What a bad time to release a racing game.
Namco (having picked this up when 3DO folded) have unleashed what can only be described as a Need for Speed Underground clone with nothing to lift it above average.
Graphically (and I have the XBox version here) it is adequate. Nice shimmery rodas for wet conditions, no noticeable popup, nice blurring effect when nitro is depressed but again, nothing that makes you say "wow!"
Gameplay comes in several flavours. I have tried quick race which involves racing in what looks like a pretty sparse city course and I also started Street Race mode where you win races to fund and customise your own cars. The car handling is more akin to PGR2 than BO3 except that the powerslides around bends is not as pronounced.
Live play is available - but I don't have Live so can't really comment.
It's probably on par with NFSU but I didn't particularly like that game. I'll give it more play - but having just received BO3 and Nascar 2005 and with the impending Outrun 2, this is going to struggle in both retail and in finding a slot in my gaming time.
Namco (having picked this up when 3DO folded) have unleashed what can only be described as a Need for Speed Underground clone with nothing to lift it above average.
Graphically (and I have the XBox version here) it is adequate. Nice shimmery rodas for wet conditions, no noticeable popup, nice blurring effect when nitro is depressed but again, nothing that makes you say "wow!"
Gameplay comes in several flavours. I have tried quick race which involves racing in what looks like a pretty sparse city course and I also started Street Race mode where you win races to fund and customise your own cars. The car handling is more akin to PGR2 than BO3 except that the powerslides around bends is not as pronounced.
Live play is available - but I don't have Live so can't really comment.
It's probably on par with NFSU but I didn't particularly like that game. I'll give it more play - but having just received BO3 and Nascar 2005 and with the impending Outrun 2, this is going to struggle in both retail and in finding a slot in my gaming time.
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