The 20 Best Commodore Amiga Racing Games In Order Of Greatness

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Hey whatsup guys OSG here and I’m continuing on with the Best racing games series and today we will be looking at the Commodore Amiga.
I actually started this list a while ago but now I’ve done the C64 list its time to get this one out there. If you thought the C64 list was good be prepared to be blown away by this list because it’s not what I thought… the game that I thought was going to be top only made 4th …that how good this list is…so good that I’ve also got a list of honourable mentions at the end
So here we go The 20 Best Commodore Amiga Racing Games In Order Of Greatness
Game in this video:-
Lamborghini American Challenge @ 00:39
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road @ 01:16
Micro Machines @ 01:53
Street Rod 2 @ 02:30
Crazy Cars III @ 03:07
Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge @ 03:43
No Second Prize @ 04:20
Indy Heat @ 04:57
Super Cars @ 05:34
Roadkill @ 06:10
Skidmarks @ 06:45
Super Skidmarks @ 07:20
Street Rod @ 07:56
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge @ 08:31
Vroom @ 09:08
Super Cars II @ 09:45
Stunt Car Racer @ 10:20
Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 @ 10:57
Indianapolis 500: The Simulation @ 11:35
Formula One Grand Prix @ 12:12
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  • @DaftLuva
    @DaftLuva4 жыл бұрын

    Decent list, but it is desperately missing Test Drive 2, Jaguar XJ 220, Nitro and Super Hang On...do a „Best Sports Game“ List next, mate!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'll add that to the schedule

  • @dakyras426

    @dakyras426

    4 жыл бұрын

    Was going to mention Nitro! Remember having great fun playing that 3 player.

  • @babylemonade2868

    @babylemonade2868

    Жыл бұрын

    RVF Honda for best motorbike game

  • @gumdeo
    @gumdeo4 жыл бұрын

    Stunt Car Racer, legendary game!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell me about it mate, i cant stop playing it..when it appears in these lists even though i know the game off by heart i still play it lol

  • @thedude8046

    @thedude8046

    3 жыл бұрын

    That was the shit!!

  • @eskey691
    @eskey6914 жыл бұрын

    Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 hits me everytime, that music man just takes me back to my mum and dads old house and sitting in my bedroom playing this to death. Great list buddy roll on the next vid :)

  • @greekretrogamer4355
    @greekretrogamer43554 жыл бұрын

    No matter what I will see in the future in terms of graphics and gameplay, I will never feel again as I felt for Amiga500. This excitement, those memories , will never be replaced

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah they will never replicate the nostalgia effect

  • @greekretrogamer4355

    @greekretrogamer4355

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming I started with ColecoVision, then C64, Amiga500 and the rest consoles. Now i'm on a high end PC with all the goodies on it, but as i said and its true....A500 was the big deal. X-copy, original titles, name it !!! Games like Turrican 2, Defender of the crown, Shadow of the beast,Blood Money, the list is endless.....keep it up

  • @SuperDaz34
    @SuperDaz344 жыл бұрын

    Completely forgot about Vroom!! Super Cars 2, Stunt Car Racer , Lotus 2 , Indy 500 were my favourite driving games on the Amiga. Really miss those days playing with my mates .

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too mate

  • @cezaug
    @cezaug4 жыл бұрын

    Great memories.. The amiga was such an amazing machine...sound wise is incomparable....thanks for the video

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching mate

  • @patsfan4life

    @patsfan4life

    4 жыл бұрын

    c64 sounded better & was only 8 bit......

  • @priestfan81

    @priestfan81

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@patsfan4life naa

  • @THE_MAQ355

    @THE_MAQ355

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well said mate👍

  • @johnbower7452
    @johnbower74523 жыл бұрын

    For me you missed some of the best driving games on the Amiga: Test Drive 2, Ultimate Ride (can't believe you missed this Motorcycle classic), Jaguar XJ220... I agree with Microprose Grand Prix being up there on your list (indeed top of the ones you included), but you missed some great classics off.

  • @1cmman

    @1cmman

    3 жыл бұрын

    My favorits were Lotus and Jaguar XJ220.

  • @ShawnGBR
    @ShawnGBR4 жыл бұрын

    I have to second t he calls for Jaguar XJ220. Seeing it on the Amiga made me buy it for the Sega CD. The storyline added to the racing as you had to budget repairs (the damage stopped you from playing bumper cars) and find the cheapest next location (which made geography fun). The soundtrack reflected the rise of house music at the time with some great Roland-303 sounding acid house rhythms.

