The Secret History of LEGO Racers 3
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Ever wonder why there wasn't a sequel to LEGO Racers 2? You probably didn't, but here's a video that talks about that anyway.
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SO happy to read this comment
Would you agree it is essentially Lego Racers 3? I finished it a few days ago
@@MenkoDany certainly the closest we’ll get for a while! Interested to see if they include any of the classic Racers stuff in the Season Pass.
@@Subpixel I heard you can unlock the rocket racer
7:52 That is PORSHE-UH my friend. PORSHE-UH.
Lego Racers: Basil the Batlord’s Revenge
I watched a LR1 speedrun recently and took a double take when I thought for a second it said "Basil the Bastard." I was like "woah this is the game I played as a kid?"
That idea must be come true
More like Lego Racers 3:Return to Lego Island.
Lego racers 1 was creative, well designed, interesting characters and unique cars, and last but not least it was FUN to play. I could stay hours in the customization menu inventing new cars and chars or even trying to recreate Bosses and "minions" cars. The races were always exciting, the maps were unique and never frustrating, and the music in the background was just perfection.
*THIS GAME IS A TRUE LEGO GAME*
This is the truth
@@Subpixel btw lets be honest, knowing the trend videogames are following in the latest years if lego will ever make a new lego racers it would either be garbage or badly supported over time since todays kids only play fartnite. We can only have memories.
I’m still holding out hope that LEGO taps Codemasters or someone to make a proper third game, but you’re right - we’ll always have the memories.
Agree
@@Subpixel it finally f*cking happend, altough its now under the Flag of 2k Drive
In this day and age where some dormant video game franchises are receiving remakes to bring them out of retirement, Lego Racers is the *PERFECT* game to receive a remake. And should it succeed, we could get a Lego Racers 3.
I'm so glad there are other people who grew up with a passion for this game. I spent so many hours playing Lego Racers as a kid
I hope LEGO 2k drive is gona be amazing
We pray
I get where your coming from about putting actual car brands into lego racers. But the thing is, Wouldn't it strive away from what the original racers were about. They were about creativity, Not set cars by the game. I think instead they should release a full on sequel with Customisable cars, Open world (Kind of like The second one,) And All the original racers including rocket racer. I think that would be a better sequel, But that's just my opinion.
I totally get where you're coming from and I probably could've been clearer about what my ideal pitch would be. I completely agree and would want to see car customization in any future Racers iterations, I was more trying to say that with the Speed Champions licenses in place LEGO would be better equipped to make a game that would appeal to fans of more arcade-style racers as well as fans of simulator-esque racers like Forza and whatnot. But I'd 100% want custom built cars in a real Racers sequel. Thanks for watching! - Jake
And now we have LEGO DLC for Forza Horizon 4, all licensed cars that we can't build for ourselves. I still would have liked a car builder mode. Still no new game though.
Completely agree. The reason I'm so nostalgic towards the game is the colorful graphics depicting Lego sets I or my older cousins had IRL. My dream scenario would be Lego Racers 3 being a celebration of original Lego IP:s from throughout history. Customization is included in that as it at least was Lego's core idea until it was just franchise tie-ins.
@@Chrysaries My favorite feature of lr 2 was, if your car gets destroyed, you had to jog. xd
@@Lombrar Same
4 years later and Lego will publish a new racing game. Im really happy that they will try this amazing genre. But i really hope that they will make something similar to Lego Rock Raiders.
As someone who believed that they wouldn't have the full scope of what happened to these games, this summarization of what happened, is exactly what I needed. Great work, and thanks for putting all this together.
A remake of the first one would be amazing with graphics like that 1:55
Varga Dániel maybe, like LEGO Racers 1 it’s not always the graphics that makes a game fun to play.
If they ever remake it, they should upgrade the gameplay a little too (the physics and the difficulty is not that good nowadays) and let you play over the internet as well, but indeed I'd love to see that too !
Maniac Miners developer: fine, I will -do- remake it myself ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ
Lego 2k drive coming
and now we have Forza Horizon 4 Lego
Exactly
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Forza Horizon expansion show us that Lego can make racing games pretty pretty well.
Now let's go back hoping for a Lego Racer 1 2020 edition
I honestly never thought I’d see the day when we’d have any iteration of a LEGO racing game on a next gen console. Really hoping this Forza expansion can pave the way for a proper standalone game from someone like Codemasters. Hell, an Avalanche developed LEGO Racers would be wild.
