Kar Racing
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Kar Racing is 3D racing game made by Webfoot Technologies
and published by Cosmi Corporation
in 2003. The game consists of five tracks and they are Spain
, France
, Italy
, Alaska
, and USA. There are also ten cars with different handling characteristics.
The version that WebFoot released on Retail has horrible bugs. Some of those may be the Options menu not working, some tracks not working, and some cars not working. Also, Spain is not included in the retail release. The game has DX7 graphics, and an exceptional design. Many changes to the game's design have been done by WebFoot, including:
Webfoot Technologies
Webfoot Technologies is a developer of personal computer games and video games for varied platforms. Titles released include "Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals" and "Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku" for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance....
and published by Cosmi Corporation
Cosmi Corporation
Cosmi Corporation , is a United States computer software company.Cosmi Corporation was established in 1982. It published several titles for many Personal Computer systems such as the Commodore 64 and IBM PC....
in 2003. The game consists of five tracks and they are Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, and USA. There are also ten cars with different handling characteristics.
The version that WebFoot released on Retail has horrible bugs. Some of those may be the Options menu not working, some tracks not working, and some cars not working. Also, Spain is not included in the retail release. The game has DX7 graphics, and an exceptional design. Many changes to the game's design have been done by WebFoot, including:
- the 'Spain' track is not included
- Some cars may not work
- The 'Car Selection' menu is buggy, most cars do not appear well on the screen and the arrows do no work. You need to press the Enter/Return key. And the vehicle statistics are no longer shown, as they were shown in the original version.
- At times, the tracks have 'holes'
- The AI is horrible, they only follow the track on 1-2 tracks
- You can only drive the Ferrari, because other cars the AI cars use. So, then, you become an AI car, and you cannot drive the car.
- At times, the track just freezes. Then you have zero control of the game.
Modifiable Game
This game is a modifiable game. Once you install the game, you can go into the Program Files, and there you will see a 'data' folder. That folder contains menu screens, button images, models, and most of the game's assets. The models are not currently modifiable, but people are working on that. The images are PNG format images. The car model textures are nowhere to be found. The car model and skybox models use the *.3do model format. The tracks use a special *.map format. That format is also non-editable.External links
- Kar Racing - Official product page