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Description of Stunts
One of the best driving games ever made, period. Also known as
*4D Sports Driving* (European Mindscape release), *Stunts* is a fun 3D stunts racing simulator that comes with an outstanding track editor. For a great synopsis of what makes *Stunts* one of the best games in this century, here are some excerpts from GameBytes review:
"In brief,
*Stunts* is a stunt car racing game that has plenty of cars to drive, plenty of opponents to race (and beat), plenty of cliff hanging stunts to try, and thousands of hours of game playing excitement! *Stunts* is not a realistic racing simulator. If you want racing realism there are hordes of other titles out there to choose from. [Rather,] *Stunts* belongs to a distinct genre of games that include other titles such as *Stunt Driver* and *Hard Drivin' II*. All promise to offer similar features, but *Stunts* inevitably rates the best due simply to it's perfect controllability, which is sadly lacking in the other titles no matter how much configurability they try to provide. *Stunts* has a wide range to choose from, from the slow offroad 4WDs to turbo charged Formula 1 Racing Cars. Each car type has it's advantages and disadvantages. The 4WDs are slow as snails, but handle well on icy roads. The racing cars on the other hand are fast, but are not much fun to drive on icy roads (in fact, it's possible to out drag a F1 car in a 4WD on an icy road over a short distance!) You also have the option of driving a manual or automatic gearbox for each car.
[The game] has two modes of racing. A "practice" mode where you race against the clock (no opponent), and a "competitive" mode where you race against a single opponent. There are a range of opponents all with their own various driving strengths. Sadly, the opponent intelligence is rather weak in general. The toughest opponent is called "Skid Vicious" -- a name to instill fear in would be challengers perhaps? His driving sure doesn't! In fact, all computer opponents share a high level of driving. They are slow, will reliably crash on any slightly tricky track, and if they don't, it is unbearably easy to "influence" them into doing so. BUT, the computer opponents can still provide a tough challenge if you don't mind racing them in a much slower car.
It is the presence of the track editor and its operating simplicity that make
*Stunts* a really great game. You can build tracks with three types of road surfaces, from a solid paved roads to slippery icy roads. There are a variety of "standard" road pieces, like corners, chicanes, crossroads, ramps, elevated roads, and banks. But the exciting part is the huge number of stunt pieces that you can include in your tracks. The range includes tunnels, loops, corkscrews, pipes, half pipes, "slalom" roads (roads with barricades that you have to "slalom" though), and corkscrew ramps. In addition there are a number of scenery pieces including buildings of various sizes, trees of various types, ships, and even a tennis court?! All these pieces can of course be combined together to make a vast variety of jumps and stunts. AND, if you ever tire of the set of provided landscapes for building your tracks on, *Stunts* also includes a terrain editor as part of it's track editor.
To top it all off,
*Stunts* also includes a 10 minute replay buffer (which is long enough for almost any race So when you complete that perfect drive, make an incredible recovery from a certain death situation, have a crash that is truly spectacular, or do anything that you want to take a second look at, it's preserved for you in the replay, which you can watch immediately, or save to disk for viewing later.
Plus, for ultimate viewing scrutiny, the game provides a number of viewing cameras (for both viewing replays and racing from including a user controlled viewpoint! And of course, you are free to give your replays to your friends, so that they can see your incredible feats of driving."
With great gameplay, literally thousands of hours replayability and endless track design possibilities, it's no surprise that
*Stunts* remains popular over the years, and there are many fan sites on the Web (check Related Links below for a start) as well as literally thousands of fan-made tracks. If you want to play only one fun enjoyable, but not necessarily realistic, driving game, *Stunts* is it.
Two thumbs up! Also, check out
*TrackMania* review on this site for the very best "sequel in spirit" I have ever seen.
Note: here's a neat undocumented feature in the game: press SHIFT+F1 to access terrain pieces in the track editor.
Review By HOTUD
Active Stunts Community
The game still has an active online community! Stunts.hu collects technical information about the game (including editors, reverse engineering efforts, etc) and we run monthly races as part of an online competition. You can learn more on this Rock Paper Shotgun article.
External links
Comments and reviews
Otto 2019-12-12 1 point
Codes for the Stunts Car Security System
httpdownloads.pigsgrame.de/stunts-css.pdf
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2018-08-27 2 points
For Stunts, version 1.1 (2/12/91)
Page Line Word Question
1 12 2 and *destructive* stunts that canyour car
3 2 1 *track* selection screen. Your goal is to be on it.
3 13 4 In addition, *previewing* might give you a better
time than missing *three* pieces of regular
4 8 1 *proper* direction. If you get on the track
5 12 3 hit the *cables* and crash
6 3 7 while you are driving through the *loop
6 5 8 more than *110* MPH
7 2 1 *displaying* the current car, an acceleration curve
7 5 7 retail price), and a set of *buttons*.
8 5 7 Just your everyday type of vehicle. *You
9 3 9 Interrupted while driving with a *query*
10 3 5 your driving performance. This *button* is
10 6 1 *camera* mode while in this viewing mode.
11 2 1 *directory*. Highlight the desired replay
12 2 1 *around*, you can choose to race any one at a time.
13 4 11 bird's eye view of the *currently
14 6 1 *selected* piece is the area upon which it
RookieKing 2017-12-13 -2 points DOS version
Love this game, just one question regarding the password so that i can drive
i do have the manual - but if i look for example at page 12, line 2, word 1
is "keyboard" i entered keyboard but still the car explodes? WHY THX
RookieKing 2017-12-13 -3 points DOS version
Love this game, just one question regarding the password so that i can drive
i do have the manual - but if i look for example at page 12, line 2, word 1
is "keyboard" i entered keyboard but still the car explodes? WHY THX
dreadnaut 2017-11-10 2 points DOS version
For more resources on Stunts and online competitions (yes, in 2017) see httpstunts.hu
Whippet 2017-07-03 -1 point
I used to love this game as a kid, I still like it. Now I'm wondering if they have a newer or modern version
ds 2016-05-13 2 points
Dear Abid !
To run the game you need DOSBox.
look up to the dosbox instruction to make run that game.
abid 2015-10-14 1 point DOS version
my childhood best game kindly help me, how can i play this game on windows 7 please send me link with lot of thanks.
abid 2015-10-14 -1 point DOS version
my childhood best game kindly help me, how can i play this game on windows 7 please send me link with lot of thanks.
aciek 2014-11-15 -3 points DOS version
Download doesn't work here :/
This game was is hilarious! So many hours spent on driving and creating maps. Good old times.
Brad 2014-09-19 1 point DOS version
I recently purchased a new copy of STUNTS to show how much I love it
fred258 2014-09-08 2 points DOS version
Speaking of undocumented features, years ago I figured out how to make the car travel at FULL SPEED after going off into the grass! Hilarious!
Monochrome83 2014-08-28 2 points DOS version
Spent too much time playing this as a kid. Was all about that Indy car
90s guy 2014-04-20 0 point DOS version
Loved this game. runs so much smoother today. execute with start.exe to bypass security.
BrennenderStahl 2014-03-14 0 point DOS version
well, we loved this game! Many hours of my childhood time we raced for the best time
Ex-Con Civil worker! 2013-01-15 0 point DOS version
this game make me acivil worker, in the car i only do test drives!!
yes back in the days Lancia Delta beat theof everyone, untiluntil the thru came out
Eric, The Panda 2011-08-20 0 point DOS version
Yes, back to the past!
I used to play this game a LOT.
Thanks.
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- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Mindscape International Ltd.
- Developer: Distinctive Software, Inc.
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