Race Maniacs (2020) - Every PC F1 Game
2Race Maniacs by JooGray videogames, 2020.
This game readily lists all the assets used to create it. Basically a collection of off-the-shelf 3D models, sound and music, glued together into something that's rather flawed yet weirdly playable!
I quite like the simple graphic approach, and the depth-of-field on the in-car views. There is also a wide range of vehicles in the game, including sports cars, muscle cars, trucks, sprint cars, motorbikes, go kart, quad bike and more. But obviously here we're focusing on the F1 car!
However... the issues list is quite long: the mouse pointer going missing in the menus (keep alt-tabbing to get it back); music that often plays even though you turned it off; computer-controlled cars that can't drive one minute, then are unbeatable the next; handling that goes from something near playable to clattering about hopelessly; oh, and the heavy smoke effect that totally blocks where you're going (unless you turn the entire graphics down a lot!).
There are no real-life tracks in this game, plus half the tracks are off-road stadium dirt tracks... which sometimes you're given the F1 car to drive on!
1. Race Start (Monza): 0:00 This is how most races start; a clattering mess, with everything obscured by non-stop smoke effects (unless you turn the graphics to near minimum)! The music kept switching back on, despite me minimising it...
2. Spray Effects (Silverstone): 0:27 There's no rain in this game, but here's a quick track with 4 whole corners!
3. Tunnel & View (Monaco): 0:47 Here's a city track; you can see how unstable the car is over the edge of the track, and that brakes are a bit too effective!
4. Wet Track (Spa-Francorchamps): 1:06 There's no rain, so here's the optional night-time mode, driving through a town.
5. Pitstop (Interlagos): 1:22 Pitstops do nothing, as there's no damage. But I found a pitlane at least!
6. Huge Crash (Montreal): 1:38 Most races are largely one long crash(!) but here's how messed up things can get. You can always hit the respawn button, but it sets you back to the last checkpoint, which can be a long way back!
This is part of the Every PC F1 Game playlist, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYDobL0b26uiiYP8KdN3AwQmsu7ilzpxL