Out of all the race games I've seen and played on the Sony Playstation 2 system, this game by far had the greatest potential of promise. The games race tracks are superior, the race cars are awesome, the game was designed very well, other than one major flaw, "no vehicle damage at all"! The lack of properly simulating what a race car would do, hitting a race wall around 100 miles per hour was the greatest "deal breaker" for me, when it came to being totally happy about buying this game! I don't think ones game console driving skills should heavily rely upon a race wall softening the blow of your out of control race car and then being able to use that wall to say "complete a turn" by riding the wall! I didn't buy this game to "simulate" being a child again and visiting an amusement park and getting into a "bumper car" and having at it. I want my race games to be as real as the game programmers can make them, cutting corners and not providing the good people who are paying good money for the game, a total sense of "realism" is a low down dirty shame!
Only real complaints are so many of the cars you have to win, limited selection, loading screens, and a lot of cars that just plain suck, Then the good cars you have to win instead of just put a price on them, Also so many of the cars you win can't be sold for cash they just sit valueless fluff in your garage. Also as always American muscle cars are horribly misrepresented, and Japanese cars rule the game. Also as far as the game mapping goes they could have done better, instead of grouping cars into countries group them by configuration and power so you don't have to go all over when looking for a good front engine front wheel drive car. Overall it's a fun game but compared to 3 it is a step backward in my opinion.
3 of 4 found this review helpful.
Overall rating
4/ 5
Gameplay
5/ 5
Graphics
4/ 5
Sound
4/ 5
Lasting Appeal
5/ 5
Lanson
fromSunbury, Ohio
This game is perfect for:hardcore gamers
It's a classic!
PostedJuly 22, 2011
My friends still play this game whenever we have parties, because it's great for multiplayer. It's a shame that it's only 2-player.
The only thing I do not like about this game is the engine sound. All the cars pretty much sound the same.
