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I don’t mean to suggest that there’s a mass of neglected masterpieces, but I do suspect that some of those 80s fantasies have elements to them which might be worth re-examining, or which might speak to contemporary ideas in fantasy.

This is annoying, as I think it increases the possibility of good work slipping through the cracks. I can’t find much thoughtful criticism of 80s fantasy fiction as a whole, or even much discussion about the relevance of the books of that time to contemporary fantasy writing. It sometimes seems like that generation of books is either ignored, or remembered only for its most popular examples - the big sellers, or the series which started then and are still going. What I wonder is whether certain things tried then and since almost forgotten are in fact worth revisiting. As a result, I think, it was a time when the idea of fantasy broadened new ideas and forms and voices were tried, even if certain assumptions (like a quasi-medieval-European setting) were often unquestioned. So far as I can learn, it seems that this was when fantasy really took root as a novel category - that is, when fantasy novels stopped being relatively rare events and began to flourish as a genre. More specifically, about the wave of fantasy fiction that began to be published in the late 70s, in the wake of The Sword of Shannara and the first Thomas Covenant books, and which over the following years developed into fantasy as we know it now. For example, you might have to set a lap record as well as win the race in order to progress.I’ve been thinking lately about fantasy in the 1980s. In the Adventure Mode, you are also tasked with doing stuff in races. You have different abilities you can pick up as you race just like in games such as Mario Kart. The game is much more action packed than standard NASCAR games.

The actual driving action that is on offer here is rather interesting, to say the least. The Season Mode is what you would expect to find in a standard NASCAR game so it is cool that they put this in here. So, there is a fair bit of content here and a great deal to keep you busy.

There are single races, a season mode, and more. Much To DoĪs well as the Adventure Mode, NASCAR Racers also has plenty of other things for you to do. Still, it is rather basic and some things can look a tad washed out. Everything is nice and bright here and it certainly makes the game stand out from all the other NASCAR games that are out there. Ok, so I have never actually seen a full episode of the TV show that this is based on, but from a quick look online I can see that they have captured the style of the show pretty well.