I Drove My Childhood Favorite Racing Game In Real Life
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5 жыл бұрынWhen I was a kid, I played the demo version of Need for Speed II a lot. Just the demo: it came free on a CD with a monthly computer magazine. Every detail of that one demo track was stored in my head, long-dormant... until I ended up in Vancouver, and memories started surfacing in very odd ways.
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@LGR 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this.
@TheGhilamonster 3 жыл бұрын
Hey.. wait a second, I recognize you! I watch your stuff too!
@M3n747 3 жыл бұрын
Why am I not in the slightest surprised to see LGR comment on an NFS video?
@TheGhilamonster 3 жыл бұрын
@@M3n747 I know, right? It seems fitting :P
@TheBroz 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Clint! Just watching your new NFS2 video and thought I'd watch this again and link it in your comments but it seems you've already been here.
@Gogettor 3 жыл бұрын
knew you'd show up, Clint.
@slackabro Жыл бұрын
I am REALLY late to this conversation, but wow, just wow. I was like, what game is he talking about? And then I see a front-end interface that I designed 25 years ago!! I was the Art Director on Need for Speed 2 and helped shape all the tracks along with some talented artists. It is CRAZY that I've just started watching some Tom Scott videos and this one popped up today! I think it is AMAZING that this track on a game demo touched someone half way around the world, maybe more than one! It is also fantastic that you got to travel to Vancouver and realize this was your track of dreams! SO F*N COOL! The game looks... bad, but it was fun back in the day!
@SongBillong Жыл бұрын
Ha, no way! You (and your team) did a great job. I spent many happy hours on that game!
@star2705 Жыл бұрын
The game totally doesn't look bad! It's just the right amount of stylized that it has awesome integrity, decades later. It's the kind of retro game that a modern game might try to emulate, not one that people would look at and think "oof, it tried to do something it couldn't."
@slackabro Жыл бұрын
@@star2705 In a lot of ways we were trying to do something we couldn't, but that's kind of you to say! The tech and schedule of this project was... demanding! To the point that the track in this video received virtually no lighting effects as we just ran out of time!
@Zak-Z-Ninja Жыл бұрын
He probably wont but hope Tom sees this!
@itryen7632 Жыл бұрын
MENTAL.
@retro_wizard 3 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think that a normal commute for me is someone’s ultimate nostalgia trip
@DanTheWheelMan Жыл бұрын
...until they experience rush hour traffic coming down Taylor Way. Talk about never wanting to meet your heroes!
@person7587 8 ай бұрын
aaand the roadwork, we cant forget about the roadwork.
@stoneageprogrammer432 2 жыл бұрын
As a game developer, this really hits me. I have so often thought during my walks: You know, I should just build this park as a level, and have the player race or run on this trail. I really think I should after watching this...
@nathangek Жыл бұрын
As a kid I always dreamed of playing my town as a GTA map and racing through it. Unfortunately I'm from a rural town, so the odds of that happening are slim. I'm a kid near your place is dreaming the same thing. Perhaps their dream can come true :)
@coastallab5526 Жыл бұрын
@@nathangek i always wanted to do the same, the only problem is how expensive it can be to gather enough references, and how much power it's needed for today standards to produce good quality results
@balkan_thoughts-zt7pr Жыл бұрын
@@nathangek a local kid created a mod for GTA 3 , I believe, with local cars and radio stations. I believe he was arrested for hacking NASA a few years later and now he's working for the americans
@adgefreeman6091 7 ай бұрын
Definitely do that, it's very impactful.
@sarowie 6 ай бұрын
Do that! People will feel the attention to detail and passion you put into it. Putting in the extra effort in one or two places makes the whole game world feel deeper and richer!
@nasskaltejuni 5 жыл бұрын
This weeks episode: "I Drove My Childhood Favorite Racing Game In Real Life" Next weeks episode: "Inside the vancouver jail house (and why speeding is a bad thing)"
@MetaBloxer 5 жыл бұрын
I like the sudden, depressed drop to all lowercase.
@hiddenleafguy4576 4 жыл бұрын
Metabloxer But there isn’t one...
@themostop6142 4 жыл бұрын
hiddenleafguy yes there is
@loganfong2911 4 жыл бұрын
Except filming is probably not possible in a jail house...
@2hillsinbetween 4 жыл бұрын
@@loganfong2911 r woooosh
@aaronokemaysim7310 5 жыл бұрын
"I can go out and explore" *Starts recklessly driving off-road and unto side-walks*
@alexanders2669 5 жыл бұрын
Aaron Okemaysim In race games, that’s as best you’ll get to being able to walk around.
@PlentyOfTrickShots 3 жыл бұрын
I was your 1k like
@aaronokemaysim7310 3 жыл бұрын
P.O.T.S Plenty Of Trick Shots this has 1 thousand likes???
@PlatinumEagleStudios Жыл бұрын
*onto. Not unto. Can you even spell? Obviously not......How sad.......
@whatever57010 3 жыл бұрын
I know it's not from nfs2 but..."in pursuit of a blue Scighera" hits my nostalgia vibe hard
@PLK123 3 жыл бұрын
BRUH
@dewipuspita4394 3 жыл бұрын
i thought you only play GTA 😂
@JitendraKumar-uo3fj 3 жыл бұрын
Bro u are so late
@JitendraKumar-uo3fj 3 жыл бұрын
Else whatever as ur whatever
@octa8992 3 жыл бұрын
Recommended gang!
