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Metropolis Street Racer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 65
Date: December 05, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is not out yet, but I visited the producers and had a go with it. The game in my book is a classic after seeing some of the footage and playing it. The realistic approach is a good choice because you will be racing around in the cities of San Francisco, Tokyo, and London. This will be a game any Gran Tourismo fan shouldn't miss.

At last -- the Best Racer Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: January 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It's been a long time coming, and Metropolis Street Racer is definitely worth the wait. It combines new ideas with the best graphics on a console racing game, and manages to mix arcade-style action and realism in a way that's not been seen previously. In MSR, you race through 25 chapters, each with 10 races (over 250 tracks!) in any of three different cities: San Francisco, London, or Tokyo. The time of day in each city corresponds to the Dreamcast's inner clock -- so if you're playing the game in L.A. at 10 pm, it's 6 am when you race a London track -- very cool. Ambient sounds arise as the day begins as well: if you're racing in the dead of night you'll hear Big Ben chime the hours, but as day breaks (quite a sight to see -- the sky slowly becomes lighter gray, shadows appear...it's not SUDDENLY DAYLIGHT -- and wait'll you see the sun SET over the Golden Gate bridge -- breathtaking) you'll gradually hear traffic in the background, as well as sounds of construction, birds, etc. Put this together with the hyper-realistic graphics (each city is modeled after its real-life counterpart with painstaking accuracy, and there's no pop-up or slowdown whatsoever, even in multiplayer mode) and you have a racing environment unlike any other. Your car is even fitted with a radio that has three unique stations for each city, including news, weather, commercials, and music. At last -- not the same techno beats race after race (but you could use the car's custom CD player to do that if you wanted). MSR contains over 40 cars, from MGs to Mazdas to Porsches, and you can choose the color, transmission, license plate, and even window tint and rooftop style(topless, hard, or soft), and they look and sound incredible. You can't fiddle with engines or suspensions, true, but each car has its own Kudos rating, as well as top speed, acceleration, drive type, and so on. Kudos is another innovation: a unique point system that must be satisfied in order to progress through the chapters, unlocking ever more tracks and cars. Each of the 10 tracks in a chapter presents you with a challenge, which varies hugely from a standard multicar race to a time challenge to a game of How Many Cars Can You Pass Within a Time Limit? and many others. Outstanding variety -- it's not simply a battle for first place. You are able to customize the limits in order to attain the maximum Kudos as well: think you can beat the 40 second time limit for a lap? Change it to 35. Even 30. But be warned: fail to attain your own goal and you lose Kudos big time. MSR compels you to get better with a wonderful learning curve that you can actually adjust to your own ability. And you can re-race any race in any chapter at any time in order to get more Kudos, even using Jokers to double the number of Kudos you gain....but you can lose the same amount, so be cautious when you gamble! There's definitely a rush when you beat your lowered time limit, finally gaining enough Kudos to open another track! MSR handles great -- the handbrake works to perfection, enabling you to perform a Kudos-earning skid, but watch out for the walls -- hit em and you lose Kudos. As the game says, "It's not how fast you drive, it's how you drive fast." At the end of each race, you're awarded Skill and Style points, and penalized for each crash, and then further adjustments are made based on if you beat the challenge or not. Graphics-wise, control-wise, and gameplay-wise, MSR sets new standards for racing games. Add in a fantastic multiplayer mode (you can also up/download track times via the Internet) with several different options, and it's easy to see that this is the best racer to ever appear on any console. It appeals to casual and hardcore, sim nuts and arcade junkies. We DC owners sure have it good: Soul Calibur, Code Veronica, NFL2K1, Shenmue, Jet Grind Radio...and now Metropolis Street Racer, an absolute classic that'll be praised and remembered fondly for a long time.

easily the best racer on the dreamcast, but ever?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: November 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm from England, so this game came out about 2 weeks ago. Sorry for you American guys having to wait til January now, but it is worth it, and at least you don't have the bugs! Anyway, as I'm sure you all want to hear, the game IS amazing, and yes, I'd go so far as to say it is the best racer I have played. Racer this is, not full out sim, it doesn't have all the customisability that I've come to love with Gran Turismo, but the new style of playing more than makes up for it. As the game says in the intro, it's not how fast you drive, it's how you drive fast. This game is dependant on scores for particular races if you want to succeed, the points called 'kudos'. You get these points for how 'cooly' you drive the circuit. So just doing a nice clean lap won't get you many points, you'll have to swerve and slide and make tight corners, and race with style. Trust me, you'll love it, and the graphics are just incredible. It'll tide you over till GT3, big time, the game is HUGE!

