I played Stunt Car Racer a lot on the c64 and this does have a similar atmosphere! I completed one lap after 10 or 20 restarts. ;) (BTW, I got an error message twice upon resetting the car, "memory access violation".)
I think this game/demo has a good feel to it, and great exhaust effects! Perhaps the steering should be easier, it is very easy to oversteer when coming out of a corner. (Perhaps the corners should be banked more to make it easier to go through them faster.)
In Stunt Car Racer there was this rollbar at the top of the screen that showed the damage your car had already sustained, I remember that this made for nice moments of "even though my car is almost broken in two, I WILL take that ramp at full speed". :)
And after leaving the track this crane would help you get back in the race, the car was swinging from left to right and you had to press the button at the right moment to land on the track, if I remember correctly.
I think this game/demo has a good feel to it, and great exhaust effects! Perhaps the steering should be easier, it is very easy to oversteer when coming out of a corner. (Perhaps the corners should be banked more to make it easier to go through them faster.)
In Stunt Car Racer there was this rollbar at the top of the screen that showed the damage your car had already sustained, I remember that this made for nice moments of "even though my car is almost broken in two, I WILL take that ramp at full speed". :)
And after leaving the track this crane would help you get back in the race, the car was swinging from left to right and you had to press the button at the right moment to land on the track, if I remember correctly.