@ZT1ST 4 жыл бұрын
Whelp, time to cross "Tom Scott does a video about my city." off my list. Wasn't expecting that.
@robintownrobintown 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@viibrii 4 жыл бұрын
Seeing him go to the park down the road from me threw me a bit.
@nicholasthedoor 4 жыл бұрын
Great surprise!! That was a joy to watch Tom in all these familiar places
@birchtree5884 4 жыл бұрын
“Huh, that thumbnail looks like the lions gate”
@kwibloupthesomething 4 жыл бұрын
don't you hate it when you live really close to a place your favorite youtuber filmed but you didn't get to see them? i just really want to see footage of Tom in Science World. i don't know why, but it sounds entertaining
@888SpinR 5 жыл бұрын
Some day I'll probably visit places and be like "Oh, I've seen this in one of Tom's videos!". Probably a park bench somewhere XD
@TheXev 4 жыл бұрын
There is a famous internet meme picture of a bear sitting at a picnic table. Not only have I been to where that picnic table is, my Grandfather built that picnic table. XD
@NazmusLabs 4 жыл бұрын
TheXev 😮
@Adahn99 4 жыл бұрын
When you go to London and see a park surrounded by a metallic black fence, remember one day Tom was there singing " _We're flying a kite in a public place_ " while flying a kite in a public place
@JackTalyorD 4 жыл бұрын
What park benches are awesome.
@piuthemagicman 4 жыл бұрын
Now, the new Tom Scott video is about a park bench. Coincidence? Up to you. 😏
@TomScottGo 5 жыл бұрын
Just occasionally, I'll do something here that's a little more personal than usual. But as I said near the end of the video: I do have a point to all this nostalgia.
@unniFI 5 жыл бұрын
nice
@vvviiimmm 5 жыл бұрын
How is this comment from 6 days ago?
@wizard1117 5 жыл бұрын
The last time I heard you use that tone was when you burned your shirt for thinking digital
@ini6325 5 жыл бұрын
@@vvviiimmm I have the exact same question.
@AlessandroRodriguez 5 жыл бұрын
Great Video Tom, an thanks again for playing Need for Speed 2 instead of Carmageddon, the poeple of Vancouver thanks you for that too.
@LastIcebear 3 жыл бұрын
I honestly think I never seen him that happy and calm at the same time.
@Simon-jb7xx 4 жыл бұрын
That feeling of wanting to explore, to see more in the old games, oh that hit me hard. I remember playing Flat Out and Need for Speed Porsche and desperately trying to get out of the map and fantasizing about the things that would be behind that rock or wall or sometimes just an invisible barrier on a road. I remember even having dreams about the game glitching, sending me over the racing corridor and revealing a whole hidden open world that the developers just didn't want me to see...
@longtailgt 3 жыл бұрын
EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. FROM. MY. MIND. Are you my long lost brother somehow? or were we related in our past life?
@christopherabramor3012 Жыл бұрын
The same but with GTA! When we were kids playing San Andreas there was this kind of legend between us that if you kept flying away from San Andreas for long enough you would get to other real world places (we assumed San Andreas was a real island and not fictional versions of California and Nevada). Once we even spend a couple of hours in front of the computer just flying the hydra straight above the ocean hoping we found something.
@flare242 Жыл бұрын
MEEE TOOO!!!
@deoczidGONI Жыл бұрын
@@christopherabramor3012 I'm not sure, but I remember you could actually fly to a little part of GTA III Portland, and visit Marco's Bistro in winter, there on the hill? Because there is a mission or a flashback that takes you there some time in the game San Andreas, and i remember being able to glitch out and actually drive around some of the city.. hard to find proof anywhere tho ;p
@nozyspy4967 Жыл бұрын
Same!
@mothersbasement 5 жыл бұрын
As someone who grew up in Vancouver, this video hit home from, like, the opposite direction for me. It's interesting to think that this demo's created a mythologized version of my city in the heads of people around the world, and fascinating to see your reaction to it. Wonderful video, Tom.
@Blade.5786 4 жыл бұрын
Weeb!
@kianj 3 жыл бұрын
Same.
@LiqdPT 3 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@casey6556 3 жыл бұрын
Same here (though I grew up in Kelowna so not quite as intense).
@someinternetperson 3 жыл бұрын
Same here, Lonsdale gang where u at
@BunnyFett 5 жыл бұрын
As a game developer, this makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. This video is so adorable.
@Ocer. 4 жыл бұрын
ew
@-Burb 4 жыл бұрын
Ocer no u
@cooldloop2381 4 жыл бұрын
What game did you make? Or help make.
@Zombie-lx3sh 4 жыл бұрын
As another game developer (and someone who went cycling on this road without recognizing it because I didn't play any need for speed game), I feel the same.
@lostpockets2227 4 жыл бұрын
as a dude on the internet, i also feel the same
@spookyboob5611 3 жыл бұрын
This is less a normal Tom Scott video, and far more a love letter. Its really, wonderfully wholesome :)
@danikk78 3 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling. A few years ago, I visited Tokyo. On the bus from the airport to the hotel, the street in front of me suddenly seemed strangely familiar, even though I had never been there. After a while, I realized that I was in the middle of the R246 route, well known from "Gran Turismo". Even the hotel was on the track.
