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Must...stop...driving...Oooohhh!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: December 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Speed Devils is a real tight little racer with a lot of big ideas. This underhyped game puts you in some of the most creative and enjoyable environments seen outside of Soul Caliber. I have gotten a kick out of the Hollywood disaster track where you race through a tinsel-town on the virge of armageddon, and avoiding the crashing UFOs on deserted Nevada highways. Great arcade feel and some seriously risky gambling make for an intense experience. Lots of nitro boosts and long drops add to the fun. Free hint: this is fun with your friends, at the Hoover Dam, try to drive off the road in such a way as to flip the car upside down by the time it hits the water. Hit replay after a few minutes of this and enjoy your own Dukes of Hazzard. You can also see who's car does the most 360's when you drive into the hurricane in Louisiana. Sound like fun? It is.

Fun, moderately silly racer with good amounts of realism

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: January 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Speed Devils has a lot of aspects that make it seem like a sillier, cartoony sort of racer, but it still keeps up in the gameplay area, with impressive terrain simulations and superb environmental mods such as weather.

While its tracks don't approach the world aspect of Beetle Adventure Racing for the N64, there's still plenty of interesting diversions such as a T-rex in Hollywood, a tornado in Louisiana, and flying saucers that actually attempt to levitate you up in Nevada. The gameplay is obviously not on the lines of Gran Turismo, but it's adequately fun. One aggravating aspect of the game is the fact that cars have 3 documented statistics, Acceleration, Speed, and Braking. While handling seems to scale somewhat with braking, it's largely a mystery.

The place where Speed Devils really shines is the simulation of weather affects, such as rain and varying degrees of snowy roads. The addition of night driving was interesting when coupled with car damage. This makes it quite a task to keep your headlights not broken when driving at night in snow.

The personality of the different racers is a nice touch, along with them making bets with you (really, the best way to make quick money in the game).

All in all, Speed Devils is a fun racer.

Addictive fun!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 04, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is one game that you need to buy. The graphics are sweet, and so is the sound and gameplay.The atmosphere fits the game like a glove.Excellent game!!!

Good fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: November 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The physics in the game are very unrealistic, and the sound is annoying, but the fun factor makes this game a 4. My wife even loves this game. Also, using the tremor pack with this game is highly recommended.

Aracade Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 22, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Dreamcast has a lot of bad titles, but this is not one of them. This game is worth buying and the AI can get very competitive.

Who wants real anyway ?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

C'mon people, this is a video game not an exercise in physics. This game is the first racing game I've enjoyed. After buying Crazy Taxi and playing it an hour I put it away and plugged Speed Devils back in. With the choice of automatic or shift and a wide variety of cars that are all modifiable (with cash winnings of course) and several varying conditions and courses, I'm impressed. Those who seek realisam on a video game, well let me say I get enough of that on the freeway going to work.

Creative Racing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Though some have complained of Speed Devils' unrealistic handling, this is a truly fun, creative racer whose tracks will amaze you. Not only are the graphics superb, but the track lay-outs--with aliens, tornados, King Kong, and far more--keep you coming back again and again. Championship mode is great fun; competitors have distinct styles and personalities, making one player mode worthwhile; and taking side bets raises the stakes in exciting ways. Maybe there could be more tracks and vehicles, and it's certainly nothing as realistic or detailed as a Gran Turismo, but extremely fun nonetheless and suprisingly deep for an arcade racer.

A Truly Incredible Experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 26, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Speed Devils is the best video game I have ever played. Words simply cannot do justice to the unexpected, thrilling beauty of the different tracks or the organic, in-control feel of the interface between the controller and the car on screen. I have twelve Dreamcast games. When people come over eager to see the new Sega system, I show them Speed Devils first.

Creative, Fun, Long lasting, Wow what a game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I have never been a racing fan but i bought this game out of desperation for something new. This game RULES! I have never played such a great racing game and the depth and fun factor is amazing! One of the great things about this game is placing bets with other racers such as "Win 5 seconds ahead of me" and other stuff like that to get more money to buy better cars. The only downside to this game is that the cars are not licensed cars, but you can still easily tell the difference (the Firebug is a souped up VW Bug.. etc...) The graphics stand out great in this game and are truly amazing and the music helps set the racing mood as well. I am very impressed with everything they jammed onto that little disc and very happy i bought it.

Best racer on Dreamcast.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are stunning. Not only do you get to drive in places like Aspen, Hollywood, Vegas & Louisiana, but you get to drive them at different times of day & in different weather conditions. You get to drive Lousiana in the middle of a tornado that rivals the ones seen in "Twister". You get to drive cool cars w/ styles ranging from the 50's to the 90's... And the cars handle like real cars. Let's not for get that in real cars you have a steering wheel. This game takes into account that you are steering w/ a thumb joystick & the steering is TIGHT. So much so that it's easy to get so into this game that you feel like you are really driving in it. BUY THIS GAME. Especially now that's it's only $15.

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