well, the gameplay video either doesn't have the track that I used to play on, or it's not the same game.

Either way, I can't wait to play Motorhead. The track designs look like someone mixed Dethkarz and Rollcage together. Looks freakin' awesome. Even if it turns out not to be the game I was looking for, something good came out of this.

Around the same time frame.... and also hilariously shoehorned with Nascar... Jeff Gordon XS Racing?

early Need For Speed game? I believe they were on windows.

Need for Speed 2 and newer was for Windows...

How about Midtown Madness?
Or newer: Midnight Club, Crashday?

Yasashii wrote:

Of all of these Motorhead looks the closest to the blurry image in my memory. Might just be it. I'll let you know when I get my hands on it.

One of the Rollcage games maybe?
I didn't mention them before because I hardly consider them obscure.

Nope. I remember having a Rollcage demo back then and the full version is sitting on my hard drive right now waiting for me to finish playing other stuff.

OT: does the forum have a dedicated 'identify this game' thread? I have several old games in mind that I've forgotten the names of.

I don't think so. If there was, a moderator would have probably put the posts of this thread in there.

leileilol wrote:

Around the same time frame.... and also hilariously shoehorned with Nascar... Jeff Gordon XS Racing?

Not it. Although I will definitely check it out... looks awesome...

what gets me is the car was basically a rectangle however by the mid 90 let alone the early 2000s graphics had notable advanced beyond that point. it could be a REALLY obscure ultra small time/homemade game.

Megarace or Megarace2.

Do i get the cigar?

Sorry, not it.

Did you actually try the Motorhead demo? It does seem to match your description.

https://archive.org/details/INSTALL_201402

Well at this point you have better chance tracking down ISOs and or discs and trying all the racing games. 🤣

Viper Racing or maybe Wipeout 2097 / Wipeout XL?