Comments on: Upcoming 'SlotZ Racer' Brings Slot Car Racing to the iPhone

By: Softcraze: Technology Journal, Gadget News » Upcoming ‘SlotZ Racer’ Brings Slot Car Racing to the iPhone

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:15:35 +0000

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By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:51:02 +0000

it's definitely the multi-player over wifi that will make this game awesome. With a touch and an iPhone in our house already, I'm looking forward to kicking my kids' butts.:)

By: rich_952000

rich_952000 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:13:08 +0000

Wow, this is the second time I've skimmed over this article, and just now noticed this is a Freeverse game. I'm sold. Period.

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:38:28 +0000

oh wow, I almost missed the Scalextric days, just remembering seeing my brothers and cousins playing in massive tracks but I never got around to playing on them. This looks like a great trip down memory lane. Am quite eager to try this out

As for Analogue acceleration, couldn't you work something like a sliding vertical bar on the side? Sort of like the throttle in X-Plane?

By: Gregz0r

Gregz0r — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:23:39 +0000

I loved Scalextric back in the day, and heard that it's gone digital or something(the real thing i mean).
Anyways, this looks like it's gonna rock. I trust it has authentic sounds too?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:47:08 +0000

@Mark: I'm a big Scalextric (1/32nd) nut and we've got a very serious HO club racer testing for us too, so don't worry, you'll enjoy it (and yes, real cars are actual 3D, while anything on a flat screen is ultimately 2D ). As always though, prime directive is to make it a really fun iPhone game.

There's a lot of tweaks, tuning and such to go before MacWorld of course, and the preview version mentioned above was very pre-alpha (by the time anything I'm working on gets through the various levels of "are we allowed to talk about this" checking, it's usually way behind what I've got here )

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:21:51 +0000

@Aaron: Really appreciate the feedback. I might suggest that if the digital controls are "more fun" then perhaps some attention should be paid to making the analog controls "more fun" too, instead of just accepting it . Maybe a different choice of analog implementation, or responsiveness tuning, would help? But hey, creds for trying, so thanks. And I think you meant "3D", not "2D"…

I go back to the 1/24 scale real hardcore scene in the 60s, where most towns had an actual track business/storefront, there were multiple magazines dedicated to the sport, and top end accessories like a pro controller were $50 or more (in 1960s dollars!). I really don't expect you to perfectly emulate that experience, but now you know where the bar is set .

By: boardopboy

boardopboy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:47:51 +0000

WOW!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:12:34 +0000

Mark: there'll be an analogue control option too, but so far we're finding that the digital option is more fun to play. Real slot cars are 2D and bigger than the iPhone screen, so there's always a balance of what the real controls are and what's needed to make the game work best. In SlotZ we're giving you the option so you can pick whichever control you prefer.

There'll also be multiplayer networkman.

By: Eng

Eng — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:07:51 +0000

Well, i was pretty much sold at track editor.