Spirit Of Speed 1937

by Sega

Product Features

• sega dreamcast
• racing
• spirit of speed
• 1937

Product Details

• ASIN: B00004TJDG
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,563 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Product Description

One can imagine that men started racing cars almost immediately after Nikolaus Otto invented the internal combustion engine. By the late 1930s, auto racing had more than 50 years to develop into an elegant sport of beautiful machines. Spirit of Speed 1937 sets out to capture that era with its 15 historic cars and nine authentic race circuits from around the world. Players must learn the idiosyncrasies of these handmade cars, all of which appeared decades before antilock brakes, fuel injection, or even automatic transmissions. Each car was extensively researched for its authentic look, sound, and handling.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A really fun game......once you get the hang of it!, May 26, 2001

By 

Colin Lundstrom (Poulsbo, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit Of Speed 1937 (Video Game)

Let me tell you that first off this is not a fast paced game like 4 Wheel Thunder. This is a game that is meant to simulate 1930's racing cars. The graphics are very realistic. You can have 5 or 6 different views when you are driving. The old time music is really unique, away from all that rock & roll of other games. You are able to go on 8 tracks, 12 different cars, chose diffuculty, and chose practice, quick race, championship, or time trials.

<<<<<Downside>>>>>

The steering is pretty bad once you start, but once you play it for about a week you get the feel for it. There is also no brake button! You just have to let up on the gas. I don't know why it is like that. It also take a century to load! It does only take up 2 blocks of space.

<<<<<Overall>>>>>

If you are thinking of buying it, <rent it first>! This game is probably not a game you want to even spend $20 on. In my opinion, this is a fun rental game, but a "not-worth-it" type of game to buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice change of pace, January 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Spirit Of Speed 1937 (Video Game)

This game is a welcome change of pace to all the other racing games out there. The cars are extremely realistic. They don't handle great ,have poor breaking and slow acceleration. It takes strategy to win these races not just speed and skill as in most racing games. If you like realism this is a great game.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, not-quite-done-yet implementation, November 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Spirit Of Speed 1937 (Video Game)

It's such a refreshing change to play a racer with interesting and historic cars - 3 Alfas, a Miller, Auto Unions, etc. It's an added thrill to 'drive' versions of cars that I have seen being driven in anger for real at the Monterey Historic Races. The car models are great, the engine sounds are good(needs more rasp & bark up high, and more grunt down low), and the tracks are spot on.

The place where the game falters a bit is in some of the details. The most noticeable is the physics model. It's a bit wooden - the steering is something of an all-or-nothing affair. Having never driven an Alfa BiMotore in person, I can't comment on the accuracy, only that playing it I wanted more subtlety. Perhaps a wheel would be better than the stock Sega controller. I also need to re-read the instructions to determine if there really are no sensitivity adjustments for the controls. Lastly, I felt that turning down the sfx slider didn't lower the volume any. In reality, an Alfa 8C on song is *so* loud that you can't hear anything else.

If you want a game which focuses on graceful counter-lock power drifts, go play the mud levels of Sega Rally with the Stratos. But for the sheer joy of imagining yourself blasting around the banking at AVUS, or threading around Monza, Spirit of Speed is great!