I didn't think the controls were as good, n64 one felt much tighter
NST I think? Controls were a bit different to the original but once they clicked it was incredible.
Jumping from the original Game Boy Wave Race to 64 absolutely melted my mind as a kid.
Blue Storm was made by people that didn't understand the appeal of WR64. They increased the challenge, made the controls more complicated and more egregiously made the act of jetskiing feel annoying and cumbersome. The entire game is totally unlike the smooth and relaxing vibes of WR64, in basically every facet of it, downright to the music and general presentation. And Blue Storm has frankly too much of an annoying EXTREEEEEMEEEE veneer to it for my liking.
Couldn't agree more on Waverace 64, but these are being overlooked in your OP as an impeccable selection of other awesome tracks from previous generations. Your NFS3:HP track selections in particular *chef kiss*
It truly was. This was next gen to the max. Still one of my all time fav racers.
WR64 runs at a steady 20fps.
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Wave Race 64 is an immaculately designed game. A truly magical, wondrous experience in 1996. For me, the perfect racing game and one of my all-time favorites.
There was a huge amount of home racing game advancement in between SNES and N64 on 3DO, PC, SS, and PS1 in 1994 to 1996 but WR64 was still super impressive because no one had made a water-based one with those kind of physics.
Living through that era as a child and seeing video games take that huge of a leap in one generation will always be my favorite time in video games. It truly felt like magic, WR64 easily in my top 10 games.
There was a reason a lot of people including the games media thought that 2D was dead and 3D was the only path forward, especially by the time the N64 comes out and shows decent performance and a few ways to wrangle the camera that makes sense.
