We are already used to the fact that in large racing games Russian tracks cannot be found. Rally races in Australia, routes in Italy, twenty-four hours in Le Man, snowy expanses of Sweden, American megalopolites, finally, is please. But Petersburg, Voronezh and Saratov will not be found in car symbolics like Need for Speed. Fortunately, exceptions are still come across. It is about them that will be discussed in today's selection.
Promzone races in Need for Russia 2.
Need for Russia
Let's start with funny: in the middle of the two thousand years a small Polish team Red Dot Games I decided to create my clone Need for Speed. True, she did not have the necessary experience, and the budget, obviously, was missing. But there were enough incentives and desires at all costs to release a conceived project. Need for Russia It turned out in every sense with a slope: bad graphics, terrible tracks, disgusting physical model. But the tuning was present in all its glory. And Russian auto industry. And native open spaces. They seem to be inseparable.
If only this holiday of life did not last long … well, they released one race. Well, they made a sequel. But Need for Russia has grown to the size of a full -fledged series! Especially amusements of the fourth part, which received at the time the subtitle “White Nights” was released. This “need” had nothing to do with the hero city of St. Petersburg, but how tempting sounded: “White Nights”. And American traffic lights. Beauty!
A selection of gameplayers from the first four parts of Need for Russia.
Twisted Metal 2: World Tour
No wonder, oh is not in vain in the name of the second part of the crazy Twisted Metal The phrase "world tour" appears. For Sony The sequel of one of the most driven races of the nineties has become an ideal landfill for grinding, an already excellent working concept. Even more weapons, lawlessness, violence! And all this, as usual Golden Lion Casino, is in full 3D. Hurry to buy.
The people were in a hurry, which contributed a lot to sundress radio and enthusiastic reviews of the press. However, in our TOP Twisted Metal 2 was not at all because of the quality (although this is also important), just among the tracks there was a native Moscow. Stereotypical, with domes, cathedrals and ridiculous posters, but she was there!
Moscow level Twisted Metal 2: World Tour.
"Truckers 2"
From frostbitten arcades – to simulators. At the beginning of the two thousandth years, Russian gamers went through not only Western blockbusters with many explosions, a clang of “iron horses” and a huge budget. In the gaming top of Runet (a word as if just those times) could be found and a rather unpretentious game called “Truckers 2”. The stars created by the Novosibirsk studio from the sky did not have enough, but captivated by the atmosphere.
The gameplay was based not only by the cargo transportation itself – there was an economy there, and even races on trucks. Want to monopolize the market? Arrange? To escape from the police or talk with brothers? “Truckers 2” offered everything at once, and this is combined with the soundtrack from the Aria group and his native Russian expanses turned the game into superhite. Yes, it is also interesting to go away today if you discard the graphic snobbery for a short time. The soul is more important than polygons!
Ring Race from "Truckers 2".
Project Gotham Racing 4
More recently Microsoft annually made a large bet not at all on Forza Horizon. As arcade race No. 1, the Americans promoted the cycle Project Gotham Racing From the studio Bizarre Creations. It started on the Xbox Original and successfully lived to the heyday of Xbox 360. What bribed players? A combination of simplicity and interesting physical model: carals could be controlled almost like in Arkad, but this is “almost” and distinguished PGR from NEED For Speed and other competitors.
Project Gotham Racing 4 was released in 2007, gathered a good press, liked the gamers, but … became the last part in the series. After her, Bizarre Creations switched to other projects, among which there were even shooters like The Club And James Bond 007: Blood Stone. As for PGR 4, then in our selection it got one reason-because of the racing track in St. Petersburg. Pleasant bonus for residents of one sixth of the land.
St. Petersburg stage PGR 4.
Goldeneye 007
Peter in the 2010 Reloaded version.
"Golden Eye" was the first film with Pierce Brosnan as agent 007. He was remembered by Russian viewers not only a dashing firing, but also a wild number of cranberries. Sputnik "Petya", a chemical plant near Arkhangelsk, Ksenia onottop, but the main thing … pursuit on the tank in St. Petersburg! The cocktail came out so expended that against its background “from Russia with love” (one of the best parts of Bond, among other things!) I looked even somehow modest.
