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]]> 01 Aug 2007 01:07:56 Midtown Madness 2 delivers even more mad-cap racing excitement with all the wild and hair-raising racing challenges you've come to expect! Midtown Madness 2 features two great locations (London & San Francisco) and 9 hip urban road machines!

Midtown Madness 2 features the single-player Crash Course mission mode where budding drivers master the tricks of Madness racing as a Hollywood Stunt Driver on location at a San Francisco movie set or as a Cabbie Trainee at the East End Cab Company School of Driving in London!

]]> 11 Jun 2007 11:49:15 Rally Trophy is a challenging racing game and the first-ever rally simulation with historical elements. There are eleven shiny old classic cars to drive in total, all of which have been modeled in great detail. Great emphasis has been put on visualization. Races lead you through beautiful landscapes with varying weather conditions such as daylight, sunset, snowfall, rain, storm and foggy weather. Everything imaginable is included, such as fine particle effects, skid marks and reflections. Rally Trophy combines stunning playability, breathtaking visuals and a great selection of cars and tracks. It's real fun, smooth to play and adds some unique content to the racing game genre.

Rally Trophy was also awarded the title of the "Best racing game of the year 2002" by the GameSpot.

]]> 09 Jun 2007 08:10:06 Fitting more or less between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Shadows of the Empire follows the smuggler Dash Rendar as he attempts to rescue the carbonite-frozen Han Solo from the bounty hunter Boba Fett, and fights off the attempts of the Black Sun syndicate to kill Luke Skywalker.

The game is one part of a multimedia experiment performed by LucasArts back in the mid-90s (the other components being a book and a comic, covering different aspects of the same story). Besides the interesting project background, the gameplay itself is uncommon -- the game at times being an air/space combat sim, a third-person shooter, racing game, or a rail shooter.

]]> 20 May 2007 03:55:41 Put prestige, pink slips and cold hard cash on the line. The finish line! Just make sure you get there first.

The night is yours, the streets are yours and that sucker's ride is going to be yours too, just as soon as the pedals drop and this show hits the road, literally. Just strap in, hold on and don't swallow your tongue, because there's no first and second place here, only winners and losers. Tracks on city streets are lit up with turns indicated by large glowing arrows. Avoid parked cars and other obstacles. Watch out, the hand brake is quite touchy and takes some getting used to, try using regular braking to slow your speed and avoid spinning out around corners. Good luck!

Car damage WILL affect your car's performance. The"R" key will repair all damage to your vehicle, place your car on its wheels and back on the road. If you accidentally flip your car, hit 'R' to put it back on its tires. It does take a few seconds for your car to be reset.

]]> 15 May 2007 06:22:56 Multiplayer online realtime 3D racing simulator for PC.
Realtime statistics and driver rankings.
Currently available futuristic motorcycle racing.

]]> 22 Apr 2007 07:29:26 TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge roars in with a cavalcade of officially licensed racecars, world-famous tracks and a new, progressive central game mode – the World Challenge. As the piston-pumping heart of the game, the World Challenge has players competing through a series of international championship tiers, each packed with skill tests, specialised events and championships that span different racing styles.

Each World Challenge tier is designed to enhance and expand your race driving skills and experience. First, a series of tests and events will build your racing prowess in areas such as damage control, using the racing line, manoeuvring, timely pit stops and braking accuracy. Now you’re ready for the main event: the tier’s specialist Championship season with a series of closely-fought multiple car races on different circuits. Come first overall in the championship and you’ll move up to compete in the next tier of the World Challenge.

Throughout TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge, you’ll be racing the world as each tier has its own international location and theme: from the British GP, to the heavyweight touring cars of Australia’s V8 Supercars and Germany’s DTM events, through to American Race series across the USA and then to a global Masters championship tier where you’ll compete against the best of the best.

Of course, with all this competitive racing, TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge features spectacular collisions thanks to its realistic damage system; sparks fly when you bottom out, smoke billows from tyres, doors flap, windscreens shatter, wings get ripped off, spoilers break and fly from the car and bodywork realistically deforms with every impact.

