Demolition Racer

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DRIVE DIRTY! "The Spiritual Sucessor to Destructon Derby 2" - PSM 100% Independent PlayStation Magazine - High speed full impact racing action - collisions, damage and destruction! - Incredible cumulative Real-time Damage effects - smoke, fire, hoods fly, tires wobble, and cars show hardcore damage as it happens - 10 torturous tracks designed for full metal contactAmazon.com Demolition Racer is the perfect antidote for "civilized" racing games. If shaving seconds off your lap times in games like Gran Turismo 2 is just too darn frustrating, then Demolition Racer serves up a heaping helping of catharsis. The object of this game is not only to win the race, but to destroy the other racecars on the way to victory. Unlike the weapons-oriented auto combat games, such as Vigilante 8 and Twisted Metal, your only weapon here is that physics formula you learned in high school: force equals mass times acceleration. And what a wonderfully practical application of that formula Demolition Racer provides. Being the first at the finish line doesn't guarantee a win, because the final score comes from a formula that multiplies your race ranking with damage points that are inflicted on other cars. And the crashes don't seem canned: cars twist, roll, and spin, catching fire here and losing panels there. The sheer irresponsibility of the game makes it exciting at first. After more play, players will appreciate the track design, the car physics, the paint shop, and the seemingly endless variety of gameplay modes. If you've grown tired of racing games, Demolition Racer is just what the doctor ordered. --Jeff YoungPros:Crash and smash 15 other cars on a racetrack or in a demolition arena Excellent control scheme uses one analog stick for steering and the other as a throttle Cons:All of your other race games will seem blasé after playing this one Product description DRIVE DIRTY!"The Spiritual Sucessor to Destructon Derby 2" - PSM 100% Independent PlayStation Magazine- High speed full impact racing action - collisions, damage and destruction!- Incredible cumulative Real-time Damage effects - smoke, fire, hoods fly, tires wobble, and cars show hardcore damage as it happens- 10 torturous tracks designed for full metal contact- Insane "last man standing" Demolition Derby bowl matches- Eight different vehicles to race including the deadly High Impact Hearse- Death From Above - land on an opponent's roof and score a one-hit kill- 16 cars on the track in each race- Smash through destructible fences, barricades, barrels and more- Two-player split-screen racing and Demolition Derby matches- Thrashing original soundtrack and remixes by Fear Factory, Junkie XL, Empirion, & Cirrus Review I've been a fan of demolition derbies since I was a small child. Let's face it: Watching cars crash into each other is just plain fun, and it really seems like a natural topic for a video game. While several games have claimed to be destruction-derby games, they're really just racing games with a different scoring model and visible car damage. Games like Destruction Derby and Destruction Derby 2 placed far too much emphasis on causing the opposing cars to spin. It was the only real way to score any points, and it pretty much sucked the fun out of the game. Head-on collisions just damaged your car way too much and had little or no payoff. So you aimed for the fenders of the other cars. Demolition Racer uses a slightly more realistic scoring system. So you'll earn points for most collisions, as well as specialty scores for setting a car on fire, knocking a car out of the race, and landing on other cars. However, the scoring detection is a bit off. You really need to make hits with the front (or back, if you're going in reverse) of your car. Controlled fishtails that smack your opponents with the rear fender of your car are worthless. Also, the game seems to miss a lot of hits, especially in multicar pileups, robbing you of potential points. Your car's damage is rendered on a simple meter that goes from 100 down to zero. While certain hits may do more damage to your vehicle, area-specific damage doesn't really occur. Much like its brethren, Demolition Racer is broken up into two main types of events. You'll find the meat of the game on actual racetracks, where you'll battle it out for three laps against fifteen other

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