Say more @poweruppete! I’d love a wheel but this game is so finicky about joysticks. Also hate the old wheels I used to have with only like 90 degrees of movement. Do any older wheels rotate full 360? Ideally hoping to find one that’s compatible back to Windows 95, or a modern one with drivers that can work that far back.
Do you get physics bugs? Or have you limited frame rate somehow? Is the music working?
Race in mission 5 is tricky, but I managed it on ‘Champ’ difficulty. (By accident when I was trying to cheat before I realized cheats block progression.)
Main thing for me was slowing ahead of the turns, joystick controls, and repeating until other cars messed up which let me pass them easily. Some guides said to use nitro or lighten car by under weighting load out. Yet you’ll still need weapons for the fight after the race.
Oh, and if front weapons get destroyed you can use the handgun or drive in reverse with the backwards facing 3rd person view (F3 or F4 I think).
If you don’t have much time you can skip the cutscenes (press SPACE) and watch them afterwards on Let’s Plays instead. You can view objectives in game (press O).
I was pretty disappointed XvT went MP only, and was glad to see this. Unfortunately I got too busy with Star Wars modding to actually play it! I think I was also a bit burned out by space shooters after WC3, 4, 5.
RSS is already supported, in fact that’s how podcasts are published:
https://windowsgameclub.com/feed/podcast/
I think my vibe-coded theme may have obscured that fact.
I’ll try to make it more obvious in the next update.
Sorry, I only have a spam filter plugin. Maybe it’s too aggressive. Will have to take a look.
EDIT: Looks like it was the default discussion settings. I’ve made them a bit more relaxed. Still need to find out why it’s not emailing me alerts when stuff needs moderation.
Good topic!
Most of the Windows 9x and newer games, I’ve been able to get working on newer Windows, albeit sometimes with fan patches or ports. IME, DOSBox-X (DBX) can run both Windows 3.x and Windows 9x, with some effort. I’ve been meaning to try DOSBox-Pure with RetroArch for its rewind capability. DBX only has save states, and they don’t work well with complex games.
I recommend casual players try Windows 3 games directly on Archive.org.
Steam and GOG have pretty solid coverage of the Win 9x and XP eras, with only some Win 3.x games. For a comprehensive collection, ExoWin3x facilitates a proper game install, if you want saving and loading, as well as more performance. Just take care if you insist on combining with ExoDOS proper as I’ve found ExoWin3x works best as a standalone install.