@UrsaMajorPrime Жыл бұрын
That was a great track.
@tanishqsagar3440 9 күн бұрын
That track is goated. I wanna visit it too
@well_as_an_expert_id_say 4 жыл бұрын
I like when the videos sound more like you're speaking to a friend, than instructing a class. Feels more engaging
@theajayyy 4 жыл бұрын
This comment is funny after his Royal Institute talk
@j-mr-t4025 4 жыл бұрын
@@theajayyy Im more than just inclined to agree
@fish3977 4 жыл бұрын
look up "parasocial relationships" nothing wrong here, just good to be aware of what's going on
@rasmusn.e.m1064 5 жыл бұрын
AKA "a video game gets contextualised the same way other kinds of art normally do" That was actually kind of touching xD
@nanoflower1 5 жыл бұрын
It's why I find it odd that some people can't seem to accept that video games are just another form of art. Sure it may not be to your (generic your) taste but that doesn't mean it isn't art.
@Oboreru493 5 жыл бұрын
nanoflower1 I don’t blame people though because of companies like activism and Ea that just use games as a way to make money instead of making art
@Oboreru493 5 жыл бұрын
Activision*
@JonXDom 3 жыл бұрын
I know this feeling (a bit). I was obsessed with just walking around GTA V...looking at the sunsets from the beach and trekking the baked mountain hills! . Thinking I'd never get the option to see L.A. Then years later my company sent me out there for a week. I spent all my free time trying to find the places I'd seen in the game... Was a great experience to see how closely they had modelled parts of the city!
@lonesome3958 3 жыл бұрын
"Now I can do what I've always wanted to do" Me, Imagining Tom going Rambo mode driving through the city with 300km/h and crashing into the lighthouse: *chuckles in fear
@tomek 5 жыл бұрын
I remember how amazed I was when I knew my way around fragments of San Francisco, only to realise that was thanks to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater..
@Runescaper1357 5 жыл бұрын
Visiting London, stumbled across the riverside graffiti-strewn skatepark, exactly as I'd remembered it from THPS4. Goosebumps.
@kuro13wolf 5 жыл бұрын
Way less nostalgic and inspiring experience but I traveled to NYC shortly after playing The Division and I was absolutely shocked how much I knew about the place without me realizing.
@wherethewildthingsarenot 5 жыл бұрын
They had Vancouver in Toby Hawk Under Ground
@brandonmartin-moore5302 5 жыл бұрын
I know my way around parts of London because of PS2 game The Getaway
@sk8rdman 5 жыл бұрын
@@wherethewildthingsarenot Toby Hawk Under Ground? Is that some sort of knockoff version?
@ALifeOfWine 5 жыл бұрын
I remember having a graphical bug in that game where everything went purple... But only being about 7 years old I had no idea how to fix it... So I just played countless hours of purple racing. Still never got bored of it.
@ianmacfarlane1241 5 жыл бұрын
I'm curious - do you like the colour purple now? Some people are oddly obsessive about the colour purple, and plenty more can't stand it, but being stuck in a purple video game must have had some kind of effect...
@ALifeOfWine 5 жыл бұрын
@@ianmacfarlane1241 You know, I never thought about it but purple is definitely one of my most favourite colours. I don't think I have a single favourite colour, but I find purple to be very relaxing. Which would fit being an influence from the game as well, because it was like my zen place. I used to play that game so much my fingers would lock. You may just be on to something here!
@ianmacfarlane1241 5 жыл бұрын
@@ALifeOfWine I was just (strangely) curious. I went to school throughout the 80s and purple was huge - some kids were obviously into Prince, and there were a LOT of Goths, and it seemed that purple was one of the very few colours that was acceptable to Goth culture, and also not forgetting that there were a few people who were into 60s - 70s music...rock, glam, hippy psychedelia, stoner music etc. Like i said, some people loathe it, but it definitely is one of the very few colours that people obsess over - that's all it was, but I'm glad that your enforced purple game play didn't have a detrimental effect on your psyche. Well, take care and enjoy your nostalgic journey ✌️
@LisaBowers 5 жыл бұрын
@@ianmacfarlane1241 Talking about nostalgia! I know this is off topic, but I _still_ have my Purple Rain album from the 80's. And I used to die my "rat tail" purple. (Remember those?)
@feha92 5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of how I get nostalgic when I see purple-black checkerboard patterns nowadays. All because of it being the placeholder texture in a certain source game than tended to often lack resources (at least if you didnt mind lowering load-times by turning off the "download content from server" option but still joining maps you hadnt downloaded manually).
@zorys9947 3 жыл бұрын
As a game developer who is actually working in Vancouver, seeing this video feels so surreal. Of course, I never working on the game Tom mentioned. But just imagined that the stuff I have been working, in the future, might leave a trace in the memory of the people who I admire. It makes me feel that all this time and effort may worth it, all the suffering and tears may really worth it. Thank you Tom, this is really wholesome.
@EpicAwesomesauce Жыл бұрын
I went through the same feelings when I visited Monaco in 2015. I raced around "Côte d'Azur" countless times in Gran Turismo 3 and 4, and when I was finally able to drive around that circuit a bit in real life, it was magical.
