Moto Racer

Screamer, Moto Racer and Pod are peak 90's racing that all hold up very well. Good design doesn't go out of style. The controls are tight and feel just right whether you play with keyboard (as I did back then) or controller (as I do now). Moto Racer works fine here but has some graphical glitches, so if you want it perfect there is a Steam guide that uses dgVoodoo to fix all of that, as well as raise the resolution.

I had this one as a kid, but I really wasn't as impressed with how fast it is as I should of been. As you race, you can see the level "popping in" as you go and I assume it's despawning behind you, it's really unbelievable the speed you can get up to in this game considering how old it is. It's just really solid programming. Different bikes work better on different stages, but for the most part, max speed and handling is all you need. I also forgot just how many levels there are, and partway through the championship mode you can unlock reverse tracks, then further on, you unlock tiny bikes mode. The music slaps, and even though I'm sure the engine noises annoy anyone listening, it's really great.

I played it to death--the demo--back when I was younger (98 was it?) I got it on a PC Gamer Demo Disc, and I played it a whole lot, getting better and better times! I plan to get this soon, because its well worth the time to re-live those childhood moments.

I'm no noob to this stuff, been playing games, building systems, etc since before this old title was made... and played it when it was brand new back on a 97 Packard Bell Multimedia machine. Sadly though, DOSBox screws up just about all games on my system, and when not given explicit options over dosbox, which this installation does not, I can't fix it. So the game won't run windowed unless I set the overall system to 16bit color, then I can play it in a window looking correct... but a tiny window, as this is a 4k panel, and it will ONLY run in 640x480... so it's literally about the size of a postage stamp. So fullscreen it is, except with that implemented, there is a green tone to everything, and it looks horrible. I tired all command lines, all launch switches and options, tweaked the driver, and tried to find an ini or cfg file to work over, but there really isn't anything. Old sites have fixes for old problems, patches, reworked exe's, launchers, etc... However all of those sites are dead, and support died long before that even occurred... so it's just all crap for me. And this is on a Sandy E 3930K @4.4, RTX 2070 @+200/+700, 16GB DDR3 @ 1600.... so uh.... I mean, it has the horsepower, but likely that's the whole issue... maybe I'll get around to trying it on an old P233MMX or PII laptop as time goes on... maybe it'll work better there, in a native Win9X environment no less.

When I saw the MotoRacer in GoG's New releases, a happy tear came out of my eyes. Few hours later, I bought the game, installed ASAP and set the Options. I'm sad because I can't play it with D3D (I hope that will be fixed), there's software rendering only and this is unacceptable. The game is unplayable: it runs with low (21) fps and stuck often. MotoRacer kills my machine and my nerves. Btw, this game is the BIG FUN, a great arcade racing classic. And as soon as there will be a solution onto the "no D3D" problem, it will worth the 6$ absolutely.