The visual design of the UI in this game screams 2009/2010. Every menu and icon have rounded corners like if they were all taken from an iphone 3GS. Playing it nowadays and seeing all those 'share on facebook/twitter' options that don't work anymore are also kinda nostalgic to me.
Blur was one of those games I only discovered recently. As I was replaying PGR4 late 2020, I decided to give Bizzare's final game a spin as well. I knew of this game's existence, and I was no stranger to racing games at the time: Split/Second, Modnation Racers, Nail'd, Hot Pursuit, GT5, and Test Drive Unlimited 2 I all enjoyed to some extent. But for whatever reason, Blur slipped past my radar. Playing it now, I'm REALLY kicking myself for not having gotten to it earlier, but hey, better late than never. It's great to see that racing games (while mostly sims) still have an audience, but I'd love to see another take on the "Mario-Kart-with-licensed-cars" style as well
I feel like what caused Blur to become a financial failure was it's release year of 2010 which had an oversaturation of racing games releasing that year, many high quality games such as Bioshock 2, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, Gran Turismo 5, Halo Reach, and many more, and finally Split/Second,Modnation Racers, and Blur released barely a few weeks from each other, lowering their sales for each other.
That, and Red Dead Redemption launched the exact same month (maybe even the same WEEK) as Blur, Split/Second, and Modnation Racers, which practically made those three games dead on arrival. A shame, really, because they were all fairly strong racing titles, in my opinion
As a European person and a Peugeot 307 driver, I approved the use of Peugeots in this game, I wish we got more Peugeot, Renault, Citroën, Opel/Vauxhall, Skoda and Seat in racing games as I love the cars that are made by this car companys as I see them on a daily basis on the streets.
Speaking of a "random memory popping up years later", I remember playing this game's demo *once* when I was about 9 years old, on my parents' then new PC. But racing a 206 through France stuck with me to this day So thank you Kacey, I always wondered what the game was called and if it was any good :D
I discovered Downtown Run some years ago on a random online auction with used ps2 games and I bought it on the spot cause the cover gave me midtown madness vibes. 2-3 days later the game arrives and... there is no disc in the box. I contacted the seller and he gave me a refund and said he has no idea what happend to the disc, it just vanished. Looks like fate itself is working hard to keep this game obscure and forgotten. Also great video as always, its great to see you back!
I love this game so much! Thank you. People forgot Downtown Run too.. I remember playing it on PC with my friends while listening the first audioslave album
Really enjoyed the video, wondering have you ever heard of Rumble Racing? Similar powerup based racer with a heavy emphasis on doing flips, enjoyed it a lot as a kid, me and a mate played it a ton in coop career mode and had a blast, no telling if it was actually good or if that was me being a child tho.
Never played the full game, but I did play the beta/demo back in the day with some friends on Xbox Live and loved it. Definitely going to have to pick up Blur now. Great video!
There's a plethora of Unknown Racing Games that released in the 6th Generation Of Video Games. One of my favorite was ValuSoft's catalogue of Budget Releases like Hot Rod: American Street Drag, and Officially Licensed NHRA Drag Racing Video Games. The rest of ValuSoft's Library.... I can't really speak for. I remember as kid while shopping at Places like Best Buy, CompUSA, TigerDirect, Heck even Walmart and finding a shit ton of Budget PC Titles for $15 to $30. Yes, I even remember Big Rigs Over the Road Racing
To add to the list of unknown games, I'd like to mention Adrenalin Extreme Show. It was developed by Gaijin (the ones who are responsible for War Thunder). I know it was on PC, idk about console, it came out in 2006, so it's kinda part of the 6th gen era. It's got good graphics, music, environments etc. but the handling, physics and ruberrbanding are pretty bad. Regardless, I played a crap ton of it as a kid.