  • @bigstackD
    @bigstackD4 жыл бұрын

    Top job my friend, you are an absolute champion to put out this Video. This one hit home pretty hard ! Half the games you showed I didn’t even remember until I saw them and it brought back so many memories from 25 years ago. The amount of fun I had with these games cannot be expressed with words or pictures and I’m sure you know exactly what I’m talking about. My channel and your channel are complete opposite’s But at the end of the day viewers can see the passion in the video we make and know exactly what we’re talking about. (Even though I’ve never spoken in my videos) I love your channel It brings back so many memories, But I love the most is the C64 and Amiga500 videos. Fun fact your number 1 selection in this video was definitely one of my favourites , I used to turn around on the first lap and hit all the cars out so I could win the race but a lot of people don’t realise there was a cheat built in on the game where regardless of your position in the race even if you’re losing and the race was basically finished on your last lap of the race instead of going past the chequered flag you pull into the pits and you would get first place every time. I can’t remember how I found this out But it works every time on every race👍🏻

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol...I'll give that a go

  • @powdergangereddie3413
    @powdergangereddie34134 жыл бұрын

    Street Rod 2 was amazing back in the day, they’ve never made a game like it imo.. buying old cars do them up and drag/street race/pinkslips.. Was only a kid when it came out but I never forgot how much me and my mate loved it

  • @AmbersKnight
    @AmbersKnight4 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always. I guess we could all make our own lists. I've never been a fan of top down racers so most of those I would remove along with Street Rod. I would have had Jaguar XJ220, Tope Gear 2 and Buggy Boy in there.

  • @stephenhall2980
    @stephenhall29804 жыл бұрын

    Super hang on was a surprisingly good arcade conversion on the Amiga. lotus 2 is God like though, from the absolutely banging intro music to the graphics that almost convince you that the Amiga was capable of hardware sprite scaling.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah Hang On nearly got on the list

  • @PeteWylieRC
    @PeteWylieRC4 жыл бұрын

    So many great memories here. I had most of these. Super Cars 2 and Stunt Car Racer (with 2 Amigas and a link cable) are my faves 😁

  • @RMCRetro
    @RMCRetro4 жыл бұрын

    I can't argue with that list, great choices, and "Days of Thunder" was nowhere to be seen :D

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Apparently days of thunder was link play so may be in a future video I'm working on ...even though it's terrible lol

  • @tranzorz6293

    @tranzorz6293

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah, Days of Thunder. Remember getting that festering turd of a game in the Screen Gems pack. God it was BAD!

  • @tqft

    @tqft

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, Days of thunder.. how did I forget that one. How about Lombard Rally 😱

  • @perperikis5501
    @perperikis55014 жыл бұрын

    The multiplayer feature of F1GP using a single machine was fantastic back then, so much fun without any effort or extra hardware. Fun fact: I noticed Gerhard Berger mentioned in a message at the end of the video. Since the drivers' real names were not available due to licensing, we had to modify them ourselves. It looks like this is the case in the video as well. Fun times.

  • @mrbgb6946
    @mrbgb69462 жыл бұрын

    Great list however very disappointed you never included lombard RAC rally, teat drive 2 (my personal favourite) super hang on and Honda RVF. I would also have put jaguar xj220 racing in there even though it was an inferior lotus clone. Gotta say thank you for taking me down memory lane, I dearly loved my Amiga 500+ and these videos take me right back.... Great work.

  • @GirolamoReadyToPlay
    @GirolamoReadyToPlay4 жыл бұрын

    Great list mate! My favorite one that I insert always as #1 is Lotus II , Amazing! I love so much Stunt Car Racer, unique style Meanwhile in my list I insert too WarmUp, 1000Miglia, F17 Challenge, Nitro, Wacky Racers, Badlands and Super Grand Prix And Geoff Crammong? He is The Man! Formula One Grand Prix, great game for that era! and he created, later for PC, GP2,GP3 and GP4! Ho many memories! Anyway I know is difficult to creat a list because you can't insert all games ;)

  • @CrashMidnick
    @CrashMidnick3 жыл бұрын

    Nice top 20. As many others said, Jaguar xj220 (god, that soundtrack !!), Nitro and test drive should be there. But this is your list and tastes ;)

  • @melomonster007
    @melomonster007 Жыл бұрын

    Cool list, you reminded me of some classics like Street Rod. On my list Lotus 3 would be way closer to the top and I would have added Jaguar XJ-220

  • @sergeinester6261
    @sergeinester62614 жыл бұрын

    I would have added Super Hang On a genius port but also a brilliant racer by one of the best coders on Amiga ((Archer McClean). The sound effect of the whining turbo is brilliant. The use of mouse control was brave but so much more responsive than joystick once mastered. And the sense of speed - incredible. I agree with a lot of your list but a crime to leave this one out. Also. You forgot racing desctruction set on C64 - I remember playing this and landing my motorbike in the back of a pickup - and it kept going til I was bounced out when that player rolled - genius.