@ericbazinga 5 жыл бұрын
Expectations: Mario Kart or Crazy Taxi Reality: Surprisingly wholesome video
@thomaselvidge 5 жыл бұрын
When I was about 8 I visited Notre Damn with my family and got to visit my favourite level from one of my favourite games, TimeSplitters 2. I didn't even realise it was the same place until my mum pointed it out to me. I was overjoyed and throughout the rest of the visit I was following the same paths that I took in the game. God it's such a good memory, and considering the cathedrals recent fire and my mother dying when I was 12 (roughly 8 years ago now), it has made me appreciate the memory even more.
@M_773 4 жыл бұрын
RIP
@DaedalusCommunity 4 жыл бұрын
OMG YES SMASHING THE WINDOWS AND KILLING ZOMBIES. I've never been there, I always really wanted to visit Notre Dame.. I was just so sad when the fire happened.
@zongi700 4 жыл бұрын
Wow.... That really sounds like a precious memory, thank you for sharing it here. I hope you are doing well!
@theodiscusgaming3909 4 жыл бұрын
Notre Damn
@prateekpanwar646 3 жыл бұрын
Now in assassin's creed unity
@jalen8r 6 ай бұрын
Came straight back here after the goodbye video, I think this is your best one. Thank you for the years you’ve put in here Scott. Glad to see you took your own advice
@tailsfan465 4 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in vancouver, I was watching the video and I was thinking... "this place looks familiar" I had my high school graduation at Stanley Park! And I had no idea vancouver was in need for speed! Granted I've never played any of the games, but it's so cool to know that vancouver meant so much to you. Cheers!
@gothluv4740 Жыл бұрын
You're lucky you live in Vancouver. You should be happy about it
@trisymphony 5 жыл бұрын
1:37 "sensible SUV" - someone has been in North America for quite some time ;)
@trunkmonkee247 5 жыл бұрын
As compared to a Ford GT? I think your frame of comparison is different than Tom's.
@ruben307 5 жыл бұрын
should have input GO 50 or something like that to drive a couch along the streets. Better to enjoy the view with.
@MakeTestBattle 5 жыл бұрын
That could be said about Australia too. But also an SUV is tiny compared to the big utes, well "trucks", they have over there.
@Deathmastertx 5 жыл бұрын
@@MakeTestBattle Most utes in Australia are things like the Toyota Hilux - nothing compared to the massive F-150 stuff from the US. You very occasionally see one of those big style American trucks and they are massive. Bunch of people run around in Toyota Landcruisers though - a lot of farmers who come into town and make it a difficult squeeze for other people to get out of their cars when they park next to them.
@tmarritt 5 жыл бұрын
@Sassy The Sasquatch dont think I have ever said 'SUV' people carrier for some reason. Think I would feel dirty saying 'suv'
@hallfiry 5 жыл бұрын
As someone who runs a catalog of thousands of such magazine CDs, I can tell you that NFS2 demos could be found at least on the following 36 publications: Best of Select Top 50 Volume 1 CD Action (14/15) 07-08/97B Computer Buyer 11/97 #78 Computer Games Strategy Plus #088 Gambler (08) 08/97 Gambler (11) 11/97 GameStar 12/97 Generation 4 CD 104_3 Joystick CD 084 Joystick CD 087 Klan #06 Klan #10 NEXT Generation #32 08/97 PC Action 08/97 PC Action 12/97 PC Collector CD 11_1 PC Collector CD 13_2 PC Collector CD 14_3 PC Gamer #3.11 PC Gamer (Italian) CD #027 PC Games 08/97 PC Games 12/97 PC Joker 09/97 PC Mania #57 CD1 PC Online 01/98 PC Player 01/98 Jubiläum PC Player 09/97 PC Team CD 29 Ludi PCX (14) PCX 07/97 (12) Power Play 09/97 Reset #07 11/97 RIKI CD 6 (29) Secret Service (48) 08/97 B SharePlay 06/97 The Games Machine #030
@FBuilding 5 жыл бұрын
I love that there are people like you. Cheers for the list.
@FBuilding 5 жыл бұрын
Also : all hail joystick.
@seol3075 4 жыл бұрын
damn you had some free time
@everythingfeline7367 4 жыл бұрын
That's....impressive
@mibars 4 жыл бұрын
I got that demo on a CD bundled with a mouse that I bought in 90's. It was something like "50 games for Windows" or something like this, CD said Windows 95, but package, cover or some other part said "and 98" like this was an afterthought :) Disk contained just demo versions of games, I recall that they've worked off CD without installing (at least some of them, Ace Ventura demo was broken when played without copying on a hard drive). I'd love to get that CD, so many memories...
@AveryCloseCall 3 жыл бұрын
I find this oddly touching, both as a Vancouver kid and as a game dev.
@JamesOKeefe-US 4 жыл бұрын
"Make nice things". You certainly do Tom. Thank you for this!