Blur....what a great arcade racing game. My first time playing this game was at my local internet cafe with friends where we were bored and looking for something to play then we found this game, we played couple of races and we had fun (in one of those races, my friend managed to beat me in the off-road Beetle on Mount Haruna). In 2021, I've bought the game for the PS3 (second hand of course). I was surprised to find out that the multiplayer servers are still online. Many of my hours was spent playing the online servers trying to grind my way to Rank 32 where I've finally unlocked *Drifter* (gets you a free nitro in your power-ups after you do a Super Drift) for my Nitro, it was hard racing against rank 50 players that have those during my early grinding stages. After I've saw there's an Evo 7 in the game (I love that car and I've drove one in real life). Maybe I'll gave Downtown Run a try. Great video Kacey.
I used to play the hell out of this game on the PS2 as a kid and I still do occasionally: I remember being extremely angry because I lost a lot of points in a failed bet race and the game locked some of my cars! Good times, thanks for bringing it up :)
I´m still convinced that Split / Second and Blur releasing within 2 or 3 days of each other didn´t help either game in any capacity. Really a shame since both are still extremely fun games to play.
I remember finding this game in some pirate compilation from ~2005 and since PC doesn't have as much racing games as consoles, I've remembered this game. Was quite surprised that no one mentioned this game in relation with Blur, never thought it was so poorly sold.
Man this just showed up in my recommendation and you wouldn’t believe how many memories I had with this game playing split screen with my friends all day
Great review! As someone who grew up with a PS2 in this era, I never heard of this game, but I also remember playing Rumble Racing on PS2 which also had similar power ups, but also featured fantasy cars and stunts. Also love the use of Callista at the end ❤️
I'm so surprised you made a video about this game. Over the years I've not met another person who remembered it. I still have the disc at my parents' house.
The way you describe Blur perfectly fits Onrush--an incredibly unique, vibrant, and passionate game that's unlike anything before or since...and also probably doomed from the start :c Onrush is probably my favorite arcade racing game of all time, I recommend that everyone give it a try. Such a masterpiece.
Well I can definitely say I haven’t heard or have seen city racer before. Definitely interesting to see you cover something pretty obscure. Can’t say why but something about your voice makes these type of videos sort of soothing and pretty enjoyable. Kinda cringe to admit that but I don’t know how else to describe what it’s like watching your videos. Just keep enjoying what your doing, have a nice day.
This game is what happens when you take Midtown Madness, remove the unique game modes and a few goofy vehicles (bus, big rig), and mate it to Mario Kart.
"The genre doesn't have the mass appeal it used to." I agree with this, but at the same time I don't. I agree with you, Kacey, because you're absolutely correct - the racing genre doesn't have the same _mass_ appeal that it used to, but I don't think it's for the reason you think it might be. I think the reason why the racing genre, overall, doesn't have the same mass appeal is twofold - First, the people who enjoyed Driver, Midnight Club, Ridge Racer, etc. when they were younger have sunken their teeth into more realistic, more demanding affairs - iRacing, rFactor, Assetto Corsa (Vanilla and Competitzione) to name a few, while the racing genre on the whole has been... I don't want to say brushed aside, but having its priorities shifted, with more arcade-y racing games being given the budget treatment, and second, in the case of games like Hot Wheels Unleashed, more arcade-y hampered by either a publisher who cares _just_ enough to get the game on store shelves, but not enough to give the game the love and care it deserves in the long term, or they're developed by small indie teams who can just barely afford to release the game for a fiver on Steam. I'll admit that watching racing sims go from being the weird niche to industry standard and arcade racers go the route of racing sims in the '90s and '00s has been a bit like mood whiplash. It genuinely seems like overnight (That night being about 15 years long or so) games like Driver, Ridge Racer and even Need for Speed, that would have been _guaranteed_ sellers back in the day, are now the risky investment compared to hardcore simulations like the ones mentioned.
Thanks for the video, definitely worth the wait ^_^. I hadn't heard of City Racer before but it seems absolutely wild. Even though it seems really bad, preteen me would've probably loved it lol.
I've tried playing blur, but found the handling to be not my type, and faced a 1-2s lag with my controller. But despite these issues, I liked the game.
I'm just surprised to not see the game's name mentioned anywhere, that's why I thought this would be a video about Blur. This is a great video and you made me discover a weird racing game I now want to own, but if you want it to be more known, at least mention its name in the description! You also mentioned there's no other review of this game out there, so if this is the first one why should it be hidden?
