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Re:Show HN: Simple 2D car physics with JavaScript by samwillis on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @03:04AM (#21927169)
Love it. Reminds me of playing with similar car simulations in Flash when I was at school.

Now just make it isometric with collision detection and use maps built with this (currently also on the front page):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21923940

Re:Show HN: Simple 2D car physics with JavaScript by lloeki on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @04:59AM (#21927425)
Serious vibes of Absolute Drift here, a very zen indie car game.
Re:Show HN: Simple 2D car physics with JavaScript by pkstn on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @05:01AM (#21927431)
Haha, yeah! But this one is open source ;)
Re:Show HN: Simple 2D car physics with JavaScript by adventured on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @03:53AM (#21927280)
It immediately reminded me of the original Grand Theft Auto, that overhead view.
Re:Show HN: Simple 2D car physics with JavaScript by pkstn on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @04:36AM (#21927377)
Yeah! We used to play Slicks ’n Slides a lot for example back in the days..
Re:Show HN: Simple 2D car physics with JavaScript by pkstn on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @03:39PM (#21930463)
I used to be a flash developer, started in 1999 with Flash 4 ;)
Re:Show HN: Simple 2D car physics with JavaScript by pkstn on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @03:07AM (#21927174)
Fun idea!