@devilkid1991 5 жыл бұрын
so that's why i thought Stanley park would make a great track every time i went, I've already raced on it countless times in NFS2,
@abledbody 5 жыл бұрын
"Actually, it wasn't even the full game. It was a demo version that came on a free CD with a monthly computer magazine." Hhhhgck! My childhood! No doubt the November, 1998 PC Gamer demo CD I inherited from my father had a profound impact on my life as a gamer. ...Holy crap, this CD is older than me, and I _still have it!_
@satibel 5 жыл бұрын
well, it isn't older than me, I used to buy said magazines. and I still laugh seeing the minimum requirements of a game being a 200Mhz processor, 32MB of ram and a screen, and a 3d accelerator with 8MB of video ram being recommended. also seeing "incredible, yes, these are in game graphics!" alongside a blocky af alien
@molletts 5 жыл бұрын
@@satibel I remember the indignation amongst my peers at school when a magazine shipped a game demo that required 30MB of free hard drive space to install - very few of us could muster that much (I had to offload a whole load of stuff onto a stack of floppies); some only had 60MB drives anyway. These days, people don't raise an eyebrow when a game requires 30GB to install.
@GraveUypo 4 жыл бұрын
@@molletts i remember how mad i got when quake came out and it was like 80mb or something. how dare they? 10% of my hdd just for one game? doom is much better and it's only 14mb! then 2 years later i bought a new pc that had a 3.2gb drive and could actually run quake in full screen rather than the tiny window my 486 dx4 100 had to use to get a barely-playable 20fps
@deekay1306 4 жыл бұрын
Me, from Vancouver: *A C C E L E R A T E*
@justlucky_0 3 жыл бұрын
Let's go Canucks !
@nielk. 3 жыл бұрын
Ah interesting
@AmishShah86 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this video, Tom. NFS II SE is still my favorite game. I was a kid in Bombay 25 years ago, playing the demo version several hours a day, just like you did. I moved to Vancouver recently and this almost made me cry.
@Casey_Jones 5 жыл бұрын
I had a similar thing: I played Jet Set Radio a lot (set in a futuristic Tokyo), then about 15 years later I went to Japan, walking around Shibuya in Tokyo, and I found myself at the bus station with its ramps and walkways, and suddenly I was 14 again.
@jvccr7533 5 жыл бұрын
I only played the game 1.5 years ago, but you just gave me an idea for when I one day get to go to Japan.
@heroslippy6666 5 жыл бұрын
Jet Set Radio, radical.
@eidrag 5 жыл бұрын
Jet Set Radio and TWEWY for me at Shibuya. Also Akibastrip for Akihabara
@TheBaldr 5 жыл бұрын
I had it reverse, I had spent sometime in Tokyo before playing that game and recognizing everything.
@CynicalDuty 4 жыл бұрын
i'm assuming you mean the original? and not future?
@Ninja9191 5 жыл бұрын
As an indie game developer, this hits me hard :(
@ToriKo_ 5 жыл бұрын
Ninja9191 what games have you made?
@udontknowme6731 5 жыл бұрын
Well, then do ur best!! I know a lot of indie games that are actually good, and I want u to have faith in urself! U can do it!!
@LastofAvari 5 жыл бұрын
Do you have a website? Is there a free demo of what you're making?
@Ninja9191 5 жыл бұрын
@@ToriKo_ A few simple puzzle games for Android (nothing too exciting), but we're starting to think about more cozy rpgs. I'm a student as well so progress is slow but this video just gave me a good dose of motivation :)
@CED99 5 жыл бұрын
@@Ninja9191 Yes, make something nice! Good luck my internet companion! Maybe someone will make a video about your game in 25 years time...
@nafitron Жыл бұрын
I seriously got a tear in my eye when you turned to the lighthouse over the ocean! What an amazing experience. Thanks for sharing this special event.
@aniguchisan 4 жыл бұрын
Driving on Pacific Spirit and listening to Siwash Rock was the definition of my youth. This video had me welling up and I’m so pleasantly satisfied and thankful that you’ve made this. RIP Saki Kaskas and Godspeed this incredible track, it’s music and the game as a whole.
@gododoof 5 жыл бұрын
That's how I felt visiting Venice after playing Assassins Creed II
@NiggaTigga94 5 жыл бұрын
You didn't happen to asassinate anyone IRL right? ...... *right* ? 😰
@doubbleelol 4 жыл бұрын
h m m m m m
@gododoof 4 жыл бұрын
...
@advanceringnewholder 4 жыл бұрын
I will probably cannot contain myself when visiting Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. probably running around, jumping and acting weird
@helper_bot 4 жыл бұрын
Leap of Faith in 3..2..1..
@tykuresa22 5 жыл бұрын
Vancouvers Tourism ads were ahead of their time!
@PrograError 5 жыл бұрын
but they are always north Korea, New york, Chicago, "nameless" city
@scrig_gly 3 жыл бұрын
Wholesome, nostalgic Tom is best Tom.
@the_internet_332 4 жыл бұрын
I'm delighted every time you are recommended in my feed.
@jonathancote8013 5 жыл бұрын
The same thing happened to me 16 years ago when I moved to Vancouver. I when to Staley park and when I saw the lion gates bridge I got that flash back moment.
@JustSmurfinAround 5 жыл бұрын
Tom I'd like you to know that your content, specifically Amazing Places, will definitely have that effect on people for years to come.
@theajayyy 5 жыл бұрын
Watching all his old talks and thinking digital conferences already does for many
@Solw149 Жыл бұрын
"Make nice things". Words to live by. 😁
@dot_frost Жыл бұрын
"Try to give people something they'll be nostalgic about" this, as an artist, this is what sucess feels like for me
@persnicketyVC 4 жыл бұрын
_"So, make nice things. Try to give people something they'll be nostalgic about, not something they'll flash back to. You never know what impressions you might be making for the future."_ *Thank you so much, Tom Scott, for letting me hear this. It's life changing and means a whole lot to me, as an artist and someone who is still developing social skills from years of withdrawal. Truly a good day to you! (✿◠‿◠)*
@Spunney 4 жыл бұрын
id love to see what you make!!
