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[drifthole]

El momento ñoño del día es traído gracias a @hotwheelsofficial #me #chile #hotwheels #mazda #datsun #acura #lotus #toyota #racedays #instagram #instachile #chilegram

[artyrogue]

Blind Date Gaming: Race Days

Oof. The perils of blind dating present themselves in the randomness of your match. Sometimes you get a win and hit it off with your date; sometimes, invariably, you get paired with a bad fit. Today's date was a major blast of the latter. But I get ahead of myself. Let's focus on what my date had to offer during our long night together.

Oh, hello there, Race Days! As the name hints, it's a racing game. Now, I'm really not much for racing games. They never clicked with me much, and thus I have little experience with them. Perhaps this title will be the one that changes my mind a bit?

So this game is actually two in one. The first game is 4 Wheel Drive, one of those first-person driving games where 60% of your action space is the dashboard of a car. At least in this game you see the track map, I guess? It's like having an oldschool GPS in your car long before Google Maps was a thing!

17th place. Because we need 18 vehicles in our racing game for some reason? What is even the color of a participation ribbon for that rank?

Well, it starts off rough. Like 4 FPS rough. You slog through the slow-updating track, driving a chunky jeep around 17 other chunky jeeps in an... err... 'adrenaline-pumping' race. Your primary salvation here is that you get on-screen cues for turns. Without that, I probably would have ended up on some toll road without cash, resulting in some passive aggressive bills being sent to me in the mail. Honestly, though, you'll be paying attention to these signals more than the road since the road blends into the offroad area pretty seamlessly. Only the crappy sound effects will tell you that you're off the pavement.

See this? There's only 1 lane here. The rest is dust or something? Good thing they painted divider lines in the desert.

The other jeeps don't present much challenge, though maybe it was because I was playing in easy mode. Hey, don't judge! I know my weaknesses and play around them! Still, they do have weird hit boxes. Or maybe it's YOUR jeep that has a weird hit box? Perhaps this truck I'm in is some weird import made to host a whole party in the back, thus it's much wider in the body. Well, whatever, this party sucks and my jeep needs to go on a diet. I guess it'll be lighter fuel from now on!

You CAN sort of total your jeep if you act like a goon and keep ramming NPCs. Hope you have good insurance!

So that's basically it, I guess. Due to time constraints, I only played one set of tracks. None of them were particularly memorable or fun to drive on. There are no real mechanics that make this game stand out unless you're looking for a racing game with invisible tracks. I did ace the cup, though, so I guess I have a new trophy at my drab-colored ranch house in the 'burbs on Minnesota (or wherever Jeep-owners usually live).

Man, Duke Nukem needs to find a tailor and should look up proper wine-bottle-toting form

Okay! On to game #2! This game is...HUAGH!

I wouldn't flaunt your graphics team here, chaps

Ohhh-kay, so that's a bold choice of visual presentation right off the bat. This beaut is called Dirty Racin', which I assume might be like Dirty Dancing? Probably doesn't have any romance though, unless it's got like Nascar fans severely crushing on Dale Earnhardt the third. Is there a third one? I assume Nascar drivers have titles like the Dread Pirate Roberts or something. Maybe not. (Apologies if I have insulted racing fans somehow; disclaimer: I'm severely out of my element here.)

Does...does the driver lie down in there? How does he even fit inside?

Like in 4 Wheel Drive, you get to choose a difficulty. After the ease of Jeep Racing Simulator 2000, I decided to be adventurous and go with 'Hazardous'. I don't want to disappoint the cool dude on the options screen who is constructed out of straight lines by choosing easy mode. But wow, that guy is entirely made out of straight lines. The art team here clearly earned their keep.

It takes almost a full bottle of gel every morning to get his bangs at perfect angles like that

So what's this racing game about? Overhead racetracks, apparently. It's you and 3 other cars on a bunch of different tracks, trying your best to outmaneuver each other for a coveted first place victory. Unfortunately, there's only 2 lanes of space, though, so you end up colliding with your opposition all over the place.

Luckily for me, the first couple races just require you to not get last place. I hate the controls in games like this, so I am naturally terrible at this game. I pull through and squeak a third place due to dumb luck, though. Then I'm greeted by some amazing sex idol racing queen that is in no way poorly drawn and clearly epitomizes the breast part about racing. I mean best part. Best part! She offers me car upgrades with the coins I found lying along the racetrack. Let's ignore how a speeding car can safely pick up these caches of money.

Uhh, hey pumpkin, can you move your elbow there? What are you even leaning on?

After this, I travel to the next event, which is a series of 3 races. I have to place first overall to win and unlock more tracks on the map. Okay! Let's do this!

Mmyep, I got 4th place each time. Ok, try again!

...Alright, once more! I think I have the hang of things a bit! I got third once!

Nope, this bites

After a series of horrible losses, I tried to back out and see what else I could play. I mean, there was a second direction to go; maybe the other track is better? But no, the game over screen only lets you try the same race again or quit entirely. So you either have to grind it out and win on that specific map or you have to start over from the beginning. Excellent news. Well, I opted to flee and try a lower difficulty. Surely I can make some ground h-

Yeah, screw this game

I gave up after noticing the AI isn't remotely different in the lower difficulty. Moreover, I started fuming and compounding a list of things I hate about this game! What a joy to be spending time with it. Please let me rant and release this pent up anger. It's therapeutic and I need to vent worse than a racecar with an overheating engine.

All opponents have better handling and stats than you. You need to upgrade your car to even be at the same level as them.

All bumps, be they into walls or other cars, up your damage meter; more damage means a malfunctioning car. You CAN get damage fixed after a race for cash, but doing so pretty much depletes your funds and you get no upgrades. Which means you're STILL at a disadvantage over your opponents.

