Game Giveaway of the Day

#36

Finally a racing shooter... I think I'm gonna cry...

Thanks GGAOTD and WhiteRabbit!

The default keyboard controls are a bit hard to get used to. Better support on the controls (keyboard finetuning, touchpad, joystick, driving wheels, etc.) are essential to a driving game, since it's where the user interacts with the game.

To the people who got blank screen then crashes, please ensure your system is up to the spec. If you are running on a (old) laptop, your video card is likely a dx7-era integrated chip with shared memory, thus unable to support this game. It would be better if the developer could also list the DirectX version required next time.

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#35

I had a bit of trouble when I first installed this on win vista home premium 64bit I had to rewrite the Actions.cfg file using notepad to get the controls to work but now I am having good luck with it.

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#34

Here is my feedback to the (imho talented) programmer:
- Cars and background look good, effects are very good, but overall design for me is much to dark, "black in black".
- the special items are blocking the sight on the track, they are to bright and there are to many of them in a row
- the track design ist to repetitive, everything looks the same
- tracks are to short, there should be an percent indicator for location
- tracks are to "flat", there should be some tectonics
- tracks have no barriers on the track, there is no oil, no stones, no holes, no scrap, no mud, no waste, no ramps .... empty tracks
- the sky is empty to... maybe some flying attacks?
- computer drivers are much of the time in front of me, and sometime they act very uninspired. No need for accelerating, no dynamics in driving, should be more break and accelerate phases and more differece between slow and fast
- I can not see drivers behind me, no chance to dodge, the should be a back mirror and target indicator
- The damage model should be better, I can see no deformation (maybe cause I can see nothing)
-In the car selection menue (garage) the cursor keys don´t work.
-Unavailable cars should be marked as locked in the preview.

conclusion: played until course 6, then stopped and deleted
reason: Gameplay is not thrilling to me, it´s everytime the same, a little bit like space invaders, but space invaders IS thrilling. In this state I see no chance for selling this game, I can only recommend refurbishing the game design. In this state for me it is simply boring and uninspired. Feel free to contact me for more input.

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Thank for an informative post. I agree with you on all of the above points.

Reply | Comment by Funny Bunny – 14 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#33

Hey, just thought I'd leave a little review:

The game is a good concept. Although it's been done many times before, it is still a fun idea that is very enjoyable.

Pros: The ablity to fight, not just race your opponents

Cons: Gameplay

As of now, you hardly turn at all until you start to skid. If you try to counter-correct a skid your vehickle makes an unnatural jerk in the opposite direction. The game also needs much more physics. Crashes are just little bumps, and hitting a wall just seems to be a turn correction.

Overall: Good, but needs work.

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#32

To moderators - Why do you ask for constructive comments but don't include them when someone takes the time to do this? What I said was totally relevant, and essential information for the developer - a game that doesn't function needs to have the problems ironed out, and so the developer needs to hear about it. I really don't think I'll bother with trying in future.

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you wrote:

"Played with this for ten minutes – one freeze on the menu, one game crash at the end of playing one lap, and topped off with a spontaneous reboot. I’m afraid that’s as far as I’m prepared to go with this… uninstalling.
FYI: Win XP SP3, P4 3.4GHz, 1GB RAM, GeForce 6600"

I don't see anything constructive in the above post. You mention that there was a freeze and a reboot, which has been mentioned several times already, but you don't actually say what you tried to do to correct the issues.

For example the following post wasalmost identical to yours but they also added an attempted fix:

I have Windows 7 x64 with GTX280 with latest drivers. Game starts with blank screen. After awhile I have sound, but still just a black screen. Tried compatibility mode with no success.

Maybe if I had more help with moderating I may not have been so mercenary in my judgement. Sorry you feel so offended.

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#31

You can easily edit the key bindings, as phased did with the screen resolution. The screen resolution is in the config.cfg file and the key bindings are in Actions.cfg. Interestingly, the fire keys are named mouse0, mouse1, and mouse2, but the bindings are x,c,v. A work in progress, or a backtrack? Or just some kind of naming convention. I'm thinking these could probably be changed to mouse control - probably removing the key names and changing the status from false to true, if someone thought that would be better. (?)

