Proto:LEGO Racers (Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation)

This page details one or more prototype versions of LEGO Racers (Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation).

What seems to be a demo of the 2001 Windows release was posted by Almogzxp on the Rock Raiders United forums on June 8, 2012. The last edit date for the executable is October 20, 1999, while the .jam archive date is October 14, 1999. The demo is also available on here.

General Differences

Intro

The intro cinematics are different and actually the same as the console versions: this applies to the LEGO screen, the High Voltage scene and the racing scene to introduce the game. In the demo, like in the console versions, these three scenes are animated in real time using 3D geometry and animations unlike the final game, where these are prerendered videos with separate .avi files stored in the main directory for the game.

Menu

• Circuit, time, and versus modes aren't playable.
• Only Imperial Grand Prix is available for racing. All other tracks are inaccessible and their data isn't present inside the .jam archive.
• Only the prebuilt racers are available since one can't create their own through the racer builder, though if the game is tricked into loading a save file from the 1999 or 2001 version the last selected racer shows up and you can actually race with it. Sadly, once the race is completed or exited, that doesn't happen anymore.

• The racer builder is present and fully functional, though only the create racer option is selectable and when exiting the racer doesn't get saved. The test track is also absent.
• Game, player 2, and credits options are inaccessible.

Other

• The sound for the warp powerup is the same as the 2001 release (it doesn't loop infinitely until the player exits it, instead playing only once at the beginning).

Gameplay Differences

• The game has been modified to remove the old brick-based physics.
• Steering feels extraordinarily awful and the game tends to lag way more than in the 1999 version.