wow!
I've never really liked racing games but this really captured my attention! Great controls, Great choice of weapons and Great Graphics! I totally agree with the previous reviewer. Can't wait for your next game (Or movie ;) )
Reviews for "Flash Racer"
Enjoyable but needs some polish.
I liked the overall look of the game. Cool looking cars. I Liked the burned rubber marks left when you take a corner at full speed. I thought that the feature of parking the car on the difficulty setting you want was cool!
The game reminds me of some very VERY early coin operated games. The lack of physics gave it a nostalgic arcade feel, which is kindof cool.
Problems (in my opinion):
On the load screen: The estimated load time doesn't display correctly. Ex: Shows :865 .. maybe try this format? <M:SS>
The "PREV" and "NEXT" buttons should probably swap positions.
During Gameplay: The Gear position indicator stays at 1/4 the entire time.
The controls for driving the car were ok, but became awkward when it came time to use a special effect.
The alternate menu is a great idea but it didn't work. It wouldn't allow me to select the difficulty level and when I clicked "tutorial", it went right into a race.
I didn't care for the blur effect on the car when it accelerated to a certain speed.
No engine sounds was a disappointment after seeing the cool looking Indy car on the load screen.
Lack of gun sounds, rocket sounds, or bouncing 55 gallon drum sounds had me making the sound effects myself in full Foley style.
Overall .. great effort. Go for Flash Racer II
MattB4rd
Rustygames responds:
Thanks for the great review (I can see you thought about it). About the gear thing, that shows you your place (you must have been 1st alot :P). Thanks :D
Great overall, but ...
Driving anwhere close to (but not touching) the edges or another car slows the car down. It would be better if the car only gets slowed when it actually comes in contact with the edge or an object.
Also Getting rear-ended causes the both cars to slow down. Seems like the rear car should slow down and the front car should speed up.
Nice, but...
I found that after using the barrels and winning a race, I saw the barrels in the parking lot. Also I did some training and then challenges and the track in the minimap never changed.
Excellent!
One great game to put it simply. As good as race games go in flash, this is if not the best i have played. The low sound quality and frame rate (caused by my computer no doubt) hardly mattered. I loved that you could hardly see the car if you went fast enough.
Rustygames responds:
Cool. Yeah the game is best played on a fast machine but it plays well on slower ones. Thanks for the comments