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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Sorry, don't buy this game! The idea of a cell shaded racre is cool, all the hype, the pictures and the new challenger to Gran tourismo are completely false. You have zero control of your car around corners, braking sends your car into some crazy wobble across the track until you slow down enough to go straight (with added SFX of something reminisent of opening the door to your home on a very windy day and not closing it right!)
I was stupid - i bought it full price when it came out and hated it the second i got going. Music sucks, tracks suck, sound sucks - cars look cool but overall - IT SUCKS!

Don't waste $1 let alone $50 on this heap of steaming stuff!!!

depressingly lackluster!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Auto modelista is a huge let down as far as racing sims go with only one saving grace. The thing that matters the most in a videogame is the core gameplay, length, and replay value, and auto modelista falls flat on its face in all three categories.

First of all the core gameplay. The game has very short, unmemorable tracks, which is really a shame because the graphics are excellent. The cars drive terribly, powerslide around every turn. As for the car selection, the game consists mostly of uninspired import cars, and the occasional viper or corvette.

As for the length of this game, it took me roughly 3 hours to beat, which is laughable compared to the 35 hours i have on final fantasy 10, and im still nto even close to done! The longest race is 4 or 5 laps long across a tin race course, really the load times took more than the race time most of the time.

As for the replay value, once you beat the game, your done, might as well use this game for kindling in your fire place. Yes, it does feature online game play, but it is terribly uninspired, and just as boring and brief as the offline expierience.

So what is the one saving grace of this game? The pretty graphics of course! Through all of the flaws the light of graphics does gleam through on this not so shiny gem. Customizing your car is extremely entertaining, and finding all the perfect tones of paint for your car. There is also a wide array of stickers, and a custom sticker maker. The down side of the sticker maker is that it is no where near user friendly, and a tutorial would have been VERY helpful.

In conclusion your money is much better spent elsewhere. This is the kind of title that comes out terrible, then the sequel unexpectedly blows you away, so lets just keep our fingers crossed that if there is an aut modelista 2, they completely overhaul the terrible controls and make the races MUCH longer!

A hit, and a miss.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: August 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I had looked forward to Auto Modelista. Firstly, (as a gearhead) as a second game to play on-line (after SOCOM Navy Seals). Secondly, the cel-shading style of graphics looked apealing.

The single coolest thing about this racer is the graphics. It looks great. Really great. Checkout gamespot.com for screenshots to see what it offers.

There is a pretty good selection of cars, and the customization capabilities are very deep. Perhaps too deep. It allows you to customize your cars styling through body kits, and any combination of colors, plus various stripe styles, wheels, and decals.

Arguably, more focus has been put on customizing your car, and even the garage that it's displayed in, than on the driving experience. And unfortunately, I have yet to discover how to race your customized cars on-line. I mean, isn't that the greater point of such an exercise... to share your creation.

The racing experience is... well... Gran Turismo it ain't.

It's pretty fun, but don't expect great realism. I guess it kind of goes along with the semi-cartoon-like graphics. More abstract than life-like.

Oh yeah, and the biggest annoyance for me, the goofy voice remarks that the annoucer makes, that you apparently can't turn off. Hearing him go "you're amazing!" after a descent turn gets old really quickly.

All in all, it's kind of fun, but for a serious racer, I think it's lees likely to keep your attention

Eh.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Its so hard to handle your car that you lose every race. The graphics may be great, but the way they made this game is poor. I would maybe rent it but dont buy it because I took it to a used game shop to sell after I played it once. Dont get this.

NOT a cartoon gran turismo 3.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: July 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

-Auto Modellista is not what I thought it would be. Whenever I asked anyone about it they said "oh! yea that, its like a cartoon gran turismo 3". it's not.

-It's a very short game with awful physics and the most number of laps in a race is like 4 around a short track. I beat this game in 3 days. only playing for 45-75 minutes a day.

-Most of your time though is spent customising your cars which is awsome because of the good variety of cars and the variety of parts. The customazation of cars is the best part of the game. That is why I gave it 2 stars.

-The online mode is fun if you can find someone to play whith but the online racing isn't as fun as midnight club II (niether is the game)

-The multi player is fun if you can find someone at your skill level.

---thats all now go buy Gran Turismo 3 or Mightnight club II---

Bad handling and physics drove me up the wall

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

With a look as revolutionary as a futuristic car design, Auto Modellista stretches the imagination to a whole new visual plane. If it weren't for the disappointing controls, Auto Modellista's road to glory would be carved into auto history.
The radical look is the sole highlight of Auto Modellista. A cel-shaded world where even the raindrops fall in 2D makes up the game's eye-catching design. Everything from the tracks to the vehicles is painted in this now-unique cel method so it all stands out with bright, sharp colors. The addition of wind effects craftily re-creates a sense of speed as you rumble down the road in everything from modern rides like the Mazda RX-8 to classic muscle roadsters like the Shelby Cobra. But Auto Modellista's gameplay doesn't match its outstanding visuals. Unfortunately, the driving technique at the heart of this driver doesn't perform well. More often than not, you'll be frustrated with each car's mechanical ineptness as your vehicle will suddenly stop at a turn with a slight press on the brakes or when you attempt to powerslide. Even tuning your car to the recommended specs won't improve your on-road manners. More disappointingly, bumping walls at full speed will hardly slow you or your opponents down. In fact, the only slowdown in the game is the reduced frame rate as you drive through heavy traffic on turns and in rain. An annoying game voice and ho-hum car effects round out the unspectacular features.
If not for the second-rate controls, Auto Modellista could have easily taken the checkered flag. Still, it's worth renting this racer for at least an overnight thrill.

Are the other reviewers here insane?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love racing games. My first experience with a killer racing game was Rage Racer on PS1. I loved R4, Gran Turismo, and Gran Turismo 2, and Wipout 3 on the PS1. The PS2's pure racers have been more sparse for me. I loved GT3, but short of that, I consider the best car game on the system to be GTA3 and GTAVC. Now, to the subject at hand:

Automodellista breaks the one big rule of racing games. It has horrible physics. Rent it first, please. Watch one of your replays. Yes, you can come to a full stop just turning, and I'm not talking powersliding to a stop, you just stop when you turn. Also, I've hit a wall and watched my car, with it's center of gravity fixed, rotate. The tires aren't the source of propulsion in this game as they are in GTA and GT.

Money...Rage Racer and the Gran Turismo series add fun because you have to buy the cars and buy the upgrades. There is no concept of money in AM. You want a viper, sure, have one. You want another, to paint different, sure, have another. Any car, you got it. I'm talking before you race one race.

However, the graphics are stunning, but who cares.

Rent it so you know... Don't just trust me...

ruined game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to like this game, I reallly did. But [bad] handles ruins this gorgeous looking racer. I am one of the biggest gearheads in my neighborhood (and I am only 12), and I totally went out and rented this game. A day later I returned it because it was that bad. After playing for about 2 minutes and beating it in a extra hour and 30 minutes that I will never get back in my life, I cried for the rest of the night. I also had nightmares japanese-anime looking Dodge viper GTS concept cars hitting me. Please save yourself and your leisure time from this terrible game.

This is THE racing game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Yeah... I dont like racing games. Generally. Then I went to my friend's house, played the game, and could not take my eyes off the screen for 10 hours. It didnt get boring either... I recommend it very much....

worst game ever!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: May 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is so stupid! please save yourslef the 50 bucks of complete pointlesness! the only reason i didnt give it 1 star is because of the online play. its the only +.

Pros:
Online play

Cons:
everything else

please do not buy this game

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