Atari STE 50fps racer - WIP 8 June 

Could have changed the course of history!

Thanks! Definitely "a little like" a Falcon!

Thanks for the feedback. I do plan to have more frames for the main player car and should hopefully be able to refine things a bit in this area.

​@@gridleaderretroI noticed that too. Somehow the sprite looks pasted on the track. I was thinking maybe add some burning rubber smoke?

Thanks for the suggestion. If somebody can rip the engine sound from XJ220, I could have a go at integrating it!

Thank you! I take pride in the fact that it would be difficult to get this to run at even 25fps on a standard STFM :) Please see the updated video at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LgaqPgijtbk.html

That would be cool. Right now though, I'm trying to keep the feature test as minimal as possible so that I can actually finish this game and get it released within a sensible timeframe!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks Mark. I have no plans to make a commercial-style game with loads of bells and whistles - not enough hours in the day! It's going to be a stripped-to-the-bone arcade racer in an early 80's style - basically complete as many laps as possible before time runs out. I'll be releasing the code once complete so happy for somebody else to evolve it into something more ambitious.

Thank you. I'm looking into this at the moment - just need to get somebody on board to draw the intermediate sprites!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you Frederico!

Thanks for your comments! One of the reasons this is able to run at 50fps (where other ST racing games typically run at 10-22fps) is because the maths that generate the road movement and curvature have been stripped back and simplified as far as possible, in order to consume as little CPU time as possible. It would of course be possible to put in road movement that appears more correct (e.g. something similar to Lotus), but then I'd likely need to make sacrifices elsewhere - most probably reducing the framerate to 25fps. Once I do that, there would be little to differentiate this game from the dozens of ST games already out there!

​@@gridleaderretro This makes sense. Although I think it will ultimately be possible to have proper road perspective at 50fps it is 100% reasonable to not make this a priority. The rest of the game, i.e., smoothness, gameplay, driving controls, is much more important at this stage.

I hope the eventual finished product will be as addictive as this video :)

@@gridleaderretro I wouldn’t worry 😊

Thank you! Yes, they're sounds ripped from Lotus 1 currently acting as placeholders - mostly because we ripped the sounds from the Amiga version of Lotus 1 for use in my previous project Lotus STE.

Thank you so much!

Thank you! I've only been working on intermittently for just over 3 months. I tend to post more regularly on my Twitter account at @RetroRacing if you want to follow development.

@@gridleaderretro that's probably the reason. Everyone left twitter. I saw it on facebook.

@@Gunstick Yeah, the ST scene seems a lot more active on Facebook for sure!

Thank you!

Hi Stephen. The (rather messy in places) code will be made available following the initial release of the game.

Thank you Anders!

Cheers Chris. I have a name in mind, but I'm also open to suggestions!

@@gridleaderretro With the night driving, 'Le Mans Super Speed Challenge.' Or something.

There seems to be a total lack of interest out there on the forums - no idea what's going on. Glad you've found it and you like it anyway!

@@gridleaderretro mate, it looks incredible! You really are the racing game king on the ST, and kudos to you for that. tbf to atari forum, it's just not that busy in the scheme of things (I guess us ST'ers are outnumbered by some considerable amount by that other 16 bit thing) but know that your hard work is appreciated and I'll be bumping the thread shortly.

Thanks, will do!