QEMU GT Legends & Xpand Rally SP Demos (2004, 2005)
7SimBin GT Legends (2004) and TechLand Xpand Rally (2005) were advanced Direct3D9 graphics PC titles that marked the genre of realism sports sim-racing on the PCs. It was the era of heightened two-horse GPU race that put advanced shaders based graphics into the pinnacle of PC gaming. They demanded the absolute highest end PC setup to be able to play the games acceptably.
Fast forward into modern days, for nearly 20 years of technological progress in modern computing, any modern PCs/laptops should have been capable of, not just playing such Good Old Games, but re-imagining the games in their BEST & HIGHEST quality as never before on period-correct PCs. For avid retro PC gamers, many had wished for it, though there are hurdles lying ahead, especially for two of these games. The retail releases of GT Legends and Xpand Rally are protected by StarForce DRM, a notoriously dreadful DRM scheme that has the tendency of bricking PCs by corrupting critical Windows boot filesystem. VMware/VirtualBox have never ever paid a $HIT about PC gaming or Game Preservation, the "other camp", well🤣😜, the whatever "Trash"Boxes or "JUNK_PC"em are always USELESS for games, for such FOOLS' pretense of "not in the scope" with regard to Virtualization and GPU Acceleration.
QEMU featuring qemu-3dfx delivers modern GPUs prowess into retro PC gaming and offers the peace-of-mind isolation within QEMU Virtual Machines on modern Windows and Linux at the same time, relieving ones from acquiring and maintaining additional PC boxes for Good Old Games. The convenience of HIGH availability, PLAY anywhere & anytime, is unprecedented.
The simplicity of "From Install to Play" on QEMU Virtual Machines extends into many PC game demos. GT Legends & Xpand Rally are good showcases, no patches, no funky cults or laundry list of instructions, just install & play. These two playable demos are exceptionally great for lots of FUNs without having to purchase the full games. For those looking into even more enhanced realism through wheel/clutch/throttle/brake setup, QEMU USB Gamepad delivers the no-frills, seamless solution for analog sim-racing driving gears.
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