Street Racer
Vivid Image · 2021 · Racing, Combat Racing, Action, Battle Royale, 2D
PC
5 user reviews40% · 5 📉 Recent reviews down 30%
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About Street Racer
A cross between Super Mario Kart and Street Fighter, Street Racer takes place in a kooky cartoon world with 3-D environments ranging from Mount Rushmore to Transylvania. In split-screen mode, four players can be viewed in different windows simultaneously for a behind-the-car perspective. In micro mode, available for one to four players, all players cars can be seen in an aerial view of whatever track is in play. Different viewing and playback options make it possible to experience every grueling twist, turn and obstacle in your path from varied camera angles and positions, with independent controls for each window in multiplayer modes.
Advanced artificial intelligence gives the game s cars the ability to adapt to the player s performance. The better you are, the better they perform, providing unlimited challenge even for the most seasoned racer.
Street Racer features 27 challenging game tracks (three of them hidden), four difficulty levels and eight cartoon opponents with names like Frank Instein, Green Machine and Surf Sister. Each character wields special weapons ranging from towels to the ability to fly, and each also has a special musical theme reflecting his or her personality.
For maximum variety and challenge, the game offers multiple race options ranging from one-lap sudden death races to endurance contests up to 80 laps, plus a choice of four different gameplay modes. These include a practice option where players can test their skills against any driver; a basic Head-to-Head mode for two players racing on one selected track; a Championship mode that allows players to design their own race, mixing tracks and difficulty levels if desired; and a Rumble mode that lets you knock your opponents out of the ring.
Speeds of up to 30 frames per second on the DX266 and up to 60 frames per second on Pentium machines offer exceptional detail, even in four-player mode. There are also 10 different fast starts for players to explore and built-in fast laps on each track for drivers to beat.
The game is also packed with special surprises, including hidden tracks and characters, and bonus points that make it possible to win a race without finishing in first place. Players receive extra points for causing damage to other cars and for finishing a race damage-free. Cars that incur damage are penalized with slower performance. Repair kits available along the track can reverse the damage. And turbo boosts that can be picked up along the way provide short bursts of super-speed.
Advanced artificial intelligence gives the game s cars the ability to adapt to the player s performance. The better you are, the better they perform, providing unlimited challenge even for the most seasoned racer.
Street Racer features 27 challenging game tracks (three of them hidden), four difficulty levels and eight cartoon opponents with names like Frank Instein, Green Machine and Surf Sister. Each character wields special weapons ranging from towels to the ability to fly, and each also has a special musical theme reflecting his or her personality.
For maximum variety and challenge, the game offers multiple race options ranging from one-lap sudden death races to endurance contests up to 80 laps, plus a choice of four different gameplay modes. These include a practice option where players can test their skills against any driver; a basic Head-to-Head mode for two players racing on one selected track; a Championship mode that allows players to design their own race, mixing tracks and difficulty levels if desired; and a Rumble mode that lets you knock your opponents out of the ring.
Speeds of up to 30 frames per second on the DX266 and up to 60 frames per second on Pentium machines offer exceptional detail, even in four-player mode. There are also 10 different fast starts for players to explore and built-in fast laps on each track for drivers to beat.
The game is also packed with special surprises, including hidden tracks and characters, and bonus points that make it possible to win a race without finishing in first place. Players receive extra points for causing damage to other cars and for finishing a race damage-free. Cars that incur damage are penalized with slower performance. Repair kits available along the track can reverse the damage. And turbo boosts that can be picked up along the way provide short bursts of super-speed.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
this maybe a good game but without controller support i'll never know!8 found this helpful
Street Racer is an ancient SNES game from 1994. It's a whopping 30 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions (or widescreen monitors), hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an ancient game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge, or just a cash grab to try profit from abandonware. Street Racer is an unabashed, lazy ripoff of Mario Kart (Copyright Nintendo, 1992). Many lazy "amateur" developers don't pay attention to their obligations under copyright law, and often steal the ideas of actual, real game developers without credit, such as the "developer" here has done. At this stage no legal action has been taken by Nintendo against the "developer" here, but it's never off the table, as previous copyright law cases have shown. They might get a pass here, because this was permitted on the SNES, so Nintendo knew their copyright was being breached... regardless, just because the case hasn't been tried in court doesn't mean it won't be. Always be careful when buying dubious ripoffs. You m…7 found this helpful
[h1] Racing game from DOS era. Controls are all over the place, gladly you can change them in settings. DOS and 16-bit console versions are different. DOS version have super tiny circuits and some 3D terrain. In this version when boosting acceleration button need to be released. Console version is more similar to Mario Kart and have flat levels. Also in this version bilinear filter is forced on so expect blurry visuals. Are you ready for 10 laps? Because I'm not. 10 quirky characters with funny names to choose from. When driving slap your opponents in neck leaving smoking red mark behind like a memo - I WAS HERE. Power ups like health, turbo and time bomb which you constantly try to shake off to nearest opponent, I mean all the time. Collect stars, for what? To be honest I have no slightest idea. Music is ok. Only good thing about this one are characters and 16-bit console version which is more reliable. Better play it on actual console - at least controls are working. If you don't mind wacky racing games from 90s, then you might wanna not play this. [/h1]6 found this helpful
It is a typical Piko release - feels botched. Of course the "16 bit" version has that super laggy Mednafen setup that is a Piko stable. It is as if a third-world guy was paid a close to nothing to get some old game working.3 found this helpful
Would highly recommend it for anyone interested in retro racing games! At the time, people consider it an improved version of Super Mario Kart, and it even contains modes that would later be added in Mario Kart 64 - although not even as good. There's quiet a few misconceptions in the other reviews I've read, so I'll address some of them. The two versions included are [b]not[/b] remakes, they're ports. The SNES/16-bit version is the first released, and the DOS version is the latest. There were 7 versions released in total, and there's a lot of minor differences between versions. I don't think anyone expects 7 versions of a game on Steam, but I believe the Playstation version is the most played - so It'll be considered the "correct" version by most people. Of the ones included here, I prefer the SNES/16-bit version. There isn't [b]native[/b] support, but combining Steam' controller layout adjustments with the ingame options makes it quiet easy to accommodate any controller - there's even a bunch of Community Layout. Just adjust your controller of choice to input letters/arrow keys and adjust the game accordingly. It takes you like 2 minutes. The track pickups are generally colour…3 found this helpful
A brilliant classic with a really fantastic soundtrack. One game that really deserves a remaster so it can be enjoyed in modern resolutions.1 found this helpful
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