  • @nonax3662

    @nonax3662

    4 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree. And it was released even 2 years before Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge.

  • @rcchronicles25
    @rcchronicles254 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Two of my favourite racing games right next to each other. Stunt cars and Micro Machines! I played those both relentlessly! Great video OSG 👍🇬🇧

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks for watching mate

  • @OwtDaftUK
    @OwtDaftUK4 жыл бұрын

    Nitro is my fav Amiga racer. Night time tracks are brutal in a good way.

  • @priestfan81
    @priestfan814 жыл бұрын

    The lotus games blew me away. Using a monitor and an amp with heavy speakers, playing the storm level when I was 10 or 11, is still one of the most awe-inspiring gaming experiences of my life.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good times mate. No new games will engrain memories like these games did

  • @garethjackson8683
    @garethjackson86834 жыл бұрын

    Great memories.. played all those games especially F1, indy 500, Stunt car, Street rod 1 and crazy cars.. few more I played which wasn't on the list we're Test Drive 1 & 2, Nitro, The Cycles and RVF Honda.. remember playing them on my dad's Amiga 1000. Thanks for video 👍

  • @therealacewildcat
    @therealacewildcat3 жыл бұрын

    those stunt car racer tracks are burned into my memory. great video. lots of amazing memories of my amiga. really wish someone like GoG could reproduce the games to play legit

  • @RetroRelixRestorer
    @RetroRelixRestorer4 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff, glad Indy 500 was #2 as it was my favourite. Used to make the cars crash in to each other behind me and watch the carnage in the rear view mirror 🤣

  • @mattx5499
    @mattx54993 жыл бұрын

    I remember Lotus series and Jaguar XJ220 were my favourites. UK's developers really knew how to make awesome racing games and good advertisment for their super cars. Top Gear 2 was also very nice game. The graphics were crisp and colorful and the sense of speed was awesome.

  • @LurgsHowToGuides
    @LurgsHowToGuides4 жыл бұрын

    Lost track of how many years I spent playing on Indy 500 and Formula 1, as you say near perfect simulations. When I sold my Amiga they were the 2 games i missed. I remember you could lower the graphics levels to make the game smoother. Amazing. Great video

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah F1 is on another level, i used to play Indianapolis all the time...until i got F1 ...then not so much after that as F1 has it all

  • @1stdrive
    @1stdrive4 жыл бұрын

    Nitro and Carnage would have made my list. Carnage is a little known game that was great fun. I used to play F1 a lot but I'd always turn the car around and drive into everyone head-on to cause spectacular crashes. 10 years later I became a driving instructor.

  • @basvanharen2904
    @basvanharen29044 жыл бұрын

    Great list again, I remember Lotus Turbo Challenge for its great soundtrack. Thanks!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @RetroMMA

    @RetroMMA

    4 жыл бұрын

    Crazy how much the side view of the Lotus looks like a Ferrari 348/355...

  • @1971gtrxu1
    @1971gtrxu14 жыл бұрын

    Stunt Car Racer and Grand Prix Circuit were 2 of my favourites. I know it was on your short list but for either 1 or multiplayer awesomeness there is only one word: N I T R O

  • @chrisperry5244
    @chrisperry52443 жыл бұрын

    Me and a mate use to serial link our Amigas to play 2 player Stunt Car Racer. Geoff Crammond was and is a legend for this and F1 GP.

  • @glennmk5167
    @glennmk51674 жыл бұрын

    You keep knocking these videos outta the park👍I was never a fan of top down racing games.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @5HlNOBI
    @5HlNOBI4 жыл бұрын

    Crazy Cars III and Stunt Car Racer were my favs. No 2nd Place was loads of fun too. Many on this list I never tried, and should some time. Good stuff OSG!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should! thanks for watching

