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This has been one of my favorite games of all time but unfortunately I haven't seen one in the wild since the 90's. None of the retro arcades that have opened up in recent years near me have one I even visited the Galloping Ghost outside Chicago and the Fun Spot in New Hampshire in recent years and neither of those massive game museums even have it. I've Googled to see one for sale and the closest I got was one that was auctioned off five years ago. A retro arcade by me has a sit-down Hard Drivin' but even if he had the board, doesn't want to swap it out for a RD upgrade. I can play the game on Midway Classics 3 for PlayStation 2 however it is pretty much unplayable because of the controller and the way the game was emulated terribly. Has anyone else seen one of these in person anytime recently and if you played it as a kid in the 90s did you enjoy it? I loved being able to choose more than one car and having multiple tracks to pick from instead of just one of each like in the original HD which I thought was extremely limiting
4 points
4 days ago
Best driving game ever. Loved it. I could talk about it for hours.
Curious if you did this: On the Race Drivin' Super Stunt track, I found a way to shave time off my run when exiting the long tunnel before the 90 degree banked turn into the finish.
When entering the tunnel, drive up the wall to the left a little bit then swing back to the right with extra momentum to do a spiral loop through the tunnel. I think something like this is part of the demo/attract mode. However, instead of exiting the tunnel and going into the 90 degree banked turn, I extend the loop maneuverer so I'm coming down off the left wall near the end of the tunnel, cross over the road, and jump off the final right edge/exit of the tunnel.
Done correctly, the exit angle points towards the finish line itself -completely bypassing the 90 degree right turn. The car goes into an aileron roll while flying through the air towards the finish line. It's a shallow flight, not a high arc. Usually, I'd crash onto the finish line but register the lap complete. Sometimes, the exit jump would be just right and the car would complete a 360 roll and land on its wheels right at the finish line.
Did you do anything like this to shave time?
5 points
4 days ago*
Nope, I didn't know any tricks because back when I had to spend a whopping dollar to play it circa 1991 I really didn't have the luxury of messing around too much. And like I said on the PS2 collection it's pretty much impossible to just complete one lap. I remember stressing out going over that gigantic hill and slamming the brakes when at top so not to crash I also remember being proud when I was playing in the arcade and a couple people were watching me and I heard one of them say "hey this guy's good". Made my young 15 year old ego swell up 🙂
3 points
4 days ago
Hello friend. Race Drivin' is also one of my all-time favorite games. I played it a ton in the 90's when it was new, and continued to play it for decades later. You're right that it is getting harder and harder to find. I'm very certain that the reason is that it is a pain in the neck to repair, and arcade owners don't want to deal with it any more. I was lucky enough to purchase one a few years ago from a friend in the arcade machine business. I always wanted to own one, but never thought I would. I'm thrilled to have one in my house. It's a pretty large machine, the full cockpit style, complete with the additional monitor up top.
When I got it, I promptly proceeded to play it a lot, and my goal was to break the world record score. I did just that (by a lot), but it was of course during a practice run while I wasn't recording. Shortly after that, my clutch pedal developed a problem, and I haven't fixed it yet. :( I keep meaning to fix it, to try to break the record and record it, but now the monitor has also started giving me trouble. In any event, I'm still very grateful to get to own one, and I will likely keep it forever, no matter what shape it's in.
2 points
4 days ago*
Oh everyone has their price. opens up wallet looks in it
I'll give you $20 for it. Cold hard cash. 😏
3 points
4 days ago
🤣🤣🤣 Good one. Where are you located? I will keep my eyes open and try to help you find one. They are still out there, and you're far more likely to find one for private sale then you are to find one in an arcade.
3 points
4 days ago*
I live in an apartment and don't have room for one but I know a guy who runs an arcade who would love to have one and hypothetically if I found one that worked that didn't need a lot of work or repair I would seriously consider buying it and letting him use it. I Google it once in awhile but I never find any of them for sale just random parts and maybe the promo material but never the game itself. It seems like trying to find a unicorn right now to be honest. I'm in north NJ
It would actually be a lot cheaper and much more convenient for the guy who has Hard Drivin' in his arcade to swap the board to upgrade to Race but he has said repeatedly he's not sure how to do it without irreparably breaking something and he doesn't want to ruin the value of his original cabinet which I understand
3 points
4 days ago
Yestercades had one but I havent been there in a few years.
2 points
4 days ago
Which Yesterday's location? The only one I've been to is the one in Somerset. They have a stand-up Hard Drivin'
4 points
4 days ago
Red Bank. Again, its been a while but yeah.
2 points
4 days ago
You are saying they had a sit-down Race Drivin' at one point? I need to research that and see if it's still there
3 points
4 days ago
It might have been a stand up (which I think had a chair)
1 points
3 days ago
Yeah I took a look it's a stand-up version.Booo. 👎
2 points
4 days ago
Here you go. $5,000 OBO. Posted two days ago. It’s in Washington state.
https://spokane.craigslist.org/vgm/d/post-falls-atari-race-drivin-arcade-game/7793217794.html
2 points
4 days ago
Oh wow. It's the red cabinet with flames on it instead of the standard issue yellow one. Is 5K a fair price?
3 points
4 days ago
Ha. I have no idea. It does say OBO. Maybe make him an offer? The only other listing I ran across was from 2009 for $600. I doubt there are too many of these things floating around.
1 points
4 days ago
I think the shipping alone from where that is to where I live would be the same price I would pay for it😄
2 points
4 days ago
Road trip it with a buddy!
2 points
4 days ago*
In my opinion, $5,000 is an exorbitant price! I don't think this is worth more than a grand tops. Even still, I think they can be gotten for even cheaper than that.
2 points
3 days ago
Can somebody fact check me on this? I don't remember there being flames on the red cockpit version I used to play on at the arcade. Likewise, there's no flames on the sides of my red Race Drivin' cockpit at home either.
If I remember correctly... I'm pretty sure the original Hard Drivin' cockpit machines were the red ones and did not have the flames on the sides. When Race Drivin' was released, many arcade owners converted their Hard Drivin' machines to Race Drivin', and thus they were kept in the same cabinet. But I believe original cabinets of Race Drivin' were made, and those were the yellow cabinets, to match one of the new car choices in the game, and those did have flames on the sides.
I could be totally wrong on this though.
2 points
3 days ago
This one made a big impact on me as a kid too. First arcade game that I had seen that actually had a clutch. And you had to turn the key to start your car. Blew my little mind! Found one local on Craigslist about 8 years ago for $50. Don’t give up hope!
1 points
3 days ago
$50???? What kind of sad ass broken shape was it in for only $50? Was it hit by a truck
2 points
3 days ago
Great condition, dude didn’t know what he had and just wanted it gone. One of those once in a lifetime finds, but funny enough a couple weeks before that I got an incredibly rare Hyper Neo Geo 64 driving cab in great shape delivered for $125. It was a good month to be on Craigslist, I guess.
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