@zongi700 4 жыл бұрын
that is so nicely put. great comment! i hope your adventures as an artist are fulfilling for you and bring joy to you and others! have a good one!
@Asiliea 3 жыл бұрын
As a creator myself, this massively resonates with me as well. I need it on my office wall!
@be40retro21 3 жыл бұрын
if i were to comment on this video, i would say the exact same thing
@caeruleas 3 жыл бұрын
I think Tom isn't limiting this advice to creators, but people in general. Make nice choices. Make nice memories. You might have a huge impact on people in their future.
@cjxgraphics 5 жыл бұрын
"I remember playing DOOM as a kid. My grandad being all nostalgic over the original version. I thought one day I'd like to actually visit Mars. Well, here I am." - some kid in the future. Hopefully sans demons.
@DeathBringer769 5 жыл бұрын
The original Doom actually takes place on the moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, not Mars itself. Doom 3 and DOOM 2016 later had them actually be on Mars though, just FYI ;)
@sweiland75 5 жыл бұрын
@@DeathBringer769 Now Doom Eternal is set on Earth
@battlesheep2552 4 жыл бұрын
Deathbrewer actually, part three of the original Doom took place in LA
@TolerableDruid6 4 жыл бұрын
*Battlesheep* Isn't that chapter 4, which didn't originally come with Doom?
@battlesheep2552 4 жыл бұрын
TolerableDruid6 it’s a joke. I’m saying the part that takes place in Hell actually takes place in LA
@JohnChapman7 2 жыл бұрын
I loved that game. Just the menu screen made me well up with nostalgia. Then the sound effects! Tom- You should have had the full version. It was great! I feel like I could get myself around London and San Francisco thanks to Midtown Madness. Games like these were amazing.
@DaxtonAnderson Жыл бұрын
I also had that CD and I had no idea it was based on Vancouver until this video. Thank YOU so much for making this video, I've added a few more things on my bucketlist ♥
@MatrixTheKitty 5 жыл бұрын
Hearing Tom talk about a bunch of Vancouver stuff like Stanley Park and the SkyTrain... It's always nice to have your home showcased!
@gwenynorisu6883 3 жыл бұрын
*waits for a peaky blinders game* ... Or maybe a line of duty one that uses the map they have blown up stupidly large on all the interior walls...
@henryrichard7619 5 жыл бұрын
One day, I’d like to go to a location from my favorite childhood game. Does anyone know if Elon Musk is sending a mission to Good Egg Galaxy?
@GraveUypo 4 жыл бұрын
i've been to hell in my dreams
@Adahn99 4 жыл бұрын
@@GraveUypo joke's on you I did irl
@leepicgaymer5464 4 жыл бұрын
Doll - Master no one can top that
@hickorymccay2994 4 жыл бұрын
@@Adahn99 Michigan or Norway?
@autumn4442 4 жыл бұрын
I'd also like to chase star bunnies in Gusty Garden Galaxy
@mifino 4 жыл бұрын
I had this same feeling when I was driving around on a motorbike in Flores, Indonesia exploring the lush green jungle landscapes. I remember thinking to myself: wow, this is like the good old Far Cry game which I played as a kid, but in real life! Later I google and it turns out that Rook Islands are indeed inspired by the very same islands I was on (East Nusa Tenggara)!
@kanucks9 4 жыл бұрын
When I saw the title I knew. We drove this every summer to see my grandparents.
@SyntheticFuture 5 жыл бұрын
Incredible video really. I like how it's personal but still also about a concept you may not think about to often. Nice to show a little bit of your personal nostalgia :)
@alvallac2171 5 жыл бұрын
*too often
@holdmybeer 5 жыл бұрын
"make nice things" is an awesome moto.
@Litepaw 3 жыл бұрын
Nfs 2 SE was my favorite game as a kid at one point too. You just legitimately created a dream video for me.
@francotamayo94 3 жыл бұрын
Well for me, there is a weird feeling when after many years you do a thing you dreamed as a child. It is like if you want to time travel and bring yourself from the past to the moment you are finally now experiencing , so you experience that moment with your younger version and can let it know that you did it.
@ZurilasZone 4 жыл бұрын
I had the same with assassins creed 2. Back in school we traveled to italy and i recognized so much stuff.. it was awesome!
@StrangerHappened 4 жыл бұрын
I played Digger in my childhood. Every time I dig into some burrows and find emeralds there, I shed tears.
@VirtualConnor 4 жыл бұрын
mine was gta 4 and nyc
@CBG232x5 5 жыл бұрын
I love how Tom Scott can go from Tech Diff, Game On, Lateral, and Game Garage to The Park Bench, and finally to more sentimental ones like this.
@gwenynorisu6883 3 жыл бұрын
Don't lie though, you'd jump at more Techdiff in an instant ;)
@HookerHeels 2 жыл бұрын
This is probably one of my favourite videos of yours', Tom. You just have this... genuine happy look on your face. I'm glad you got to experience this.