  • @bzdtemp
    @bzdtemp4 жыл бұрын

    Nostalgia at its best. A couple of fun facts. In the LETC II there was one track with no refulling spot, if you nailed your racing keeping at max speed all the way instead of getting a perfect time you ran out of fuel just before the finish line! Also in LETC II. You could connect two Amigas with null-modem cable and play with two players on each Amiga. We did at a dorm where I live and it worked well even with a 50 meter cable. Vroom as well as Indianpolis 500, F1GP and Stunt Car racer also came out for PC and well on 80386 machines - some of others likely did also. Wroom was a late release for PC as I recall and it was put out on CD, maybe to try and pretend it was a big game as a selling point. Only since I knew it from Amiga I took a good look on the disc - it was no problem to fit it on a single 3½disc only using normal compression and there was room to spare.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna try that petrol thing out

  • @alexq2930
    @alexq29304 жыл бұрын

    Another amazing video

  • @MrDophilus
    @MrDophilus2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the memories! Stunt Car Racer was, and still is, one of the best races I ever played.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    True that mate

  • @DrBIeed
    @DrBIeed3 жыл бұрын

    I was going to mention great list! I need to sub to this guy! Then I realized I had already subscribed at some point in the past. 😁

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @refractionpcsx2
    @refractionpcsx24 жыл бұрын

    Man, I remember playing Crazy Cars 3, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 and Jaguar XJ220 back in the day, I need to pick those up again. I wonder where Jaguar XJ220 would have come in your list, I used to really enjoy that one! Keep up the great work buddy :) You've been doing a great job!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol this was the ones that didnt make it...but nearly did i had a short list and these are the ones that were left out ... i nearly put Test Drive 2 in i love that game 4D Sports Driving Nitro ATR: All Terrain Racing Super Hang-On Jaguar XJ220 RVF Honda Test Drive II: The Duel as you can see it nearly got in

  • @refractionpcsx2

    @refractionpcsx2

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming damn, so close! haha. ATR is another game I liked, but I realise it's not everybodies cup of tea lol

  • @amerigocosta7452
    @amerigocosta74524 жыл бұрын

    Vroom is my favourite racing game on the Amiga and one of the best ever, it's just that no other game plays like it (and its pseudo sequels by Domark), and the story behind the game and its creator is interesting as well (the game started on the Sinclair QL..'nuff said!). What a powerhouse the Amiga was for racing games, the polygonal games were impressive for the times and the hardware. Other Amiga racing games I like: TopGear 2 (underrated Lotus style game), Road Rash (great conversion), Super Hang On (again, underrated very good conversion) and F17 Challenge (Italian developed game published by Team 17, kind of like a better looking version of Pole Position or Continental Circus).

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah i played it while choosing for this , it was difficult to condense so many great games down to a list of 20

  • @epromenator
    @epromenator4 жыл бұрын

    Another great top 20! Keep doin it!!!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching mate

  • @chrisrichards6139
    @chrisrichards61394 жыл бұрын

    I am really enjoying your top 20 proper retro ( i know people that think the PS2 is retro. certainly not in my eyes and I am glad im not the only one) racing series of vids. Due to your last vid I dug out my old commodore 64 from my vintage console cupboard. I look forward to your next installment

  • @retrowrath9374
    @retrowrath93744 жыл бұрын

    Wish I could have afforded an Amiga, my uncle used to have one and I used to go around to his a lot, but he used to do a lot of 3D rendering on it. I had a C64 though, great days, tuning that tape to get it working with the pirated games. :p

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol I miss those days

  • @tubevolks
    @tubevolks Жыл бұрын

    Top notch video. The top 5 of the list I totally agree with. Played those games for hours back in the 90s. In my opinion only Test Drive 2 is missing in this list.

  • @desiv1170
    @desiv11704 жыл бұрын

    Great list... I was always partial to LED Storm myself. That, Stunt Track (yep, over here) Racer, Super Off Road, and Street Rod were the ones I played (and still do) the most.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    SCR is a proper thrill ride of a game...it's so responsive and you can't take your eyes off the game for a second

  • @nearvanaman
    @nearvanaman3 жыл бұрын

    Agree with you on Lotus III. Lotus 2 was so good that it just wasn't necessary. Good list. Thumbs up.