In addition to the World Challenge, TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge comes loaded with additional play modes including Free Race and Time Trial. There’s also wireless WLAN multiplayer action play for up to a staggering 12 players simultaneously and further multiplayer action via Game Share, enabling up to four players to enjoy fantastic WLAN racing from just one UMD.

]]> 17 Mar 2007 04:03:30 Old-school 2D racing game in a plug & play steering wheel, sold by Radio Shack.

]]> 16 Mar 2007 09:50:34 James Bond is the incarnation of the playboy spy that every man would like to be. While the newest 007 game doesn't let you wrestle with Pussy Galore, at least you get to drive Bond's cars. Choose from an Aston Martin DB5, BMW 750, BMW Z8, Lotus Esprit, or BMW Z3 and outfit it with rockets, missiles, shields, machine guns, smokescreens, and various other accessories; then choose how you want to play. You can tackle missions with unique goals and options in Story mode, or let your friends in on the action with the Two-Player mode. If you should scratch your car or return it in disrepair, prepare to be scolded by Q. 007 RACING brings all of James Bond's vehicular exploits to the PlayStation.

]]> 07 Mar 2007 06:08:16 Developer: Namco
Publisher: Atari
Release date: 1982
Mode: Single player
Platform: Arcade
Computers: Atari 800, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, PC DOS, PC Windows, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
Consoles: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, GCE Vectrex, Atari XEGS, Mattel Intellivision, Atari 7800
In Namco Museum: PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox

Input Steering wheel, Gear shifter, Pedals
Arcade cabinet Standard and Sit-down
Arcade system: Namco Pole Position
Arcade CPU: Z80 @ 3.072 Mhz
Arcade display Raster: 256 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 128 colors

]]> 06 Mar 2007 05:55:29 "Plenty of variety between the fast, fun extreme tracks and the more technical grand prix tracks; excellent online play with plenty of customization options; great lighting and weather effects; motorcycles handle well and are just plain fun to race." By GameSpot

]]> 04 Mar 2007 10:53:28 Hurtling through the turn, you lock-on to the lead car and fire. In less than a second, your falcon missile slams into the target and explodes in a ball of fire. You smile to yourself-he was a good assassin, but a lousy driver. Instantly, your radar detects a terminator bearing down on your exhaust. You swerve, but it's too late. Another small mistake ends a brief career on the Death Track-yours

-Box description

]]> 23 Feb 2007 06:12:32 Continuing its illustrious history, Ridge Racer 7 returns as a title on the PlayStation 3 platform. Drift around corners at speeds over 160 mph taking the lead as Ridge Racer 7 brings gamers a driving experience unlike any other.
With a new platform comes new territory as RR7 promises to reinvent itself, allowing players to choose from 40 different machines and over 20 courses. With reversed courses, the total grows to 40, most in the series ever! Players can further enjoy the drift racing experience by taking part in the new customization mode, opening up the experience with up to 200,000 customization combinations. With full support of Sony’s new network service, Ridge Racer fans have an entirely new world to explore and drift through!

]]> 19 Feb 2007 01:40:41 As the only official interactive game of the FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, this is the chance for gamers to rewrite the 2006 season with all the official drivers, teams, cars, circuits and racing rules. Enhanced driving aids allow F1 newcomers to enjoy the exhilaration and thrill of the sport while online play will demonstrate whom the real world champion is with a full 22-car grid. Adding to the fun, PlayStation 3’s SIXAXIS Wireless Controller will enable gamers to discover a new way of racing with its motion sensing technology.
Loaded with High Definition visuals, full surround sound audio, extensive circuit details and lighting effects, progressive car damage and changing weather conditions, F1 is the only way to fully interact with the sport. Gamers will experience the real pressure of a Grand Prix race thanks to interactive pit stops, formations laps, unexpected collisions and race incidents. F1 has evolved, welcome to the next level in racing.

]]> 19 Feb 2007 01:26:13 MotorStorm was officialy released in Japan on December 14th, 2006 where it became the best-selling PS3 game.

