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    What Video Game Car Defined Your Youth?

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    • CarsOfFortLangley
      CarsOfFortLangley last edited by davesaddiction

      As we intermittently plunge in and out of various PHO's and levels of lockdown, I've been playing a fair amount of video games and driving way less. I started thinking about what cars in games impacted me as a kid.

      By far and away, the car that impacted me as a 5/6 year old was the Dodge Viper, especially in the iconic Blue with stripes colour. It was, in my opinion, the halo car of the 90's. More iconic than the NSX or any other vehicle.

      Gran Turismo

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      Our PS1 came with one of the demo disks called "Jampack" that included a variety of games, but one of them was Gran Turismo and the only playable car was the blue viper. It was the first driving game that I ever played and I fell in love with the music, cars and tracks.

      Twisted Metal

      One of the first full games that I got was Twisted Metal III. I had played it at a friends house and wanted it SO badly that I bugged my parents for it for months and got it for Christmas.

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      One of the characters, Spectre, drove another blue viper with stripes. He was by far my favorite character, and a big part of that was the car. Twisted metal III still probably ranks as one of the games that I've played most in my life and the Twisted Metal franchise was a big part of my childhood.

      What games introduced you to cars?

      Curator
      1986 Dodge D100 & 2021 Jeep Wrangler Willys

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      • Jarrett
        Jarrett last edited by

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        2018 BRZ, 2011 Mazda3, 2015 Rogue, [Former - 2002 Miata], 4090 Enthusiast.

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        • LooseonExit
          LooseonExit @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by LooseonExit

          @carsoffortlangley

          https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Test_Drive

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          • Brickman
            Brickman last edited by Brickman

            The R33 Skyline from Gran Turismo

            Gran Turismo opened a whole new world of cars to me more than just corvettes and mustangs

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            • ItalianJobR53
              ItalianJobR53 @LooseonExit last edited by

              @looseonexit passed any low flying airplanes?
              TD was my first driving game too!

              04 Mini Cooper S
              02 Corvette Z06
              99 Audi A4
              08 Lexus LS460

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              • CarsOfFortLangley
                CarsOfFortLangley @LooseonExit last edited by

                @looseonexit Damn that's a deep cut. 1987 release date!

                Curator
                1986 Dodge D100 & 2021 Jeep Wrangler Willys

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                • Huzer
                  Huzer last edited by

                  Um....Asteroids?

                  Probably the only one I can think of that was around at the time, but as an arcade game. Pole Position.

                  1968 Mustang - 2022 Bronco Badlands ManSquatch, 2 dr

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                  • trivet
                    trivet last edited by

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                    Damn I'm old.......

                    Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                    Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                    • ToniCipriani
                      ToniCipriani @LooseonExit last edited by

                      @looseonexit said in What Video Game Car Defined Your Youth?:

                      @carsoffortlangley

                      https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Test_Drive

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                      I see your Test Drive and raise you a Test Drive 2 The Duel:
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                      GM 1G2MB 1SA LE5 MA5 PCQ G80 JL9 ZQ2 ZQ3 WA911L
                      BMW F30 N20B20O0 ZMT 7AC B39

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                      • ItalianJobR53
                        ItalianJobR53 @ToniCipriani last edited by

                        @tonicipriani TD2 has the 959 and F40?

                        04 Mini Cooper S
                        02 Corvette Z06
                        99 Audi A4
                        08 Lexus LS460

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                        • TheJWT
                          TheJWT @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by

                          @carsoffortlangley
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                          '90 MS137 Crown, '96 GSX-R 750, '03 RC51, '15 CBR300

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                          • Jarrett
                            Jarrett last edited by

                            Here's another one from even earlier in life. I didn't respect what it was until I was much older:
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                            2018 BRZ, 2011 Mazda3, 2015 Rogue, [Former - 2002 Miata], 4090 Enthusiast.

