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Why does Humpty Dumpty have a baseball bat?
All Star Racing
2002
Pretty barebones racing game, which is expected since it came out 21 years ago. The racing is functional but there isn’t much reason to replay it once you’ve played through all of the tracks.
Arctic Thunder
2001
I haven’t played this game in a decade but I can almost still feel the cool wind hitting my face after a hard day’s work of gaming at Dave & Buster’s.
Probably one of the more technically impressive PS2 racing games out there, which isn’t too surprising given that it came out three years after the PS3 was released. Some more track variety would’ve been nice, but I understand the limitations given the Arctic setting.
DT Racer
2005
This one is a stinker. It attempts to be realistic by having a fuel meter and a damage model for your car. This means that you have to pay to repair your car and refill your tank after each race. This feature sounds fine in theory but these cars chug fuel like no other, and turning without careening into a wall is nearly impossible.
In my extensive research, I could not figure out what the “DT” in DT Racer stood for. I can only assume that it was a coded warning of “Don’t touch” that I didn’t notice until it was too late.
In my extensive research, I could not figure out what the “DT” in DT Racer stood for. I can only assume that it was a coded warning of “Don’t touch” that I didn’t notice until it was too late.
This would be a halfway decent kart racing game but it has one glaring problem- there seems to be no invincibility or grace period after being hit by an item. You can be hit by a barrage of three missiles and be spun out by each one of them. This makes every race look like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, which is funny at first but quickly becomes frustrating.
Would be infinitely better if I could make my character look like the dude.
One of the better flash games from back in the day.
I had no idea what I was doing half the time but that didn’t stop it from being pretty rad.
Cars Race-O-Rama
2009
The second best Cars game, which isn’t a high bar to clear.