You always start at fourth place. This means you have to contend with 3 other cars hogging the road space, blocking you and making it hard to get a foothold.

You can't replay levels you beat. This means no grinding for coins or leveling up.

There are only two single races available at the start, both of which have the low bar of making third or higher. After doing those, you MUST do a 'win 1st place in these three races' level to progress.

You can activate nitro for a quick boost, but it's pretty useless since the AI almost immediately activates their own and overtakes you with their better handling and blocking.

Opponents seem to gain higher speed if they're behind you. Like, their non-nitro max speed actually increases, so they easily overtake you.

You can bump into special flashing walls for powerups, but some of them are useless. The best one gives you superspeed for the rest of the match, but it's so fast I can't control it well. I just ended up bumping into walls like mad and upping my damage, all the while having the AI overtake me anyway.

Whew. So there's that embarrassment. I'm sure some of you are laughing at me since this game is probably child's play, but I just can't do it. The GameFAQs guide even says that all difficulty modes are super-easy, so it must just be me. I never got higher than third place. In the end, this was a steaming pile of garbage for me that I wouldn't date again if it was the last form of entertainment left in the world. Not even Upgrade Lady can sway my decision to let this one die forever in a horrible roadside crash. (Okay, so that definitely offended some of you; apologies again!) Take this Sprite of Passage and forget about this game forever. Don't worry, it deserves it.

what else did you expect to be the Sprite of Passage?

[lenas-world-on-wheels-26]

Throwback kind of days 💞 When your friend tags you in this photo you had completely forgotten about 🥰 miss time with the lasses cant wait till life goes back to some sort of normal 😊💯 #lifesgood #wheelchairlife #paragirl #racedays #races #spottydress #bighat #longhair #lovelydayswithlovelyfriends #fundays #moretocome (at Carlisle Racecourse) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCRoMmwJrJQ/?igshid=qp5nsg1viftn

[shumi96]

Вот такая вот печалька... #Repost @mx5cup В субботу 27 июля на гонке поддержки ралли "Эковер 2019" в Асбесте у нас случился форс-мажор - настоящие "уши" в исполнении Александра @aaevseev Евсеева! Гравийные трассы коварны, задний привод добавляет остроты - ошибка пилота привела к скольжению и удару о кучу гравия с переворотом. Вварной каркас, шеститочечные ремни и шлема Stilo полностью защитили пилота и инструктора - оба в полном порядке. Бригада Скорой помощи дежурила на соревнованиях, медики оказали помощь на месте, затем перевезли инструктора Артема @pandaaa.racer в больницу для обследования. Опасения не подтвердились, после процедур Артем вернулся на трассу уже зрителем, смотреть старт ралли. Мы очень серьезно относимся к вопросам безопасности. Машины оборудованы сертифицированными вварными каркасами безопасности, ремнями и сиденьями с омологацией. Наши механики всегда помогают отрегулировать ремни, подобрать шлем по размеру. Есть система защиты шеи HANS, доступная любому нашему клиенту. Инциденты случаются, но мы делаем все, чтобы они не имели печальных последствий. Наиболее неприятный момент в нашем случае - это стоимость ремонта Мазды. Однако машина - это машина, ее можно починить, а жизнь человека - бесценна, помните об этом! __________________________ #автоспорт #racedays #ралли #timeattack #russia #autosport #trackday #российскийавтоспорт #урал #автотрасса #автодром #кольцевыегонки #ттас #тайматак #асбест #тмоторс #екбмоторспорт #ekbmotorsport #mx5 #topmiata #miata #mx5cup #mazda #endurance #гонкинавыносливость #möörgääsnoubreiks https://www.instagram.com/p/B0gPjlvFYgM/?igshid=2tx08e24emfj

[wellenleben]

Nach einer Kollision und zur anschließenden Bergung des beschädigten Fahrzeugs gab's für einige Runden eine Safetycar-Phase. Diese und der gute getimte Boxenstopp von René Rast verhalfen im dazu, von ganz letzter Position auf Platz 1 zu fahren. Nicht nur das, er stellte mit einem Vorsprung von knapp 36 Sekunden auf den Zweitplatzierten sogar noch einen neuen Rekord auf. #dtm2019 #renerast #racedays #norisring #snapshots #videos #blog #instagoods #bloggerlife #instagram #bloggerstyle #wellenleben https://www.instagram.com/p/BznKSTdjt-l/?igshid=1ciyi3qbkqb32

[wellenleben]

Zu guter Letzt noch der aktuelle Tourenwagen der DTM von BMW. Optisch sehr gelungen und auf der Piste eine Schau! 😊 #dtm2019 #snapshots #norisring #racedays #pictures #fotografy #blog #instagoods #bloggerlife #instagram #bloggerstyle #bmw #bmwracing #wellenleben https://www.instagram.com/p/BznJNn1iCVG/?igshid=1uhx27rdx77as

[wellenleben]

BMW M1, eine absolute Legende. Ich war überglücklich, ein paar dieser Boliden vor die Linse zu bekommen! #dtm2019 #snapshots #norisring #racedays #pictures #bmw #m1 #bilder #blog #instagoods #bloggerlife #instagram #bloggerstyle #wellenleben https://www.instagram.com/p/BznIppQCRco/?igshid=1o8tv3yjiwb6g

[wellenleben]

#Norisring #racedays #dtm2019 #snapshots #blog #instagoods #bloggerlife #instagram #bloggerstyle #bilder #zitat #snapshot #wellenleben https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzla5jaC50y/?igshid=1v67whm5n8u73