My inability to master the hand/eye coordination necessary for a racing game strikes again. I haven't been able to master a single Hand Made Games racing game and have rarely gotten even past the first level. Same thing here, so I can't really rate the game. It may be that racing games are one of the types that there is simply too big a gap between the vet and the newbies, especially if the newbie is coordinationally challenged.

Still, there are some things that bother me here. Most importantly, the developer has made a mistake concerning the reloading of levels after a failed attempt. The program kicks out of the level you just lost, rather than just restarting that race and allowing people to use the menu to get out of that race if they want to. I spent as much time waiting for the selection menu and then the race itself to reload as I did blundering around the racetrack.

Anyway, I found the key control here to be better, but I still couldn't master them throughout the whole circuit. That's not a complaint, but what does bother me is the lack of feedback. I repeatedly got "Race Failed". Why? Obviously, either I encountered too much damage crashing or was too far behind in the race. Likely, it was the former, but I didn't see anything like a life points meter to let me know I was in danger of losing. Also, you power up in this game by driving through what I can only describe as an energy wall which represents the ammo, or nitro, or what have you. But, when you do so, you get a momentary flash which obscures the race track. That doesn't seem to happen to the crash cars. What's the point of this distraction? You could easily lay the power up on the race track. And the crash cars start the race ahead of you, which I guess is to promote you to hunt, rather than race, but it's not like they have a hard time passing you up, anyway.

I can't really vote up or down on this game, but I do wonder if all of these Hand Made Games are from the same person. This one, because of the increased complexity of being a combined shooter/racing game and the more detailed backgrounds graphics that apparently come with it, is the best, but it still doesn't grab me enough to prompt me to master it.

Still, it appears to me that the complexity has increased more than the gaming experience has improved in this latest Hand Made Game. If this is the same developer that made all these games, I'm not sure if this person is understanding the feedback they're getting. Maybe it's a language barrier. We've made many suggestions for improvements to these games, but they're ignored, and the games just seem repackaged, rather than fine tuned. This one is an exception, but only because it's more ambitious, not necessarily because it's a better play. I wonder if this developer is ever going to have any success if they just keep putting a new face on the same old games. There's nothing wrong with copying - most games are copies. But you need some unique features to make the game standout. Like we said yesterday, Crystal Cave may be a Boulderdash clone, but it shows a unique take on that style of game and people find those original touches attractive and buy games like that. I just don't see anything in these Hand Made Games that standouts from the crowd.

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Thanks Watcher.

You can easily edit the key bindings, as phased did with the screen resolution. The screen resolution is in the config.cfg file and the key bindings are in Actions.cfg. Interestingly, the fire keys are named mouse0, mouse1, and mouse2, but the bindings are x,c,v. A work in progress, or a backtrack? Or just some kind of naming convention. I'm thinking these could probably be changed to mouse control - probably removing the key names and changing the status from false to true, if someone thought that would be better. (?)

My inability to master the hand/eye coordination necessary for a racing game strikes again. I haven't been able to master a single Hand Made Games racing game and have rarely gotten even past the first level. Same thing here, so I can't really rate the game. It may be that racing games are one of the types that there is simply too big a gap between the vet and the newbies, especially if the newbie is coordinationally challenged.

Still, there are some things that bother me here. Most importantly, the developer has made a mistake concerning the reloading of levels after a failed attempt. The program kicks out of the level you just lost, rather than just restarting that race and allowing people to use the menu to get out of that race if they want to. I spent as much time waiting for the selection menu and then the race itself to reload as I did blundering around the racetrack.

Anyway, I found the key control here to be better, but I still couldn't master them throughout the whole circuit. That's not a complaint, but what does bother me is the lack of feedback. I repeatedly got "Race Failed". Why? Obviously, either I encountered too much damage crashing or was too far behind in the race. Likely, it was the former, but I didn't see anything like a life points meter to let me know I was in danger of losing. Also, you power up in this game by driving through what I can only describe as an energy wall which represents the ammo, or nitro, or what have you. But, when you do so, you get a momentary flash which obscures the race track. That doesn't seem to happen to the crash cars. What's the point of this distraction? You could easily lay the power up on the race track. And the crash cars start the race ahead of you, which I guess is to promote you to hunt, rather than race, but it's not like they have a hard time passing you up, anyway.