MotorStorm will be released on February 27th, 2007 in North America, and with the launch of the PlayStation 3 in Europe March 23rd, 2007. Both the North American and European version will include online play which was not included in the Japanese release. Online play for Japan may arrive as an update in the future.


Players will descend upon the MotorStorm Festival, a celebration of the alternative and extreme offroad racing culture. Throwing caution to the wind, players will take on a variety of racing fanatics and battle through chaotic, action-packed tracks to try and become the Festival champ.

Capitalizing on its pedigree in offroad racing, Evolution Studios has created a true next-generation gameplay experience that features smarter artificial intelligence (AI), real-time track deformation, fully destructible vehicles and environments, and stunningly detailed scenery. Tapping into the power of the PlayStation 3, MotorStorm will showcase cinematic effects such as motion blur, depth-of-field, and Hollywood-style “crash camsâ€

]]> 19 Feb 2007 12:49:47 The races themselves put the player against two (in 2-player games) or three (1-player games) computer opponents and are viewed from an isometric viewpoint. In the background play instrumental versions of several heavy metal and rock 'n roll songs: "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath, "The Peter Gunn Theme" by Henry Mancini, "Highway Star" by Deep Purple, "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf, and "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood. Players are updated on the race by commentator "Loudmouth Larry" (Larry "Supermouth" Huffman) making comments like "The race is set, the green flag drops!" (or "Let the carnage BEGIN!"), or "Rip: is about to blow!" at appropriate points through the race. (There is a slight pause between a name and action, as each name and each action is its own sound effect, which can be heard in the FX screen).

The tracks are littered with mines, money power-ups ($1,000 for each one you collect), and health power-ups. Similarly, in each lap, each player's frontal weapons (energy weapons or missiles), rear weapons (oil slicks or mines), and turbos (jumps or nitro boosts) are recharged. The number that you get depends on the ammo upgrades you've bought, which maxes out at 7. You get money for blowing opponent cars up and for lapping (gaining a full 1 lap lead on the opposition) your opponents.

The race goes on for 4 laps and the final standings provide rewards: 400 points and $10,000 for first place, 200 points and $7,000 for second, 100 points and $4,000 for third, nothing for fourth. Money is used to buy upgrades and new cars. Points are used to advance to the next racing class or the next planet. In 2-player mode, one player can choose to advance and leave their "loser friend" (as the character in charge of advancement calls players without enough points to advance) behind, kicking him/her out of the game for good. Once left behind, the other player has no choice but to hope that they had written down their password (available fron the F/X screen) and that the other player will reset the game and let them try again at some point.


--from the Rock and Roll Racing wiki

]]> 12 Feb 2007 02:27:53 Take the wheel as Max Damage and drive extreme vehicles in a racing game like no other. The objective: win the race. The motive: greed. The rules: none whatsoever! Based on SCi's popular PC/console game, Carmageddon Mobile pits you against three crazed opponents and 36 different tracks to race on.

Take command of extreme and powerful cars, customize your vehicles with parts stolen from your victims, and smash 'n' trash your way to the top. Earn extra points and time for imaginative and humorous opponent bashing. In Carmageddon, there is no room for wimps...

]]> 11 Feb 2007 08:27:12 "Design, build and race original prototype cars against the world's most prestigious automobiles including Jaguar, Aston Martin, Lotus, Mercedes-Benz, Dodge, Chevrolet and more-80 cars in total."--From Box

]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:55:28 Dotstream is a racing game, but rather than controlling a car, spaceship, or anything like that, you control a solitary pixel racing against other pixels.

Dotstream is part of the first series of games in Nintendo's bit Generations collection of games for the Gameboy Advance.