I saw Blur from KuruHS vids. I said to myself, "Why not givin' it a shot?". Downloaded and the OST in the main menu... I fell in love. 2 months ago and still have to complete it. Bro, I graduated so it's justyfied that I still have to finish it. Only once that I'll have it complete, I'll 100% it. Kuru was right. Blur is cool. What next? "Bloom"? 😁
Im actually surprised ive never heard of this game before! I played so many racing games during the 6th gen console era! I loved BLUR so much! Still got it on my PS3! 😊👍
A game I love to play but is seldom known from the 6th generation console era is Road Trip (Road Trip Adventure in Europe) for the PS2. Failrace has a playthrough series of it here on RUclips but it's a combination of a traditional RPG and a racing game, complete with party members to equip and a large world to explore and do stuff in. Something I remember from playing it is the handling model had a quirk where a slide to the left would essentially lock the car in the slide until you stopped, but it wouldn't happen if done to the right.
Old games just wont die as I`m still happily playing Grid(1), GT5, Dirt Rally and Driver San Francisco and newer games are Wreckfest and Beamng. New "AAA" driving games haven`t anything new to the table expect increased prices and dlc`s IMHO
2:55 "The genre doesnt have the mass appeal it used to" - Its likely related to cars not being as popular (popular as in enthusiasts raving about the next big drivers car or sports car) and/or exciting anymore. I remember my friends and I playing NFS games and dream about our first cars when we were young (early 2000s); most of my classmates had NFSU2 and/or NFSMW and talked about the cars in the game. Nowadays it seems the youth simply doesnt seem to care about cars anymore, just one out of ten of our apprentices is a car fan, while half of them dont like them at all.
the building where I worked & the exact window I had a seaside view is in Blur. it's a really good game. like Split Second from around the same time it's criminally overlooked. plus seeing my office window looking out over Brighton seafront is very cool. easily one of the best PS3\XBox360 racers
I'm gonna try to install this masterpiece on my papa's computer (Core i3, Intel HD GFX and 4Gigs of Ram) I already played this game once at my stepmom's aunt's house, and oh my fucking god, the multiplayer is the best mode, it is so fucking fun! This is legit a mario kart but less boring ngl.
Is there any 2nd game of downtown run? I remember I had played car game and it has all the same abilities of downtown run. Like you get the box, You spill oil, Gain missile but graphics looked much better more like NFS MW 2005.
A lot of pre 2010 games have wii ports. (Very similer type of graphics) Especially racing games. But that dancing game stayed on wii till 2019-2020 So you can have the game but actually if it came out a few years before
Bruh!!! First of all, cool that you used Crystal Method music track here. And secondly, maybe you should put "City Racer" in the video title, so people can find it when they search for this game on youtube.
Blur is the best arcade racing game in the world and I would defend this statement with my life. Such a shame that the game didn't continue I would buy it if it was on PS4 even if it was the same game. So unique so fun and very colorful. And if played with friends you multiply the fun by whatever amount you would like. If you still have a working Ps3 I would highly recommend you to find a copy and play it.
This is nice and all. But I want a 'What if Blur came out in 2023" Because I would be happy. That game was the best. The online beta week on the 360 was insanely fun and the released game was even better.
I played Downtown Run back in the day. It was offered as a FREE game on a local UK newspaper shortly after it came out... really. I enjoyed it as a kid.
This is why I recommend Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. It's from the creators of Blur after Activision fired the entire team. It's like their take on Mario Kart without all the real cars.
I had this game as a kid and still have it and it sucks ass. There's a reason it's not beloved like Blur is. I've had more fun playing Flatout 3. It's not so bad it's good like that game, nor is it deeply misunderstood like Auto Modellista. It's just mediocre as hell.