I can't really vote up or down on this game, but I do wonder if all of these Hand Made Games are from the same person. This one, because of the increased complexity of being a combined shooter/racing game and the more detailed backgrounds graphics that apparently come with it, is the best, but it still doesn't grab me enough to prompt me to master it.

Still, it appears to me that the complexity has increased more than the gaming experience has improved in this latest Hand Made Game. If this is the same developer that made all these games, I'm not sure if this person is understanding the feedback they're getting. Maybe it's a language barrier. We've made many suggestions for improvements to these games, but they're ignored, and the games just seem repackaged, rather than fine tuned. This one is an exception, but only because it's more ambitious, not necessarily because it's a better play. I wonder if this developer is ever going to have any success if they just keep putting a new face on the same old games. There's nothing wrong with copying - most games are copies. But you need some unique features to make the game standout. Like we said yesterday, Crystal Cave may be a Boulderdash clone, but it shows a unique take on that style of game and people find those original touches attractive and buy games like that. I just don't see anything in these Hand Made Games that standouts from the crowd.

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Thanks Watcher.

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Reply | Comment by watcher13 – 14 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#30

The game gives me a black box on the desktop and intstantly said its crashed, lol i haven even seen a car yet. I have vista 32-bit. Its a pity for me, Because I had a game called DeathTrack 22 years ago on an XT running at 4.77 or 9.8MHz. Was one of the best game at the time.
Anyway ill keep it installed for now in hope i can work something out.
Cheers anyway

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#29

I have Windows 7 x64 with GTX280 with latest drivers. Game starts with blank screen. After awhile I have sound, but still just a black screen. Tried compatibility mode with no success.

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#28

I am having the game crash at the end of the 6th race every time, just after I finish it. I am running Vista 32 bit with 3gb RAM and an Nvidia 8400 graphics card. The only other criticism I would give is that, while most of the loading scenes go by quickly, after a race it almost seems like the game freezes (4-5 times the other loading screens time). Any ideas?

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#27

yes runs good on win 7 enterprise 64 bit ( would not run in win xp mode though most likely due to the generic drivers they set it up with and i don't think you can change those 0

my comp
x2 6000 amd dual core
4 gb kit from gskill @800
ati 4670 with 1gb ddr3
320 western digital ( blue edition ...16 mb cache) ( runs vista home premium 64 bit )
250 gb seagate with 8 mb ( runs win 7 enterprise )

i rate this game as 4 out of 5 stars ...as someone pointed earlier does not support mouse or game pad control just keyboard and i've not found out how to change the keyboard mapping yet ( to change the keys that you use to more convenient ones )

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#26

Runs fine in Vista 32 bit.

Game-play is truly awful. They at least should make it touch pad controllable. With buttons for weapons. Good graphics though.

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#25

I often get game crashes at the end of a race. I'm on Vista. I tried Compatbility mode for XP but that doesn't seem to help. Anybody got this and found a solution?

Also I agree with the comment about the poor choice of keys. If the weapon keys were Z,X,C it would be a lot easy to hit the nitro button.

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#24

For windows 7 or vista, it does work with the compatibility mode : windows xp (SP2)

I get a error message in the 2nd level when the compatibility mode isn't in run !

Try this !

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#23

I started to play this game, but a problem arose. For some reason, all of the cars were invisible (Except for their shadows)! I guess the game requires a graphics renderer that I do not have D=

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Try updating your graphics drivers and maybe installing Open GL. These may fix the problem.

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#22

When I tried to install it on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit it would crash as soon as I opened it. I even tried compatibility mode and the gametop link but nothing worked.

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#21

"Is the handmade version like the game top version (free) ?"

I have wrote this but : It is like the free game top version or it isn't ?

More cars (or more level ) in handmade version ?

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Apart from the browser opening in the Gametop version they are the same game.

