Esse jogo aqui é MUITO bom, apesar de ser um pouco estressante. Detalhe curioso: eu comecei a jogar videogames com 2 anos de idade lá pra 2004 e esse foi um dos primeiros. O tempo passou e meus pais venderam meu PS1 e junto com ele todos os jogos. Eu sempre ansiava pra saber o nome desse jogo novamente pois um parente meu tinha PS1 e eu gostaria que ele comprasse o jogo. Os anos passaram e eu nunca soube o nome, até 2010, onde num hotel, por algum motivo, no auge do PS2 no Brasil, tinha um humilde PS1 lá com um único jogo: Vigilante V2. Eu tive que me beliscar pra saber se era um sonho ou não.

A fun car combat game to play solo or with a friend. There are several single player and multiplayer modes that make for a lot of replay value if you like the core gameplay, though the missions in the quest mode are all very similar. The maps look different, but I think they could have used more variety in the size and layout, and some of the map gimmicks fall flat - for instance trying to maneuver in the snow without skies is a pain, and the alligators and sharks are just annoying.
On the plus side, there is a good variety of weapons and car types, and each character has a special weapon and vehicle with distinct attributes that can be upgraded over time - the balancing isn't great but still adds good variety.

The story is very intricate for this type of game and can get confusing, but I really enjoy it - as you play characters you learn more and more of it and see how their paths cross - pretty nifty IMO.
The main menu theme is fantastic, but otherwise the music is forgettable - not terrible, just not great. The graphics have obviously aged and it looks rough on a big screen now, but they were good for their time.
Overall not as good as Twisted Metal, but a fun alternative and certainly worth trying if you like car combat games.

Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense got me grinning ear to ear. The pinnacle of car combat games, 70s funk/disco inspired aesthetic, weirdo character designs and over the top stage gimmicks/hazards. Unique to this installment, the vehicles can utilize skis, hydrofloaters and hoverpods, it feels like what Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed did to differentiate itself from its previous entry. On that note, Howard Drossin of Sonic Spinball and Sonic & Knuckles fame worked on this game's soundtrack for the PS1/Dreamcast versions and the fact that this is a multiplatform game, makes it all the more enticing to find out what makes all the different versions unique from one another. I have vivid memories of watching a cousin play this game when I was younger, the giant alien ant you can trigger in the Arizona stage traumatized me, with its PS1 marionette animations. This game is like the 3rd Strike/Sonic Racing Transformed of car combat games and while I didn't get to appreciate it as much as I do now in the past, I'm not sure if there's going to be many car combat games I'll enjoy as much as this one, maybe Twisted Metal Black, Twisted Metal 2 or the original Vigilante 8 that's it.