RC Cars

by Whiptail

Product Features

• Off-road remote-control car madness
• Magnificent racing physics
• Boost and jump features
• Shortcuts on all tracks enhance replayability
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00017JJ8Q
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: December 4, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,702 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PC

From the Manufacturer

R.C. Cars is an arcade racer where the player drives an R/C car over off-road levels that closely reproduce the real world. Within the race the player comes across people, animals, cars and a variety of real-life obstacles. The player drives his small radio-controlled car in an environment where daily life is in its full swing. He needs to overtake his opponents and finish first.

Product Description

R.C. Cars - the fun new arcade-style racing game where you'll guide remote-controlled cars across scale models of realistic obstacles -- and some obstacles you'd never see on a life-sized track! Fun interactive characters, animals and props with AI that reacts to what your car does

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Perfect, December 24, 2005

By 

Dusty (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RC Cars (CD-ROM)

Having never played racing games before, I went on a binge and bought about a dozen racing games at once, from Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 to Microsoft's Rallisport Challenge to Trackmania. They all have interesting aspects, but the most FUN game of the bunch, by far, is RC Cars.

It's fun because the physics are so good, the gameplay is smooth, the graphics are outstanding, and best of all, the AI is challenging. For example, your competitors may or may not take the time to try and knock you out of the way. You never know, and that's what makes them seem intelligent.

Of course, learning to knock them out of the way to increase your lead is the secret to winning consistently. Also, be sure to focus on upgrading your tires before anything else. The stock tires can't handle the upgraded engines or boosters well, and you'll be out of control.

I suspect this game isn't popular because it came from Russia. That's a shame, because overall it blows away the other games I've played now. Microsoft should be ashamed that it hasn't put out anything this entertaining.

Unfortunately, the game isn't perfect. It installed fine on my first hard drive, but I could not hear the car sounds because of an (unrelated) issue with my operating system. So I tried installing it on two other bootable hard drives, and found that it was incompatible with Nero 6.0 (again, not the game's fault--Nero 6.0 has a bug that makes the operating system think it is a hacker's tool). But even after uninstalling Nero 6.0 the game simply flashes a black screen and then terminates to the desktop, on these two other machines. That's a bad thing, because those are the most up-to-date installations I have.

So I can't hear the car sounds, yet it's still an incredibly fun game. That tells you something about this game (if you can get it to run!). I can hear the music, however, which bounces between EuroFreak techno music to late 80's heavy metal ala Yngwie Malmsteen. The sound and music, and just about everything else, is highly configurable.

I tried the mulitplayer mode. Everything went smooth, except that there was no one available to race against!

A gaming site review notes another downside to the gameplay that I haven't encountered yet: You must pay to use an upgraded track EACH TIME, rather than paying once and unlocking it forever. I haven't gone that far yet, so I can't verify this though. However, once you purchase a vehicle upgrade, it remains.

Another cool thing--you can replace the cartoon photos of players with your own photos. For some reason, this enhances the gameplay in between races for me.

It looks like this product is being discontinued, so grab it while you can--it's well worth it. If some developer would contact these guys to help them update it and fix the minor flaws, then promote it properly, this would be a multiple award-winner, for sure.

4.0 out of 5 stars Works with Steering Wheel, April 23, 2009

By 

technoshopper (Palos Verdes, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: RC Cars (CD-ROM)

I bought this game for my son. It works great with his Logitech steering wheel where other games haven't. You get a choise of different cars and courses. You race around a beach area. I don't think this is a very new game so don't expect high def graphics, but it's still a fun game ( yes, I've also played it).

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!!, October 29, 2004

By 

Mika Outola "djmoo" (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: RC Cars (CD-ROM)

I can't but wonder why this game is not more popular than it is, me and my have had lots of fun with it. Excellent life like graphics, You can move freely anywhere want, upgrade your vehicles and earn your way to the championship title.

Apparently game is rather demanding when it comes to the hardware used, at least that is what seems after reading one review with bad experiences with the game.

I myself have experienced no bugs what so ever, except that in the faces folder there is no example face to modify. The example face is however to download from the companys website if needed (that is not necessary, just follow the instructions given in the manual)

Mika

ps My hardware Fujitsu Amilo 1840 laptop Pentium 4 ht, 500 mb ddram, Radeon mobility 128 mb, 60 g...

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