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#20

Races like these have been around for a long time, there is an online game similar to this called Project Torque...another online game that is a "just racing game" that gives a quick thrill would be Drift City.
This game is an ok timewaster...I have seen worse....having to manually edit the config file to change screen size etc is kinda bothersome...but overall..not the worst game.....a good older game that has a lot more going on would be Carmageddon...if Hand Made Games incorporated some of the spectacular interactions that Carmageddon had...I would definately go for it......
Overall...3 - 4 out of 10 for a decent "race and waste" game

My system is xp media edition on a dual core intel with 4 gb ram….ran perfectly…for problems on vista, maybe try compatibility mode?

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#19

What can be said about Deadly Race?

Well, the graphics are decent, the music is all right and the controls (while sluggish for all the cars) do the job for the most part. It's also quite easy, so if the likes of WipeOut, Demolition Racer and other combat racers were too hard for you, this game would be more suiting. The problem is, the game crashes constantly on the final track of the first tier. I win, it tallies up my score and then promptly crashes without fail once that screen fades out... regardless of placing, compatibility settings or which car is used.

I'm on Windows XP Home Edition SP3 and all my specs surpass what's required for the game (P4 3GHz, 2GB RAM, 256MB GeForce 7800 GS), so I doubt that's the issue.

Shame really. It wasn't going win any awards to be sure, but it also wasn't half bad for a freebie.

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#18

I opted not to install the optional software monitoring. But when I run the setup get an error saying unable to connect, try again later.

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Try rebooting your modem and router. If that doesn't work clear out your internet cache (google if you're not sure). one of these three fixes usually works for me when I get that message. :)

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#17

I agree with the one person (other then the big reviewer) that using the keyboard for everything is a pain. Go out to your car, tear out the dash and replace every control with just a keyboard keyboard, see how well you drive let alone shoot! The only thing you'll kill is your car (and the first tree on your block). Please at least make games that part of them is controlled by the mouse, better yet a "gamepad".

All that said thanks to GGAOTD for all your efforts and I love 3-D (first person) games! Keep 'em comin'!

Oh and everyone...PROOFREAD!

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#16

Installed and runs fine on Vista 32. Good simple game for the tweens. Visuals and music/sound are good. Keyboard controls only?! Thats a big one considering its a racing game.. I played a few races with the first two cars and still cant get used to the controls. No checkpoints, timer, ect. I'll try it a few more times but more than likeley will uninstall due to lack of controller support. Would be a great casual game otherwise.

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#15

I'm running win 7 64 bit system with 8 gigs of ram. This ran ok for me.
no problems.
what I would change in the game is the nitro /control button.
my fingers don't stretch enough I have to take my fingers off of the fire buttons and hit the nitro key , sometimes this means I also have to take my eyes off of the screen.
If the nitro button was on the row with the fire and rocket keys it would be a great improvement.....
Its worth the download as its entertaining .

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#14

Easy install on WinXP SP3. Runs with no adjustments to resolution, controls work well, and it exits easily. Nice game with good graphics. Well done.

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#13

dr.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. sent or not to send, that is the question. well folks, what's wrong that i have installed this thing three times and cannot get it to run. i'm running a fresh reimage of xp home sp3 with all .net and java installed and updated.

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Try updating your graphics drivers as well. Also try the Gametop version that I linked to in post #1.

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#12

No vote up or down except to say that this seems to be an average kind of racing game. It does run under my Windows 7 64-bit system. Unfortunately, without a joystick or similar game controller this sort of game is not usable--the keyboard controls are far too awkward. I'm not sure the violent element adds anything to a racing game, but it is less graphic than many games nowadays. I've already deleted it.

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#11

Is the handmade version like the game top version (free) ?

What's the activation key ?

Where is the official website ?

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No Handmade games do not have an official web site and yes that's rather strange. As for the reg key, lets say the game is registered once you run the dual installer activation module. I can't say anymore.

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#10

It's strange people are having trouble installing this. It installed fine on my win 7 64 bit computer. I have NVidia GTX 285.

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#9

On my Win7 64X with ati radeon HD4650 Version: 2.1.8787 graphic drivers it won't work.
Black screen, and when i hit Enter-key twice the music starts to play. that's all.
I benched my OpenGL but that didn't come up with any problems it said.
I seem to have the latest drivers..
Compatibility with WinXPsp3 or VistaSP2 doesn't work either.

I'll try it on my Vista boot section too.

