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California Speed: The Back Wheel Driver
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User
This game is surprisingly fun to play because the variety of cars and the strage places the tracks take place in. The tracks range anywhere from a desert, to a roller-coaster, and even to a mall! BUT (and I mean a BIG but) there is one annoying thing that will take a while to get used too! The driving control! It feels like you are driving with your back wheels! At first I didn't think I would like this game because of that but after a while you really get used to it and start to enjoy the game. It even has some awesome cars like a muscle cars, sports cars, trucks, and even the occasional golf-cart! If you are a fan of simulation/sim games stay a long ways away from this game but if you are a fan of fast paced arcade games this is definitly for you!
Minimal fun.
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User
I bought this about a year ago at EB Games for about $3.00. I was hoping for a good old classic N64 game. Damn was I wrong.
Graphics: 6/10. Bad framerate and the graphics are TRYING to be good but fail which makes for a crash fest into walls because the colors are blurred and it's really hard to tell where you're going.
Sound: 5/10. Vroom...Vroom..SHIFT..Vroom..Vroom..SHIFT. You got the idea. You hear cars shifting gears and annoying wannabe techno like music in the background. So aggrivating it should be put on mute.
Control: 5.5/10. The controls for the most part don't even respond. It is about a half second delay on any button press, and there is not any realism at all in this game.
Fun: 5/10. What the hell were the creators thinking? Bland graphics, horrible gameplay, extremely unrealistic... so on. Even if you like racing games on the not-so-realistic side, this game still shouldn't be bought. This was a horrible game! In every way! You will not have fun! DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!
3.7/10
AN S.F. RUSH RIPOFF 6.5 OUT OF 10
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I have no idea how Midway published this game despite the fact it's a ripoff of their other racer San Francisco Rush. While it is an overall okay game, it feels mundane and it needs work. The graphics need to be fixed because of frame rate and texturing problems. The controls need some tweaking because of some issues. The cars need to have crash-modeling and need more detail because they look a little bland and pixelated. What saves this game from being a disaster are the decent tracks, selection of vehicles, and good overall multiplayer. Still you're much better off playing Mario Kart, or if for some reason you don't like it (if you don't there is something very, very wrong with you), go play San Francisco Rush instead.
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