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Random: Talented Hacker Bumps The Frame Rate Of SNES Race Drivin’ From 4fps To 30

A significantly improved experience.

Race Drivin’ is considered an arcade classic in some quarters, which made its SNES port extremely disappointing back in 1992. Offering a meagre 4 frames-per-second, that edition was widely slated, but now, one software engineer has reverse-engineered it to run at a significantly enhanced 30fps.

This comes from Vitor Vilela, who previously undertook SNES rewrites for Super R-Type and Contra III, removing slowdown issues that affected those ports. By using this approach, Vitor’s been able to improve Race Drivin’ awful frame rate.

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