The following is a list of notable fan projects from the Acceleracers community.
History[]
Fan-made Acceleracers stories have dated as far back as July 27, 2005, with Acceleracers: The Third Wheel by Wolf of the Shadows on Fanfiction.net. It was written during the release of the movies, last updating one month before the release of The Ultimate Race.
Today, many fan projects are still being created. Due to the small community, many projects are cancelled or abandoned due to burnout, lack of team members, or budgetary constraints.
Fan films[]
- Acceleracers: The Gift of Wisdom was a fan film announced on May 6, 2016, slated for a summer 2018 release.[1] It was created by Tyler Hammer. On March 21st, 2017, he cancelled the project as he felt The Edge was already a good enough continuation. He moved on to work on ONE, An Acceleracers Story.[2]
- Hot Wheels: Rebirth of Acceleracers is a work-in-progress Portuguese Acceleracers fan series. It aims to retell the story of all 5 movies with a new script. A 3D animated teaser was released on August 29th, 2017.[3] The project was abandoned due to lack of experience but in March of 2021, the animator announced their return to the project citing reinvigorated interest.[4] The channel uploaded a new test render on April 4, 2021.[5]
- Hot Wheels Acceleracers 5 Fan Made: The fan film was announced on February 16, 2021, being carried out by fans from different Spanish speaking countries with a request for global participation. To this day, the project is still going strong despite various changes, with several YouTube videos about the project in Spanish updating its progress.[6]
- The Fog Realm is an upcoming fan-film by ValkenVugen and others featuring the realm of the same name. It was announced on September 9, 2021 with no release date, a rough cut of the film has been published on their Patreon as of September 9, 2022.[7]
Fan fiction[]
- Acceleracers V: War Zone is a fanfiction written by Mercenary Without Burdens and continues the story of Acceleracers after The Ultimate Race. It was first published on February 12, 2018 and is ongoing with more than 30 chapters being written.
- Acceleracers 5: The Finish Line is a fan written script written by Thomas Tremblay, in the style of a screenplay. The first episode was published on July 25, 2019.[8] The second episode was published on December 20, 2019.[9] The third episode was published on July 15, 2020.[10] There are no plans to turn the script into a film.
- AcceleRacers: Last Sacrifice is a fanfiction written by Jungle_Penguins and was published in July 27, 2019. It continues the Acceleracers story, incorporating elements from the patents, and has almost 6,000 words.
- The Talk is a short fanfiction written by HaloFin17, published January 14, 2009. It takes place directly after the ending of The Ultimate Race, featuring a conversation between Vert and his father. It is one of the earliest and most well known fan fictions in the community.
- Chronicles of the Silencerz is Canon-Compliant fanfiction written by BaselineTakamoto published on July 1, 2021. It chronicles the events of the series from Major Wheeler's point of view.
Fan comics[]
- AcceleRacers: The Edge is an upcoming comic project[11] by Realm 3516 and will continue the story of Acceleracers. It entered a hiatus along with ONE.[12] The Facebook page launched in October of 2013 and it has gained over 2,300 followers.[13]
- AcceleRacers ONE is an upcoming fan comic that explores the origins of the Accelerons, worked on by Tyler Hammer and with Chris Takada doing the visuals. It takes place after The Edge. Pre-production began in 2016 and principal production began in January of 2017.[14] It entered a hiatus along with The Edge.[12] The Facebook page has 330 followers.[15]
- Acceleracers: Drive to Survive was a fan comic created by Josue David Peralta, a.k.a. Fast-Fish, and takes place 3 years after the events of Acceleracers, with updated designs and new characters.[16] It only had one book published on DeviantArt, and was left abandoned in 2016.[17] Multiple concept art was released of the characters and locations.[18] It was planned to have a sequel series titled Hot Wheels: Rumblers.[19] As of May 15, 2021, Fast-Fish has over 44.2k views on his DeviantArt page.[20] On November 2, 2020, Fast-Fish returned to DeviantArt announcing they are still working on the comic, along with original projects.[21]
- Acceleracers: The Endless Realm is a fan comic concept created by ValkenVugen, announced on July 24, 2019.[22] It's a side story, coinciding with the events of Acceleracers. It has yet to enter the production stage, with only a concept page being released.[23] The comic was cancelled indefinitely on September 5, 2019, due to ValkenVugen's computer being in disrepair.[24]
- Dave's 1 World was an AcceleRacers crossover fan comic created by PowerStroke3 on DeviantArt, notable for being the first of its kind. It followed new characters and crossovered with Cars, Loonatics Unleashed, and more. The comic at some point was ultimately deleted from his DeviantArt page, in favor of a reboot comic in 2019 with 40 chapters being planned.[25] The reboot began on November 16, 2019, and is currently ongoing.[26]
- Acceleracers 5: The Finish Line is a comic adaptation based on TomWheeler's scripts made by AlSeg (AKA JustASonicFan on reddit), announced on a reddit post[27] in November 23, 2021. The production of the first episode is still ongoing and it's been commented to be released on mid 2022 for episode 1. The production of the other episodes is still not confirmed.
- Project Territory is a fan manga based on the extended universe of AcceleRacers written and created by TPM-VA and illustrated by AlSeg (u/JustASonicFan on reddit), which was announced on November 25th, 2023. The manga follows the Teku and Metal Maniac members that were left behind after Dr Tezla's call for more drivers to face the racing realms. The first issue was released on March 29th, 2024.
