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TEST NOW: Work In Progress SA-1 Race Drivin

Added 2021-02-11 13:37:25 +0000 UTC

If you are curious how Race Drivin is currently running on the SA-1 chip, this is your chance! The file download is available under attachments of this post. Make sure to apply the patch over the USA version of Race Drivin.

Currently, the game plays really well and it's much better compared to the SNES version. However, there is still some work to be done before releasing to the public, which includes:

Fixing the title screen (the demo play currently is broken)
Update the game rendering system to use SA-1 Character Conversion DMA (currently it still uses the manual rendering which is slow). While most of the game plays at 30 FPS, some sections still slowdown to 10 FPS and it's caused by the rendering engine.
Fix replay (currently the camera flickers too much, caused by the dynamic frame rate control)
Improve distance rendering (you can see things appearing on the screen when it's nearby already, I would like to make it render earlier so you can't notice it)
Fix car and trucks speed (they are going extremely fast right now)

Please, don't distribute it to other people, since it's an still work in progress patch! This is a patreon exclusive beta release.

Let me know if you have any doubts.

Have fun!