Multi Racing Championship

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Product Features

• Race over a variety of terrains, battle the elements and secure your place among rally racing's most elite drivers.
• MRC's fully customizable settings let you equip your vehicle to exploit road conditions and weather to your advantage!
• 8 customizable vehicles, plus two secret vehicles.
• Multiple viewing perspectives

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002STHL
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,945 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

Ocean's foray into the packed world of racing games, Multi-Racing Championship, is similar in many ways to the PlayStation's Ridge Racer. Both titles feature fast-paced techno music, both games feature annoying announcers, both have an arcade look and feel. The only real difference is that Ridge Racer has an excuse - it came out two years ago.

MRC features three courses: Sea Side, Mountain, and Downtown. Each course has multiple paths to choose during the race, and like every other racing game since Ridge Racer, if you do really well, you can race the tracks backwards. MRC also boasts eight different vehicles that can all be customized in seven categories: tires, brakes, suspension, steering, transmission, gear ratio, and aerodynamics. Each modification you make actually does affect how the car handles on the road.

MRC uses both the Rumble Pak and Controller Pak, but doesn't have the ability to "hot-swap" between the two, so if you want shake, you can't save. The Rumble Pak definitely breathes more life into an otherwise full racing game. The Controller Pak stores your best times and car configurations.

Graphically, MRC is average, though it does have its moments of glory. For instance, when your car travels into a tunnel, your headlights turn on to light the way. In free-run mode, if you race long enough, you will see day turn into evening as the sun sets and night falls. Speaking of falls, the waterfalls in the game look amazing.

The sound and music in MRC is surprisingly good for the N64. It has lots of upbeat techno music while you race. The sound effects are realistic enough, but the announcer calling out the action is absolutely terrible. It's a real annoyance, but it, along with lots of the other sounds effects, can be shut off.

When it comes to gameplay, MRC is a tough game to score. Some will like it because it handles fairly realistically. Some won't because you can't take a turn at 100mph without spinning out. Either way you look at it, MRC simply isn't fun. If you slow down enough to make some of the turns, your car feels like it's barely moving. If you try to power through a turn, your car ends up sliding into the guardrail. Even with the best tires, the best suspension, the best of everything, your car still handles pretty poorly.

The bottom line is that MRC doesn't move fast enough to give the illusion of speed, making gameplay dull. And that really is the word that best sums up the whole game - dull. MRC simply doesn't have enough substance to warrant spending over $60. It only has three tracks you can blow through in the first hour of play. Then, you'll run through all the cars and the customizations and come to the sudden realization that you have wasted your money. Save your cash and wait for a real racing game like San Francisco Rush or Top Gear Rally. --Ryan MacDonald
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This is the game Multi-Racing Championship for the Nintendo 64. This is cartridge only and is used or preplayed. All of our N64 nintendo games are cleaned tested and guaranteed to work. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Make it stop!, November 27, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Multi Racing Championship (Video Game)

Ugh. This was one of the first rally racers and I had the misfortune to spend... I still kick myself! This game is so bad, I don't know where to begin. Let's see: The graphics are blurry and indistinct. The physics are awful, you bump into something, and no matter how fast you are going, you go backwards 15 feet and do this little hop into the air. It's pretty funny. There's only 3 tracks and 10 cars. The "co-pilot" is annoying, you can't understand what he says, and you can't turn him off. So, in essence, buy _anything_ else, leave this game where it belongs, on the shelf.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmm......., December 25, 2001

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dustin (GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multi Racing Championship (Video Game)

This games isn't that great. The Editorial Review said it had good sound and music, which is not true. The engine sounds like a leaf blower. The graphics aren't that good either. The cars do control a little differently, but there are only 3 tracks to race them on. One of the plus' of this game is the ability to adjust certain aspects of the car (tires, brakes, suspension, rear wing, and gears).

If you want a pick-up-and-play arcade racer, it's okay, but I know there are better games.

If you want a racing simulation, stay away.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not that bad, October 19, 2005

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M. Frost "Frosty" (Liverpool) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Multi Racing Championship (Video Game)

This was the first game I got for my N64 and I was made up with it. Ok that was years ago and times have changed, but although it's limited in terms of the number of tracks, it's still good fun! I had hours of fun playing this game, I really enjoyed it! I unlocked the cars by racing the oponents, and I mastered the handling, it was brilliant!

It is a problem that there are only 3 tracks, but they are good tracks which have had a lot of thought and have different routes and stunning scenary. If there where more tracks, this would be an absolutely amazing game.