Literally the reason I've started digging for racers game info again
oh, yeah - even after editing this I still go to random LEGO forums every so often to see what rumors are swirling about.
More like Lego Racers:The Remastered Classic Double HD Collection.
Lego 2k drive coming
You gave me back a memory I didn’t know I had
This is a really enlightening video, thanks for making it!
Thanks for watching it! We'd love to make more stuff like this in the future!
I have LEGO Racers 1 and used to have LEGO Racers 2. LEGO Racers 2 was my favorite.
But the weapon System with the white Stones was much better in the First Game
@@devilsnake4538 yeah but your car breaks in 2; thats way more fun
Player Error404 Thats True but u cant use weapons without Ure car. But the KI can .
@@devilsnake4538 Both had their charm. 1 definitely had the most creative power-ups, but 2 blew my childhood mind with its "open world" exploration and destructible vehicles.
Rocket Racers's car design in the first game was much better compared to the second
Finding this video right after the announce of Lego 2k drive
I wish LEGO are still thinking about reviving this game
3:47 I saw that page on an old LEGO catalog I had ages ago! I was wondering what it was and, since I'm a huge sucker for arcade racers like Burnout, wanted to play it! But there was literally nothing else about it and my young self was super confused at the time. Where was this game and why does no one have it???
Seeing that page immediately reminded me of that time and seeing being talked about really intrigued me. It really bummed me out cause from those screenshots, having to build your own car excited me as a kid.
Lego in the last couple of years has been getting more nostalgic and doing some re-hashing of old sets, themes, and characters. My guess is because all of us who were young in the late 90s-early 2000s are now adults with their own money. They've re-released a pirate ship with a return of Captain Redbeard, a mansion that belongs to Baron Von Baron (of the Adventurers/Orient Expedition theme) and they recently released a poll for some anniversary set coming in the next year or two, basically asking participants which old themes they would like to see resurrected.
So I 100% see your point that Lego has a fertile market to launch a new Racers game. I would even add that nostalgia has never been higher for the company and they seem to understand the return to their roots is not only popular among young adults now, but it's massively profitable. To get an open-world, modern, Racers game with customizable cars, and chock FULL of the old characters we all knew and loved growing up would probably smashing enough of a success that I would cave and buy it.
it just occured to me how many LEGO Racers sets i bought in the mid-late 2000s. I also played the heck out of Racers 1, 2, and Drome Racers for GCN. Great times
Anyone watching this video now has probably already seen it, but announcements were made today for Lego 2k Drive. Its looks like we're back.
I think probably the main reason why Lego is not making any new racing games is probably because not only Lego was in financial troubles in the early 2000s but maybe at the time there was not a huge demand for racing, I think it’s sort of similar to Lego trains, and the reason why I mentioned that is because while Lego trains were popular throughout the late 1960s up to the early 2010s and that’s when there is not a huge demand for that Lego property. But on the bright side and 22 years later Lego finally announced a brand new Lego racing game coming out next month in May called Lego 2K Drive.
Eh, it's a bit of a different thing. The train issue kinda goes hand-in-hand with the state of model railroading - people want realistic trains, not toyish "foobies" (a model railroading term used to refer to any model that's a loose approximation of the prototype rather than an accurate model), so most of the LEGO train crowd is focusing on MOCs based on real locomotives and rolling stock.
The lack of a racing game seems to stem more from TT just wanting to shovel out the same formulaic game style and LEGO not wanting to get involved with any other developers until relatively recently.
Just imagining Darth Vader in James Bonds Aston Martin vs. Voldemort in the Batmobile , the cross franchise possibilities are endless
Johnny Thunder roars onto the track in a Porsche 911
@@Subpixel lol
I see this and I instantly thought of an Idea for Lego Racers 3 to be more of a sequel from the rest of the classic Lego games. I highly doubt my idea would see the light of day but having another sequel that continues off the first two would be more ideal
Well, it seems we’re in luck with the new game announced!
I didn't really play Lego Racers 1, but Lego Racers 2 might just have been the first game I could say I cherished. Everything about it sets the bar for me
4:03 Now permanently defunct it seems.
I like how people in the comments here keep talking about how we need a Lego Racers 3 despite the video continuously talking about the unreleased Lego Racers *4*. Just like how people act like there's only two Lego Island games, despite the third one arguably being better than the second.
Xtreme Stunts OWNS. I’d love to make a video about it someday - just gotta find the right topic.
