Anyone remember Motor City from EA early in the 'oo's?

[oldeguy]

THAT was an amazing on line game, untill they crushed the servers because only about 900 people cared after a year. Is this game similar?

[cmateos78]

Setting, look & feel, graphics and models, you could say so. No car breaking though or multi. Anyway a whole fun experience if you like racing with this kind of vehicles.

[Cpt. Amarao]

This game reminds me to the old "Street Rod" California Games series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGj_tRSPHhU

[deputydog]

Motor city was great.. in concept but I played the hell out of it. I wonder why noone has redone something like it with muscle cars?

[oldeguy]

Originally posted by Cpt. Amarao:

This game reminds me to the old "Street Rod" California Games series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGj_tRSPHhU

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I loved that game bcl in the day. I wonder if it's on GOG.

[Gordon Bleu]

Originally posted by oldeguy:

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I loved that game bcl in the day. I wonder if it's on GOG.

Grab it here for free:

http://streetrodonline.com/

[MinionJoe]

Originally posted by oldeguy:

I loved that game bcl in the day. I wonder if it's on GOG.

Haven't seen it on GOG, but an online community picked it up after the copyright lapsed and has been distributing it for free. I'd provide a link but 1) linking to a product in a competitor's forum is a douche move; and 2) I cannot verify the legality of the free distribution of abandonware.

Ninja'd by Gordon. LOL!

[Hedge]

Ahhhh Motor City Online.... What a great game. That brought back memories, thanks.

Uptown for life!!!

[oldeguy]

Originally posted by Hedge:

Ahhhh Motor City Online.... What a great game. That brought back memories, thanks.

Uptown for life!!!

My favorite ride was the Cadillac. I had more fun racing that big hulk....always came in 1 2 or 3

[Gordon Bleu]

Originally posted by MinionJoe:

Haven't seen it on GOG, but an online community picked it up after the copyright lapsed and has been distributing it for free. I'd provide a link but 1) linking to a product in a competitor's forum is a douche move; and 2) I cannot verify the legality of the free distribution of abandonware.

Ninja'd by Gordon. LOL!

Sorry about the ninjaing part. Some annotations though:

1) If a game from 1989/1990 would be competition for a game from 2014, it wouldn't deserve better.

2) You don't have to verify it, that's the job of the people who host the website.

[None]

I am a bit too young to remember the Street Rod series, although I remember Motor City Online fondly. I was a beta tester for the game, although my enjoyment of the final release was cut short owing to my computer at the time dying and my replacement having overheating issues which meant it could not play MCO for more than ten minutes at a time, so I reluctantly gave up on it. When I saw Motorama in the listings in Steam, the first game it reminded me of was MCO. It is a shame that classic American cars and hot rods have not been given similar treatment in a game since. I even thought that MCO's vehicle customization options--although light years ahead of and much more intricate than Motorama's--were a bit simplistic. If only they could restart the MCO servers, though, eh?

[oldeguy]

Originally posted by None:

I am a bit too young to remember the Street Rod series, although I remember Motor City Online fondly. I was a beta tester for the game, although my enjoyment of the final release was cut short owing to my computer at the time dying and my replacement having overheating issues which meant it could not play MCO for more than ten minutes at a time, so I reluctantly gave up on it. When I saw Motorama in the listings in Steam, the first game it reminded me of was MCO. It is a shame that classic American cars and hot rods have not been given similar treatment in a game since. I even thought that MCO's vehicle customization options--although light years ahead of and much more intricate than Motorama's--were a bit simplistic. If only they could restart the MCO servers, though, eh?

I remember soendng DAYS trying to come up with combinations to lower my track times and finding parts on the auction I could use. Making thousands of laps to earn money to buy better stuff. What an amazing game. I have my thumbnails stored somewhere of the cars I built. maybe it's time to find them again.

[Tson]

Tsonaqua on Uptown and Midtown. Loved that game. Loved building engines to that perfect flat torque curve. Favorite car has to have been the Convertable Galaxy or the Chop Top Merc. Not the fastest but just loved racing them.

I hate the car building in games today. Its like level one engine, level two engine. Back in MCO you built an engine consisting of 15 different parts. And there were dozens of options for each component. Camshafts and carburetors, electrical and exhaust manifolds, crankshafts and cylinder heads. 2 parts in the exhaust system. 3 in the drive train, tires and rims, breaks, 8 components in the suspension, Loved it.

It wasn't just about racing it was about building. Building that one car your friends couldn't beat no matter what they threw at it. For me it was my 70 AAR Cuda on Midtown. D class Muscle. The group I raced with had a standing offer that if they beat me in it, it was theres. Took them a month and the only reason I lost it is I took a challange from a friend driving an A class.

I still see people racing in games today who throw MCO into thier name or tag line as an homage to the game.

[xenofoxx]

I remember Motor City Online. That and Asheron's Call were 2 of the first online games I ever played. Ah, the glory days of my rural 14.4 Kbps modem.

In the last few months I played it there were some serious security issues. People found ways to chat. Two issues I remember was (1) a command could be sent to make a car stop in it's tracks and (2) sometimes a car would not move the entire race, staying at the starting point, and yet would be declaired the winner.

[Professor Chaos]

i miss MCO please make this game online and make it like MCO

[TWC_Mickey]

i loved mco but it went down hill when the newer tuner cars got introduced...