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#8

Another game that does not function with my Vista 64-bit.... I'm sad :(

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#7

I get the same black screen in Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. The game starts off loading and then goes to a couple of different screens telling about the game, then when the main menu is going to pop up the screen goes black and app-crash box pops up.
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Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: DR.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4bafc90b
Fault Module Name: WINMM.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdb42
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000428e
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt
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I tried setting the game to vista and xp with no luck. As for what this is
winmm.dll is a process belonging to the Windows Multimedia program . winmm.dll is a module for the Windows Multimedia API, which contains low-level audio and joystick functions.
Microsft says to try installing a new dll from the install disk or doing a clean boot after doing a procedure.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271753

Could be the coding for Windows xp and vista maybe to different to use the Windows 7 dll.
Regardless, I am going to leave the game installed with the hopes of fixing the dll later and being able to play then.

Thankyou Hand games for posting the game here, even though there was a glitch. I have a couple of your other games and they play just fine.

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Have you tried the Gametop version?

I get the same black screen in Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. The game starts off loading and then goes to a couple of different screens telling about the game, then when the main menu is going to pop up the screen goes black and app-crash box pops up.
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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
  Application Name:	DR.exe
  Application Version:	0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:	4bafc90b
  Fault Module Name:	WINMM.dll
  Fault Module Version:	6.1.7600.16385
  Fault Module Timestamp:	4a5bdb42
  Exception Code:	c0000005
  Exception Offset:	0000428e
  OS Version:	6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
  Locale ID:	1033
  Additional Information 1:	0a9e
  Additional Information 2:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
  Additional Information 3:	0a9e
  Additional Information 4:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Read our privacy statement online:
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  C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt
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 I tried setting the game to vista and xp with no luck. As for what this is 
winmm.dll is a process belonging to the Windows Multimedia program . winmm.dll is a module for the Windows Multimedia API, which contains low-level audio and joystick functions.
Microsft says to try installing a new dll from the install disk or doing a clean boot after doing a procedure.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271753

Could be the coding for Windows xp and vista maybe to different to use the Windows 7 dll.
Regardless, I am going to leave the game installed with the hopes of fixing the dll later and being able to play then.

Thankyou Hand games for posting the game here, even though there was a glitch. I have a couple of your other games and they play just fine.

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Have you tried the Gametop version?

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Reply | Comment by txnnok – 14 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#6

i insrtalled and played the game without any problems with my windows 7. i ubnzipped the file and clicked the exe file and there you go. no problem at all.

the gameplay is slightly dissatisfying than i expected due to the very cool snapshots i saw here. the control keys arent really the best configuraiton for me, and the game doesn't allow me to change them. other than that, i think it can keep you busy for a couple of hours before you get bored.

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#5

@4. I just installed on Win7, and it registred as usual. The game runs just fine, but unfortunately there's no way to change the solution. It appears in 4/3 - anyway, it's a cool game with lots off action. Thank you very much GOTD. So nice to have games back, and the kids (incl me) looks forward to see......what's next:)

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#4

I have installed on win 7 but it won't work. First i run it and my screen goes black. Then it says windows is searching for a solution and then it says it needs to close! Please can i have some help as this game looks good!

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Try updating your video drivers and install the latest version of Open GL. Create a retore point before you make any changes though. :) you can find out what graphics chip you have by opening up the DX diagnostics panel (open the run command then type in DXDiag. Once you know what your chip is you can Google the chip manufacture (usuallu NVidia or ATI, but not exclusively). Usually there will be a link on the home page to get the latest drivers (though sometimes these are in beta and can cause more problems thn they solve)

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#3

i'm running a dual boot with vista hoe premium 64 bit and win 7 enterprise 64 bit and might try out this game ( tomorrow) on both partitions with both operating systems so any comments from win 7 users would be greatly appreciated also much appreciated is all the work whiterabbit does round here (btw stephen what operating system ( or systems ) do you use to try these out with

have a good night everyone

:-)

take care and good luck

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At the moment I'm testing in Win XP and Vista, but do have a win 7 Pro disc to install. I'm waiting to buy a new HDD first though as I want to install my copy of Win 7 on a new drive. Once that's done I'll be able to test via 3 different OS's :)

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#2

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Deadly Race:

Installation:

Todays game is a 55.3Mb download that expands to 129Mb when installed. There is no shortcut installed to the desktop, or the Start menu so make a note of where it installs to. It tried to install to the last game giveaways location for me, but generally it may also install to:

C:\Games\DeadlyRace

Also there is no uninstaller, so if you decide the game isn't for you, you can just delete the games folder as there's no registration details stored in the registry.

