![]() This game brings up some interesting conundrums when it comes to race in games. It was the most fun way to Stock car race. Daytona USA was an interesting game in that it was very Japanese but it was seemingly a Japanese interpretation of the movie “Days of Thunder”. I spent all Christmas day playing Daytona USA and Nights into Dreams with Alex Cohen. My friends were getting Cruise’n USA for N64 and I was playing Daytona USA on the Saturn and I could not have been happier. Also, the economy of buying new bikes really made me feel ownership of the bike.ĭaytona USA (Saturn)- This was my first real 3D racer. For me this really opened up the idea of connecting with these vehicles and characters in a more meaningful way. We hated cop O’Malley and remembered the bikers who wronged us. It was such a novel concept for a racing game. Super fast, super violent, you could knock cops off their bikes and every biker had a name and a personality. I grew up playing Road Rash after renting it from Blockbuster with the Dotterwiechs. Road Rash 1,2, and 3 (Genesis)- Road Rash started out as a rebellious biker simulation and moved on to become a full on street gang sim by the PS1 era. This association is reinforced in media outside of video games regularly. who else can afford one? As a kid, this was the beginning of the implicit associations of white and wealth. Of course there are white people driving a Ferrari Testarosa…. I think the game also has had a profound way of reinforcing perceptions of who has wealth and what to associate wealth with. It was the first game that made me wonder, what would it be like if the driver had an afro and looked like me. I spent hours looking at the back of these white heads driving down ocean vistas in a Ferrari Testarossa. It’s a white man and a white female (his girlfriend, or a date he is trying to impress). This is the first game I ever saw a human driving. The focus on cruising and listening to the radio is so powerful. This game captures driving in a way that few other games can. I had no idea I was even playing a Genesis but I always loved playing this game. I played this game at Uncle Tommy’s apartment. Outrun (Genesis)- This game is my first true gaming love. This game obviously was not a large component of my racial development or anything but it was first taste of racing games. It’s an isometric racing combat game made by Rare. I have fond memories of playing RC Pro Am. RC Pro AM (NES)- Everybody remembers their first. I love those games but they are not arcade racers) ![]() (note: sim racers such as Gran Turismo and Forza are not going to be on here. Come with me on this journey we will start from the NES to now. It led me down a fascinating (at least to me) journey through my personal gaming automotive history and led me to look at how culture and race intersect in some of these games. ![]() It’s the first game I’ve given money and it got me thinking about Arcade Racers, which ones I have loved and why. I backed Drift Stage, an arcade racing game on KickStarter. ![]()
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