@dylanmiles7407 4 жыл бұрын
I loved this. I’ve actually had similar experiences over the years with other places that I “virtually visited” in video games and later had the opportunity to experience IRL. Incidentally, I grew up in Vancouver, probably right around the time you were experiencing it virtually in this game and I recall whenever I played a game that included a scenery of my hometown, that I would play it with a strange feeling of pride and wondered if others who played the games from abroad imagined that this was what it was like to be here... great feelings of nostalgia!
@griffinwirth2628 5 жыл бұрын
3:33 “turn left onto Stanley park drive” *drifts to initial d music*
@litreocola6447 3 жыл бұрын
@@saulo4302 no, you put on rom di prisco for the nfs II effect
@fantasticmisterpig 5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most deeply affecting videos you've ever made, and it's brilliant. Seeing part of your childhood brought to life like that must have been such a moving experience. It may sound trite, but thank you for given us the opportunity to see that with you.
@PrincessZoey Жыл бұрын
Born here in Vancouver. I love hearing you Tom Scott speak so fondly about this track from ur childhood
@joshtiel2980 Жыл бұрын
Tom, this is possibly one of my favourite videos of yours to date. Could not agree more 👍👍👍
@Nielsspeler 5 жыл бұрын
It's funny how old video games always look better in my memories than they really were.
@ViviSectia 5 жыл бұрын
Part of it is that they looked better on CRT monitors than LCD but most of it is just your memories being fuzzy and your frame of reference for graphics changing.
@YourMJK 5 жыл бұрын
I mean it's probably because back then those graphics _were_ actually stunning compared to previous games around that time, so your brain just remembers the graphics as "stunning"
@jan.tichavsky 5 жыл бұрын
I think it's because unless you have truly photorealistic memory you remember objects and places in abstractly described terms so your memories are not stored with pixels but on higher level. It's not exact but compared to real object you know it's keeps more realistic impact than the simplified computer graphics back in the day.
@nifela 5 жыл бұрын
NFS2 supported 3D accelerator cards, that did give it a big boost and that is the form I remember it in
@variousthings6470 5 жыл бұрын
Occasionally I see film buffs talking online about restored/remastered/home release versions of movies, and complaining about how the colour grading or the film grain looks different from how they remember it looking when they saw it at the cinema in the '70s or '80s. And I just think: how can you even remember details like that?
@MegaDman34 5 жыл бұрын
This happened to me when I was walking around Paris and I was suddenly completely aware of where I was. After a while I realized that it was in the exact part of Paris that the COD MW3 map resistance was modeled after. Like you said Tom, the nostalgia hit really hard and I had to take a minute
@BenM.Davies 5 жыл бұрын
I have that when I was in Florence in Italy, I realised that I had lead a few friends down a few streets and knew what direction I was going to get to a specific place. Thanks a lot Assassin's Creed 2.
@madgoblin464 5 жыл бұрын
Same experience due to Onimusha 3.
@Toebex 3 жыл бұрын
Why are your videos so good Tom, I cant get over it. Your videos are just flawless and so warming to watch. Thank you.
@clockworkkirlia7475 3 жыл бұрын
Tom, know that you've helped do this for me, and many others besides I've no doubt. This is such a wonderful message.
@raqtty 5 жыл бұрын
But the question remains. Can you still drive the whole track without taking your foot out of gas pedal irl?
@KusaneHexaku 5 жыл бұрын
due to traffic, probably no
@plum_bit 5 жыл бұрын
How dare you encourage such reckless behaviour. Reported.
@awsomewe360 5 жыл бұрын
Wish real life had a selector to turn off the traffic, but sadly there isn't that...
@kiro9291 5 жыл бұрын
@@plum_bit I hope you understand that comments are not to be taken seriously
@DaniTheDeer 5 жыл бұрын
@@kiro9291 But... What if THEIR comment wasn't ment to be taken seriously?!
@FranklinAshe 4 жыл бұрын
Easily the happiest any of your videos have made me. Love it.
@an0ldt666 4 жыл бұрын
You just gravled up childhood memories right here and grabbed it painfully by the balls. Thank you for this :) I've played that full version in the 00's with the exact same questions in mind.
@caesar1700 5 жыл бұрын
I used to play Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed at a friend's house when I was a kid. Nearly every day I'd go to his house and I still remember being mesmerized by the graphics. Good times.
@stron2004 5 жыл бұрын
I always wonder Zone Industrielle is an actual place or not
@dimsas26 5 жыл бұрын
To this day, I still dream of driving a 911 GT1 at a ludicrous speed down the Autobahn. And also cruising in a 356 on the Alps. Oh the memories...
@Renee_R343 5 жыл бұрын
My favorite racing game. Played it so much when I was 14 or 15. Now about to turn 30, I still have it stored in an archive HD. I still fire it up after every couple years just for some nostalgia. Still know it like the back of my hand. Played earlier versions aswell but Porche was the best quality I could afford for years, so it's forever stuck in my memories.
@DeathBringer769 5 жыл бұрын
It was Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed. I still have my PC copy/disc in the case from back in the day in my old school CD tower built into my desk, haha ;)
@thegeneralissimo470 5 жыл бұрын
Porche Unleashed was really fun.
@Infinite_Archive 5 жыл бұрын
I can *FEEEEEEEEEL* the amount of joy Tom was feeling while looking at the ocean from the lighthouse...