Introduction:

Deadly Race is a game set in a post nuclear time
ear setting. Daredevils from different corners of the world drive to victory through wrecked cars of their competitors in this deadly racing game.

Reference http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/deadly-race/download.html

The Game

There are 24 levels to work through . All levels apart from the first one are locked and can only be unlocked by attaining specific goals, usually winning at least a bronze award , but in later levels require you to have won all levels at at least silver. Thankfully you can return to any unlocked level to retry your luck. before you can play them. When you attain the required goal the next level will be unlocked, but to play it you must click on the level icon otherwise you'll end up replaying the level you previously played. The 24 levels are divided up into four stages, with the first six levels requiring you to win the previous level to at least Bronze standard, the second six (levels 7 to 12 ) also requiring only Bronze, then from level 13 onwards you are required to have won all previous levels to at least silver.

Winning a level (Gold) or placing second (Silver) or third (Bronze) will give you cash winnings that can be used to purchase better vehicles such as the Firemaster (cost $3500), The Police Car ($3000), The Futuro ($2000), The Steamer ($2500) or the RoadLord ($4000) , also when you have the opportunity you can buy ammunition for your guns, rocket launcher and mine layer. Only one vehicle is available at the start of the game and it has the lowest ratings with respect to Armour, Acceleration and Speed..

Ammunition can also be picked up during play via bonuses. (In fact this is the easiest way of getting ammunition rather than spending your hard earned cash on it. These include ammo for your guns, rockets and mines as well as repair bonuses. In game tips are given at the beginning of a round. For example:

Tip #1: Death rush:

You are the only Driver against Crush Test cars.

Fill your weapons as much as is possible and destroy as many cars as possible. Evey lap you finish increases the amount of points per target car, so finish the first lap as soon as possible.

Until you get a faster vehicle your default one will seen a little slow compared to other vehicles, but it's still possible to win levels by destroying as many vehicles as you can. At the end of the round each destroyed vehicle will be uses as a score multipler to decide how much cash you win for that race; the more vehicles you destroy, the higher your winnings.

Controls:

Steer Left……………………….L arrow
Steer Right……………………...R arrow
Forwards………………………..Up arrow
Backwards………………………Down arrow
Fire Gun…………………………X
Fire Rocket ……………………...C
Fire Mine………………………...V
Nirtro Boost………………………L Ctrl
Respawn………………………….R
Pause/Exit………………………...Esc

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdG6wQXmqMc

Images:

http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Whiterabbit04/Deadly%20Race/?albumview=slideshow

Conclusion:

The game reminds me a lot of Death Track: Resurrection, though it’s not as polished as Deathtrack , and the weapons aren’t as hi tech, also the games AI isn't as good (I've never won a race in Death Track because I'm always getting destroyed by the opponents wheras it seemed much easier to avoid getting destroyed in todays game giveaway. That said the game play is sound and looks reasonably well made. I’m a big fan of post apocalyptic games of any type and I love racing games; so to combine the two is brilliant. And for that reason I’d give this game a slightly inflated 7 out of 10. I say inflated because I’m biased . In reality when I compare it to the many racing games I already own it wouldn’t score beyond a 5.5 if that.

There is no facility to use a Steering Wheel or a Game pad with force feedback. However, the handling of the vehicle is okay considering there’s no force feedback that usually enables you to steer around any corner easily without having to constantly adjust your position when using keyboard arrow keys or WASD. I think adding the option to use a steering wheel or game pad as a control method would enhance the game play significantly; especially as some community members will probably be put off by the keyboard only control methods.