You have no idea how hard it was to find a copy of Beetle Adventure Racing as a kid. I've only seen 2 physical copies in person and I own one of them. Relevance of BAR to this video? Beetle Battle. You'd get power ups and weapons in a "Mario Kart balloon battle" sort of way, and had to be the first collect the different colors of beetle without dying and reach the exit... there's something about VW Beetles launching missiles at each other to explode the other players car that's intense yet hilarious
I wouldn't put drive club on the same list as split second and blur, lmao, drive club has nothing going on for it except pretty graphics. It's a boring ass game. It's failure is well deserved.
Bro I've had a really hard time finding this game again. I've played it when I was a small kid and few years ago I've reminded about it but didn't know the name of that game. Thanks for making a video about it.
When I saw the title I was really hoping it would be Downtown Run and I was right. I love this game on PC to death as it was my favorite game in my childhood.
Bruh this game was a memory like a tumour in my head, I was always desperate to play it but it never worked and my pc died and I never found the name no matter how much I tried
I'm a fan of the new direction, keep it up
blur vid when
Agreed. Bru how did Kacey manage to get the attention of FREAKING NOODLE!!!
noodle you should make a vid about blur
@@wheatleygaming3652 Wheatley gaming
@@wheatleygaming3652 nfs part 2 first, blur later
The visual design of the UI in this game screams 2009/2010. Every menu and icon have rounded corners like if they were all taken from an iphone 3GS.
Playing it nowadays and seeing all those 'share on facebook/twitter' options that don't work anymore are also kinda nostalgic to me.
Good to see yuh back girl!
I've never heard of blur, but 30 seconds in i can tell it's mario kart in a tuner car environment which sounds awesome for an arcadey game
Blur was one of those games I only discovered recently. As I was replaying PGR4 late 2020, I decided to give Bizzare's final game a spin as well. I knew of this game's existence, and I was no stranger to racing games at the time: Split/Second, Modnation Racers, Nail'd, Hot Pursuit, GT5, and Test Drive Unlimited 2 I all enjoyed to some extent. But for whatever reason, Blur slipped past my radar.
Playing it now, I'm REALLY kicking myself for not having gotten to it earlier, but hey, better late than never. It's great to see that racing games (while mostly sims) still have an audience, but I'd love to see another take on the "Mario-Kart-with-licensed-cars" style as well
Good vid. Keep these up!!
What’s that game at 3:38/3:39?
Into The Breach. Big recommend
*jojo on the outro*
Ah, I see you're a woman of culture as well.
this city racer looks like the old midtown madness, its crazy how i played almost every racing game on gamecube and still never knew about this game
Yeah I immediately was reminded of the first Midtown Madness when I saw the how the graphics looked.
Had no clue this was on the GC. For me it was always a Xbox 360 game :)
This video really seems to have gone over your head
I feel like what caused Blur to become a financial failure was it's release year of 2010 which had an oversaturation of racing games releasing that year, many high quality games such as Bioshock 2, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, Gran Turismo 5, Halo Reach, and many more, and finally Split/Second,Modnation Racers, and Blur released barely a few weeks from each other, lowering their sales for each other.
That, and Red Dead Redemption launched the exact same month (maybe even the same WEEK) as Blur, Split/Second, and Modnation Racers, which practically made those three games dead on arrival. A shame, really, because they were all fairly strong racing titles, in my opinion
Yeah, and especially Hot Pursuit 2010 if people were looking for a racing game. Man I loves Hot Pursuit, I still play the original and remaster.
It was also marketed poorly with cringe ads and promos
I wouldn’t call Halo Reach 100% high quality, when the multiplayer was total buttcheeks.
Split/Second & Red Dead Redemption released on the same DAY.
As a European person and a Peugeot 307 driver, I approved the use of Peugeots in this game, I wish we got more Peugeot, Renault, Citroën, Opel/Vauxhall, Skoda and Seat in racing games as I love the cars that are made by this car companys as I see them on a daily basis on the streets.
Wow, I have never heard of this game. Don’t think if ever even seen in the wild!
my coworker saw it in another store a few weeks ago and reminded me of its existence again. have yet to see it in person since 2004.
@@Kaceydotme I had the game in 2011
@@Kaceydotme I picked up this game about 6 years ago and it's honestly been one of my favourite racer games that I've ever played.
