Viper Racing: Sierra's OTHER 1998 Racing Sim

A never-heard-of-'em from the golden era of PC sim racing? Of course I need some of that. Providing it's on a budget label, which my copy naturally was. But parsimonious late '90s purchasing decisions aside, does Viper Racing's dedicated single model focus result in a satisfying simulation experience? You're a mere twelve minutes from finding out. Also finding out why games stopped following that model. Plus learning the phrase "Smörgåsbord Simulator", which I did not coin and will almost certainly fail to pronounce every time it appears in my script. Difficult Gear Shifts: 0:00 The tyranny of the roster 0:27 I fail to say "Smörgåsbord" 1:45 It's 1998 and 200 cars is not normal 2:43 One car. That's what's normal. 4:33 Velvet Realism and Nico 5:13 Getting a 23-year-old Viper running 6:30 Does it hold up? 7:25 The slightly more good bits 9:05 Gran Turismo with 0.5% of the car list 9:25 Don't let Timberwolf in the paint shop. 9:39 Let's not make another mod hunting video 10:04 Inevitable joke about the M25 10:20 Buried for a reason? 11:35 Third time's the Smörgåscharm? Music by Telecasted / RKVC / Everet Almond (YouTube Audio Library) 1. Cattle (Telecasted) 2. Crops (Telecasted) 3. That One Bar Scene (RKVC) 4. American Idle (RKVC) 5. Down The Drain (Everet Almond) Games Featured: Forza Motorsport 7 Gran Turismo 2 Test Drive Test Drive 2 Car & Driver The Need For Speed Porsche Challenge Beetle Adventure Racing F355 Challenge Viper Racing Grand Prix Legends Comments are pre-reviewed to avoid spam. I aim to publish all comments, including dissent, but overly pedantic or negative ones may be moderated. Hearing about different experiences and what things were like in other countries adds a lot to the video! Please try to do so in a positive way while remembering that if I had to explain every minor international difference the video would be 2 hours long and boring, rather than 12 minutes long and boring. Failing that, at least make me laugh. Bonus fact: The first "Dodge Viper" I encountered was a Matchbox model called the Sunburner, strongly resembling the concept car but renamed after a licence agreement with the Chrysler Corporation failed to materialise.