]]> 07 Feb 2007 03:40:08 Released: Oct 1996
Game Type: 3D Simulation
Developer: Reflections Interactive
Publisher: Psygnosis

]]> 06 Feb 2007 09:32:33 RARS is the Robot Auto Racing Simulation, a competition for programmers and an on-going challenge for practicioners of Artificial Intelligence and real-time adaptive optimal control. It consists of a simulation of the physics of cars racing on a track, a graphic display of the race, and a separate control program (robot "driver") for each car. All RARS software and activities are free and open to the public. Currently only Windows and Unix versions are actively supported, but some old DOS and OS/2 code exists and it should be possible to get it back to work.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 03:15:22 TORCS (an acronym for The Open Racing Car Simulator) is a 3D racing cars simulator using OpenGL. The goal is to have programmed robots drivers racing against each others. You can also drive yourself with either a wheel or keyboard or mouse.

This concept is directly inspired from RARS.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 03:06:51 Innovative top-down racer featuring a unique career mode. If you got what it takes to get in, a whole new world opens where the greedy club members fight you for the top spot among the divisions in the Roadclub league system and to finally become the Roadclub Master!

]]> 06 Feb 2007 12:55:37 By: 989 Sports, Pacific Coast P&L
Genre: Futuristic Racing
Release Date: Aug 31, 1999
Players: 1-2

]]> 06 Feb 2007 12:33:42 By: SCEA, SingleTrac
Genre: Futuristic Racing
Release Date: Oct 31, 1997
Players: 1-2

]]> 06 Feb 2007 12:24:15 Published by: SCEA
Developed by:
SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc.
Released: Nov 14, 1996

3rd-Person Perspective

Sci-Fi / Futuristic

]]> 06 Feb 2007 12:00:37 Published by: Midway
Developed by :Psygnosis Limited
Released: Oct 31, 1998

Platform: Nintendo 64
Perspective 1st-Person, 3rd-Person

]]> 06 Feb 2007 11:34:34 Published by:
SCEA
Developed by:
SCEE Studio Liverpool
Released: Mar 16, 2005

Genre:
Action, Racing / Driving / Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Perspective:1st-Person, 3rd-Person

]]> 06 Feb 2007 11:18:20 Published by: Psygnosis

Developed by: Psygnosis

Number of Players: 1-4
Release Date: September 30, 1999

]]> 06 Feb 2007 11:12:01 Published by: BAM! Entertainment

Developed by: SCE Studios Liverpool

Genre: Racing Action
Number of Players: 1-2
Release Date: June 18, 2002

]]> 06 Feb 2007 10:57:48 Published by: Psygnosis Limited
Developed by: Psygnosis Limited
Released: Sep 30, 1996
Genre: Action, Racing / Driving
Perspective: 1st-Person, 3rd-Person

]]> 06 Feb 2007 10:42:48 Published by: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.
Developed by: Psygnosis Limited
Released: Sep, 1995
Genre: Action, Racing / Driving, Sports/ Sci-Fi / Futuristic

]]> 06 Feb 2007 10:35:19 Nintendo and SEGA -- both accomplished masters of high-speed fun -- have collaborated to create the fastest, most visually stunning racing game ever. F-Zero GX is the race to end all races, as fearless pilots risk everything to claim the title of the top speedster in the universe.

In Grand Prix mode, you select from four cups of five races each. Each course pits you against 29 opponents in a three-lap race. Points are tallied at the end of a cup circuit to determine the winner. Vs. Battle allows two, three or four players to compete in a split-screen race on any unlocked course with any unlocked machines. Even when playing with four players, the action blazes by without a hitch.

Choose Time Attack mode to pit yourself against the best time and top speed for each course. If you save your ghost data to a Memory Card, you can race against a transparent re-enactment of your best run.

Bottom Line

F-Zero GX is the ultimate racer for speed freaks. A galaxy's worth of unlockable content provides ample replay value. Exclusively available for Nintendo GameCube, F-Zero GX is any speed demon's dream come true!