@@Subpixel That'd be cool, Xtreme Stunts definitely needs more attention! Just wish it weren't so buggy on PC...
I love this video! I'm not sure if I commented on this before, but if so I comment again. This was all explained fantastically! It was a very interesting video. Thank you dude!
I've been waiting for a proper sequel to the original Lego Racers since my disappointment with Lego Racers 2. Crazy to think about it, but trying to get into the gamedev industry right now, who knows, maybe i'll get the chance to push for a new entry someday.
Please do!
Wrath642 I’ll do my best!
Lego Racers 2 was better than Lego Racers 1 - Change my mind
@@MrMaikiu the first one I played was the second one. I remember being a kid and seeing a CD case of it in a store and asking my dad to buy me one. I rushed home and I think I stayed for 6 hours playing it and I loved it!
I played the first game some years later and I have to say the first one was straight to the point while the second one had more freedom with side quests and a good story.
They made my childhood more fun and for that I am thankful for the developers
Keep the uploads coming, interesting watch
I loved this video! very underrated channel!
Really enjoyed this video. I love the first Lego Racers but never got around to trying the second one. I had no idea another one was in the works.
Never knew that Lego Racers 3 had so many unreleased attempts. Thanks for all the research!
One of my all time favorite racing games.
I'd totally buy a new Lego Racers game.
Wouldn’t we all
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The older games were original and really had a soul to them that was there own, the "modern" Lego games are now all soulless "kiddie" versions of other IP's, to such an extent that the fact it's all made of Legos feeling like one big afterthought.
(And no, I don't count Worlds or the ill-fated Universe, they're mostly forgotten for a reason.)
I KNEW IT, I WASN'T CRAZY, I SAW THAT LEGO RACERS CC ADVERT IN A CATALOGUE. Was really confused when nothing of ever popped up.
AllEchse GT yeah, doing research for this video was a wild ride. I remember having seen those box art adverts for LEGO Racers The Videogame, but totally forgot about them until making this video.
4:00? Midnight Streak? It was going to be based on Tiny Turbos? That's so cool.
i love Lego racers 1 most..
You can't beat the classics!
@@Subpixel what? lego racers 1 is the classic (more nostalgic for me atleast...) and between its tracks the 2 most nostalgic is Dark Forest Dash and the test track (in build menu)
Honestly, I would pay 60$ for a OG 1999 Lego Racers remaster/remake.
tbh, im still waiting for the next lego racers game to this day. great content!
One thing is I liked the silly carts they made the game feel more original and fun
I would love to hear your first impressions of Lego 2k Drive. Just from the trailer and the hands on. Most people covering it have never played the original Lego Racers and I would love to hear what a Lego Racers fan thinks of 2K Drive
Oh we’re definitely keeping an eye on it. Jake’s been busy most of the week but we’ve got some stuff cooking related to 2K Drive.
0:36 Methinks I spy footage from my Lego Racers 2 walkthrough. :P
I'm so excited for 2k 🤩🏁
I recently picked up the motorcycle stunt mini pack with Rocket Racer.
They haven't _forgotten_ Racers, but man do I wish they'd make another entry.
LEGO just needs to throw a bunch of money at Codemasters or some other studio with a hefty racing game pedigree and just let them go to town.
@@Subpixel Absolutely, as long as they retain the car building mechanics. That's a big part of the fun of the original games.
Would also love to see a comeback for Rock Raiders and Island, but I've been wondering: what would a modern iterations of Island really look like?
I think the LEGO City: Undercover games are kind of the closest we’ve gotten to a spiritual successor to the Island franchise, though I would love a proper LEGO Island 4 as long as we’re daydreaming.
@@Subpixel that's exactly what I was thinking.
I feel like some of the most charming mechanics in LEGO Island would be lost at such a large size.
The custom vehicles, the crazy races and missions that require you to know the island front to back, the toying around with every citizen's look, it was all a lot of fun, but it wouldn't make much sense when you've got hundreds of unique citizens, and much higher maneuverability.
