Outrun style road demo MSX2

It should be an easier chip to code for, though.

Then use bitmap modes. You might not have sprites, but these modes should be fast enough for soft-sprites, I think.

Well, I wouldn't accuse you of cheating! In fact, all the V9990-owners would celebrate true V9990-content at last. Forget the word 'MSX standard'. That standard was very small and it was in fact designed to be expanded. Now that we have an expansion like a V9990, developers don't want to use it because they want to stick to a small standard, while at the same time that standard just isn't up to the task they want it to do? It's like me complaining about the fact that a PSG doesn't sound like a piano, while at the same time refusing to use a Moonsound. Don't get me wrong: I never expected to see an Outrun-road move like that on an MSX, with proper hills 'n such. But here ye olde Fuzzy Logic expression is accurate: "if it looks good on an MSX, it's a trick". Road? No problem. But the rest will be a problem, and you're bumping into it already.

At least take a look: https://www.teambomba.net/gfx9klib.html

I understand the 'cheating' though. Your game would be special because something similar has never been made before on a standard msx2. If you make use of the v9990, the magic is gone.

Not only that. MSX-Music is really part of the MSX standard. The V9990 is a community thing. A really nice community thing, but not part of the MSX standard. In theory you can put a RPi on a PCB and hook it up to a cartridge slot. Are we still talking MSX here? I've seen a GameDuino hooked up to the C64 userport. Is that still C64? Especially the fact you need seperate outputs (Both with V9990 on the MSX as with the GameDuino on C64). You're just controlling external hardware. For me it's loosing the essence of the original machine, being it C64 or MSX.
You end up programming a game for V9990, not for MSX.

Well, I am only giving my personal opinion. And for me, V9990 is as much part of the MSX Standard as would be a SVGA chip in an MSX slot. And of couse you don't have to limit yourself to the MSX Standard. But then the end result isn't MSX but something else controlled by an MSX. But... just according to my humble opinion of course :)

Other question would be: Let's say the CPU would be getting to slow... Would be adding a 16bit CPU or an ARM CPU still be MSX? You could end up with your MSX being a PSU and HMI.

Of course... There will always be limitations to certain hardware. A bit extreme of course, but I can guarantee you that we will never see a First Person Shooter running in FullHD on our bare MSX machines. But do we need to? If I want to play such a game I will boot up my PS4 or PC.
In theory you can achieve this by putting that RPI on a PCB and "downgrading" your MSX to a PSU with HDMI, but that has nothing to do with MSX anymore... at least for me.
On the other hand, it makes the achievement even better if someone is able to produce something on the MSX hardware which people once thought was impossible. Getting the most out of our beloved MSX... That's what I like to see

P.S.
According to my own definition... what would this mean for the poor SCC? I love that chip!

And a bit more ontopic: Yeah, I would still love to see a decent Outrun (or Pinball Dreams) on my MSX But I'd prefer a version that gets the most out of the MSX/MSX2/MSX2+/Turbo-R....