[bityard]

I played the WASM version and the controls/physics feel about right!

For the other Wipeout aficionados out there, note that there IS a modern game on Steam called BallisticNG. Supposedly created by (some of?) the original Wipeout developers. It was one of the first things I bought for my Steam Deck when it arrived. Unfortunately, I can't make heads or tails of it. It doesn't seem to be the kind of traditional Wipeout game where you start off with slow ships on slow maps and unlock more as you work your way up. In Ballistic NG, it seems like you just sorta pick your ship and and your map and then go racing against the AI. Or something like that. Maybe I just can't figure out the menus, I'm not sure.

All of this is a long-winded way of saying I support this rewrite and hope to see it evolve to adopt Wipeout XL/2097 features and maps eventually. (But not Wipeout 3, that was a disaster.)

[jamesgeck0]

> It doesn't seem to be the kind of traditional Wipeout game where you start off with slow ships on slow maps and unlock more as you work your way up.

IIRC there isn't a lot to unlock. There's one or two locked ships and a bunch of paint jobs. It does have a Wipeout-style campaign (left-most menu option). Each set of races in the campaign mostly resolves around a different set of three maps with various modes and variations, getting faster and faster.

[happymellon]

As another commenter mentioned, I found RedOut to be excellent with lots to unlock.

It still doesn't have quite the same feeling that I had with Wipeout but it's fairly close.

[bityard]

I hadn't heard of RedOut, but it looks fun. I'll have to check it out.

[lukeck]

Thanks for sharing. I’ll check out Ballistic NG.

I would love love to see XL/2097 added. That was my favourite. Wipeout 3 was a close second. It was certainly quite different in tone though. In what ways did you find it a disaster?

[hitbyirony]

2nd'd, 3rd'd and 4th'd. 2097 was my favourite by far. Something about the controls was just right. None of the others has felt quite the same. I love seeing WipEout in there. But I long for 2097.

[jareklupinski]

i play ballisticng when i have 10-15 min to blow in between other things

i kind of like booting a game, going into a race, and just having it "go", kind of rare these days i guess