Hey there, SSFF
It's so weird to see Saab and MG being represented in a game.
*cough Colin McRae
the SAAB billboards everywhere!
@@blakecooper669 And the TOCA Race Driver games as well. But yes, also Codemasters games. I have no knowledge of MG cars being in a non-CM game.
@@Yoshik379 Some of the Forza games and even Forza Horizon 5 feature MG cars, FH5 even features the XPower SV
Speaking of a "random memory popping up years later", I remember playing this game's demo *once* when I was about 9 years old, on my parents' then new PC. But racing a 206 through France stuck with me to this day
So thank you Kacey, I always wondered what the game was called and if it was any good :D
I discovered Downtown Run some years ago on a random online auction with used ps2 games and I bought it on the spot cause the cover gave me midtown madness vibes. 2-3 days later the game arrives and... there is no disc in the box. I contacted the seller and he gave me a refund and said he has no idea what happend to the disc, it just vanished. Looks like fate itself is working hard to keep this game obscure and forgotten. Also great video as always, its great to see you back!
I love this game so much! Thank you. People forgot Downtown Run too.. I remember playing it on PC with my friends while listening the first audioslave album
Downtown Run is the same game.
@@minignoux4566 Yes. Both Blur and DR are now forgotten
@@emaheiwa8174 No, Downtown Run and City Racer (or whatever is the name of the game in the video) are EXACTLY the same game.
@@minignoux4566 Ok. Keep talking alone.. You crearly didn't understand
Really enjoyed the video, wondering have you ever heard of Rumble Racing? Similar powerup based racer with a heavy emphasis on doing flips, enjoyed it a lot as a kid, me and a mate played it a ton in coop career mode and had a blast, no telling if it was actually good or if that was me being a child tho.
Its prequel is also something most have or haven’t heard of as it had the NASCAR license for the PS1.
blur was one of my favorite games in the last decade. if it was only released at a different time, it definitely could’ve been a great franchise
Holy fuck, City Racer. I thought I was the only one who remembered this game
Never played the full game, but I did play the beta/demo back in the day with some friends on Xbox Live and loved it. Definitely going to have to pick up Blur now. Great video!
There's a plethora of Unknown Racing Games that released in the 6th Generation Of Video Games. One of my favorite was ValuSoft's catalogue of Budget Releases like Hot Rod: American Street Drag, and Officially Licensed NHRA Drag Racing Video Games. The rest of ValuSoft's Library.... I can't really speak for.
I remember as kid while shopping at Places like Best Buy, CompUSA, TigerDirect, Heck even Walmart and finding a shit ton of Budget PC Titles for $15 to $30. Yes, I even remember Big Rigs Over the Road Racing
To add to the list of unknown games, I'd like to mention Adrenalin Extreme Show. It was developed by Gaijin (the ones who are responsible for War Thunder). I know it was on PC, idk about console, it came out in 2006, so it's kinda part of the 6th gen era. It's got good graphics, music, environments etc. but the handling, physics and ruberrbanding are pretty bad. Regardless, I played a crap ton of it as a kid.
Blur....what a great arcade racing game. My first time playing this game was at my local internet cafe with friends where we were bored and looking for something to play then we found this game, we played couple of races and we had fun (in one of those races, my friend managed to beat me in the off-road Beetle on Mount Haruna).
In 2021, I've bought the game for the PS3 (second hand of course). I was surprised to find out that the multiplayer servers are still online. Many of my hours was spent playing the online servers trying to grind my way to Rank 32 where I've finally unlocked *Drifter* (gets you a free nitro in your power-ups after you do a Super Drift) for my Nitro, it was hard racing against rank 50 players that have those during my early grinding stages.
After I've saw there's an Evo 7 in the game (I love that car and I've drove one in real life). Maybe I'll gave Downtown Run a try. Great video Kacey.
I used to play the hell out of this game on the PS2 as a kid and I still do occasionally: I remember being extremely angry because I lost a lot of points in a failed bet race and the game locked some of my cars! Good times, thanks for bringing it up :)
I´m still convinced that Split / Second and Blur releasing within 2 or 3 days of each other didn´t help either game in any capacity. Really a shame since both are still extremely fun games to play.
