![]() The frame rate is smooth as the thigh of a 50s pin-up girl at all times, and I never saw more than a brief moments occurrence of slowdown or any significant pop-up. In general, the game is very well done technically. Find one of these eggs, crush the pastel-colored ovum under your tires and voila! A new vehicle is unlocked. For those gamers who crave even more, there are (literally) Easter eggs hidden on almost every track. The tracks are all rendered attractively if not creatively, and feature several hidden shortcuts (are there any other kind?) to help give you an advantage over your competitors. ![]() Once you get proficient at spotting the ramps and landing the jumps, its possible to run the bulk of any given course with the afterburners on.īesides the jumps there are also power-ups littered about the track for a range of offensive and defensive abilities, as well as a multitude of cars and tracks to unlock by going through the games tournament circuit. Land a flip or a roll successfully, and you are rewarded with a quick nitro-like burst. In order to gain quick boosts while racing, the player needs to jump their car off ramps scattered throughout the tracks and complete stunts. The original piece EA adds to this automotive mosaic is the slightly off-the-wall approach to speed. What I mean by that is Rumble Racing seems to have borrowed features from several other games and incorporated them into one unit. The game starts off like a standard arcade-style racer, but the thing that drew my attention was the "little bit of everything" approach. Rumble Racing, the semi-official sequel to Electronic Arts NASCAR Rumble, is the latest racing game that seems to change up the formula enough to warrant a look. The last racing game that met the criteria was Rage Racer, which was arcadey enough to get the hang of quickly, with enough upgrades to keep it fresh-but not bogged down in minutiae like the too-realistic Gran Turismo. ![]() As a result of too many games with not enough innovation, it takes a car game with something extra to really catch my eye. In my opinion, recently there hasnt been a lot to make any one particular title stand out from the others unless youre a car game aficionado. Unfortunately, with the overabundance of driving games available on practically any system out there, the genre seems to have become quite over saturated from where Im standing. While Im not the worlds biggest racing fan, I do enjoy the scent of a freshly burned patch of rubber every now and then. Please heavily consider re releasing the PS2 version on PS4/PS5 and possibly making a new one to follow that has the same feel.Its pretty rare that a racing game comes out which is different enough to perk my interest. The graphics have even aged extremely well, among everything else in the game (game design, gameplay/physics, etc etc). Brilliant and under appreciated game that deserves more recognition, play time, and so on. The game still plays like a modern one, even better than some modern arcade racing games which is insane. This game is way too good to let go to waste, it's beyond underrated and has a ton of untapped potential. Whether Remastered in HD or just rereleased with upscaling, can someone at EA try to make this happen, please? A new one would be great of course, but I think releasing the PS2 version digitally on modern consoles first would really get more people on board (new and old fans) plus it'd be extremely nice to have a digital copy - especially in 1080p, maybe even with trophies if not too much of a hassle.
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