LGR - Car and Driver - DOS PC Game Review
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Date: 2022-04-14
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I think the idea for something like this was way ahead of its time and what was possible to make back then. However at the same time, if something like this was introduced today, I can't imagine it would really catch on. I mean the idea of a game where you can read reviews and test drive the cars, would quickly get overshadowed by racing games. even if it had some kind of VR feature where you could sit in the cars and press all its buttons and try out its features. yes, cool idea, but I can't imagine it catching on
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I think the idea for something like this was way ahead of its time and what was possible to make back then. However at the same time, if something like this was introduced today, I can't imagine it would really catch on. I mean the idea of a game where you can read reviews and test drive the cars, would quickly get overshadowed by racing games. even if it had some kind of VR feature where you could sit in the cars and press all its buttons and try out its features. yes, cool idea, but I can't imagine it catching on
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Евгений
I still play it.
It's like a minigame now )
With such a phisics! Not many claims for that time.
And not many games we still have with a mouse-controlling steer.
It's realy for relax (with time chasing.
Really differing cars with their own characters.
Really various tracks. From drag till long-ranged highway separated by 3 parts.
No tunnig. Just get and ride.
But I think that the main reason of my choise was that it is my first game on PC that I had seen. It was 1996
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I still play it.
It's like a minigame now )
With such a phisics! Not many claims for that time.
And not many games we still have with a mouse-controlling steer.
It's realy for relax (with time chasing.
Really differing cars with their own characters.
Really various tracks. From drag till long-ranged highway separated by 3 parts.
No tunnig. Just get and ride.
But I think that the main reason of my choise was that it is my first game on PC that I had seen. It was 1996
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Jason
This is nuts, first of all I saw the radio menu had WEFT 90. 1 at 3: 19 its a local college station for me out of Champaign, IL (just coincidence right) but. it gave me memories of -Hour Of Slack- a syndicated program that was on thursdays at 11: 00pm and there fictional spokeperson was -BOB DOBBS- the face at 4: 48 - its a SubGenious thing. the show was out of Texas and syndicated all over but WOW! LOL! anybody else catch this! I would say these developers were subgenious types: 0
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This is nuts, first of all I saw the radio menu had WEFT 90. 1 at 3: 19 its a local college station for me out of Champaign, IL (just coincidence right) but. it gave me memories of -Hour Of Slack- a syndicated program that was on thursdays at 11: 00pm and there fictional spokeperson was -BOB DOBBS- the face at 4: 48 - its a SubGenious thing. the show was out of Texas and syndicated all over but WOW! LOL! anybody else catch this! I would say these developers were subgenious types: 0
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SiliconClassics
I spent quite a bit of time with C&D and agree wholeheartedly - interesting cars, decent graphics, and lots of potential, but the game could have been so much more if it had a more solid physics model. Approaching the finish line in 1st place and then flying off the road due to a glitch ruins the experience. It's a lot like Test Drive 3, all the right ingredients were there, but the end result was undercooked. If only Papyrus had done a road driving sim!
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I spent quite a bit of time with C&D and agree wholeheartedly - interesting cars, decent graphics, and lots of potential, but the game could have been so much more if it had a more solid physics model. Approaching the finish line in 1st place and then flying off the road due to a glitch ruins the experience. It's a lot like Test Drive 3, all the right ingredients were there, but the end result was undercooked. If only Papyrus had done a road driving sim!
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jhhwild
This is pretty nostalgic for me. I would play this game for hours. I loved the freedom, you could just drive around aimlessly and explore and I loved that. I also liked the car accidents and the replays. My brother and I would go around trying to break the game and there were some places where you could go up a part of the oval track and go flying really high. I would also try to drive normally and look like a normal driver, lol. It was fun.
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This is pretty nostalgic for me. I would play this game for hours. I loved the freedom, you could just drive around aimlessly and explore and I loved that. I also liked the car accidents and the replays. My brother and I would go around trying to break the game and there were some places where you could go up a part of the oval track and go flying really high. I would also try to drive normally and look like a normal driver, lol. It was fun.
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Jake
1. Select the Mercedes w/ Automatic Transmission
2. Select the Highway Track with the roadside houses
3. Slowly approach the roadside house until you make contact
4. Full throttle directly into the house - car will slowly climb wall while breaking traction
5. Once vertical on the wall with full throttle, the Mercedes will gain traction and launch vertically several hundred feet.
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1. Select the Mercedes w/ Automatic Transmission
2. Select the Highway Track with the roadside houses
3. Slowly approach the roadside house until you make contact
4. Full throttle directly into the house - car will slowly climb wall while breaking traction
5. Once vertical on the wall with full throttle, the Mercedes will gain traction and launch vertically several hundred feet.
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AmstradExin
This is one of the games that show that the PC was the platform with the biggest variety of games even before windows 95 came along. I was really surprised by the textures at the time, but i was also shocked how bugged the game was. Not only the physics made you make loopings without reasons sometimes, but also the occasional graphical glitches made me stop playing the game. A pity.
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This is one of the games that show that the PC was the platform with the biggest variety of games even before windows 95 came along. I was really surprised by the textures at the time, but i was also shocked how bugged the game was. Not only the physics made you make loopings without reasons sometimes, but also the occasional graphical glitches made me stop playing the game. A pity.
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Andrei
Man I have such fond memories of this game, I used to play it over and over as a kid. -
I remember jamming the forward key on my keyboard trying to drive to the hills in the background on the Arkansas track, which obviously you can't get to because they're part of the skybox - but that didn't stop me from spending 3 hours just driving in a straight line! Llittle kid logic!
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Man I have such fond memories of this game, I used to play it over and over as a kid. -
I remember jamming the forward key on my keyboard trying to drive to the hills in the background on the Arkansas track, which obviously you can't get to because they're part of the skybox - but that didn't stop me from spending 3 hours just driving in a straight line! Llittle kid logic!
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jhhwild
I remember playing the crap out of this game as a kid, I was impressed by the 3d graphics and I loved the open-ended nature of the game, the freedom to do whatever I wanted. I liked watching the replay too especially when the physics got all broken. I probably would have liked the other games you mentioned better if I knew they existed at the time.
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I remember playing the crap out of this game as a kid, I was impressed by the 3d graphics and I loved the open-ended nature of the game, the freedom to do whatever I wanted. I liked watching the replay too especially when the physics got all broken. I probably would have liked the other games you mentioned better if I knew they existed at the time.
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Jedi
When I was a kid I'd play this and practice parking in the parking lot map. I think it legit had a positive impact and made me more confident when I finally got behind the wheel of a real car. Glad I found this video as I was sure it was Car and Driver but a friend kept telling me I was wrong and it was Test Drive or Stunts.
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When I was a kid I'd play this and practice parking in the parking lot map. I think it legit had a positive impact and made me more confident when I finally got behind the wheel of a real car. Glad I found this video as I was sure it was Car and Driver but a friend kept telling me I was wrong and it was Test Drive or Stunts.
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