Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

#1

Post by retro_guy » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 4:54 PM UTC

Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser
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Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

#2

Post by lelanthran » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:46 PM UTC

Their used to be a racing game, around 2005 - 2008, in the Ubuntu repositories called Torque (or similar)?

Anyone knows what happened to it?

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

#3

Post by jadamson » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:49 PM UTC

lelanthran wrote: post #2

Their used to be a racing game, around 2005 - 2008, in the Ubuntu repositories called Torque (or similar)? Anyone knows what happened to it?

TORCS?

https://sourceforge.net/projects/torcs/

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by rezmason » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 6:50 PM UTC

Oh, fantastic! I've tried rebuilding this for macOS half a dozen times, and never quite managed for one reason or another. And now you've brought it to the browser.

I might try adding reflections and translucency to ice someday.

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by lelanthran » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 7:25 PM UTC

jadamson wrote: post #3

lelanthran wrote: post #2

Their used to be a racing game, around 2005 - 2008, in the Ubuntu repositories called Torque (or similar)? Anyone knows what happened to it?

TORCS? https://sourceforge.net/projects/torcs/

Not the same one; I remember it only had one car (red one, Mitsubishi maybe) and one track. Very much a WIP.

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by elaus » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 7:26 PM UTC

That music is stuck in my ears for so many years...

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

#7

Post by boricj » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 7:27 PM UTC

Impressive work.

Maybe it's my memory from 20 years ago playing tricks on me, but to quote Civvie 11: "It's like playing a version of [Extreme Tux Racer] where everything was moved two inches or so to the left."

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by LevelNetDot » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 7:41 PM UTC

lelanthran wrote: post #2

Their used to be a racing game, around 2005 - 2008, in the Ubuntu repositories called Torque (or similar)? Anyone knows what happened to it?

What type of racing? Drifting, simulation?

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

#9

Post by Animats » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 7:48 PM UTC

But you have to install Node.js to run this "in the browser"? Why isn't this just a web page?

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

#10

Post by homebrewer » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 7:57 PM UTC

lelanthran wrote: post #2

Their used to be a racing game, around 2005 - 2008, in the Ubuntu repositories called Torque (or similar)? Anyone knows what happened to it?

There aren't many FOSS games from that era, are you sure about the name?

Might it be ManiaDrive?

http://maniadrive.raydium.org/index.php?downloads=yes

Or vDrift?

https://vdrift.net