  • @raggeragnar
    @raggeragnar4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant list , mate ! Stunt car racer , Grand prix , No second prize , Indy 500 , Vroom , Lotus 1-2-3 and the Skidmarks games are the ones I’ve enjoyed the most.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Epic list this, not one sub brilliant game on it. I had loads that could have gone in, i had to leave out Test Drive 2 which was one of my favourite games

  • @raggeragnar

    @raggeragnar

    4 жыл бұрын

    old style gaming : Oh Yeah , I forgot that one. It’s one that should’ve been on my list too. What a machine the A500 is. So many masterpieces in all genres. I would’ve serious problems making a top 50 list. Maybe I could pull of a top 100 , but I’m not 100% convinced. Think abou it : Racers Platformers Shoot’em ups/slashers Strategy games , real time & turnbased Point ’n’ click God/building games Puzzlers Simulators-planes/trains/cars/tanks/boats Rpg’s real time & turnbased Adventure/action games Sports Fighting games ALL IN THAT LITTLE PILE OF PLASTIC!!!!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah its a great machine for sure

  • @harrydbastard
    @harrydbastard4 жыл бұрын

    You had Katie price advertising bingo before this vid. You must be going up in the world

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    really lol....or maybe down

  • @neilhunt2708
    @neilhunt2708 Жыл бұрын

    F1GP - Enable no damage, race backwards around the circuit taking out all opponents. I can't be the only one who did that :) Anyway, great list

  • @ACanOfBakedBeans
    @ACanOfBakedBeans4 жыл бұрын

    Indy 500 was such a great game. Never had the Amiga version, but I did own the DOS version. Papyrus made some great racing games.

  • @fulgenzio1973
    @fulgenzio19733 жыл бұрын

    Four notable missing: RVF Honda, Jaguar XJ 220, Nitro and Super Hang On!

  • @adamcoucom6047
    @adamcoucom60474 ай бұрын

    I can't believe that Jaguar XJ220 has not made the list, it was an awesome game

  • @themadmoderator8465
    @themadmoderator84652 жыл бұрын

    watchign your old amiga lists while im waiting for the amig amini

  • @rayforceaddict
    @rayforceaddict3 жыл бұрын

    Roadkill, hell yeah! Also happy to see Indy Heat on the list. Re: Lotus 3: it let me down because it ran slowly and the futuristic levels didn't fit well in an artistic and thematic sense. I also wish the level editor had been more like Jaguar's!

  • @gravious
    @gravious3 жыл бұрын

    I don't think anyone agrees 100% with any list, but i enjoyed your top 20, great vid! i was a bit sad to see Lambo being so low and XJ220 not even on the list but no biggie :D FYI; on the video description, put the time first then the game (09:08 Vroom), youtube will split your video timeline into chapters then :)

  • @user-ro1cs5hp5e
    @user-ro1cs5hp5e4 жыл бұрын

    Ty for the video it made my day :)

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    No ... Thankyou for watching ;-)

  • @user-ro1cs5hp5e

    @user-ro1cs5hp5e

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming I was wondering if u have done a video of the best RPG games for amiga? :D would like to see which ones u will pick :D

  • @RetroMMA
    @RetroMMA4 жыл бұрын

    Vroom was so much fun with the serial cable, F1GP really shined with the accelerator patch, Nitro is 3 player fun, and Red Zone was a fun, if buggy variant of NSP - well, I could go on but I digress... :D

  • @KiR_3d
    @KiR_3d4 жыл бұрын

    Road Kill has the awesome intro :) Strange that you've didn't mentioned. One of my favorite games! Lotus series is awesome! They've made that super-smooth road gfx and made engine's sound silent... so it looks on par with Outrun arcade. And the music is outstanding, I was able to play and listen it more than in other racing games :)) P.S. probably there was a choice between engine sound and music... Can't remember.

  • @MacMelmac
    @MacMelmac4 жыл бұрын

    Vroom and Stunt Car Racer with Null modem cable. That was long racing nights back then. That's an idea for video, great Null modem cable multiplayer games!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that is a great idea, I have a null modem... To connect my Atari ST for stunt car racer

  • @MacMelmac

    @MacMelmac

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming That is something I have been wondering for some time. When connecting an Amiga to an ST with Null modem, what happened to the speed of the game? Amiga with its blitter chip and the ST with a slightly faster CPU.

  • @rick12373
    @rick12373 Жыл бұрын

    There is another motorcycle racing game that I thought was pretty good, which is Super Hang-On. I had a lot of fun with that.

  • @themast3rbat3r
    @themast3rbat3r3 жыл бұрын

    8:33 that soundtrack takes me right back....