If you want to go further back, NASCAR Rumble had the same Mario Kart gameplay but with stock cars. I loved playing that game as a kid.
Rumble Racing is a sequel for the PS2 with the nascar license stripped off.
And it's also the one of the best kart racers.
I remember finding this game in some pirate compilation from ~2005 and since PC doesn't have as much racing games as consoles, I've remembered this game. Was quite surprised that no one mentioned this game in relation with Blur, never thought it was so poorly sold.
Man this just showed up in my recommendation and you wouldn’t believe how many memories I had with this game playing split screen with my friends all day
Great review! As someone who grew up with a PS2 in this era, I never heard of this game, but I also remember playing Rumble Racing on PS2 which also had similar power ups, but also featured fantasy cars and stunts. Also love the use of Callista at the end ❤️
City Racer? That has to be the most uninspired racing game title I have ever seen
Reminds me of a shitty freeware game from 2008 called City Racing
Nice work! THANKS
I'm so surprised you made a video about this game. Over the years I've not met another person who remembered it. I still have the disc at my parents' house.
The way you describe Blur perfectly fits Onrush--an incredibly unique, vibrant, and passionate game that's unlike anything before or since...and also probably doomed from the start :c
Onrush is probably my favorite arcade racing game of all time, I recommend that everyone give it a try. Such a masterpiece.
Fun fact: Developed by ex-Evolution Studios (Driveclub)
The game gets boring real quick though compared to blur
Well I can definitely say I haven’t heard or have seen city racer before. Definitely interesting to see you cover something pretty obscure. Can’t say why but something about your voice makes these type of videos sort of soothing and pretty enjoyable. Kinda cringe to admit that but I don’t know how else to describe what it’s like watching your videos. Just keep enjoying what your doing, have a nice day.
This game is what happens when you take Midtown Madness, remove the unique game modes and a few goofy vehicles (bus, big rig), and mate it to Mario Kart.
"The genre doesn't have the mass appeal it used to."
I agree with this, but at the same time I don't. I agree with you, Kacey, because you're absolutely correct - the racing genre doesn't have the same _mass_ appeal that it used to, but I don't think it's for the reason you think it might be. I think the reason why the racing genre, overall, doesn't have the same mass appeal is twofold - First, the people who enjoyed Driver, Midnight Club, Ridge Racer, etc. when they were younger have sunken their teeth into more realistic, more demanding affairs - iRacing, rFactor, Assetto Corsa (Vanilla and Competitzione) to name a few, while the racing genre on the whole has been... I don't want to say brushed aside, but having its priorities shifted, with more arcade-y racing games being given the budget treatment, and second, in the case of games like Hot Wheels Unleashed, more arcade-y hampered by either a publisher who cares _just_ enough to get the game on store shelves, but not enough to give the game the love and care it deserves in the long term, or they're developed by small indie teams who can just barely afford to release the game for a fiver on Steam. I'll admit that watching racing sims go from being the weird niche to industry standard and arcade racers go the route of racing sims in the '90s and '00s has been a bit like mood whiplash. It genuinely seems like overnight (That night being about 15 years long or so) games like Driver, Ridge Racer and even Need for Speed, that would have been _guaranteed_ sellers back in the day, are now the risky investment compared to hardcore simulations like the ones mentioned.
Can you talk about Ridge Racer's 2 on PSP or Ridge Racer in general? Would like to see your thought on one of the OG's.
like the stronger authorial voice in this, don’t really enjoy the clickbait title.
Thanks for the video, definitely worth the wait ^_^. I hadn't heard of City Racer before but it seems absolutely wild. Even though it seems really bad, preteen me would've probably loved it lol.
Shinyodd playing Cities: Skylines
So now we can call Blur " City Racers but good"
In my opinion Nascar Rumble and Rumble Racing are the equivalents of Blur from the PS1 and PS2 era
Yo solo quiero que Microsoft busque una manera de revivir esta IP sin opacar o sea opacada por otros juegos
Loving that unintended cameo from Shinyodd at 2:18
NFS High Stakes (NFS Road Challenge in Europe) menu soundtrack brings back memories
Its not mAri0 kArT copy,
Its own kind of a game.
