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cool game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is for the hardcore extreme gamers. Unfortunently I am not one of them. This game is an arcade based with time limits, you also pretty much get first every time in order to move on. I dont know maybe some people like time limits but all my friends know, I DONT. Once I got bored with my other games I began to play it. I would of rated it better anyway if it wasent for one thing. It is very buggy. I would play and just about every race It seemed like the ground just dissappered to leave my truck/buggy to fall of the world to its doom. It some times freezes up in the begining where it says 3-2-1 and no GO.

My kids love it.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You can race in lots of diffent ways. 2 players too.

Great fun!

Top Notch Arcade Style Racing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like your racing games to be more of an 'arcade' experience and less of a simulation (like I do), then this is the game for you. Great Graphics, decent sound, solid control, and it's fast as hell. Highly recommended.

A different kind of racing thunder....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I must admit, I rented this game somewhat apprehesingly, since I tend not to get along with most off-road racing games. Within five minutes (maybe even sooner) of playing this one all my concerns were thrown (quite forcibly) out the window.

To start off, the graphics (yes all reveiews start here) are amazing. It doesn't matter how many of the competitors are on the screen with you, the game runs at the same break-neck speed. This is one of the first times I've come to prefer the inside-the-cockpit view just so my vehicle doesn't block my view.

While it is true that the only extra thing added to the pedal-to-the-floor racing on the track are the Thunder series trademark boosts, this makes for strategy enough in my opinion. Add multiple paths galore in tracks that feel more like road trips than race tracks and I found myslef overwhelmed. One of my qualms with racers in general is that some tracks (even in my favorite racing games Wipeout XL and 64) are way too short. AS I have already said, these tracks (with the exception of the few added indoor tracks) are anything but short. Some of the later tracks are flat out evil in their complexity....

Yes, this game can be difficult. However it is NOT impossible. I was having so much fun, though, that coming in short and having to race the track again wasn't all that bad.

I find it hard to reccomend games. since my tatses are so odd (Persona, Rollcage II, Star Ocean, Darius G., and Thunder Force V). However, I cannot resist reccomending that you try this one out. You just never know what you've really been looking for....

This Game is the BEST!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I did not used to be an avid gamer, until I played 4 wheel thunder. I was hooked from the second I got onto the wonderful and very realistic tracks. I played it all day, I skipped work and other important functions because I couldn't put the controller down!!! The graphics are really awesome and I feel like I am really in the cockpit of a fast speed race car. The thrill is incredible!!! I had never had aspirations to be a race car driver but I think I would love to exprerience the real life excitement on the race track. I love 4 wheeel thunder!!!

The BEST thing that EVER happened to me!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game changed my life for the better! This is evidence of video games being a positive influence! It has been a dream of mine for some time to be a race car driver and this stroke of genius, has allowed me to feel as though i am living my dream! Right now the only thing that would complete my life is to meet the individual who created this masterpiece. I am a very avid gamer and I do not doubt that he is a fasinating human being, an artist if you will!! I, Kristen ... may never be a "real" race car driver but, because of 4 Wheel Thunder i sure feel like i'm behind the wheel! Thanks 4 Wheel Thunder, you've made me a VERY happy woman! EVERYTHING about this game rules! I truly don't know where i would be without this game!

This game is not for amateurs!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Don't expect to put this game in and beat it the first day, this is a game of skill! It is possible to unlock all the tracks and other cars. The graphics are awesome and because of the speed of the game it can be really intense, just ask my eye doctor! This game is definitely one to own if you are up to a challenge. I have unlocked all the tracks, and have fully customized 4 out the 8 cars in two months. Side note: To unlock more vehicles, go through the championship mode and beat it with a different car. Since there are 8 vehicles, you can achieve 6 customizations for each car and upon winning the championship, for every different vehicle used, you unlock a "special" vehicle. Therefore, you have the potential of unlocking or customizing a car to have more than 60 different cars. Try it, accept the difficulty and overcome it, you'll love it!

Terrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I am here to tell you that this is not the off road racing game you want to buy! The tracks are bad, the cars are bad, this game is bad. Check out 4x4 evolution if you want a good off road racing game.

Developers played this too much

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The other reviewers are right. Let's make the new releases a little less difficult. The game is a blast but it's almost impossible to unlock the rest of the tracks. The extra boosts should be there to help you out, not a necessary item to win.

YOU'LL WANT TO SMASH YOUR FIST ON YOUR DREAMCAST

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you don't mind starting a race where all the other drivers are as far as a half a lap in front of you and the only way to keep up with them is to hit EVERY booster icon and find EVERY shortcut then this game is for you. But if not then I suggest you wait for 4x4 Evolution to come out this fall. This game has a lot of eye candy but the best graphics in the world don't mean diddly if the game is too frustrating to play.

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