Comments on: ‘Fastlane Street Racing’ now available in the App Store http://osxreality.com/2008/11/14/fastlane-street-racing-now-available-in-the-app-store/ iPhone and iPod touch Games Mon, 21 May 2012 10:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ironcell http://osxreality.com/2008/11/14/fastlane-street-racing-now-available-in-the-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Ironcell Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:49:20 +0000 http://osxreality.com/?p=2527#comment-727 <a href='#comment-726' rel="nofollow">@Constable Odo</a> - Thanks for the thoughtful comment, just wanted to mention they have a position bar at the top of the screen that will show your position relative to the other racers. @Constable Odo – Thanks for the thoughtful comment, just wanted to mention they have a position bar at the top of the screen that will show your position relative to the other racers.

]]> By: Constable Odo http://osxreality.com/2008/11/14/fastlane-street-racing-now-available-in-the-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Constable Odo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:29:05 +0000 http://osxreality.com/?p=2527#comment-726 OK. The iPhone might not be a dedicated gaming device, but this looks pretty good for a casual game on a cellphone. The only thing that look kind of odd was the way the billboards popped up suddenly and disappeared instantly instead of slowly coming in to view or slowly dwindling. I don't even care about that stuff, but it does look a little odd. In some ways it reminds me of early versions of Ridge Racer, but it doesn't match up to even Ridge Racer 2 PSP in terms of polish. I don't expect it to considering it's low cost. It just looks like it would be fun to race. Since it was in playback mode, I don't know if there are any options for a speedometer, position ranking and track layout. I guess those things can be added at a later time with updates. Overall, things do look rather smooth, so it should be fun to race while killing time. If this sort of gaming can be done on a cellphone that just happens to be used for games, I could only imagine if Apple built a real gaming device. If game companies could be seduced, Apple could really become a major mobile gaming and media force. OK. The iPhone might not be a dedicated gaming device, but this looks pretty good for a casual game on a cellphone. The only thing that look kind of odd was the way the billboards popped up suddenly and disappeared instantly instead of slowly coming in to view or slowly dwindling. I don’t even care about that stuff, but it does look a little odd. In some ways it reminds me of early versions of Ridge Racer, but it doesn’t match up to even Ridge Racer 2 PSP in terms of polish. I don’t expect it to considering it’s low cost.

It just looks like it would be fun to race. Since it was in playback mode, I don’t know if there are any options for a speedometer, position ranking and track layout. I guess those things can be added at a later time with updates.

Overall, things do look rather smooth, so it should be fun to race while killing time. If this sort of gaming can be done on a cellphone that just happens to be used for games, I could only imagine if Apple built a real gaming device. If game companies could be seduced, Apple could really become a major mobile gaming and media force.

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