Fan games[]
- Acceleracers Game was a fan game by Rjiig 123 which began development in 2018. It was cancelled after the team got burnt out,[28] but the cancellation video was turned private.[29]
- Realm Racers is an upcoming brazilian AcceleRacers fangame, with several updates being posted on the Never Rain Studios YouTube page. Formerly posted on the O Radikau channel.[30]
- Ignition is a fan game being developed by player1unknown and his team in the ROBLOX game engine, currently in the Pre-Alpha development stage. 3 tracks out of the 32 planned are available, with 4 out of 35+ cars.
- Project Nitrox² was a fan game developed by smurfyo64 and his team within the ROBLOX game engine. 47 cars were done, and 21 realms were available. On May 12, 2021, the project shut down due to several complications in development.[31] However, it was reopened, The team plans on making World Race Tracks on the Roblox game engine as well.
- Acceleracers Fan Game is a game created by YouTube user Zabuza, with the first gameplay trailer being uploaded on January 1, 2019.[32]
- Project Acceleracer is an open-source game created by YouTube user TheCatPlaysGamez and his team within the Unreal engine. It contains 42+ cars and has 15+ completed realms, with the first video being uploaded on April 23, 2020.
- Acceleron Virus is a fan game originated from the upcoming portuguese fan comic series Acceleron Virus, created by YutoTakamoto. The game is currently developed by him and his team within the ROBLOX game engine and consists of 6 out of 90 planned realms, with 20 out of 100+ cars.
Mods[]
The following are mods for existing games that allow you to play Acceleracers vehicles and tracks.
- Distance has multiple fan-created tracks on it’s Steam Workshop page, based on the realms from the Acceleracers series.[33]
- Trackmania 2 has the vehicle skins Battle Spec by Acinonyx Jubatus[34] and Chicane by Thorh62 TM[35] and modeled by Nicolas Davila.[36]
- Grand Theft Auto 5 also has many fan-made tracks and vehicle skins.
- Garry's Mod has fan made drivable vehicles from the World Race videogame,[37] but no Acceleracers vehicles have been released to the public.[38]
- Forza Horizon 3 has multiple community made models and skins based on Acceleracers vehicles.[39] A gameplay video showcasing them is able to watch here
- Tabletop Simulator has virtual versions of the Acceleracers Collectible Card Game, made by Alex Chosen and Dashie010203.[40]
Miscellaneous[]
- A large amount of fan-made artwork can been viewed on DeviantArt. Some of the earliest works go as far back as September of 2005.[41]
- This wiki’s Twitter account retweets fan content along with community spotlights on a regular basis.
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ Acceleracers: The Gift of Wisdom | Roads Never End | Hype Teaser on YouTube
- ↑ Acceleracers 5: The Gift of Wisdom Facebook Posts
- ↑ Novo Acceleracers? on YouTube
- ↑ (Rough translation) “right at the beginning, it ended up that I had to put the project in the fridge for a long time, for reasons of force majeure and mainly because I didn’t master the necessary knowledge to put the project forward, now I’m almost ready to start thinking about the project” - F.A.Q in description of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlBg723dWYE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlBg723dWYE
- ↑ Hot Wheels Acceleracers 5 Fan Made; Data Videos https://youtu.be/sk8Plb7YiFU https://youtu.be/UoRkMRsYsII
- ↑ https://youtu.be/CwlLKis4vDE
- ↑ AcceleRacers 5 The Finish Line Fan-Script Trailer on YouTube
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V46ZngfOSzU&t=0s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4blwD569w&t=0s
- ↑ The Comic - Realm 3516
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Jungle_Penguins on Reddit
- ↑ Acceleracers: The Edge Community Facebook Page
- ↑ Discover ONE - Acceleracers ONE Project
- ↑ ONE: An AcceleRacers Story - Facebook
- ↑ Backcover by Fast-Fish on DeviantArt
- ↑ Acceleracers: Drive to Survive Book 1
- ↑ Fast-Fish's DeviantArt Gallery
- ↑ Hotwheels Rumbers- HWA saga/spinoff series by Fast-Fish on DeviantArt
- ↑ Fast-Fish on DeviantArt
- ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/fast-fish/posts
- ↑ ValkenVugen Endless Realm Announcement on Twitter
- ↑ The Endless Realm Concept Page on by ValkenVugen on DeviantArt
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ValkenVugen/status/1169777630494830595?s=20
- ↑ Dave's 1 World Chapter 1 Cover by PowerStroke3 on DeviantArt
- ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/powerstroke3/art/Dave-s-1-World-Chapter-1-Page-1-820541159
- ↑ Acceleracers 5: The Finish Line comic adaptation announcement.
- ↑ Acceleracers fan game got cancelled by rjiig123 on Reddit
- ↑ Acceleracers Game Cancellation by Rijiig 123
- ↑ O Radikau YouTube Channel
- ↑ https://twitter.com/projectnitrox2/status/1392524959398862849?s=21
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUz0da_z7M4
- ↑ Distance Acceleracers Tracks Collection on the Steam Workshop
- ↑ Mania Park - Battle Spec
- ↑ Skin Showcase: Hot Wheels - Chicane by Thorh62 TM! on YouTube
- ↑ NicolasDavila | DeviantArt
- ↑ Steam Workshop :: [simfphys] Hot Wheels World Race
- ↑ Dashie010203's Garry's Mod Art Gallery
- ↑ Acceleracers / Highway 35 Megathread on the Forza Subreddit
- ↑ Steam Workshop :: Hotwheels Acceleracers Collectible Card Game
- ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/rakiekeig/art/Acceleracers-Wylde-and-Statyck-23370671