Anyone else playing this??
Am off on holiday next week for a fortnight and fancied a new title for my DS to keep me entertained for the 10 hour flight, etc. Heard some good things about and having played Ridge Racer DS to death thought this might be worth a look.
Only played it briefly since keeping it for going away next week but so far I have been impressed. Controls are solid using the D-Pad with no stupid touch screen steering nonsense. In RR Touch screen steering just did not work so I am glad it is not used in this. All race types work well with the controls especially the drag racing... no turns just lane shifting to avoid traffic, block opponents, etc. The drag racing is great fun and will be much more interesting once I get the upgrades and NOS kits unlocked
Visually it is much more solid than RR with a nice framerate. All cars are modelled really well with officially licensd vehicles.
The level of customisation available on each car is amazing... rims, spoilers, hoods, custom decals, its all there. I am already dreaming about how good my factory standard Nissan Z is gonna look once I get it "tricked out" (Official street racing term, hehehe).
So far a great little addition to the DS roster and measures well against the more powerful PSP productions. The use of the touch screen for NOS activation is great and am sure wil work really well once I get a car fitted with it
Not the kind of game the DS is known for but one that works really well and has a lot to offer.
Am off on holiday next week for a fortnight and fancied a new title for my DS to keep me entertained for the 10 hour flight, etc. Heard some good things about and having played Ridge Racer DS to death thought this might be worth a look.
Only played it briefly since keeping it for going away next week but so far I have been impressed. Controls are solid using the D-Pad with no stupid touch screen steering nonsense. In RR Touch screen steering just did not work so I am glad it is not used in this. All race types work well with the controls especially the drag racing... no turns just lane shifting to avoid traffic, block opponents, etc. The drag racing is great fun and will be much more interesting once I get the upgrades and NOS kits unlocked

Visually it is much more solid than RR with a nice framerate. All cars are modelled really well with officially licensd vehicles.
The level of customisation available on each car is amazing... rims, spoilers, hoods, custom decals, its all there. I am already dreaming about how good my factory standard Nissan Z is gonna look once I get it "tricked out" (Official street racing term, hehehe).
So far a great little addition to the DS roster and measures well against the more powerful PSP productions. The use of the touch screen for NOS activation is great and am sure wil work really well once I get a car fitted with it

Not the kind of game the DS is known for but one that works really well and has a lot to offer.
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