ROADLINE '95

The 256-Color Grand Tour Racing Experience!

SVGA 640×480 • texture-mapped 3D • Gouraud shading • tracker music • 2-player split screen

Runs right in your web browser - no download, no install, no floppies!
Needs a browser with WebGL2. Keyboard, gamepad or touch screen.

*** NEW! Version 1.0 released *** 5 tracks *** 6 cars *** 7 AI rivals *** championship, time trial and 2-player mode *** TV replays *** rain, fog and night racing *** free software under the GNU AGPL ***

What is ROADLINE '95?

ROADLINE '95 is a circuit racing game in the spirit of the racers of the mid-1990s - the years when texture-mapped 3D worlds, SVGA graphics and tracker music came to home computers. Every pixel of the 3D world is a number from one 256-color palette. Textures are point-sampled and affine-mapped, so they "swim" a little on big surfaces close to the camera, just like they did back then. Light, fog and headlights go through a colormap - a lookup table from color to color - exactly like the software engines of the time.

Under the hood it is modern: pure JavaScript and WebGL2, no libraries, and not a single image or sound file. Every texture, car, track, sample and song is generated by code when the game starts. The whole game fits in one HTML file of about 530 KB.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Any computer, tablet or phone with a WebGL2-capable web browser
640×480 display or better (320×240 low-detail mode included)
Keyboard, gamepad or touch screen
Speakers recommended - sound starts after the first key press or touch

Screenshots

Click a picture to see it at full size. All screenshots are 640×480, 256 colors.

Title screen

Racing through the harbour city at night

Harbour Lights at night

Cockpit view with gauges and a rear-view mirror

Cockpit with mirror

Rain and wipers

Mountain fog

Desert at dusk

Coastal sprint

Night and headlights

2-player split screen

TV replay

Showroom with a car on a turning podium and a spec card

The showroom

Championship standings

Features NEW!

Five tracks with tunnels, bridges and big hills - four circuits and one point-to-point sprint.
Six fictional sports cars, each with its own engine, gearbox, drive and handling - from a rally hatchback to a V12 grand tourer.
Seven AI rivals with their own cars and personalities: they overtake, defend, use your slipstream and make mistakes.
Game modes: single race, 5-round championship (win it to unlock a secret car!), time trial against your own ghost, and 2 players on one screen.
Day, dusk and night with headlights, lit windows and street lamps. Rain with wipers and spray, and fog.
TV-style replays of the whole race with trackside cameras, zoom and a helicopter.
Sound: engines that rev with your car, Doppler effect, tunnel echo, and four original songs played by a built-in tracker - switch songs with the radio key.
Visual damage: dents, scratches and broken lights.
Detail options just like in 1995: 320×240 or 640×480, flat or textured, perspective correction, draw distance, scenery density.
Records for every track, saved in your browser.

The Cars

Car	Drive	Character
Vektor GT2	RWD	Wedge coupe, the all-rounder
Aurora RS	RWD, mid-engine	The fastest, and the hardest to tame (unlock it!)
Breeze Turbo	RWD, turbo	Light roadster - wait for the boost
Kestrel ST	AWD, turbo	Sports sedan, the king of the rain
Halcyon V12	RWD	Heavy grand tourer with huge torque
Mistral Rally	AWD, turbo	Rally hatchback, quick off the line

Car

Drive

Character

Vektor GT2

RWD

Wedge coupe, the all-rounder

Aurora RS

RWD, mid-engine

The fastest, and the hardest to tame (unlock it!)

Breeze Turbo

RWD, turbo

Light roadster - wait for the boost

Kestrel ST

AWD, turbo

Sports sedan, the king of the rain

Halcyon V12

RWD

Heavy grand tourer with huge torque

Mistral Rally

AWD, turbo

Rally hatchback, quick off the line

The Tracks

Track	Length	What to expect
Harbour Lights	3.9 km	City streets at night, a tunnel under the hill, a bridge over the harbour
Greywater Raceway	4.6 km	Grandstands, pit lane, a tight hairpin and fast esses
Highcrest Loop	4.2 km	Mountain switchbacks, two tunnels and a gorge bridge
Mirage Highway	5.8 km	Flat out across the desert, through a rock tunnel
Cliffside Run	4.3 km sprint	Along the coast from one town to the next

Track

Length

What to expect

Harbour Lights

3.9 km

City streets at night, a tunnel under the hill, a bridge over the harbour

Greywater Raceway

4.6 km

Grandstands, pit lane, a tight hairpin and fast esses

Highcrest Loop

4.2 km

Mountain switchbacks, two tunnels and a gorge bridge

Mirage Highway

5.8 km

Flat out across the desert, through a rock tunnel

Cliffside Run

4.3 km sprint

Along the coast from one town to the next

How to Play

Action	Player 1	Player 2	Gamepad
Accelerate / brake	Up / Down	W / S	RT / LT
Steer	Left / Right	A / D	Left stick
Handbrake	Space	Left Shift	A
Gear up / down (manual)	. / ,	E / Q	RB / LB
Change camera	C	1	Y
Look back	V	2	R3
Radio (next song)	R	-	Select
Pause menu	Esc	Esc	Start

Action

Player 1

Player 2

Gamepad

Accelerate / brake

Up / Down

W / S

RT / LT

Steer

Left / Right

A / D

Left stick

Handbrake

Space

Left Shift

Gear up / down (manual)

. / ,

E / Q

RB / LB

Change camera

Look back

Radio (next song)

Select

Pause menu

Esc

Start

After the race press Space on the results screen to watch the replay. On phones the on-screen buttons appear after the first touch - turn your phone sideways!

Download

The whole game is one HTML file that also works offline from your hard disk: open play.html and save the page (or use the link below). The complete source code is on GitHub.

💾 DOWNLOAD (530 KB)