]]> 02 Feb 2007 09:22:11 Sega's main mascot is back and ready to race once again in Sonic Rush for the Nintendo DS! Fly through eight new worlds, and fight new bosses to save the world from Dr. Eggman (Robotnik) and recover the Chaos Emeralds. Utilize new powers such as the dash, and new characters like Blaze the Cat, and get a better view of every level with the dual screen functionality. You can even race your friends wirelessly with a single card.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 12:33:49 Burnout Revenge might not be the revolution that Burnout 3 was, but in the end, it changes more than enough to make it feel like a very different game. It's a technical marvel, but more importantly than that, it's one of the most exciting racing games ever made. Unless you don't have the reflexes to handle it, Burnout Revenge is a must-own game, especially for fans of online competition.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 12:19:18 In the future racing is faster - much faster. More dangerous - much more dangerous. And it's totally merciless, which means anything goes. Run by the XGRA (the Extreme Gravity Racing Association), this motorized bloodsport throws teams of futuristic bikes and daredevil riders against one another through dangerous tracks that crisscross vast and treacherous landscapes pushing all to their limits.... And beyond!

]]> 01 Feb 2007 06:40:14 Over 35 types of racing through 120 championships
TOCA RACE DRIVER 3 features the most motorsports in any game:
OPEN-WHEEL - GT - TOURING CAR - OVAL - OFF-ROAD - CLASSICS

PRO CAREER MODE:
Choose from one of six racing disciplines and work your way from entry-level vehicle, up to the pinnacle of your chosen career path and the ultimate racing machine.

WORLD TOUR MODE:
Takes you on an exhilerating tour through the game and lets you sample all the different racing styles on offer.

OVER 70 LICENSED RACE CARS

OVER 80 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUITS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

MOST REALISTIC DAMAGE IN ANY RACING GAME

8 ONLINE PLAYERS:
With new practice, Qualifying and Elimination modes.

TRUE MECHANICAL EFFECTS:
Blown engines, overheating radiators and more...

UP TO 21 CARS ON TRACK IN ULTRA CLOSE PACK RACING
against aggressive AI drivers.

Publisher: CodeMasters

]]> 01 Feb 2007 09:28:39 Through both on- and offline gameplay, you can tear up the tracks in more than 24 ATVs, including six competing ATVs in single-player and multiplayer modes. You can race in more than 30 unique environments with six distinct terrain types, as well as compete in eight minigames.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 08:35:10 Motocross is, as the title implies, a motocross racing game. You compete in a season against the best riders and try to come out on top. There is an extreme amount of customization for your motorcycle. You can adjust the shocks, tire pressure, fork angle, gear ratio, and engine characteristics. All of these options are crucial to change if you want to win in some races. The control also takes a realistic approach. If you are in a high gear and don't give enough gas, your bike will stall and you will have to start it back up. Also, you can square off the corners and take them sharper if needed.

]]> 30 Jan 2007 06:38:53 Select your favorite ATV, or for the first time in franchise history, MX Bikes, Buggies, and Trophy Trucks to race through 72 tenacious tracks on six different continents en route to the checkered flag. Featuring an all-new story mode, players will be able to live the life of a rookie rider and earn a path to the ranks of professional racer. Players will experience the drama and intensity of realistic offroad racing with increasingly difficult race challenges and events all tied together with engaging, story-driven Full Motion Videos (FMVs). ATV Offroad Fury 4 adds cross communication capabilities with ATV Offroad Fury Pro for the PSP (PlayStationPortable) system, including vehicle exchanges and upgrades, shared online communities, and the ability to share user created circuits. Adding to the selection of classic ATVs, more than 30 new vehicles are available to race including MX bikes, buggies, and trophy trucks. Extensive vehicle customization provides players the chance to upgrade a vehicle's suspension, engine, gearbox, exhaust, intake, and brakes.

]]> 27 Jan 2007 04:33:21 This is a sequal to the famed 'racing game with a twist' for the Nintendo 64. Choose from some of your favorite Mario Bros. characters in order to cross the finish line first, with either a focus on power, top speed, or acceleration. Use items items to either help yourself advance or create trouble for the other racers.

]]> 26 Jan 2007 06:15:23 Super Mario Kart was a game for the SNES that introduced to many that racing games could include a lot more elements of play than just seeing who could get from point A to point B. It contained many items such as turtle shells to hit other players with, stars to make the player invicible, and mushrooms to speed up the character.

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