Race Drivin'

Race Drivin'
Flyer
Developer(s)Atari Games (arcade)
Argonaut Software (GB)
Imagineering Inc. (SNES)
Polygames (Genesis)
Publisher(s)Atari Games (arcade)
Domark
THQ (SNES/GB)
Tengen (Genesis)
Time Warner Interactive (Saturn/PlayStation)
Designer(s)Rick Moncrief
Programmer(s)Stephanie Mott
Artist(s)Sam Comstock
Will Noble
Kris Moser
Deborah Short
Composer(s)Don Diekneite (arcade)
David Whittaker (GB)
Mark Van Hecke (SNES)
Platform(s)Arcade, MS-DOS, SNES, Amiga, Game Boy, Genesis, Saturn, PlayStation
Release
August 10, 1990
  • Arcade
    • NA: August 10, 1990
    • EU: 1991
    Atari ST
    July 26, 1991
    MS-DOS
    1992
    SNES, Amiga
    • NA: July 10, 1992
    Genesis, Game Boy
    • NA: March 12, 1993
    Saturn
    PlayStation
    • JP: June 28, 1996
    [2]
Genre(s)Driving simulation
Mode(s)1-2 players alternating

Race Drivin' is a driving arcade game originally released by Atari Games in 1990. Players must test drive several high-powered sports cars on stunt and speed courses. The game is the sequel to 1989's Hard Drivin' and was part of a new generation of games that featured 3D polygon environments. Unlike most racing games of its time, it attempted to model real world car physics in the simulation of the movement of the player's car. Like Hard Drivin', the game is unique among video games in that it includes a true force feedback steering wheel, an ignition key, a four-speed shifter, and three foot pedals: an accelerator, a brake, and a clutch (the clutch being a control seldom seen in any video game, then or now). Released in August 1990, approximately 1200 units were produced at the time of its release for roughly US$9,000 (equivalent to $21,000 in 2023) each.[3]

Race Drivin' was ported to a number of home systems in the mid-1990s, including the SNES, Amiga, MS-DOS, Game Boy, PlayStation, Genesis and Saturn. In 2005, it was included in the Midway Arcade Treasures 3 collection for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox.

  1. ^ "Software List (Released by Soft Licensees)". セガ 製品情報サイト (in Japanese). Sega. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Race Drivin' for PlayStation (1996) - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Race Drivin' arcade video game by Atari Games (1990)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.