Software:Big Scale Racing
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Developer(s) | BumbleBeast |
Publisher(s) | HD Interactive |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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Genre(s) | Racing |
Big Scale Racing is a 2002 racing video game by BumbleBeast.
Development
The studio began as a subsidiary of digital company Virtual Environments Systems & Consultancy (VESC), which was spun-off to create PC CD-ROM games on April 1, 2001. The company consisted of seven employees, which created scale models of racing cars (90 cm long) for the racing game.[1] The company anticipated an Autumn 2002 launch date, and aimed to distribute the game to big retailers and entertainment shops over the world, while accepting online orders over the Internet.[1]
The company started production on February 9, 2001.[2] In Spring of that year, BumbleBeast signed license agreements with various race tracks to have the tracks featuring in current and future games.[2] The company hired cartoon artist Patrick Schoenmaker[3] on June 1, his debut video game.[2] An internal beta was released on August 2, followed by an internal demo on September 9.[2] The BumbleBeast website - premiering content about the game - was uploaded September 14.[2] Summitsoft (Omaha) signed a publishing/distribution deal for the North American continent on March 10, 2002.[2] On March 12, an August release date for retail was set.[2] Weather effects were added March 28.[2] In response to beta and demo testers regarding Multiplayer LAN, developers announced 8 player LAN gaming on April 1, 2002.[2] On April 11, Dutch company HD Interactive signed a publishing/distribution deal for Europe.[2] A public demo was released April 14.[2]
On April 18, Japanese company Aqua Systems signed a publishing/distribution deal for Japan.[2] On May 25, Summitsoft and HD-Interactive presented the game at E3.[2] By June 14, the United States /Canada version of BSR was set for the second week of August 2002, the EU version was set for September 20, and the Japanese version was set for mid August.[2] On July 10 it was announced the game would have dedicated versions in Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, French, German and English.[2] On July 7, QVSoftware signed a distribution deal for release in Australia /New Zealand for early October 2002.[2] On July 28 it was announced that in the previous week 50 thousand demos were downloaded from various sites.[2] First screenshots were released on July 31.[4] On August 16, the game was released in the US, and in the online stores Navarre, EB Games, and Amazon.[2] An estimated 1,500,000 downloads of the demo occurred from August–October. A special edition of the game (Big Scale Racing Special Edition) was released in 2003.[2]
Gameplay
Players race with 1/5 scale RC racing cars. The game features weather, multiple tracks and cars, and internet competition.
Reception
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Eurogamer thought in its hands-on preview that the game was a serious simulator but also fun and playable.[13] On release, the game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "VESC". http://bigscaleracing.com/eindex.htm.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 "BumbleBeast Game Development | News". http://www.bumblebeast.com/news.html.
- ↑ "Bumblebeast & Big Scale Racing". http://www.ukgamer.com/articles/166/1/Big_Scale_Racing.html.
- ↑ Calvert, Justin (July 31, 2002). "First look: Big Scale Racing". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/first-look-big-scale-racing/1100-2876122/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Big Scale Racing for PC Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/big-scale-racing/critic-reviews/?platform=pc.
- ↑ "Review: Big Scale Racing". Computer Games Magazine (theGlobe.com) (150): 86. May 2003.
- ↑ Osborne, Scott (August 29, 2002). "Big Scale Racing Review". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/big-scale-racing/1900-2878817/.
- ↑ Smolka, Rob (November 21, 2002). "GameSpy: Big Scale Racing". IGN Entertainment. http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/big-scale-racing/569653p1.html.
- ↑ Ovaldog (September 10, 2002). "Big Scale Racing Review". Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913221631/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r20104.htm.
- ↑ Polak, Steve (July 24, 2003). "Big Scale Racing". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/07/25/big-scale-racing.
- ↑ "Big Scale Racing". PC Gamer UK (Future plc). December 2002.
- ↑ Smolka, Rob (November 2002). "Big Scale Racing". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 9 (11): 126. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060315132549/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/big_scale_racin.html. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ↑ Bye, John "Gestalt" (September 3, 2002). "Big Scale Racing (Hands-on)". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ho_bigscale_ects02.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big Scale Racing.
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