Grooverider Slot Car Thunder
Wonderfully fast and scintillating slot car racing game.
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Grooverider Slot Car Thunder Reviews
This game has made me want to go out and buy an actual slot car set again. Geez, guys, It is a slot car game, not an actual race car game. This is a fun game and my wife will actually play it with me because you don't have to worry about the steering. You can and have to switch lanes so it not like you just hold the button and you win. Of course you can't steer your vehicle. Didn't you play with slot cars when you were kid.
That means the cars race on Slot Car tracks, in the Slots. Annoyingly bad techno accompanies each track. If you are a child whose not enjoying his 'hood at present you might well pass this by. The controls are very simple, analog speed and shoulder buttons to change lanes. Still, they look very good. If you are an adult with fond memories of slot car racing it helps a great deal.
The tracks are set up in a house which could be in anyone's childhood. It's no Sega GT or Project Gotham Racing 2 but you didn't need me to tell you that. The GameCube version is exactly identical BTW. the excellent Airfix Dogfighter from Paradox and Acclaim Cheltenham's Re-Volt come to mind. It's that I hate BAD techno. It is NOT a slot car Simulation, it IS a fun little arcade racer with fast little slot cars.The music is a sore point.
Simple to pick up and easy to put down. It isn't that I hate techno either. The standard variety of power up one might expect in any arcade racer is here. And the tracks all are very well designed and conceived with an escalating level of difficulty.The feel is very much like a few titles you might not remember but were well worthwhile.
Most of you have gotten this point without my help. Grooverider is a small, game with only 20 track and a few cars to choose from. A quick, fun diversion from more serious passtimes.
Turn of the tunes for a much improved nostalgia experience. Like the entire gaming press did from the IGN, UGO and Gamespy to even rosey magazines like Nintendo Power and EGM. Each class of cars has 5 different skins but they are all on the exact same mesh which is a bit cheap.
Someone out there has evidently missed it though. Obstacles, very feisty CPU cars and some tricky tracks make the action much deeper than one might imagine. Ok, it's a SLOT CAR game.
I actually would recommend this for folks with an open enough mind not to make fun of it before looking at it based solely on the subject matter.
Only one big problem. This is a racing game that looks simple. One of the worst games ever. This is a very bad idea. YOU CAN'T STEER YOUR VEHICLE.
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