MySims Racing

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Get ahead of the curve with awesome power-ups like the heat-seeking watermelon or a bubble dropper.
• Race to the finish as you face a variety of tricky MySims opponents on a variety of challenging tracks.
• Compete for prices and bragging rights with up to four players.
• Strategize to win using tactics like drifting, boost control and more to get an edge on your opponents.
• Customize your car with improved power, acceleration, and handling by mixing and matching engines, suspension, and tires.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001Y8DJPA
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 8, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,458 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #30 in Video Games > Wii > Racing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Race into an all-new adventure with the MySims. Start out at the driving school and learn the ways of the road. Work your way up to facing the toughest MySims rival racers and trickiest tracks in the land. The more you win, the more you’ll be able to customize your kart and trick it out with new gadgets and powerups When you're ready, take on your friends in four-player mode. Face Plenty of Competition In MySims Racing players take on all comers. Face a variety of MySim opponents or take on your friends. Compete with rival racers in one-on-one duels. Get ahead of the curve with awesome powerups such as the heat-seeking jack-o'-lantern pumpkin or a bubble dropper. Car Customization MySims Racing is all about how you use your car and that starts with the ability to create a ride that fits every specification that you might have in mind. Customize your car by swapping bodies, changing paint jobs and adding tons of accessories. Improve power, acceleration, and handling by mixing and matching engines, suspension, and tires. Key Features: Race to the Finish Line - Take on MySims rival racers and friends on a huge variety of exotic tracks. Build your winning car - Improve power, acceleration, and handling by mixing and matching engines, suspension, and steering components. Strategize to win - Use drifting, boost control and driving strategy to get an edge on your opponents. Awesome Powerups - Get ahead of the curve with awesome powerups like the heatseeking jack-o'-lantern pumpkin or a bubble dropper. Four-player Racing - Up to four racers can compete for prizes and bragging rights. Screenshots: Fast-paced action. View larger. Sim creation. View larger. Multiplayer mayhem. View larger. Car customization. View larger.

Product Description

MySims Racing for Nintendo Wii...Race into an all-new adventure with the MySims! Start out at the driving school and learn the ways of the road. Work your way up to facing the toughest MySims rival racers and trickiest tracks in the land. The more you win the more you'l be able to customize your kart and trick it out with new gadgets and power-ups. When you'e ready take on your friends in four-player mode! RACE TO THE FINISH - Take on MySims rival racers and friends on a huge variety of exotic tracks. BUILD YOUR WINNING CAR - Improve power acceleration and handling by mixing and matching engines suspension and steering ponents. STRATEGIZE TO WIN - Use drifting boost control and driving strategy to get an edge on your opponents. AWESOME POWER-UPS - Get ahead of the curve with awesome power-ups like the heatseeking jack-o-lantern pumpkin or a bubble dropper. FOUR-PLAYER RACING - Up to four racers can pete for prizes and bragging rights.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Enjoyable Racing Game for the Wii, June 16, 2009

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D. Leach (Arizona) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: MySims Racing (Video Game)

I know that all games like this one are understandably compared (usually unfavorably) to Mario Kart. So be it. This is not Mario Kart and as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't have to be. The racing physics are good, the tracks are interesting, varied, and well-designed, and the story mode is entertaining enough and suitable for everyone. You will race on tracks in an arid town, a forest, an icy mountain range, and a theme park with multiple tracks opening up in each setting as you progress. The tracks found in the latter three are particularly enjoyable and challenging (think rapids and wooden bridges, icy caves with watery pitfalls between the route options, and pinball machine/roller coaster amalgamations, to give you some idea.)

I must say that I was hooked after starting the story mode and spent a large part of a weekend finishing it, though I still plan to go back to perfect some of my "challenge" results to unlock some of the rarest performance upgrades. You can use the cars you create in story mode to race arcade style quick races and short 2-5 race cup competitions as well. With a little imagination, you can design some pretty cool cars based on any number of themes (skulls and morbidity, ninjas, flower power, goth, various animals, old fashioned retro rides, royalty, a combination of all of these and more, you name it). What I like best is that this game is neither too easy nor too hard and is set up well in that the competition and tracks gets tougher as you build up the ability to improve your cars. You have three cars to play with (S, M, and L) with multiple designs initially available or unlockable for each. You also have the opportunity to gradually upgrade each car's engine, frame, and handling characteristics. Once you unlock and "buy" each upgrade with the crystals you earn for successful races, it's available for all three cars. This process is well thought out and you will find that different set-ups are desirable depending on racing conditions. The agile little rocket works well for solo speed challenges while you'll want something a little heavier for the rough and tumble six or even eight way races where bumping and other shenanigans are the norm. I have found that my suped-up medium sized muscle car offers the best of both worlds and I rarely use either of my other cars. The concept of power-ups is borrowed from Mario Kart, but most of the actual examples here are unique and vary quite a bit in their effectiveness. The UFO ride and unlimited boost are my favorites as they really help you gain ground when you're trailing in a race. The other power-ups mostly serve to frustrate rival drivers and they are fun and valuable as well. Among other things, you will find yourself: having to race upside down; dealing with bunnies covering your windshield; avoiding beehives, lightning strikes, bubble traps and pumpkin slicks; dodging oak trees that pop up in your path, etc. I've yet to try the multiplayer option, so I can't comment there, though I'm sure it will be fun.

Overall, I am quite impressed with My Sims Racing and in less than a week I have already played it much more than I ever play the majority of my other Wii games. I have a hard time imagining anyone being truly disappointed in this one if they like racing games like Mario Kart. Luckily, one can always use the local video store to give any game a trial run and I wholeheartedly recommend doing at least this much with My Sims Racing. One last thing, this game offers no on-line capability; it seems that this is a question/concern for some so I felt I should clarify that point...

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly fun, June 16, 2009

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T. Chin - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: MySims Racing (Video Game)

MySims Racing surprised me with it's customization features and wide variety of environments. Each of the game's characters is very unique and likable. You also have an amazing number of options to choose from when you create your own character and car. You can upgrade your car with parts to improve it's handling, steering, acceleration and weight. You'll definitely need to do that for the later races.
The controls are very responsive with either the Wii or Gamecube controllers and you'll be power sliding in no time. Lots of power ups and variety within each track and racing to help the townsfolk (yes, there is an overall story line) is much more enjoyable than just click click clicking to the next race.
One thing to note is that if you have a Gamecube controller plugged in, you'll have to use that, and not the Wii controllers to get past the intro screens.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game, September 7, 2009

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G. Poulin "Gracie" (Los Angeles, Ca) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: MySims Racing (Video Game)

Both my six year old daughter and my husband love the game. We've tried the Mario Cart and find this game much more user friendly and much more exciting to play. My daughter is always excited to play this game especially because we use it as a reward on the weekend for good behavior during the week. Love the game and we highly recommend it.