Enough to keep you busy until GT3!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have purchased this game the day it came out. It has been a blast so far. First off you get to pick 1 out of 3 cars to start with. The graphics are impressive. In your trunk you have CD changer where you can pick a radio station or 1 out of bunch of CD's to play. The choices are rock, techno, classical, country you name it. The game is pretty hard. Kudos system takes a little getting used to but once figured out it adds more fun and purpose to the game. there are about 40+ cars with great graphics and a different handling. You can tell each car differs from one another significantly. We have 3 cities in the game, London, San Fransisco and Tokyo. Each city is modeled after its real look. But the real fun kicks in with all kinds of courses. There are 20 chapters in the game with 10 races to participate each. Since they are all real cities the driving through narrow streets of Tokyo's market places, flying through the London's squares, driving up/down the stairs, going through tunnels (where the radio station turns to static) or driving through SF bay area is amazing. The cool thing about driving any car is once you learn how to drive you can actually stop looking at your map to see the turns or anything, you can actually just look at the road and adjust your speed, brakes and power slides. the feel of the speed in this game is real. I recommened this title to anyone who is remotely interested in racing games. Bizarre Creations did a great job!

Beats out Sega GT by a mile.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

It's about time some company makes actual cities to explore while keeping good graphics and good control. Also the cities don't just have a night and day settings, it can be anytime of day. The game is addicting with lots of speed and requires some experience but not so much that slow learners can't ever win a race. Also the cars weren't duplicates of one another making MSG's 40 seem like Sega Gt's 120. Overall it's the better then anything that comes out before (Including Ridge Racer 5) but GT3 Is looking to be even better then this.

One of the best racing sims out there.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

MSR is probably one of the best racing sims out there in all factors. With 3 different cities (San Francisco, London, and Tokyo) to race in, it will keep anyone busy for a very long time. The graphics are excellent. The only flaw with the graphics is the anti-aliasing. In some parts of the game, the jaggies are easily visible. Even still, racing through Tokyo at night is a beautiful sight. MSR's award system is quite different than a lot of other racing sims. You are awarded kudos for winning a race, performing a power slide, winning a championship, etc. And after you earn enough Kudos, you will earn new cars and open new chapters. There are 25 chapters in the whole game, with 10 different races in each chapter.

Be warned, though. The kudos system was made far more difficult than it needed to be and could be very frustrating for a novice, unless you don't mind the challenge.. If you crash into the side, kudos will be deducted. Worst of all, you can lose kudos that you already earned if you didn't race as well as the last time. Not something you want to have happen.

The cars couldn't have been better. A great selection. Alfa Romeo , Fiat, Nissan, Mazda, and many others.

There's only two other drawbacks with MSR. When racing on some of the tracks at night, the curves are hard to see and makes the track a lot more difficult. And 2, I was a little surprised that you couldn't go airborne. When racing in San Francisco at high speeds, you go airborne very frequently. Sega keeps releasing exceptional game after exceptional game. Without any doubt, MSR is definitely worth buying, and would make a great addition to anyone's DC library!

Good but not great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is good, however, I can't say it is amazing, when i heard the game was coming I was very excited. I thought it would be a Gran Tourismo 3!! IT ISN'T!! It doesn't have the customizing features the Gran Tourismo games did. Which is a shame cause I loved fiddling with the engines. However, the tracks are amazing and the cars are stunning, definately worth buying if you are a dreamcast owner who loves a good race.

metropolis street racer vs. grand turismo 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

since a picture is worth a thousand words take a good look at the screen shots of dreamcast's metropolis street racer then take a look at the screen shots of playstation 2's grand turismo 3. see the difference? with two years in the making MSR can't be anything short of the best. MSR creates a new standard for racing games that will remain unmatched for years to come.

Number one in my book!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like racing games get MSR. I have owned this game for about one month and found it to be frustrating at times yet addictive. However, once you make it out of each phase it is very satisfying.

Some of the courses are very difficult. Navigating through the corners espesially when you race one-on-one with the computer can be frustrating. Once you make a mistake and the car you are racing against gets ahead of you you'll never catch up with it and you know you've lost kudos before you finish the laps. In addition making the corners at night can be tough. Its difficult to see barriers and railings clearly. You'll have to anticipate the turns and react quickly.

Gaining the opportunity to compete for a new car once a chapter is completed is exciting because each car has a performance index or number. Some cars handle the corners beter than others. Some are not as fast as others but have good low-end power (i.e., builds up speed quickly in the low gears). Deciding which car to use in the chapter becomes a matter of strategy. Moreover, you can select the color of the car; choose a manual or automatic transmission; select automatic breaking system on or off and drop-top, hard or soft top. In additon getting to test drive some of the cars from the manufacturers is exciting.

The graphics is great. Seeing the three different cities (London, Tokyo, San Francisco) and their landscape is pleasing to the eye. You can also tune into the radio or play the cd; its a nice addition to the game.

Over all I recomend MSR for car enthusiast and those who like racing games. I havn't found any negatives about the game so far. You'll get hours of enjoyment out of this one. It's number one in my book.

Excellent Street Racer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Fantastic 3-D visual effects and great controls. Unbelievable amount of tracks and cars to choose from. In my opinion, this has got to be one of the best street car racing games ever.

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