So, the game based on the "golden eye" from the company Rare Most the best features of the great-grandson. Greatly recreated action scenes, espionage gadgets, atmosphere. Among other things, Goldeneye 007 was reproduced and episode in St. Petersburg. By modern standards, this whole “race” looks, of course, Kosoboko, but here it is worth admiring at least the spirit of time.
Tank trip on cranberry Peter.
Wipeout
Nineties – the time of good racing games. It is at that time Electronic Arts released her Need for Speed, appeared on the stage Gran Turismo from Cazonori Yamauti and magnificent Colin Mcrae Rally. A whole genre was actively formalized for future decades, and the most delicious was growing in its center: unusual arcades. And it is not only about F-zero or Mario Kart. Wipeout– A great example of how to cultivate your own franchise in a popular segment.
Very socialist.
Futurism, high -speed car, bizarre tracks and a pleasant electronic soundtrack – with such a formula project PSYGNOSIS triumphantly drove into the market. It was easy to master wipeout, but learning to play well is hard. But it was worth it! Moreover, Wipeout had a wonderful Russian route – with elements of socialism and industrial landscapes.
Rally Trophy
The modern gamer knows the team BugBear Entertainment in a series of charmingly unlimited in Arkad Flatout. In the zero, this series replaced the owners of PC by such a desired, but inaccessible ruler by virtue of console Burnout. Yes, it is made easier, the graphics are not so stylish, but, as you know, the best fish is a sausage. However, BugbBear Entertainment and the project of a completely different sense were on the account. Serious enough to compete with products Codemasters.
Speech about Rally Trophy -This game was released exclusively on PC and offered to ride on retro cars. With her physics, she drove into a stupor even fans of Colin Mcrae Rally: it was extremely difficult to drive a car. The developers themselves explained this with a desire to recreate the sensations from driving a car that was not yet stuffed to the top is stuffed with electronics. And you might even say that BugBear Entertainment did it. And in Rally Trophy there were Russian stages! A pleasant addition.
Russian stages in Rally Trophy visually not allocated. But they were at least!
Lada Racing Club
Without this immortal monument to the domestic Gamdev, a selection would be incomplete!
In the middle of the zero about "Lada" even a neighbor Barbos knew. Races on domestic cars were advertised by the leading media, the developers willingly talked about the creative process, unforgettable gameplay and soundtrack from the Casta group. Could a dream become a reality? Of course, no: the best part Lada Racing Club It turned out to be the design of the box.
A terrible physics, disgusting picture, glitches, bugs and an “empty” third disc, a garbage file from which it was supposedly necessary to launch the future addon … Low estimates in the press and thousands of negative reviews of customers made “Lada” such black PR that it instantly became a symbol all the worst that is in the Russian industry of games. Unlike Need for Russia, this continuation race did not receive. And rightly.
Laughter laughter, but the clip of caste “speed capsules” is not even so bad.
F1 2017
The history of Codemasters is similar to the script of the film: Two British teenagers decided to sell their own video games. They wrote entertaining software to the cassettes right at home, and then sent them by mail. It is hard to believe, but the Darlin brothers in the shortest possible has become the rocks of the era of home computers, and the formasters formed by them is a sign of quality. If a familiar noticeable seal stood on the box, then it was possible to take it without fear.
A small English publishing house still exists, although, of course, it cannot compete with large corporations. However, it is the British who spread one of the best Formula 1 simulators-it is the best because it very meticulously recreates the Royal Races. And also in F1 2017 Codemasters has a racing track in Sochi.
Sochi track F1.
“Our races!"
One of the main troubles of the races about Russia is to choose cars. That Lada Racing Club, that the Ned For Russia created in Poland used domestic auto -huts, which was obviously designed to increase the atmosphere of the game. But one thing – for the sake of laughter download a mod with "Zhiguli" for San Andreas, And another – to persist for hours on a dozen variations of one unfortunate "Lada".
But the creators of the mobile game "Our Races" guessed to combine both the Russian highway and the chic cars for which we love car symptures so much. Licensed BMW, Cadillac and Alfa Romeo, wide customization opportunities, multiplayer races – everything is as it should be. Only not in the abstract city jungle, but against the background of the Kremlin! In general, you should look at this exotic.
And “Our Rounds” from September 4 to October 2 hold a tournament with real cash prizes. The game itself can be downloaded from Google Play And App Store.
The official trailer for the game.