I'm mostly thinking of the original, since I didn't grow up with, and still haven't played 2 or 3. But I guess as the sequels progressed, from what I've seen, they slowly morphed into what Undercover became, to an extent
I'm so glad we're having another Lego Racers game with *Lego 2K Drive*
Interesting story there, I too would have loved to see a new Lego Racers game, though I wasn't aware of all this blah blah blah that went one behind the scenes. I've only been thinking about it the last few days, but I recently started watching Lego Stunt Rally again and a courageous thought sprung to mind. I thought it would be great if they did a similar remake of the original Lego Racers but incorporate some of the drivers from Stunt Rally in the actual races and replacing some of the other races who just use plan go-kart type vehicles. Some of the original characters should remain but for the final circuit it would be epic if we had a grid of drivers in Mr. X the stunt rally world champion, Baron Flambo, Barney and Brad Speedo alongside Rocket Racer in the final circuit, or have Mr. X as the third to last boss in a circuit featuring proper race tracks. Like they did with CTR Nitro Fueled , it would be great if they were to keep things close to the original as possible but just with better graphics and the same character quotes I used to love listening to every time you hit someone with a power-up or overtook them on track. A remake like this might look out of place in terms of how Lego has moved on, but it would be great to bring back all these childhood memories again with a 3rd remake 20 years on. That would be awesome!
Terrain Crusher and ZX Turbo as well! I would love a Lego Racers game based on Tiny Turbos!
The ad was in Dutch so it was supposed to be launched in Christmas 2004
Good lord... I LOVE LR 1+2 SO FREAKING MUCH.
lego racers 3 would be the biggest racing game of the current decade
It wasn't even the biggest racing game of 2002
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@@Rohit.Gaikwad not lego racers 4
I would love to see a Lego Racers game based on the Tiny Turbos sub series with the gameplay being something similar to Burnout 3 or NFS Most Wanted, classic arcade racers maybe with a story.
Here it is
where'd you get the fancy lego racing animation running in the background?
Those are all commercials for the Speed Champions product line, and I believe I downloaded them from LEGO’s CZcams channel.
I'd love it if Milestone - developers of Hot Wheels Unleased - got the chance to make a Lego Racers successor. They seem to be the gold standard of the genre at the moment.
That said, it seems that 2K has the licence now to make a Lego Racers game, which could be pretty cool - if it doesn't end in the pile of abandoned lego projects.
I would say that Forza Horizon 4 is kind of Lego Racers 3 (Because of the Speed Champions DLC)
This video aged well
Heck yeah I want to pit Anakin Skywalker, Captain Redbeard and Harry Potter against each other in a Lego Racers game. I'm waiting, Tt!
I played lego racer 1 2 and drome racers. never considered it a real lego game tho. It felt like some spinoff
With assests from the original game and licensing they could make a game with the old characters and new ones with an entire story behind it
Just looked it up there is a new Lego racers game in development
Nobody panick but it might be happening
TT games is having their exclusive licence expire after lego star wars the skywalker saga and 2K games, the new partner, is making a new lego racing game.
you knew it!
THERE WAS A LEGO RACERS 2?????????
Oh yeah, the building system was a bit more robust and there was a free-roam mode where you could travel around all the maps as you wished. The power up system was more similar to Mario Kart instead of the brick-based power ups of the first game, but all in all it was a very good sequel.
But do we want the next lego racers to have licensed cars? I was thinking we can go back to the original style where cars look like they are made by kids and unique on their own. Lastly, bring rocket racer back!
I often thought of designing a Lego Racers tribute set for the Lego Ideas website. What would be the best way to do it?
Great idea, though I think the current LEGO City Stuntz range is sort of an homage to LEGO Racers - they even have Rocket Racer in there as a minifigure.
The time has come
Lord I am hoping and praying that it is not a dumpster fire
A new lego racers game is reportedly being developed by 2K games and will be open world just like the cancelled lego racers cc
Your a real g.
Is there any way to play these games on modern PCs? Or would I have to go purchase a gamecube/playstation?
Emulation might be the easiest method, but I still play them on my ancient Dell Inspiron laptop that still runs on Windows XP, so I’m probably not a good source of information on that front.
If LR2 is of any indication of ATD's work, I wouldn't had wanted more LRs. Let it rest if the alternative is it being crappy. :P
Lego Racers 3! Please? 😣
2021 and we still don't have a Lego Racers 3 :(
2023 & we have Lego 2k Drive On May 19th
I cried when at the start of te video the guy playing didn't activate the initial turbo
Id love a Forza speed Champions Game. The Full Game. Speed Champions line up, Open world…
They just don't want to answer for the crime that is never having made a Rocket Racer set even though he's had 2, count 'em 2, designs.
I am still floored that he never became a physical set, especially the Evel Knievel look.
