Amiga Computing - Commodore Is Awesome

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The space track is by the far the best, beating
every other in terms of graphics
The yellow car belongs to a certain character
don't exactly know which one though
entire game. I mean you can change resolutions,
camera angles, frames per second, car detail,
background detail, dithering and the screen size.
Almost every key on the keyboard manages to
change something
The actual game will feature a championship
where you win cash in respect for your placing.
and can then upgrade your car to give it better
engines, brakes and tyres. You will be able to
run your car over question marked-shaped
boxes which will randomly present you with a
weapon for you to blow away the opposition
These include missiles, mines and even
ming sheep! Finally, there will be three
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As far as I know, the only game that's
relatively similar to Extreme Racing is
OTM's Virtual Karting - and that's only
This is the logo. Pretty isn't it? Yes very
pretty. And no, I'm not running out of
things to write aboutt
difficulty levels as well as cup races and the
aforementioned championship.
You will be able to race around a series of
themed tracks including water world, radioactive
world, normal roads, and space tracks
where you have to stay on the track,
presumably because you're in orbit.
As with Mario Kart, there's a bathe mode
where you chase your opponent around a
track, with the idea of smashing him up - rather
than completing laps. Its pretty similar to the
Mario Kart version whereby three balloons are
attached to your kart and you must pop your
opponents balloons. As it proudly states on the
In-game Instructions. 'It's Mario Kart - only not
as cute!' Too right mate.
The characters you can choose from are
pretty sketchy at the moment, although from
what I can make out there is a funny bloke, a
kid, a monster, a policeman, a woman, a cool
guy. a Chinese man, and a green monster. They
may change - hopefully, they will.
Hopefully, there will be full race replays so
you can watch where you went wrong and
why, and thankfully, Extreme Racing will be HD
installable.
Final word
Super Mario Kart. was and always will be, one of
the finest racing games on any format - ever. If
Extreme Racing can be half as good, then it
looks like Guildhall Leisure and Black Magic are
going to be riding high in the charts again, so
soon after their success of Fears and Gloom. All
you have to do is wait for the full review, which
should be next month - space allowing.
As for the actual game itself. I played it on a
Al200 with a Blizzard 1220 and it was very
Impressive, especially when altering some
detail and playing around with the frames per
second.
because the tracks are ma -
the same way. Extreme Racing is looking
far more professional than Virtual
Karting, and If a few tweaks are mode
before the full version appears, It could
well be one of the finest multiplayer
games of the year. We'll have to wait
and see.
You will be
able to race
around a
series of
themed tracks
including
water world,
radioactive
world, normal
roads, and
space tracks
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