Race Drivin'

Race Drivin' Description

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Cabinet Information

• Compact - A large upright game with a padded bench on the front. This version has a big lighted marquee.
• Cockpit - A partially enclosed cockpit with a contoured, moveable seat. The likeness of a car with red racing stripes on a yellow background appears on the outside of the cabinet.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

The game does not end until your car comes to a complete stop, so if you run out of time near a gate, put the car into neutral -- you may be able to coast through and get the bonus time.

Game Introduction

The Autocross track is a small track with a pace car. This course requires more precision manuevers, less speed and more skill.

The Super Stunt track has banked curves, mountains, winding roads, large jumps, a loop/inverted jump, a barrel roll, a giant ramp, and a tunnel. This is a very large track, the biggest of the three.

The player can choose from four different cars; three with manual transmissions and one with automatic. All vehicles have different handling characteristics. Force Feedback in the steering wheel gives a real driving feel to the game. There is also an option to play against another player. The first player races -- his drive is recorded -- and the second player races against recording of the first. Two game cabinets can even be linked through a cable and players can race against each other simultaneously.

Game Play

VAPS Arcade Census

Very Common - There are 53 known instances of Race Drivin' owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 46 of them are original dedicated machines, 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 56,606 video games (3,411 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 7 VAPS members currently looking for Race Drivin'. There is one VAPS member looking for a Race Drivin' circuit board set.

For Sale - There are 5 VAPS members with Race Drivin' machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

Trivia

Atari had multiple patents on this game. The patent for a "Rear entry booth and seat for a sit-down video game" can be viewed at "http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US04960117__&s_clms=1".

There is also a Commercial Panorama version of this game with three screens that show the center left and right views from the car.

eBay Listings

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Legacy

1. Hard Drivin'
2. Race Drivin'
3. Hard Drivin's Airborne

Manuals

1. Operator's Manual  84 Pages, 8999 KB File.