A pretty good game!
So this is the return of the series from the Carma pit where it lied for 11 years!
This is made by the original developers after a long battle they had to acquire the rights for the brand back.
So what is this game? It's a game based on the film "Death Race 2000", meaning that it shares the same humor, with actually a lot more British Humor added (the devs are from the Isle of Wight, England). When i say British Humor i mean of course Monty Python sketches and maaaybe some notions of Douglas Adams.
The gameplay is simple. WIn every map by completing any of the 3 following objectives :
1) Destroy all cars (5 more opponents)
2) Kill all pedestrians
3) Finish the laps
There's a timer on there (as is the case with all the games in the series), and if it runs out, the match is over. You increase your time by killing peds, crushing cars, chasing checkpoints or collecting powerups. You also collect money with which you can repair your car and buy powerups. There's also many silver wheel tokens
throughout each map with which you can upgrade each car (offense, defense and power). Simple eh?
As for the powerups, there's a huge collection of them, and among them many are new and funny as hell! You also can mix them in some cases (for example try the "Rapture" Pup and then change to a slicing powerup). But the lack of many older powerups is somewhat showing ("Harvester" and "Drugged" among them).
The damage physics are unbelievable! The work they've done is phenomenal, but you can test for yourself!
The graphics are beautiful (not CryEngine/UE4 level of course, since they have their own engine). Sound is good and the music is fitting, but you can also change the playlist and create your own.
The main flaw of the game is how easily you can be destroyed sometimes and that the HUD doesn't show the state of the other cars (like it did in Carmageddon 2 and TDR 2000). This was a great addition in those games and i find it lacking in the new one!
Great game overall.
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