Well, not too long after this video came out in fact Lego did license the Speed Champions out for another video game release, but it was the pretty mediocre Forza Horizon Lego Speed Champions content, which did little more than introduce a small Lego-themed world and a grand total of four cars. I guess it was far cheaper and easier to get on the market like this, riding off an existing successful game, and I'd hazard a guess that the venture ultimately made their money back and then some. At the same time, I'm with you and everyone else in wishing they would be even a bit more ambitious in the future.
Like aight hear me out i want next lego racers game but i dont want it as polished and like futuristic and modern like everything made out of legos any what not i want like old lego games where only key things were legos and most of the world looked realistic this is just my opinion but it would make for such a nostalgic feeling
Also i love lego univers
It took a while but it's coming finally, I think the Superhero thing killed everything it was about the minifigure not the brick
I want a sequel to the story driven Lego Racers, a remake or remaster of the first two games and an arcade based game.
Btw where were those high quality snippets from? And what do you think of the Forza Lego dlc?
The high quality snippets were from LEGO Speed Champions promotional material, and I agree that we desperately need remasters of the first two games! I actually haven’t played the Forza DLC yet but it looks super fun.
Can we have Remastered LEGO Racers and start anew
I’m all for it. High Voltage Software is one of the few LEGO Group partners that survived the mid-2000s. They’re still kicking and I’d love to see them remaster LR.
they should remaster the 1 in 4k
Spy Fox music in the background?
Holy shit mentioning rock raiders and stunt rally I forgot about these fucking games
I have a booklet at my parents house that showed an image of lego racers CC that never released.
Edit: you showed it!
That’s when horizon 4 LEGO speedway racer dlc expansion came in which kinda make into a lego racers 3 ish ?
Yeah the Forza stuff was definitely cool, but still just more of a throwback than a real Racers game. 2024 is Racer’s 25th anniversary, so we can hope LEGO might capitalize on that.
Lego Racers 3 should use assets from the rocket racers legoland port... Especially the character and vehicle customiser/
Lego Racers 3 already did since it, Racers 2, and Lego Racers arcade were all made by Attention to Detail. The arcade game was just a watered down Lego Racers on ATD's Rollcage engine anyway.
I always wonder if the people at lego watch videos like this.. cuz they should..
Sadly Tt seems to only want to make licensed games making the same game over and over with an already established lisenced property is easy money and they don't really have a reason to change it
ITSN NOT TOO LATE I WANT A NEW ONEEEEEEEEE NOWWWWWWWWW I WILL PAY EVERYTHING!
lego racers 4 is LEGO 2K Drive
lego Racer 1 was the best, the second had a nice fight mode, just the radar sucked
I do remember the radar being bad in Racers 2, and I wasn't a fan of the more simplified "Kart-style" power up system - but I think the customization was better, and I had a lot of fun with the Free Roam modes. That being said, I'd definitely prefer a sequel in the style of Racers 1 more than 2, or a remaster of 1.
seems the would-be third installment always runs into development issues.
Listen to us LEGO 😔
its just the new forza horizon expansion
this was actually a very subtle leak of the upcoming Forza Horizon 4 expansion, including the original written article this video is based on, from July 2017.
Rip LEGO rock raiders
We actually have another video up on our channel that briefly touches on the history of Rock Raiders, and how there’s actually three different versions of it that exist.
rock raiders is actually alive and well. Visit the RRU website and they have a slew of things for the game and other classic LEGO games.
LEGO Racers 3 would be bought by pretty much everyone who has kids and owns a Nintendo Switch. I mean the production cost is super low of such a game. So it wont be as expansive as the super mario games.
Lego Races 3 received mixed reviews, according to Wikipedia
It is expensive for Lego 2k Drive due to Take two
@Rohit Gaikwad kinda silly when everyone just wants a lego racers 4 or some successor to the original. but no we gotta have season passes, spend $120 for the full experience.
i honestly thought forza 4's lego speed champions was great lol.
I've been playing Lego Racers 2, and it's a mess compared to the first game. It is way too hard and slippery when driving, the powerups are not interesting or fun and are basically useless when you're winning or the ai goes way faster than you and gets away like why, and the ai just cheats over and over again, so it makes the game unfun. I do like the gibberish voices and the feel of the worlds even though they are empty by today's standards
Open world? I'm glad it didn't go foward.
Lego racers 2 ruined the franchise because of that