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Go jet-skiing (on your iPhone)

March 1st, 2009 by Ted | No Comments | Filed in games

It seems there’s no shortage of racing games for the iPhone.  The tilt control alone makes for a very Wii-like racing experience on the iPhone and iPod Touch. In fact, we keep hoping somebody will do an Excite Truck clone for the iPhone. Excite Truck is, in my opinion, still the best game for the Wii.

But in the meantime, we’ll settle for Aqua Moto Racing Lite, a unique offering that simulates misty, tropical jet-skiing races. The developer bills it as the ultimate test of your jet-skiing skills.  In lieu of heading to south Florida for some real-life jet ski action, we’ll take it.

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SlotzRacer’s New Track Editor is a blast

January 23rd, 2009 by Ted | No Comments | Filed in games, software

Anybody who grew up in the eighties had a slot car racing set and a real good pink rubber eraser for cleaning the electric contacts rails on the track.  Of course, I never owned a set that was four lanes wide like the virtual ones seen here.

Those of us with an itch for slot car racing can relive the feeling again with FreeVerse’s latest iPhone game, SlotzRacer, and thanks to FreeVerse’s programmers–we can now design our own tracks! Awesome.  Figure 8 crashjump, here we come.

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Drive an Audi A4 on your iPhone

August 24th, 2008 by Ted | No Comments | Filed in games

Apple and Audi have introduced a driving simulation that allows you steer an Audi A4 through a number of short driving challenges. Controls occur via rocking the iPhone back and forth. While it’s not a pure racing game, this addition to your iPhone should help you pass some time.  And it’s free, to boot. Just hit the App Store and search for “Audi”.

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