Mevlut Dinc's interview - Producer Vivid 
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1) SCARS reminds me of Street Racer - 
is the game engine essentially aslightly 
more sophisticated one than the 
original used for the 16bit game?

Mev: SCARS has combat as did Street 
Racer but that's where the similarities 
end.
The game engine in SCARS uses a 
very powerful 3D engine with real-time 
lighting effects and unique and intricate
landscapes. I would say that our game 
features probably the most 
sophisticated and impressive real-time 3D 
engine currently available.

2) What frame rate does SCARS run 
at?

Mev: 30 fps.

3) SCARS' obvious competitors are 
Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing -can it 
match or better these in any 
departments?

Mev: I believe SCARS easily matches 
both Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing 
in terms gameplay and arcade racing 
fun. SCARS offers more accesiblity and also 
provides better long term 
challenge for the more seasoned 
player. Although the difficulty level is 
progressive we also allow the player to 
set the game speed to suit their own 
skill levels. In addition, we have 
intelligent CPU cars which monitor  
player performance and adjust their 
own for a more challenging and 
enjoyable race. SCARS also features 
more impressive 3D visuals and really 
shows off the N64's capabilities.

4) How long has SCARS (N64) been in 
development?

Mev: We have been working on SCARS 
N64 for about 7 months.


5) How tough to use are the N64 
development tools compared to those of other 
systems?

Mev: We use the PYSQ development 
tools from S N Systems which we are 
very familiar with, so this has not been 
a big problem. I believe the problem 
with developing on the N64 is that, 
although the hardware appears to be 
very powerful, it requires a lot of careful 
and clever programming technics to 
overcome some of the important 
limitations that exist. We felt that almost 
all the N64 games looked very similar 
and in terms of visuals not as 
impressive and sophisticated as the 
hardware specisfication suggests.
We have worked very hard to make 
SCARS both impressive and 
sophisticated and I am very happy to 
say that we have succeded.

6) What chart placing will you be happy 
with/are expecting?

Mev: I would expect SCARS to be in top 
3 and I am reasonably confident that it 
could hit the top spot!


7) What will you be developing next for 
the N64?

Mev: Too early to say at this stage as 
we are still very busy completing 
SCARS but I can assure you that what 
ever we do next will be as good as we 
can make it!