@iKill4money99 Жыл бұрын
ive watched alot of your videos but never saw this one till today. Id say its by far one of my favorites because of that game and the message thanks for making it!
@obamagaming7909 4 жыл бұрын
I have the same thing but with the city of Los Angeles, which I've never been to, but I've spent so much time playing both GTA San Andreas and GTA 5/ Online that I practically know the map better than my own city and sometimes I'd use google street view and compare the real los angeles with the los santos I knew so well
@YouTubeGetsWorseEveryUpdate Жыл бұрын
I think I will have the same with NYC as well, never been there but between GTA IV, The Division, Spiderman and the countless movies and tv shows there I think everything will be so familiar if I will ever travel there.
@1234234r 5 жыл бұрын
0:56 Hey! That looks like the one in Stanley Park! 0:58 Oh! It is the one in Stanley Park! Hope you had a great time in Vancouver :)
@LarkspeedNL 3 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same thing, recognized it instantly
@krishnar1182 5 жыл бұрын
“Make nice things” could be a business version of the golden rule
@fmg182 Жыл бұрын
The whole of this video warms my heart. Thank you.
@eltonronjovi2238 Жыл бұрын
I watch a lot of your stuff but out of all of it, this is the most honest, like no effort in your words, just true feelings about something that took hold of your imagination. Every one of us can connect to that. Great vid.
@GenuineG87 5 жыл бұрын
Omg!! Proud Vancouverite here! I know you've been to Canada several times but seeing my own city affect you like this... so cool to know you were here!! Didn't realize Vancouver was the basis for the game's demo track until now. Glad to see Vancity's beauty still struck you via a game.
@TheRazerx7 5 жыл бұрын
You get the same feeling when you have played GTA: SA for years and then you do a roadtrip to the area. Its impressive how much you can identify from the game.
@banguseater 4 жыл бұрын
TheRazerx7 Same especially in San Fierro
@WarrenGarabrandt 4 жыл бұрын
Wait. San Andreas is a real place? Did they ever solve that murder those notes were all about?
@TheRazerx7 4 жыл бұрын
@@WarrenGarabrandt they have produced several movies about these murders in the vinewood studios...
@toamastar 3 жыл бұрын
this is one of the sweetest videos ever! I love the message! I loved Need For Speed 2!! :D
@williamfurlan9176 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this game. Both demo and full. What a great video!
@NateandNoahTryLife 5 жыл бұрын
The feels are real on this on Tom. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
@InformatrIIcks 5 жыл бұрын
I thought this would be about a futurist simulation machine or something like that ... But this is better !
@ferrioseco5139 4 жыл бұрын
This video almost made me cry. Thank you Tom
@jordan_beard 4 жыл бұрын
Tom what a pleasure to watch this video. I’m from Vancouver, cool to see you enjoy the beauty here, and cool to see you taking a different style in this video
@joeMCmmll 5 жыл бұрын
I can relate so much to this Tom. I used to always play a game called Midtown Madness 2 in which you could drive around San Francisco... but you could never get out the car. I always wanted to explore the city in detail. And last year, almost 15 years later, I did. I had the same feelings as you’ve felt in Vancouver as I looked over seemingly familiar views and buildings feeling like I’d been there before. And I never thought a simple low graphic PC game would have such a lasting effect.
5 жыл бұрын
Funny, I just commented about me playing Midtown Madness: Chicago Edition
@Senorpoontang 4 жыл бұрын
That was the only good computer game at my boarding school. Unlocked all the cars in one weekend many times.
@cypherusuh 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like low quality, pixelated graphic are actually better in a way, because you have to fill in the gaps with your own imagination, which gives long-term impression of it, compared to modern HD graphic, which took no effort whatsoever to digest its information
@shemeel 5 жыл бұрын
This is awesome, I had the same feeling from playing Midtown madness when I moved to Chicago. Whatever game I play these days, nothing bring the joy of NFS2 and Roadrash.
@r3dl0g1c 4 жыл бұрын
Same here I knew more when visiting Chicago after playing midtown madness
@Canleaf08 4 жыл бұрын
My parents remember that we told them to turn right once in San Francisco to get to the Pier 39 after playing Midtown Madness 2 for a very long time and we got there.
@theadamtron Жыл бұрын
Tom, I know I'm watching this in the future (2022) to when you made this but this video really put a smile on my face. Thank you to 2019 you for making it.
@LexisLang Жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! Watching this just makes me feel so happy.
@burgersnchips 5 жыл бұрын
"Make nice things... you never know what impressions you might be making for the future" Looking a you Newgrounds...
@gwenynorisu6883 3 жыл бұрын
Not newgrounds particularly but I've got an offline flash player specifically because of some things which actually touched me quite significantly but happened to be released in that format... And I've been burned before with the shutdown of geocities :(
@y_fam_goeglyd 5 жыл бұрын
That was one of the most moving videos you've ever done, Tom. I'm actually tearing up, but in a good way. I'm so glad you got to live the dream. Thanks for sharing it with us :-)
@suryamdg 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone has made a video like this, totally original.
@Bloodrocutioner Жыл бұрын
Wow, you just brought back so many memories I forget about until now. Thank you so much!
@ThePongles 5 жыл бұрын
You've hit me with a different kind of nostalgia Tom, I grew up in Vancouver but moved away so seeing video of the streets I used to walk and the parks I used to visit just got me.
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