Virtual Karts
MicroProse · released 1995 · discussed in 117 posts, 1995-2003 · overall tone negative
Posts per month
Timeline
- 1995-11-20 MicroProse shipped Virtual Karts. post post
- 1995-12-14 MicroProse posted a Virtual Karts demo on its FTP site. post post
Key threads
- Calls for a realistic go-kart sim 1999-04-30 · 20 postsA poster asked why nobody had made a realistic kart sim with a career mode up to superkarts. Karters described how popular and close the real racing is, others questioned simulating something people can easily do for real, and Microprose's Virtual Karts was mentioned as an earlier, weaker attempt.
Busiest threads
- Virtual Karts in Stores Now - Anybody played it yet? (6 posts about it)
- Virtual Karts and T2 (6 posts about it)
- How are Virtual Karts and Screamer? (4 posts about it)
- is there a good karting simulator around? (4 posts about it)
- Wasted potential (3 posts about it)
- VIRTUAL KARTS DEMO - Where ? (3 posts about it)
- Super Karts (3 posts about it)
- Calls for a realistic go-kart sim (3 posts about it)
- Worst racing games ever played (2 posts about it)
- Virtual Karts demo... (2 posts about it)
- F1GP2 at SuperGames, Paris. Release Date is... (2 posts about it)
- Microprose Virtual Karts (2 posts about it)
- VIRTUAL KARTS DEMO - Where ?? (2 posts about it)
- Virtual Karts (2 posts about it)
- VIRTUAL KARTS: major gripe (2 posts about it)
Sentiment by year
Each post that discussed the sim was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).
| Year | Posts | Positive | Negative | Tone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 54 | 10 | 13 | mixed (-0.15) |
| 1996 | 38 | 4 | 25 | very negative (-0.87) |
| 1997 | 10 | 4 | 5 | negative (-0.40) |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 1 | negative (-0.25) |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 2 | negative (-0.40) |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | very negative (-1.00) |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | very negative (-0.67) |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | mixed (+0.00) |
Who talked about it most
Dave 'Gizmo' Gym · 8 Doug Bur · 4 Graeme Nash · 3 QEChan · 3 Cedric Mill · 3 Neil Yeatma · 3 Robert Berus · 3 jbd&cm · 3 Stuart Jacks · 2 Uwe Kle · 2 I Sucked Up a Ford Tod · 2 Andy Jacks · 2 Jamie O'Shaughnes · 2 All Fords are SLOW! · 2 Steve Smith · 2 James Shaughness · 2 Jo · 2 Chris Cavin · 1 Terry kane · 1 Tony Rickard · 1
