This is Top Gear 2, running on the SA-1 chip at 60 FPS!! The original game only runs at about 12-15 FPS! It stays on the same speed as original, but it's way more smoother, detailed and as a racing game you now feel a better control of car!

Oct 3, 2026 · 9:02 PM UTC

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It works on real hardware and this is my first mod that uses FastROM and SA-1 at the same time, in parallel, effective 14 MHz. It's planned to be released once SimCity SA-1 and Super Metroid SA-1 are finished, but it's playable alright and 2-player mode will be at 60 FPS too.
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Top Gear 2 in particular is one of my childhood games. I traded it with a Spiderman SNES game. I had a lot of fun playing on a old Mitsubishi TV which of course, had Stereo support so I was benefit from the incredible game's soundtrack. I'm very excited for this future SA-1 mod.
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Really cool. Any chance we could get this for TG1 and 3000 as well?
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Roda no console original via everdrive?
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Sim, sd2snes ou FXPak
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Belo trabalho! Widescreen é possível no futuro também? Rs
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Acho que sim, o jogo é bem completo. Se não surgir nada antes de outra pessoa posso tentar depois.
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Top Gear 1 no futuro 👀?
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Damn the original game only ran at like 15fps. I knew it wasn't smooth but never realised it was that low. What fps did the original game run at?
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12-18 FPS from my measurements
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Replying to @HackerVilela
60 FPS!!?? That's an impressive improvement!! Hope it's compatible with the Top Gear 2 "Engine Sound Fix" available at RHDN. Thanks!
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Really that the 2-player mode swap the engine sounds??? Wow probably I never went far in the game in 2-player mode to have bought a new engine on 2P mode, will definitely include that fix on the SA-1 version too!
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Replying to @HackerVilela
thanks for that. I can't wait! I love the Top Gear franchise. If it's possible I'd love to see more improvements for Top Gear 1 and 3000 as well
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Both are planned!
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Is there a place to get your releases?
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Yes, everything is on my GitHub... I should build a website too...
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Where are all these amazing snes roms coming from? Why suddenly?
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My reason
Important news. One month ago, I moved to new apartment at São Paulo city. I am living in a rented house and on a more expensive region. I used to live in Taboão da Serra, where the quality of life was inferior but the living costs were minimal. Sounds a risky move, no? But -- net effects: - Used to live 17km away from work, 1 hour and 30 min daily commute via subway + bus, both crowed lines. Now, I reduced to 5km; 35 min via subway, less crowed line. 20min if I had a car. - Saving about 2 hours per day; total 10 hours per week; ~40 hours per month. - More time to stay with wife, to focus on hobbies and work on projects again. - Better food options, infrastructure and safety; Getting things via internet reaches same or next day. Where I used to live, had to get shipped items on a parent's house due to the location. This (the move) is one of the main reasons I'm now able to focus on the SNES projects again. And I'm extremely happy with this decision. Please share with everyone that Vitor Vilela is back and for real. Stay tuned for more updates and happy SNES and happy ROM hacking!
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Replying to @HackerVilela
On Emus for PC are possible??? Sorry for my ignorance
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Yes, SA-1 can be emulated on SNES emulators It's the same chip present on Super Mario RPG
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Replying to @HackerVilela
You had to mess with timings on the game to get the speed right?
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Only a specific things like nitro during and steering timing, the game already had a separate game logic/ render system.
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Eu estava emulando a versão de Amiga CD32 por conta dos 60 FPS no emulador, fiz até um pack de áudio com os áudios de snes. Mas com certeza jogarei essa a partir de agora, até pq os efeitos de chuva e neve são tão feios no ACD32 rs. TG2 é um dos jogos que mais joguei na infância.
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Replying to @HackerVilela
I would be overly impressed if we were able to use the same approach to fix the slowdowns in double dragon and renegade. youtu.be/sdXMKsW9Sm4
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Replying to @HackerVilela
HOLY COW, DUDE. This was a dream many years ago, I used to play this by overclocking the SNES CPU, and the smoothness was so worth it. Can't wait to play this and see what you'll do with Flashback and Out of this World, whenever those happen!
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Replying to @HackerVilela
This would have been crazy back in the day! 12-year old me would definitely go nuts.
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Replying to @HackerVilela
Best racing game on the SNES, this is beautiful
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