Boogity, Boogity, Boogity!!
Yes, I'm a big NASCAR fan, and I've finally got around to playing Mindscape's Days Of Thunder, which (I think) is the only stock car racer for the Atari ST. I was curious to see how the sport would look in 16-bit, and it started well with a fantastic title with music by David Whittaker. However, it was soon all downhill from then.
The visuals are shocking on the eyes, but it's the framerate that is total diarrhoea. The sound effects are actually worse, and I truly do mean that. I could forgive the visuals and sound for good gameplay, but sadly, this game lacked that, too. Could this be the worst Atari ST game ever? Well, put it this way, I could not stand to play more than a couple laps before rebooting in anger and utter disappointment.
I wondered how my 16MHz Mega STe might perform, so I contacted Peter Putnik and he created a hard drive version. But even the extra MHz couldn't save it, but thanks for trying mate!
Maybe they were being paid off. I remember the coverdisc demo version ... it did not impress, other than being about the only more-or-less free roaming (within the track) 3D polygon racer I'd experienced up to that point. Sadly that seemed to come at the cost of framerate, responsiveness, and any kind of actual detail.
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