off of FPS Operation Flashpoint.
The usual array of lower - end puzzle games, sports titles and action sims also feature within the selection of launch day titles with the
likes of Reality Fighters and ModNation
Racers:
Road Trip to touch down alongside Little Deviants and Everybody's Golf.
On the one hand it was a brutally quick arcade off -
road racer that pitted hardy vehicles (cars, buggies, motocross bikes, trucks) against terrain that made the Paris - Dakar look
like a nip down the supermarket.
Like those previous
racers, Onrush is all about frantic, abrasive off -
road racing on large, wilderness tracks, this time letting you choose between different kinds of buggies and bikes as you battle your way into the pole position.
Each track has special boxes in different areas that contain items that can help impede other
racers and give players an advantage in getting ahead,
like using a mushroom to boost or placing bananas in the
road for other players to slip on.
Ultimately, most
racers still succeed or fail based on what the game feels
like when the rubber hits the
road.
Cops can deploy spike strips and set up
road blocks, while the
racers can use things
like radar jammers.
Sometimes I feel
like the game can take itself a little too seriously with corner cutting time penalties and the more traditional
road course racetracks that take away from the beautiful scenery that you get on other circuits, because after all, this is an arcade
racer.