First Spear Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 I have the movie "Ford vs Ferrari" playing in the background. Then it occurred to me, I wonder if it would be fun to have a couple of minor tweaks to Auto Racing, in the same vein as Astrosmash being tweaked for competition. Allow a variable number of laps (or hardcoded to something extreme like 255). Allow an extended timer to account for the number of laps. After a given amount of time, shift the color palette to mimic "night", then back to day after equivalent amount of time. Then we could race like it's Le Mans 24 hours. What do you think? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 And some background music and some billboards sprinkled here and there on the courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 That is a cool idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, First Spear said: I have the movie "Ford vs Ferrari" playing in the background. Then it occurred to me, I wonder if it would be fun to have a couple of minor tweaks to Auto Racing, in the same vein as Astrosmash being tweaked for competition. Allow a variable number of laps (or hardcoded to something extreme like 255). Allow an extended timer to account for the number of laps. After a given amount of time, shift the color palette to mimic "night", then back to day after equivalent amount of time. Then we could race like it's Le Mans 24 hours. What do you think? I think its a good idea, but some major graphic upgrades will need to be done to make it bankable. But there are plenty of good programmers out there that can make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog said: I think its a good idea, but some major graphic upgrades will need to be done to make it bankable. But there are plenty of good programmers out there that can make it happen. In other words, give Dave like 2 weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Le Mans: Super Pro Auto Racing I Like it! Been asking for SP Auto Racing for years! How About just starting the game on 1 controller! Actually, Now I need to play some Enduro! 1 of a handful of games that has held up on the VCS. Another idea, STRING the courses together... When you finish the 5 laps, proceed to the next track. Combined time. Maybe 3 laps? or Lap select? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 11 hours ago, First Spear said: I have the movie "Ford vs Ferrari" playing in the background. Then it occurred to me, I wonder if it would be fun to have a couple of minor tweaks to Auto Racing, in the same vein as Astrosmash being tweaked for competition. Allow a variable number of laps (or hardcoded to something extreme like 255). Allow an extended timer to account for the number of laps. After a given amount of time, shift the color palette to mimic "night", then back to day after equivalent amount of time. Then we could race like it's Le Mans 24 hours. What do you think? Play course four. That one already feels like it goes on forever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 This game exists. Its called Desert Bus. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Did someone say 24h of Le Mans? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I say, someone should hack the ROM for auto-play and run a marathon race of 24 Hour Le Mans, recording it from the emulator, and post the results. Somewhat like the Intellivision Baseball League, but with cars. dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 If you use the no collision hack, the car will probably circle the Auto Racing world indefinitely. Even without the hack, isn't there a path where it can drive a straight line without hitting obstacles? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, mr_me said: If you use the no collision hack, the car will probably circle the Auto Racing world indefinitely. Even without the hack, isn't there a path where it can drive a straight line without hitting obstacles? The Intellivision will PAUSE after 5 minutes of no user input. My Dad was worried about BURN IN, so they did this just for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 20 minutes ago, DZ-Jay said: I say, someone should hack the ROM for auto-play and run a marathon race of 24 Hour Le Mans, recording it from the emulator, and post the results. Somewhat like the Intellivision Baseball League, but with cars. dZ. Adding an AI car? Hmm, Great! But I think Motocross MAY do this already? Been to long, need to play that now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, 1980gamer said: Adding an AI car? Hmm, Great! But I think Motocross MAY do this already? Been to long, need to play that now! That’s fine, but they don’t run motorcycles in Le Mans. dZ. Edited July 27, 2022 by DZ-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, DZ-Jay said: That’s fine, but they don’t run motorcycles in Le Mans. dZ. Le Mans is pretty open and races in classes. Could you imagine racing a high performance motorcycle for 24 hours! OUCH! Anyway, I prefer Auto Racing to Motocross. However, I love Motocross. I like the options for steering and direction as well as creating courses. I also like the head to head method of CLOCK count instead of the "AHEAD" of auto racing. Auto Racing was one of my very first games and you could actually play 1 player! LOL Another reason I loved Space Battle and a little later Astrosmash. But My brother an I played HOURS and HOURS of all of the sports games and loved every minute of it! Would love to see an enhanced Auto Racing for certain! Maybe a 60Hz version. I think that runs on the Exec 20Hz or something along those lines. Not only could we get faster cars, we could have smoother scrolling. I didn't notice / remember the jittering so much at 10. But I certainly see it now. Yet I still love this game 42 years later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 How about a multicart with Isle of Man too? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Found the unobstructed path. From course one, on the starting road, drive on the grass just off the south edge of the road and it will circle the Auto Racing world. Press a button every few minutes to avoid the game pausing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, mr_me said: Found the unobstructed path. From course one, on the starting road, drive on the grass just off the south edge of the road and it will circle the Auto Racing world. Press a button every few minutes to avoid the game pausing. You can find a few unobstructed paths! However, some will always work and others will work some of the time based on a few random trees. You can even find shortcuts etc. Edited July 28, 2022 by 1980gamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brew that is True Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 5:29 AM, DZ-Jay said: That’s fine, but they don’t run motorcycles in Le Mans. dZ. Bol d'Or used to be held at the Le Mans track. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol_d'Or Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, The Brew that is True said: Bol d'Or used to be held at the Le Mans track. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol_d'Or Aha! I stand corrected. dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendocon Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 2:42 PM, mr_me said: If you use the no collision hack, the car will probably circle the Auto Racing world indefinitely. Even without the hack, isn't there a path where it can drive a straight line without hitting obstacles? There are four paths in total. For each path, position your car so it's just off the road to the south. One of those paths is at the very beginning of Track 4, before the road turns. The other three are anywhere Track 1 is going east or west. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 10:54 PM, First Spear said: In other words, give Dave like 2 weeks. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 26 minutes ago, intvdave said: Awesome! This was right at the top of my list for wishes for upgrades along with Utopia. Excellent news. 👍🏻 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 2:46 PM, 1980gamer said: The Intellivision will PAUSE after 5 minutes of no user input. My Dad was worried about BURN IN, so they did this just for him! I think for Le Mans edition of Auto Racing, the screen timeout 1+9/3+7 would have to be disabled. No sleep! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 8/21/2022 at 1:50 PM, cmart604 said: Awesome! This was right at the top of my list for wishes for upgrades along with Utopia. Excellent news. 👍🏻 Sorry but the work I did on Utopia is at a full stop. I do not see me returning to it any time. I just hope to make worth updates to Auto Racing. This is going to be tough. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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