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rumble racing rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I picked up this game because I enjoyed Nascar Rumble for PS1 so much- which is outstanding!!!- The graphics are as good as ps2.
Imagine a racing game- not on a Nascar track-but instead through all types of diverse country tracks with a twist, You get weather weapons- tornadoes,thunderstorms, freezing your competitor, bombs- I am 49 and I love this game. My son and I both play it. I highly recomend this game.

When the computer cheats, the game isn't fun anymore.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Graphics - Good enough, I suppose, but not the best. They are a little on the grainy side, especially during the introduction movie. Which doesn't make sense, because it uses shots from the game! How is it that playing the game looks better than the intro? The tracks aren't really anything special. Though I have to admit I have yet to see another car racing game with tracks full of places to do stunts.

Controls - Very smooth. No problems here.

Sound - Excellent. Cars have slightly different motor sounds, which you probably won't be paying attention to while you're racing, though. The announcer never seems to get annoying, even though after a while you've heard everything he says at least once. The music is okay, but once again, you won't be paying much attention to it either.

Gameplay - The main area where the game falls apart. For several reasons. For one, you HAVE TO have a friend to play this game with you while doing the championships and try to get the top two or three spots every race. Because the computer cheats, even on the easiest setting (forgiving) and especially when you start hitting the Elite class races. You need to get the top spots so the CPU can't win the gold, because if one of you doesn't doesn't get gold you can't advance to the next championship.

How does the CPU cheat? It seems to have unlimited turbos and unlimited traction power ups that it can seem to activate at will to counter the effects of other power ups and zoom ahead of you. Freeze, the ice power up that affect a cars handling ability will sometimes have no effect on them if they get hit with it, while it can end up getting you completely turned around and crashed into a wall. Plus the CPU seems to be able to take all the corners, turns and shortcuts perfectly. At the beginning it doesn't even use the shortcuts, but later it uses all of them and knows which ones to use to get better lap times.

Once you do manage to get gold in the championships, you will unlock one new car, and one new track. However, this unlocks only half the cars, as you will have to find a hidden egg on each track to unlock the other cars. Had I known this when I first played it, I wouldn't have been so pissed off the first time I played through the game. Because when I had finished nearly all the championships I still hadn't unlocked all the cars. Plus to begin with, most of the cars you do unlock are worthless. The only cars that have decent handling are Tiberius and Silver Streak. Don't even bother touching the other cars, not even the Cataclysm, though it has the same stats as the two I mentioned, since you will notice a difference in how the car handles. Which makes this game's cheating more evident, as it can seem to propel cars that have sublimely awful stats and handling to the top spots, since I've seen cars like The Banger place second.

Replay Value - Almost non-existent. For one, the game is a pain in the ass to play through because of the cheapness and cheating of the computer. You'll never get the best lap times, so being able to race the tracks with your friend for fun to see who can get the best records has been ruined. The top scores for total race time and lap time for each track are IMPOSSIBLE to break! So are the scores on the stunt mode. Who the hell set these records, they have to be manufactured (meaning I think they were just typed in) because you don't have a hope in hell of ever touching them. So once you've unlocked all the cars and all the tracks, there isn't much to do. Like I mentioned before, 90% of the cars aren't even worth unlocking in the first place. You could play through the whole thing over again from scratch, but what's the point?

Totally underrated game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great racing game! There aren't alot of racing games out there with weapons and a friend suggested this game and I'm so glad I listened. The boards are great, it's very easy to steer and the weapons are great especially the TORNADO weapon! The first time I saw this weapon I actually screamed it was scary. The boards are neat looking and the cars are great too! I don't really hear too much about this game and it's ashame. I guess that means there won't be a part 2. This is definitely a must have.

Great Family Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun. My six year old love it, so does his 12 year old friend, and my x-wife. It's the perfect racing game for racing fans and non-racing fans. It's a keeper.

Not bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A pretty interesting arcade style racer with good crashes and nice speeds. If you are a racing fan and have money and you don't know how to spend it, consider spending it on this.

THE FUNNEST GAME EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS MY FAVORITE GAME EVER! IT IT SO MUCH FUN! DUMP ALL THE BAD REVIEWS BECAUSE THIS GAME IS DA BOMB! THERE IS ALL THESE DIFFERNT CARS, LIKE 30! YOU CAN DO ALL THESE STUNTS, AND THROW BOMBS AND OTHER WEAPONS AT OTHER CARS! YOU CAN NEVER GET BORED FROM THIS GAME! JUST ABOUT ALL RACING GAMES YOU GET BORED FROM, THIS ONE, YOU DON`T! BECAUSE YOU NEVER GET TIRED OF THROWING FREEZIES AND BOMBS AND STUFF AT OTHER CARS AND MAKING THEM FLIP IN THE AIR, AND YOU DOING STUNTS AND GAINING SPEED!

Great little underground game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wow...this game kicks. it's very little-known, it's cheaper, but it's a lot of fun. What it basically is is an arcadey racing game, and the more championships you win, the more cars, tracks, and car types (rookie, pro, elite) you unlock. This can also work without a memory card (password) but I recommend just using the memory card. (if you have ps2, you probably have one anyway) There are lots of shortcuts throughout tracks, so keep your eyes peeled. Also, there are a great selection of random power-ups, like (my favorite) the bomb, the rocks, the tire fire (gives you great traction), and if you're in last place, the tornado. The tracks themselves are fun, and have all different settings (IE: Car Go, Touch & Go, and Wild Kingdom all take place in the city, and several are in a country area). As the game goes on, the tracks get more difficult, and the AI gets better and more competitive. Just keep doin' it, you'll improve. Anyway, get this game, it's really worth your money.

amazing game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a CTR fan and really haven't found any racing games with easy steering and great graphics and weapons. But I finally did. Rumble Racing has it all, it's very easy to control, the graphics are great and the weapons are really cool. The twister weapon is amazing. It has lots of shortcuts plus you can do stunts and unlock cars but I think alot of the cars are great from the beginning. I have bought a couple of racing games for PS2 and didn't like them because you can't control the cars but I love this game!

Looks more like PSX

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics on this game were extremely disappointing. Really blocky and jagged. I was bored with it within 10 minutes. Don't pay more than $10

Great game for a great price.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking at this game right now you know that it has come down 20 dollars in price. Let me tell you paying 29.95 for this game is worth it.

The game play is very addicting, fast paced, and it being a ps2 game has fairly fast load times.

The tracks are all fairly original, while a few may seem familiar to other tracks. Finding the shortcuts in each track is fun, and a must to do because the faster the cars go the smarter the AI gets.

The best thing about this game is the frame rate. There is no slow down whatsoever on this game. While the background graphics are a little on the weak side, you are going too fast to notice it. The cars though look very detailed, and the license plate on the car you are diving will put the players name on the back of it.

The powerups for the game are incredible. The TWISTER is just a joy to throw if you are sitting in last place. Throwing bombs and sonic blasts are a joy to watch. It makes for some spectacular crashes.

So if your looking for a game thats highly addictive and very unrealistic....you will have chosen the right one. I gave it four stars for lack of background graphics.

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