For alternative games in this genre please follow the link below. Thank you:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7386?replies=1#post-76011

Deadly Race:

Installation:

Todays game is a 55.3Mb download that expands to 129Mb when installed.  There is no shortcut  installed to the desktop, or the Start menu  so make a note of where it installs to.  It tried to install to  the last game giveaways location  for me, but generally it may also install to:

C:\Games\DeadlyRace

Also there is no uninstaller, so if you decide the game isn't for you,  you can just delete the games folder as there's  no registration details stored in the registry.

Introduction:

<blockquote>Deadly Race is a game set in a post nuclear time
ear setting. Daredevils from different corners of the world drive to victory through wrecked cars of their competitors in this deadly racing game.</blockquote>

Reference http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/deadly-race/download.html

The Game

There are 24 levels to work through .  All levels apart from the first one are locked and can only be unlocked by attaining specific  goals, usually  winning at least a bronze award , but  in later levels  require  you to have won all levels at at least silver.  Thankfully you can return to any unlocked level to retry your luck. before you can play them.   When you attain the required goal the next level will be unlocked, but to play it you must click on the  level icon otherwise you'll end up replaying  the level you previously played.   The  24 levels are divided up into four stages, with the first six levels requiring  you to win the previous  level to at least Bronze standard, the   second six (levels 7 to 12 ) also requiring only Bronze,  then from level 13 onwards you are  required to have won all previous levels  to at least silver.

Winning  a level  (Gold) or placing second (Silver) or third (Bronze) will give you cash winnings that can be used to  purchase better vehicles such as the Firemaster (cost $3500), The Police Car ($3000), The Futuro ($2000), The Steamer ($2500) or the RoadLord ($4000) , also  when you have the opportunity you can  buy  ammunition for your guns, rocket launcher and mine layer.   Only one vehicle is available at the start of the  game and it has the lowest ratings with respect to    Armour, Acceleration and Speed..

Ammunition can also  be picked up during  play  via  bonuses. (In fact  this is the easiest way of  getting ammunition rather than spending your hard earned cash on it.    These include ammo for your guns, rockets and mines as well as repair bonuses.    In game tips are given at the beginning of  a round.  For example:

<blockquote>Tip #1: Death rush:

You are the only Driver against Crush Test cars.

Fill your weapons as much as is possible and destroy as many cars as possible. Evey lap you finish increases the amount of points per target car, so finish the first lap as soon as possible.</blockquote>

Until you get a faster vehicle your default one will seen a little slow compared to other vehicles, but it's still possible to win  levels   by  destroying as many  vehicles as you can.  At the end of the round   each destroyed vehicle will be uses as a score multipler to decide how much cash you win for that race;  the more vehicles you destroy, the higher your winnings.

Controls:

Steer Left……………………….L arrow
Steer Right……………………...R arrow
Forwards………………………..Up arrow
Backwards………………………Down arrow
Fire Gun…………………………X
Fire Rocket ……………………...C
Fire Mine………………………...V
Nirtro Boost………………………L Ctrl
Respawn………………………….R
Pause/Exit………………………...Esc

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdG6wQXmqMc

Images:

http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Whiterabbit04/Deadly%20Race/?albumview=slideshow

Conclusion:

The game reminds me a lot of Death Track: Resurrection, though it’s not as polished as Deathtrack , and the weapons aren’t as hi tech, also the games AI isn't as good (I've never won a race in Death Track because I'm always getting destroyed by the opponents wheras it seemed much easier to avoid getting destroyed in todays game giveaway. That said the game play is sound and looks reasonably well made. I’m a big fan of post apocalyptic games of any type and I love racing games; so to combine the two is brilliant. And for that reason I’d give this game a slightly inflated 7 out of 10. I say inflated because I’m biased . In reality when I compare it to the many racing games I already own it wouldn’t score beyond a 5.5 if that.

There is no facility  to  use  a Steering Wheel or a Game pad with force feedback.  However, the handling of the vehicle is okay considering there’s no force feedback  that usually enables  you to steer around any corner  easily without having to constantly  adjust your  position when using  keyboard arrow keys or WASD. I think adding the option to use  a steering wheel or game pad  as a   control method would enhance the game play  significantly; especially as  some  community members will probably be put off by the  keyboard only control methods.

For alternative  games in this genre please follow the link below.  Thank you:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7386?replies=1#post-76011

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