  • @Leeki85
    @Leeki854 жыл бұрын

    You should definitely try MS-DOS racing games. Racing and simulation games were the first ones that showed PC superiority over Amiga. PCs had way faster CPUs and 2D hardware acceleration become irrelevant for 3D graphics. Also, PC joystick port supported four analog axis and 4 buttons, so it was perfect for racing games. Also PC racing games quickly adopted powerful 386DX and 486 CPUs that gave high framerate and improved draw distance. There were racing games in every type: World Rally Fever - pushed classic Outrun/lotus-like graphics to it's limits with arcade like super-scaler effects, Wacky Wheels - Mario Kart clone, with just OK gameplay, but awesome music, and super low hardware requirements for it's time. Death Rally - top down racing with 3D-ish graphics, Super Karts - very popular kart racing game, with Wolfenstein3D like raycaster engine, it supported 90's VR headsets. Megarace - CD-based FMV racing, where pre-rendered track is displayed as an animation. It was also available on Sega CD, but PC version worked in 256 colors (up from 64) and looked way better with better framerate. Most of games you listed are also available on DOS. Many of them as good, or even better (higher frame rate), but it didn't stop there. DOS got more advanced games like "Nascar Racing" from 1994 that had fully textured cars and tracks. Games like Need for Speed or Screamer series could easily compete with PSX, Saturn and even arcade games. When it comes to racing games, MS-DOS was the best platform in the 1990-1995, then games started to support Windows 9x.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    I might do a video on that, i still have my Ferrari Force Feedback wheel for early windows somewhere

  • @sirellyn
    @sirellyn4 ай бұрын

    I swear there was a game I played like supercars but wasn't supercars. It had longer tracks in more of a built up urban + green area, and slightly more iso view. You'd go from bottom left of the screen to top right for longer tracks, loop around and all that. Colors were more vibrant. After years I can't find it and no one knows. I must have hallucinated it.

  • @15-Peter-20
    @15-Peter-203 жыл бұрын

    Great video , great channel ... New subscriber ... Looking forward to a marathon !

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate

  • @15-Peter-20

    @15-Peter-20

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming this video was absolutely amazing , thoroughly enjoyed it . Thank you.

  • @KiR_3d
    @KiR_3d4 жыл бұрын

    I think that Vroom (or very similar one!) was the only vector gfx based game on Amiga that really made me to play it! It's fast and smooth.

  • @jn8092
    @jn80927 ай бұрын

    Indy heat was awesome, multiplayer was hysterical as you could run over your opponents pit crew meaning they couldn’t pit that lap!

  • @FromWitchSide
    @FromWitchSide3 жыл бұрын

    While I wasnt much into racing games back then, I did play a lot of ATR, somehow it just worked for me, felt smooth and controllable

  • @axilmar254
    @axilmar2543 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite driving games was Drivin' Force. While the gameplay wasn't really there, the huge sprites and the smoothest animation for a 2D driving game for the Amiga really impressed me.

  • @EricBarbman

    @EricBarbman

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree, it was the closest thing we had to the arcade Power Drift, with its zooming sprites for the road, a 50 fps. That was supremely impressive.

  • @misteragony
    @misteragony4 жыл бұрын

    I was expecting outrun at number 1😂 (what a bad port that was for the amiga)

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol...i was thinking of using that in the thumbnail for click bait

  • @Lucasrainford
    @Lucasrainford4 жыл бұрын

    Great list m8! Some classics in there to be sure! I bet it was a tough one putting the top 5 in order? I never played F1GP much, dunno why coz I battered Indy 500. I would replace a few in this list, Buggy Boy, Overlander and Super Hang On would be in there, but it's your list so....My favorite has to be Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, blinder :)

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah mate super hang on nearly made it ... But then I can't have them all... There were so many good ones...you need to fire you emu up and play F1 mate

  • @timpeachey9394
    @timpeachey9394 Жыл бұрын

    Revs and F1GP are the two best racing games ever made because of the way they were ground breaking. Rev on the BBC!!! Incredible they managed it.

  • @getdrinking
    @getdrinking4 жыл бұрын

    I really liked jaguar xj220 and buggy boy. (I think buggy boy was on amiga) But your list is good.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Xj220 was nearly in mate

  • @75338
    @7533829 күн бұрын

    Great video

  • @Texy88
    @Texy884 жыл бұрын

    One thing that I most remember about both _Skidmarks_ and _Super Skidmarks_ is that there is a jump-ramp on one of the levels; if you go up this the wrong way something that once made me and one of my best friends collapse in hysterics happens!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @CassetteComeback
    @CassetteComeback3 жыл бұрын

    Can't argue. Great roundup. I'm glad Vroom was in there. It's still a great Racer today, not relying on Nostalgia to be fun to play. You should check out the unofficial sequel, F1 by Domark.

