This is the most impressive thing I've ever seen done in Pico-8, really amazing and I would never have expected this level of 3D rendering to have even been possible with it. I think if the steering can be tightened up a bit that would make it better, but regardless of that this is truly stunning. I'd love to see similar low-poly rendered Pico-8 versions of Daytona USA and Sega Rally too!
The rendering engine here is really cool. I love that old school pattern dithered look to the polygons. Though I have to say the controls do leave something to be desired. I don't know if the game was assisting or something but I don't remember the original being that hard to stay on the road.
Also, I couldn't find a way to make it full screen like some of other pico games. Overall, a fun distraction.
An awesome demake! I would have made a physical cartridge with an SD card and buildroot if I had a raspberry Pi! 😢 Still good game at this day i got the switch version
very impressive graphics and coding. an excellent demonstration of what the pico-8 can achieve. while playing, i think i said, "if pico-8 had an e3 presentation, this game should be in it" and i stick by it. awesome work!
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This is the most impressive thing I've ever seen done in Pico-8, really amazing and I would never have expected this level of 3D rendering to have even been possible with it. I think if the steering can be tightened up a bit that would make it better, but regardless of that this is truly stunning. I'd love to see similar low-poly rendered Pico-8 versions of Daytona USA and Sega Rally too!
The rendering engine here is really cool. I love that old school pattern dithered look to the polygons. Though I have to say the controls do leave something to be desired. I don't know if the game was assisting or something but I don't remember the original being that hard to stay on the road.
Also, I couldn't find a way to make it full screen like some of other pico games. Overall, a fun distraction.
I have a pending update for the game that will make driving less slippery - stay tuned!
Sweet!
yay
An awesome demake! I would have made a physical cartridge with an SD card and buildroot if I had a raspberry Pi! 😢 Still good game at this day i got the switch version
But I can't resist pico-8 games
The low graphics and colour choices hurt my eyes. I also wasn't a fan of the sounds.
The pico8 resolution is 128x128 - this is one of the constraint of the platform!
Qlso make a controller friendly version
dont forget the starting music too
This is so adorable! I love the original game and seeing it on PICO-8 makes me super happy :)
Very impressive ! Congrats ! Too bad I'm not skill enough to complete the track. Is the game manage collision between cars ?
Yes - npc can push you
Holy s**t dude, all your 3D pico8 games are awe-inspiring.
I would like to download the previous version windows.zip.
what for?
you can get it from github: https://github.com/freds72/virtua-on/releases
very impressive graphics and coding. an excellent demonstration of what the pico-8 can achieve. while playing, i think i said, "if pico-8 had an e3 presentation, this game should be in it" and i stick by it. awesome work!
Thanks! Lengthy gameplay video! Though looks like you played the old version (eg only 2 tracks and no npc).
steering doesnt feel as good as the original what i mean is that i dont feel like im turning
what about cartridge version?
Game is too large - cannot be done
How can I download the game in png format for Pico-8?
That’s not possible for multi-cart games.
So a Pico-8 format won't ever exist?
The game *is* running on pico8 engine but cannot exported as a png (too much data).
You can get binaries or html version.
Ok thank you. It sounded strange to me since it was actually loading through Pico-8... so that's a limit of p8.png format.
i think you can still give us .p8 am i right
Amazing work! I love seeing Virtua Racing in this format!
Thanks - the tracks are just too good, whatever format!
They are, I'm a big fan of most of the Sega arcade games, and VR always felt like the most pure arcade experience in my book.
Insanely awesome, nice work!
Curious demake, but with graphic glitches.
It is possible make Virtua Fighter for Pico-8?
Sure - you need a pico licence ($15) and some coding skills.
That isn't what I was referring to, and that question wasn't because I wanted to have Pico-8.