Burning Road [U] ISO
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It's fast, it's furious... it's Burning Road! Race against seven
computer opponents or go head to head in a two player link up. It's so
real you can see the skidmarks!
If there is one type of game I love, it would be the arcade style racer.
And so it was with particular interest that I bought this game way back
in 1997.
Indeed, as the title of the review suggests, there is a huge amount in common here with Daytona USA, the Sega classic. The handling is very much on a par with Daytona USA, which means power slides and super fast action are all part of the mix in this game. And just like Daytona USA, there are three tracks to choose from, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.
The tracks are quite varied, with the Beginner track taking the racer through a mountain course that is very loosely shaped like an oval track to retain a simple and easy track. The Intermediate track is quite a weird one, taking you from a sunset valley into a snow track! This track is, suffice to say, harder than the last track mentioned, with some devious corners needing attention to detail. The final track, Advanced, is a beast of a track, with plenty of turns through a city layout.
The cars ARE different from Daytona USA, with a choice of four, including a monster truck! The initial handling of these cars immediately draws many people to the 'Daytona USA in disguise' conclusion. However there are many differences.
The graphics that compliment the tracks and cars are bulky, visible, detailed and (like all good games) an art unto its own i.e. not a ripped off copy of the feel of another game's graphics. With a very crisp framerate, clear and concise graphical models and no hint of slowdown, they are certainly to be commended. The graphics are those that you expect from an arcade game like Daytona USA, but they are different to the extent that you would notice the difference between the two games if two screenshots of the games were put against each other.
The graphics are also accompanied by music that is written to suit each track. Unfortunately though, as much as the music carries the arcade feel, you can't help but feel that putting your own music on your music system would make the gaming experience so much better. The cars sound OK too, and are nice and gritty like the cars are, however they simply didn't pull me into the driving experience like Daytona USA did, where the pure noise really made you think you had 700 horsepower in your car.
Playing the game is great fun, every curve and corner becomes instinctive because of the obvious associations with Daytona USA, and you will enjoy it as much. But there are some major gripes. Three tracks? Four cars? No secret features to unlock? This may have been 1997, but even then Ridge Racer had the infamous Black Car to unlock! This game is for the pure adrenaline junkhead who thinks quality over quantity to the extreme.
The major doom strike for this game though is the lack of a timing system. The game instead chooses a system that uses a scoring system to judge your gaming performance. Although this is an original idea and can be addictive when you want to beat your best score, it just isn't the same as shaving seconds off lap times. The scoring system fails to tell you just where you are failing, timing shows up faults in performance well. This brings me to another bad thing about the game - the modes (or lack of them). The modes you get are Arcade and Practice. That, my friend, is it. You should know what they are without me telling you, which shows just how imagination has gone into the innovation of the gameplay modes themselves. They could have at least put a time trial mode in...
One must admit though, I really wanted to give this game a higher score. The gameplay is brilliant, and with link up with a friend is pure racing ecstasy. However it takes so little time to play through and the fact that there are no bonus secrets to unlock make a game that could have been an 8/10 to a 6/10.
Indeed, as the title of the review suggests, there is a huge amount in common here with Daytona USA, the Sega classic. The handling is very much on a par with Daytona USA, which means power slides and super fast action are all part of the mix in this game. And just like Daytona USA, there are three tracks to choose from, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.
The tracks are quite varied, with the Beginner track taking the racer through a mountain course that is very loosely shaped like an oval track to retain a simple and easy track. The Intermediate track is quite a weird one, taking you from a sunset valley into a snow track! This track is, suffice to say, harder than the last track mentioned, with some devious corners needing attention to detail. The final track, Advanced, is a beast of a track, with plenty of turns through a city layout.
The cars ARE different from Daytona USA, with a choice of four, including a monster truck! The initial handling of these cars immediately draws many people to the 'Daytona USA in disguise' conclusion. However there are many differences.
The graphics that compliment the tracks and cars are bulky, visible, detailed and (like all good games) an art unto its own i.e. not a ripped off copy of the feel of another game's graphics. With a very crisp framerate, clear and concise graphical models and no hint of slowdown, they are certainly to be commended. The graphics are those that you expect from an arcade game like Daytona USA, but they are different to the extent that you would notice the difference between the two games if two screenshots of the games were put against each other.
The graphics are also accompanied by music that is written to suit each track. Unfortunately though, as much as the music carries the arcade feel, you can't help but feel that putting your own music on your music system would make the gaming experience so much better. The cars sound OK too, and are nice and gritty like the cars are, however they simply didn't pull me into the driving experience like Daytona USA did, where the pure noise really made you think you had 700 horsepower in your car.
Playing the game is great fun, every curve and corner becomes instinctive because of the obvious associations with Daytona USA, and you will enjoy it as much. But there are some major gripes. Three tracks? Four cars? No secret features to unlock? This may have been 1997, but even then Ridge Racer had the infamous Black Car to unlock! This game is for the pure adrenaline junkhead who thinks quality over quantity to the extreme.
The major doom strike for this game though is the lack of a timing system. The game instead chooses a system that uses a scoring system to judge your gaming performance. Although this is an original idea and can be addictive when you want to beat your best score, it just isn't the same as shaving seconds off lap times. The scoring system fails to tell you just where you are failing, timing shows up faults in performance well. This brings me to another bad thing about the game - the modes (or lack of them). The modes you get are Arcade and Practice. That, my friend, is it. You should know what they are without me telling you, which shows just how imagination has gone into the innovation of the gameplay modes themselves. They could have at least put a time trial mode in...
One must admit though, I really wanted to give this game a higher score. The gameplay is brilliant, and with link up with a friend is pure racing ecstasy. However it takes so little time to play through and the fact that there are no bonus secrets to unlock make a game that could have been an 8/10 to a 6/10.
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