  • @Jonky98
    @Jonky984 жыл бұрын

    Formula One Grand Prix head and shoulders above any other Amiga racing game. Shout out to Revs the first racing simulator I got my dad to bolt an old kart wheel to my Atari paddle controller and then mounted to an old joystick base with suction cups, Epic

  • @geordie1399
    @geordie13993 жыл бұрын

    Stunt car racer and Microprose Grand Prix took up so much of my time on the Amiga. Even bought an analogue joystick for Grand Prix. Loved the slimey used car salesman I Super Cars 2 aswell.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love him when I get the car I want for cheap ...hate him when he's and arsehole lol

  • @IanTyldesley
    @IanTyldesley2 жыл бұрын

    Hello, The Amiga had some great simulators, have you thought about doing a video showcasing the likes of Gunship 2000? Really enjoy your content, as a person with a room full of old machines (including every type of Amiga made) and a rare X68000 and Falcon i would love to see more obscure systems like the Archimedies or X68000.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ill defo do a simulator video and plan to do some more obscure systems in the future... one will defo be the Archi there some great games on there

  • @Matty112uk
    @Matty112uk4 жыл бұрын

    What a cracking selection! I've recently started playing with Amiga again (only via emulation though), but I'll be giving these games a spin (pun intended lol). Goes to show what could be done with Amiga hardware with proper time and effort. Yes I'm a lookinng you, horrific Outrun port!

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol there is an out run remake called cannon ball that game is great

  • @Matty112uk

    @Matty112uk

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming By 'Modern Vintage Gamer' no less. One of my favourite KZread channels.

  • @frankschneider6156
    @frankschneider61564 жыл бұрын

    Agree, Lotus II was the best in the series and also the best racing game on the system. The only racing game i enjoyed more was Outrun 2006 - Coast 2 Coast on the XBox. What is criminally missing in this list is Super Hang On, because the Amiga port from the arcade was excellent.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    just missed out mate...these are the games that nearly made it i had a short list and these are the ones that were left out ... i nearly put Test Drive 2 in i love that game 4D Sports Driving Nitro ATR: All Terrain Racing Super Hang-On Jaguar XJ220 RVF Honda Test Drive II: The Duel

  • @frankschneider6156

    @frankschneider6156

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming Test Drive II IS great :-)

  • @nishatgaming3d19
    @nishatgaming3d194 жыл бұрын

    Wow so nice

  • @auritone
    @auritone4 жыл бұрын

    I never got why ATR wasn’t better recieved when it was released. I had a blast with it and along with Micro Machines it is my favorite top down racer on the Amiga. That said, I am a bit surprised that Buggy Boy and Super Hang-On aren’t here...

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    Super hang in nearly was on mate

  • @ncf1
    @ncf14 жыл бұрын

    Its Lotus II for mine at number 1, but thats only because I prefer arcade racers over formula 1/sims, but wow this really made me realise how good the Amiga was with racers. I also liked Test Drive II The Duel, and Powerdrift (and probably the only one that does!) and I'm sure there are more decent racers I've forgotten, great video which highlights the versatility of the Amiga, what a system.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    i had a short list and these are the ones that were left out ... i nearly put Test Drive 2 in i love that game 4D Sports Driving Nitro ATR: All Terrain Racing Super Hang-On Jaguar XJ220 RVF Honda Test Drive II: The Duel

  • @ncf1

    @ncf1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming ah thats another one i loved, 4D Sports Driving.. and the others you left out, wow, just class. Even the driving section in Batman was great! Could have been its own driving game.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    And Robocop 3 Driving part too

  • @maxsmarts8210
    @maxsmarts82104 жыл бұрын

    Nice list, TEST DRIVE 2 must be there for me one of the best racing games .

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    nearly was mate...i love that game too

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    you should play them i had a great time

  • @michaelphillips1095
    @michaelphillips10953 жыл бұрын

    Geoff Crammond is a God. Formula one Grand Prix still holds up now. I remember having the manual and the box all beautifully presented. A game way ahead of it's time....

  • @MrDamo34
    @MrDamo34 Жыл бұрын

    Great list. I enjoyed Test Drive 2 as well.

  • @cycodamo
    @cycodamo2 жыл бұрын

    Good list and agree with your number 1, but here's some of my favourites, followed by my reasons why Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge is superior to its sequel: Hard Drivin' - You could design your own tracks and make a loop de loop and your lap would be saved as a ghost that you could play against; revolutionary for its time. RVF Honda - Third person motorbike game which had a great sense of speed. Super Hang-On - Another great motorbike game. Road Rash - Ditto, but you can smack people with clubs. Lombard RAC Rally - Incredibly realistic rally game for its time, you would have to deal with damage and obstacles and it was awesome. Buggy Boy - A simplistic but fun racing game. As regards Lotus, the sequel's graphics weren't as smooth in my opinion and the sense of speed suffered. Sure it had jumps and water hazards which were cool, but it had a checkpoint system so you didn't get to know the track and when you didn't meet the checkpoint, it was game over. They did away with the fuel aspect which was an absolutely crucial part of the original; the decision whether to pit in now or save it for the last lap vs your opponent was absolutely nerve-wracking. Going around the world to different locations was awesome and varied the game a lot.

