The golden age of high-speed arcade racing in the past. The brightest representative of the genre was Mega Race, the brainchild of Cryo Interactive, created for the PC, Sega CD, and Panasonic 3DO (unfortunately, failed only the first part of the series). Other companies were not long in coming, and in the wake of the success of Mega Race quick release similar projects. Luck smiled on Hi-Octane, Wipeout and POD - game turned out decent.
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And after the film Star Wars: Episode 1 is the most popular toy became a Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer. We are not accidentally mentioned these games - unlike Wipeout or Mega Race, «Race to the bottom" are not specifically detuned closed roads, and on the surface of the planet. Of course, it is not on Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's home planet, but enjoy the beauty of nature is quite possible. Some tracks are laid through the jungle (unfortunately, not so thick as I would like), others - on the tundra or the vast wilderness. Admiring the scenery, can easily fly into the ditch. Most importantly - do not forget to pass checkpoints.
To prevent this can not only desire a fast ride around the neighborhood, but also annoying opponents. Their mental capacity is unlikely to compare with the intelligence of gamers ("Race to the bottom" support network play), but to provide decent resistance, and that's enough. Perepadet not only the player, opponents are not against arrange a "sweet life" to any participant arrival, take a leadership role. Fortunately, the weapons you can: machine guns, rockets, mines and other means of destruction by developers generously scattered around the track.
In a move all the fantastic arcade look much better. "Race to the bottom" - is no exception. Annoying miss games - musical accompaniment. In contrast, the same Gaijin Entertainment, will try to attract many well-known artists to work on the project "Adrenalin 2: Rush Hour", the staff SkyRiver Studios decided to save. Some simple electronic compositions are stored and emitted from the head a couple of seconds after exiting the game. Thank you, that bothers not at once.
But over the graphical part of the developers have tried their best: Do not confuse old engine "mechano-ides 2" - the authors make the most of it dry. And even major disaster in modern games - an error in the final version - the developers bypassed.In general, if the mention of "super high-speed arcade racing," your heart starts to beat faster, "Race to the bottom" - entertainment for you. SkyRiver Studios acquitted all the tasks entrusted to them hope.
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In the late 90's, with the advent of graphics accelerators 3Dfx VooDoo, the genre has experienced a rebirth. Fantastic race shipped tons on the shelves: Dethkarz, Extreme-G, Outrage, Rollcage, SCARS, Motorhead (homonymous group is absolutely nothing to do with it - even the music track was composed of electronic compositions), and many others. Most of these games have got extensions, but so far interest in the genre came to nothing. After 2000, the decent games in this category almost did not appear. From the endless string of boring and elusive second-class projects can be called unless the New York Race and Hover Ace (not to be confused with the wretched crafts called HoverRace), which was developed by our compatriots.
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