I wish

This looks like a very promising futuristic remake

https://steamhost.cn/app/1366560/MiLE_HiGH_TAXi/

Originally posted by rogerdodge9:

This looks like a very promising futuristic remake

https://steamhost.cn/app/1366560/MiLE_HiGH_TAXi/

nice one!

I found this:
https://www.pcgamer.com/crazy-taxi-and-jet-set-radio-to-return-in-big-budget-reboots-report-says/

I just want the Offspring soundtrack restored and all the pop-in draw/distance fixed. Do that and perfect!

No. Absolutely not. This is not a game that needs some dumb, Unreal Engine realism remaster. it just would not complement the in-your-face wacky, arcade action Crazy Taxi is filled to the brim with. It's a slice of early 2000's, heavily Western-influenced Japanese game that gives it a unique flair that stands out very well to this day. The original game is absolutely fine all on its own; it just needs proper preservation which SEGA hasn't been bothering to do sadly.

There are a ton of terrible Sega ports, this is one of them.
The politics of Sega, especially after Sammy took over is that the PC isn't popular in Japan, and obviously it must not be popular elsewhere.
Japan is all that matters, the fact that the west made Sega what it is today is just a fluke.
Sega conversions for the PC are done as cheaply as humanly possible. I asked Strangelight games as to why this game is so poorly done, they said Sega gave them only 8 months to build this game, the original builds used emulation, but Sega was unhappy using emulation because the offices in Japan didn't feel their meager weren't being used properly, so they were ordered to build the game from scratch, using some engine...possibly OGRE to just basically redo the game.
Sega didn't even do any testing on this game, and since Strangelight is defunct there's nobody to do any bug fixes.
The only way Sega is going to pay any attention to the PC, is if there's a Japanese market, and the Steamdeck might make that happen.

Originally posted by Setnaro X:

No. Absolutely not. This is not a game that needs some dumb, Unreal Engine realism remaster. it just would not complement the in-your-face wacky, arcade action Crazy Taxi is filled to the brim with. It's a slice of early 2000's, heavily Western-influenced Japanese game that gives it a unique flair that stands out very well to this day. The original game is absolutely fine all on its own; it just needs proper preservation which SEGA hasn't been bothering to do sadly.

This reply deserves hundreds of awards

controls wprk like ♥♥♥♥ in this game.

and ruin the aesthetic? hell no. they'll just ruin it with crappy lighting and crappy realistic slow physics, no fun arcady gameplay and add some jank stupid idiot story about some random sappy romance and remove all the edge and power this game has. this game is a free flying beauty and the thought of clipping it's wings for a nostalgia grab is about as enjoyable as stubbing your toe.

they should really just plan on porting crazy taxi 2 and 3 to steam instead of flat out remakes.