  • @AlexPaulsen1
    @AlexPaulsen13 жыл бұрын

    Very good list. For me, Lotus 2 Will always be number one. 😍 with Formula One Grand Prix in second place. I never understood why people are so bummed out about Lotus 3, it’s a fantastic game that belong in my top 5. Suprised not to see Jaguar XJ220 on This list. Thanks for uploading. Subbed.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate

  • @tqft
    @tqft2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect list- 100% agree

  • @superviewer
    @superviewer3 жыл бұрын

    Probably 'Lotus II' but 'Test Drive' was the first I was really impressed with. I just came from the C64 :D

  • @thecardude762
    @thecardude7627 ай бұрын

    Stunt car racer, all 3 Lotus Turbo Challenges but agree 2 was the best, Jaguar XJ220 and Micro Machines for me

  • @stephen3511
    @stephen35114 жыл бұрын

    I had an Atari ST. Best racing games for that we’re Outrun, Supersprint and Buggy Boy.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    OutRun was Notoriously bad on the ST and Amiga though

  • @stephen3511

    @stephen3511

    4 жыл бұрын

    old style gaming never converted well from the arcade, but playing outrun on any console was great imo.

  • @ACanOfBakedBeans

    @ACanOfBakedBeans

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@EvilDobermann Yes. Super Sprint was amazing on the ST. One of the best home ports of that game in fact.

  • @jaysmith2858

    @jaysmith2858

    3 жыл бұрын

    F1 GP and Stunt Car Racer were the best 'traditional racers'. I had both. Doing a full race (never mind a full season) on F1 GP was a killer on your hands.

  • @rafaellima83
    @rafaellima833 жыл бұрын

    The list is good. It's hard to get it wrong with racing games and Amiga, it had so many good ones. I loved Jaguar XJ 220 back at the day, but I think it aged very badly. But I *love* Road Rash and I think it should be on the list. And there's another motorcyle racing game which I think never gets the praise it deserves: Prime Mover. It's really, REALLY fast and smooth and it plays pretty well.

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's another one called cmblacj viper or somthing that looks class unfortunately doesn't play as good as it looks or it would have been great

  • @rafaellima83

    @rafaellima83

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming Yeah, BLack Viper was released very late on the system life. Didn't like it too much either, but it indeed looks great.

  • @dougsharples
    @dougsharples3 жыл бұрын

    Best thing about MP F1 was that it was a multiplayer game, 4 of us used to play every Sunday till the early hours. Never knew what your AI driver was going to do. Many times changed player to bits of wing missing or rear tail destroyed.

  • @Pickchore
    @Pickchore4 жыл бұрын

    Honorable mentions.... Continental Circus Nitro Chase HQ Jaguar XJ220 Also, I never really noticed this before but the track shown in the Vroom clip looks just like high speed ring from Gran Turismo.

  • @Milano-ug3iu
    @Milano-ug3iu3 жыл бұрын

    I'm 100% right with the one and two. Mricroprose GP and Indy 500, the first very good games in 3D. I also love Micro machine and super cars II in multi gamers was a great hit.

  • @chriscowey7464
    @chriscowey74643 жыл бұрын

    Great list. I agree with lotus III, something for me just felt off about it, could never put my finger on it, I think perhaps they were trying too hard to distance it from the 2nd, they ended up spoiling the game play a little. A lot of people also like the music, but again for me the music in the 2nd is better.

  • @PJBonoVox
    @PJBonoVox4 жыл бұрын

    Good list. Missing Overdrive for me though :)

  • @oldstylegaming

    @oldstylegaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    sorry was hard to get them all in mate

  • @PJBonoVox

    @PJBonoVox

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oldstylegaming I demand a refund!

  • @nkesteren
    @nkesteren2 жыл бұрын

    2 player Stunt Car Racer with a null modem cable! Super Cars 2 "fire all remaining missiles". Lotus 1 and 2. F1GP. All the best picks. F1GP and many more were even better on A1200 with increased framerate!

  • @raedius_music
    @raedius_music9 ай бұрын

    the pile ups you could achieve in indy 500 set its physics engine apart for donkeys years well until dderby

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