I hate mario kart, but I like blur.
I've tried playing blur, but found the handling to be not my type, and faced a 1-2s lag with my controller. But despite these issues, I liked the game.
Love that thumbnail! I am biased tho lol
I remember seeing this on the shelves at GameStop back in the day, haven't given it a thought in years
I'm just surprised to not see the game's name mentioned anywhere, that's why I thought this would be a video about Blur.
This is a great video and you made me discover a weird racing game I now want to own, but if you want it to be more known, at least mention its name in the description!
You also mentioned there's no other review of this game out there, so if this is the first one why should it be hidden?
Old video, but you should try the NightRunners demo. Something about it feels like a blended nostalgic memory of arcade racers past.
All Ubisoft racing games have French cars that shouldn't be there. Even Motorfest has Peugeots in Hawaii
I saw Blur from KuruHS vids.
I said to myself, "Why not givin' it a shot?".
Downloaded and the OST in the main menu...
I fell in love. 2 months ago and still have to complete it. Bro, I graduated so it's justyfied that I still have to finish it. Only once that I'll have it complete, I'll 100% it.
Kuru was right. Blur is cool.
What next? "Bloom"? 😁
I will never forgive myself for not playing Blur. Feels like Split/Second mixed with Mario Kart
Im actually surprised ive never heard of this game before! I played so many racing games during the 6th gen console era! I loved BLUR so much! Still got it on my PS3! 😊👍
A game I love to play but is seldom known from the 6th generation console era is Road Trip (Road Trip Adventure in Europe) for the PS2. Failrace has a playthrough series of it here on RUclips but it's a combination of a traditional RPG and a racing game, complete with party members to equip and a large world to explore and do stuff in. Something I remember from playing it is the handling model had a quirk where a slide to the left would essentially lock the car in the slide until you stopped, but it wouldn't happen if done to the right.
Old games just wont die as I`m still happily playing Grid(1), GT5, Dirt Rally and Driver San Francisco and newer games are Wreckfest and Beamng. New "AAA" driving games haven`t anything new to the table expect increased prices and dlc`s IMHO
2:55 "The genre doesnt have the mass appeal it used to" - Its likely related to cars not being as popular (popular as in enthusiasts raving about the next big drivers car or sports car) and/or exciting anymore. I remember my friends and I playing NFS games and dream about our first cars when we were young (early 2000s); most of my classmates had NFSU2 and/or NFSMW and talked about the cars in the game. Nowadays it seems the youth simply doesnt seem to care about cars anymore, just one out of ten of our apprentices is a car fan, while half of them dont like them at all.
the building where I worked & the exact window I had a seaside view is in Blur. it's a really good game. like Split Second from around the same time it's criminally overlooked. plus seeing my office window looking out over Brighton seafront is very cool.
easily one of the best PS3\XBox360 racers
I loved blur, i played it so much with my friends, really felt like a Mario kart for people over 5 years old
I still hope for a sequel
I'm gonna try to install this masterpiece on my papa's computer (Core i3, Intel HD GFX and 4Gigs of Ram)
I already played this game once at my stepmom's aunt's house, and oh my fucking god, the multiplayer is the best mode, it is so fucking fun! This is legit a mario kart but less boring ngl.
Is there any 2nd game of downtown run?
I remember I had played car game and it has all the same abilities of downtown run. Like you get the box, You spill oil, Gain missile but graphics looked much better more like NFS MW 2005.
A lot of pre 2010 games have wii ports. (Very similer type of graphics) Especially racing games. But that dancing game stayed on wii till 2019-2020
So you can have the game but actually if it came out a few years before
Bruh!!!
First of all, cool that you used Crystal Method music track here.
And secondly, maybe you should put "City Racer" in the video title, so people can find it when they search for this game on youtube.
