Big Scale Racing

Big Scale Racing
Developer(s) BumbleBeast
Release 2002
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 on June 1, his debut video game.[2] An internal beta was released in August 2, followed by an internal demo in 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, 2001.[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 US/Canada version of BSR was set for the second week of August 2002, the EU version was set for September 200, 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] On August 16, the game was released in the US, and in the online stores Navarre, Ebgames, and Amazon.[2] First screenshots were released August 19.[3] 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.

Critical reception

WEWP gave it 9/10.[4] WildHobbies gave it 93.5.[5] Gameguru gave it 72%.[6] PC Gamer gave it 75%.[7] Active Reviews saidit was the best racing game they'd ever played.[8] Eurogamer thought the game was a serious simulator but also fun and playable.[9] IGN gave it 7/10.[10] Peliplaneetta gave it 74%.[11] Gamespy gave it 65%.[12] GameSpot gave it 6.1.[13][14] GameCaptain thought the game was more realistic than its contemporaries Re-Volt and Stunt G.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wayback Machine". February 8, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "BumbleBeast Game Development | News". June 3, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ "First look: Big Scale Racing - PC News at GameSpot". August 4, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Big Scale Racing - PC Games - Wewp.com". December 23, 2002. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ "WildHobbies News". June 29, 2003. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Gameguru Mania - Gaming News". October 9, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ "PC Gamer: Big Scale Racing". March 15, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Active Reviews". November 27, 2002. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Eurogamer.net - Big Scale Racing". September 28, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  10. ↑ Polak, Steve (July 24, 2003). "Big Scale Racing". IGN. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Peliplaneetta.net :: Arvostelut :: Big Scale Racing". February 24, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  12. ↑ "GameSpy.com - Review". February 17, 2005. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Big Scale Racing Review for PC at GameSpot". April 9, 2003. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Big Scale Racing Review for PC at GameSpot". January 4, 2005. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Big Scale Racing | Test / Review bei GameCaptain.de". August 20, 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
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