Trigger Rally Online Edition Open Sourced on GitHub

Trigger Rally Online Edition race start on a sand track with green trees and an animated checkpoint ahead.

Trigger Rally Online Edition [github] is a WebGL racing game based on the concept of Trigger Rally. It has a more detailed car model than the classical game, however I am not sure about the game data license. It features replays too!

The project was created by the lead coder of the original/classical Trigger Rally version.

video: Trigger Rally Online Edition gameplay

By the way: if you are interested in helping me to sort out missing license-clear graphics and sounds for the classical Trigger Rally, I created a thread on OpenGameArt for that purpose.

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Stunt Rally 1.4 Release & Trigger Rally 0.6 Videos

video: Stunt Rally ver. 1.4 - gameplay

From an announcement email:

Hi, after some months of silence we've released version 1.4 with a huge changelog. Some highlights:

• 71 tracks
• 2 new cars (TC6, NS)
• Fixed shadows (self shadowing, lightmapping)
• Better looking shaders (fresnel effect, reflectivity/specular maps) 
• SSAO effect (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion)
• Sound effects and particles for water or mud areas
• Improved in-car camera
• Rear gear throttle-brake inverse option

Also, installing this game just got a whole lot easier for linux users as there is now a binary Linux release (32 and 64 bit).

• Downloads page (Linux and Windows):
• Project's page (including info and links):
• Screenshots gallery:

Trigger Rally 0.6 has been out for two months by now but now there are some high-resolution gameplay videos available:

video: Trigger Rally 0.6.0: Desert Rush

video: Trigger Rally 0.6.0: Pulp: Cars Can Fly

The game is much simpler in all aspects than Stunt Rally but it runs well on netbooks. There is a community effort going on to replace copyright/trademark-problematic assets right now.

Maybe you can help by answering this strange question: would you consider these 3D models to be infringing on proprietary car designs?

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Trigger Rally 0.6.0

Testing Trigger's Physics [source video]

Trigger Rally 0.6.0 for Linux (source portable) brings following new features:

• New (and old) contributed tracks and events
• New Practice Mode
• Paging on the Single Races screen to show all the available tracks
• Option to show speedometer in KPH or MPH
• Option to show digital speed on the speed dial ('hybrid' style)
• Fading track comment and GO at race start
• Freezing course time when passing through a checkpoint
• Tweak menu colors for more contrast

PS: If I understand this tweet correctly, this means high-quality motor, drift and crash sounds for Speed Dreams that hopefully will also be usable in Trigger, SuperTuxKart and other racing games.

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