The developer worked on coding advanced animations for the character and also enabled a first-person mode - because, as Ward so adequately puts it, "Why the hell not?" As the game's initial playable character, Homer Simpson received a few tweaks in the remake. The YouTuber even added in a few stylized trees to give Hit and Run's "New" Springfield a bit of extra life.Īfter the map, Ward got to work on other elements of the level. Using AI-led image resolution enhancement software and a bit of DIY photoshopping, he was able to reskin the entire map and give it a more modern feel. After importing the map using a tool created by another developer, Ward took a number of inventive shortcuts to reskin the game's outdated textures. But I do think the battle was worth fighting.Ward began his remake of The Simpsons: Hit and Run with its in-game map of Springfield. "That was a huge creative battle over whether it was just a 'driving around doing missions' game or a 'getting out of the car and doing missions' game. And we were like, everyone's playing whatever version of Grand Theft Auto, people need to get out of the cars," explains Selman. "We were all playing Grand Theft Auto at the time and the publisher. According to Selman, Vivendi wanted "another driving game" and there was significant pushback from the development team to instead make a Grand Theft Auto inspired Simpsons game. Selman then goes on to explain how a creative battle was fought between developer Radical Entertainment and then publisher Vivendi Games on Hit & Run's open-world elements. Related: Seriously, Why Am I Still Waiting On A New Simpsons Game? Whilst not outright referencing Disney, it's difficult to see Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox not somehow affecting the legality of a Hit & Run remaster. Speaking with IGN regarding The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Selman claims that trying to get a remastered version of the game out on store shelves would be a "complicated corporate octopus" and that it may never happen as a result. The Simpsons producer Matt Selman has stated that he'd "love to see" a remaster of cult classic The Simpsons: Hit & Run, but claims legal issues would make it very difficult to actually happen.
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