Racing

San Francisco Rush The Rock – Alcatraz Edition

Description

For the N64 version of the arcade hit, Midway added all-new courses and shortcuts. All six courses can be run in reverse, mirrored, or mirrored and reversed. There’s even two hidden stunt courses! Graphically, the game sacrifices detail in favor of blindingly fast screen redraws.

The gameplay is very arcade-like: You fly through the air with the greatest of ease, and when you hit a wall your car bursts into flames. You can customize your car with different colors, racing stripes, tire rims and much more.

The Rock is a substantial upgrade to the original San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing arcade game. In addition to the three original tracks (now with additional shortcuts), it includes four new extra tracks, including the famous Alcatraz Island. Also added in this update is four new cars to drive, new music tracks and an option for mirrored tracks.

Some elements of this update would appear in the Nintendo 64 version of San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (which was being developed simultaneously with the arcade The Rock.) …

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L.A. Street Racing (Overspeed: High Performance Street Racing)

Description

Matt Peacock is the best race driver in the underground of L.A. and you want to take that title away from him. But of course the best of the best does not race a newcomer so you have got to race your way up starting from place 61.

At the beginning of the game you choose one of two available cars and then you go and wait at the COOL-Market for contestants to arrive. Once someone willing to race comes by, you are given a choice of tuning parts of your opponent you can race for. Before all races you have to bet at least one item from your own to start the race and since you cannot save the game manually, losing a part means that you have got to earn it again.

Every part of your car (engine, nitro and so on) can be enhanced in several stages and once you have collected all parts of the same stage, you can do a pinkslip race in which the opponent bets his car. Losing that race will cost every single tuning part you have collected for your car. The parts you win are limited to the car you win them with so you cannot swap them between cars. If you put parts of different stages on your car, the handling will decrease so you need to decide if it is wise to get the power of the tier 3 engine if that makes the handling of the car much worse. …

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World Racing (Mercedes-Benz World Racing)

Description

World Racing is a racing game developed in cooperation with DaimlerChrysler AG, allowing players to control various Mercedes-Benz cars.

The game features 117 different tracks throughout 7 large terrains (Nevada, Japan, Mexico, Australia, the Alps, the City, and the Test Centre). Players can drive more than 100 original Mercedes-Benz cars, including classic Silberpfeile and Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. Different mission types include Sport Runs, Training Sessions, Test Runs, Checkpoint Races, Endurance Contests and others.

Players can customize AI skill level and simulation precision (from arcade to real simulation). In dynamic AI skill mode computer opponents will adapt to the player’s skill. …

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Richard Burns Rally

Description

Licensed by the late 2001 World Rally Champion, Richard Burns, this rally game tries to find a niche by adding more depth and realism to the racing experience. This is reflected in the car handling, the influence of the weather and the endless tweaking of the car set-up. There are eight officially licensed cars to choose from, with familiar names such as the Subaru Impreza, Citroen Xsara, Peugeot 206, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo and Toyota Corolla, but you need to unlock them by finishing school lessons, winning a rally or making it to the end of a season.

Next to the usual training, quick races, rally seasons and multiplayer mode (only 4-player ‘hot-seat’), you can test your skills in the Richard Burns Challenge, a time trial mode in which get the chance to go head to head with Burns himself. There are 36 stages in total, divided over six countries. The in-game music has been produced by Paul Oakenfold, Andy Hunter, Pepe Deluxe and the Plump DJs. …

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Renegade Racers

Description

A cart racer whose premise is to win a tournament sponsored by millionaire Buck Billionaire. The player selects from a series of renegades and goes at it.

Gameplay modes available include two player vs. gameplay, the mission-based tournament which has over 40 races that take place in 6 tracks, and have different objectives such as jump over a certain number of obstacles, win in a certain time bracket, etc., as well as the time-honored battle races we have come to expect from Kart racers with all manner of power-ups and wacky weapons.

Vehicles are all hovercrafts, so the control is the same no matter if the player races on ice, grass, etc., and graphics-wise the game uses Direct 3D accelerated polygonal graphics. …

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Lego Racers

Description

Lego Racers is a racing game played from a third person perspective. Set in the fictional Legoland universe, the game depicts Rocket Racer, the “greatest racing champion” in Legoland. After becoming bored from beating everyone at racing, he decides to create a racing contest, and finds the best racers in the history of Legoland using a dimensional warp machine created by his friend, Veronica Voltage, a genius scientist and mechanic. The player takes on the hosts and co-racers in circuits of races in an attempt to reach and beat Rocket Racer and become the “Greatest Lego Racer of All Time”, completing the game. The circuits are contested by the player, the host, and four co-racers relevant to the themes of the tracks featured. The hosts are, in order, Captain Redbeard, King Kahuka, Basil the Batlord, Johnny Thunder, Baron Von Barron, Gypsy Moth, and Rocket Racer himself. In the first six circuits, there are a total of 12 unique tracks, four per circuit, and three per one of four themes: Castle, Pirates, Space, and Adventurers. The later three circuits revisit the tracks from the first three in reverse order with each track now mirrored. The final circuit consists of only one track: Rocket Racer Run, but still features four co-racers relevant to the previous tracks’ themes.

Players assume the role of either one of several pre-built or custom-built minifigures and compete against other minifigure characters in races set across different tracks in the Legoland universe, using a variety of cars built out of Lego. At the beginning of each race, the player can perform a “Turbo Start”, which allows the player to start the race at full speed. Throughout races, the player can also perform power slides and “Super Slides”, which allow the player’s car to turn around corners more sharply. …

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Lego Racers 2

Description

Following the first game, Rocket Racer issues a new challenge to find the best racer in the galaxy, summoning the greatest racers of all time to Planet Xalax for the Galactic Racing Championship. Players must prove their driving skills to qualify for the ultimate race on planet Xalax.

The Story Game mode is where all the real action of Lego Racers 2 takes place. In this mode, you become a new racer, determined to become Galactic Racing Champion. Along the way, other racers challenge you as your quest to become number 1 continues. The more races you win, the more Golden Blocks you win. Golden Blocks help you move throughout the different levels of the game. You start out with zero Golden Blocks and move up as you win more races.

There are also a number of multiplayer modes. …

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