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                            • JeepOfTheseus
                              JeepOfTheseus @TheJWT last edited by

                              @thejwt I can hear the soundtrack now.

                              Enjoy every sandwich.

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                              • Shop-Teacher
                                Shop-Teacher last edited by

                                My interest in video games was very intermittent throughout my childhood, and into my mid 20's. Every now and then a game would grab my attention hard enough that I'd play it through to the end, but that was the exception rather than the rule. The driving game that grabbed me in middle school, was Top Gear 2 on Super Nintendo. I LOOOOOVED that game!

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                                I sold my Playstation 2 roughly 13 or 14 years ago, and haven't played a video game since.

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                                • Tripper
                                  Tripper last edited by

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                                  E46 M3 | 1502 Hotrod | 11th Gen Civic Si

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                                  • Vondon302
                                    Vondon302 @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by Vondon302


                                    Yup I'm old.

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                                    • I
                                      ibRAD last edited by

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                                      If someone wants to lend me a quarter I bet I could still finish it.

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                                      • W
                                        Wrong Wheel Drive last edited by

                                        It was probably Mario kart although I was more of a Crash Team Racing fan myself. But definitely grand theft auto for me. Either that or OG runescape. Both of those I spent way way way too much time on and that was my entire childhood along with my friends. Then Civilization 3 and Halo 2 consumed so damn much of my time in middle school that I definitely had no life otherwise.

                                        '01 Mazda Miata, '06 Subaru STi, '22 Salsa Timberjack, '17 Schwinn Fastback

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                                        • ToniCipriani
                                          ToniCipriani @ItalianJobR53 last edited by

                                          @italianjobr53 said in What Video Game Car Defined Your Youth?:

                                          @tonicipriani TD2 has the 959 and F40?

                                          Yup. I'm Team Parsh.

                                          GM 1G2MB 1SA LE5 MA5 PCQ G80 JL9 ZQ2 ZQ3 WA911L
                                          BMW F30 N20B20O0 ZMT 7AC B39

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                                          • Vondon302
                                            Vondon302 @ibRAD last edited by

                                            @ibrad Almost went with this but then I remembered Pole Position.

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                                            • ST80MND
                                              ST80MND @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by

                                              @carsoffortlangley Weirdly I will never forget going through the esses at the end of the front straight on trial mt. clean at 185mph in the Cerbera Lm in GT 2. At the time, there was no better feeling, or game lol.![alt text](c87b5c33-2146-4225-8b29-7e9026e7fde3-image.png image url)

                                              89' E30, 82' E21, Thrustmaster t300rs. Slow in, fast out.

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                                              • ST80MND
                                                ST80MND @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by

                                                @carsoffortlangley Also, the 328 cd4ab35d-9e9b-460c-b5a4-a7cf57dafc68-image.png in Rad Racer.

                                                89' E30, 82' E21, Thrustmaster t300rs. Slow in, fast out.

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                                                • ClassicDatsunDebate
                                                  ClassicDatsunDebate @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by

                                                  @carsoffortlangley
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                                                  Sprint2....I remember there were a few arcade consoles in the lobby of the local Kmart. Every shopping trip I’d start hounding my mom for a quarter before we even arrived. I’d always get to play a game on the way out.

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                                                  • Jawzx2
                                                    Jawzx2 @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by

                                                    @carsoffortlangley GT was a huge influence, and broadened my scope, but I was already all in before then:

                                                    Spent a lot of time in that FW12.

                                                    I like big boost and I cannot lie.
                                                    But mostly I drive tractors.

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                                                    • Roundbadge
                                                      Roundbadge @ClassicDatsunDebate last edited by

                                                      @classicdatsundebate Man, I'm with you. Seeing these guys showing Gran Turismo cars...I'd already been put on academic suspension from college when I first played Gran Turismo.

                                                      '05 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L 5spd
                                                      '13 Honda Fit Sport 5spd
                                                      '15 Honda Accord EX

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