Blur is the best arcade racing game in the world and I would defend this statement with my life. Such a shame that the game didn't continue I would buy it if it was on PS4 even if it was the same game. So unique so fun and very colorful. And if played with friends you multiply the fun by whatever amount you would like. If you still have a working Ps3 I would highly recommend you to find a copy and play it.
This is nice and all.
But I want a 'What if Blur came out in 2023"
Because I would be happy. That game was the best. The online beta week on the 360 was insanely fun and the released game was even better.
I played Downtown Run back in the day. It was offered as a FREE game on a local UK newspaper shortly after it came out... really. I enjoyed it as a kid.
This is why I recommend Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. It's from the creators of Blur after Activision fired the entire team. It's like their take on Mario Kart without all the real cars.
I had this game as a kid and still have it and it sucks ass. There's a reason it's not beloved like Blur is. I've had more fun playing Flatout 3. It's not so bad it's good like that game, nor is it deeply misunderstood like Auto Modellista. It's just mediocre as hell.
You have no idea how hard it was to find a copy of Beetle Adventure Racing as a kid. I've only seen 2 physical copies in person and I own one of them.
Relevance of BAR to this video? Beetle Battle. You'd get power ups and weapons in a "Mario Kart balloon battle" sort of way, and had to be the first collect the different colors of beetle without dying and reach the exit... there's something about VW Beetles launching missiles at each other to explode the other players car that's intense yet hilarious
at least Blur's MP on PC still works due to amax-emu, though playing it above 60fps turns it into a pile of crap and drifting above 30fps is hard
I wouldn't put drive club on the same list as split second and blur, lmao, drive club has nothing going on for it except pretty graphics. It's a boring ass game. It's failure is well deserved.
I bought the PS3 version of Blur back in the day. Played it in splitscreen a lot with friends. I agree it deserves a second chance.
Downtown run? I played this game in 2004, and even have russian licence pc version cd, but i never think something good about this game.
Bro I've had a really hard time finding this game again. I've played it when I was a small kid and few years ago I've reminded about it but didn't know the name of that game. Thanks for making a video about it.
My only complaint with this game is that there's no custom keybinds, it's impossible for me to play racing games with WASD
Blur is amazing and its visuals are still beautiful to this day. I'm never deleting Blur from my PC. It's too damn good.
does surfshark supply any chicken nuggets
are they from mcdonalds
on top of that, the ui makes me thing of "You wouldn't download a car"
When I saw the title I was really hoping it would be Downtown Run and I was right. I love this game on PC to death as it was my favorite game in my childhood.
That scene where that car was sent sommersaulting through the air like it was shot in a Michael Bay movie was quite hilarious.
I loved everything about Blur, the menus, the music, the engine rev when choosing cars, etc...
Both Blur and Split/Second came too late, when NFS had just started to pick itself up with HP.
downtown run? i knew it, my 1st few games on ps2
decent game, but the rest of the tournaments are stretching it way too much with excessive laps
You know what's more primitive than that...
Nascar Rumble on PS1.
Bruh this game was a memory like a tumour in my head, I was always desperate to play it but it never worked and my pc died and I never found the name no matter how much I tried
plot twist, what if blur came out in 2022?
"Blur" is just an upgrade for old ps2 game, "Rumble Racing" but for ps3
Blur is literally one of the best games I’ve ever played. Easily logged hundreds of hours online.
I have tried Blur....
j2me version.
Dream game
blur x split second x burnout 3.
I love those 3 arcade racers so much.
i have blur on the ps3 and i love it! it's a great game and it's such a shame the sequel got cancelled and the franchise is abandoned
A fascinating thought is that more people have probably seen this video than bought the game
I play this game still I have it on the PS3 console I love older games especially n64 games 👌
City racer looks like something Phoenix games or Titus would shit out..
Aww, I used to love NFS 2 on my PS1. Slander aside, another good vid lol.
i always liked blur but everytime i played it i just realized its simply not very fun like mototstorm or flatout
and here i thought i played it in 2003 😂
For the game to be a Disney game I'm surprised how good it is with no movie or cartoon for it to be based on or off of.
"I'm not a psychopath"
"M I L K F I R S T"
If Blur were lauched in PS2 generation, it whould be "blurry"