So good was the result of his effort that the game’s original lead designer, Joe McGinn, gave a ringing endorsement. In a comment left under the YouTube video McGinn called the results “amazing”, adding that it “really gives a taste of what a full modern remaster could be. Impressive work!”<\/p>\n
The work is that of Reuben Ward, an Unreal developer, and in the 12-minute video, he details the steps taken to bring the game, that was originally available on GameCube, PS2, Xbox, and PC, to the present-day standards with all the graphical bells and whistles expected from a modern game — even adding a first-person mode.<\/p>\n The process described looked surprisingly easy — likely the mark of any good developer — and involved a number of inventive techniques to rip the game’s original graphic and sound assets and bring it to the Unreal Engine.<\/p>\n Rather than an attempt to remaster the entire game, Ward looks to create a small demo; first rebuilding the map, then introducing Homer, and then drivable vehicles, before adding side quests such as collecting coins and Itchy and Scratchy cards. The cherry on top is a remake of the original game’s first mission which sees Homer heading to Apu’s grocery at the behest of Marge.<\/p>\n It is pretty impressive stuff and is just the latest in a series of remasters Ward has made, with his channel featuring videos of him making a GTA V clone<\/a> and remaking Skyrim.<\/a><\/p>\n But what are the chances of actually seeing a Hit & Run remaster? Very little no matter the enthusiasm, at least according to Simpsons writer Matt Selman. Speaking to IGN in July of this year<\/a> Selman explained that such a remaster would become need to navigate “a complicated corporate octopus” to make happen.<\/p>\n