Customer Reviews

Speed Devils

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Speed Devils is a real tight little racer with a lot of big ideas. This underhyped game puts you in some of the most creative and enjoyable environments seen outside of Soul Caliber. I have gotten a kick out of the Hollywood disaster track where you race through a tinsel-town on the virge of armageddon, and avoiding the crashing UFOs on deserted Nevada highways. Great arcade feel and some seriously risky gambling make for an intense experience. Lots of nitro boosts and long drops add to the fun. Free hint: this is fun with your friends, at the Hoover Dam, try to drive off the road in such a way as to flip the car upside down by the time it hits the water. Hit replay after a few minutes of this and enjoy your own Dukes of Hazzard. You can also see who's car does the most 360's when you drive into the hurricane in Louisiana. Sound like fun? It is.

Speed Devils has a lot of aspects that make it seem like a sillier, cartoony sort of racer, but it still keeps up in the gameplay area, with impressive terrain simulations and superb environmental mods such as weather.

While its tracks don't approach the world aspect of Beetle Adventure Racing for the N64, there's still plenty of interesting diversions such as a T-rex in Hollywood, a tornado in Louisiana, and flying saucers that actually attempt to levitate you up in Nevada. The gameplay is obviously not on the lines of Gran Turismo, but it's adequately fun. One aggravating aspect of the game is the fact that cars have 3 documented statistics, Acceleration, Speed, and Braking. While handling seems to scale somewhat with braking, it's largely a mystery.

The place where Speed Devils really shines is the simulation of weather affects, such as rain and varying degrees of snowy roads. The addition of night driving was interesting when coupled with car damage. This makes it quite a task to keep your headlights not broken when driving at night in snow.

The personality of the different racers is a nice touch, along with them making bets with you (really, the best way to make quick money in the game).

All in all, Speed Devils is a fun racer.

This is one game that you need to buy. The graphics are sweet, and so is the sound and gameplay.The atmosphere fits the game like a glove.Excellent game!!!

C'mon people, this is a video game not an exercise in physics. This game is the first racing game I've enjoyed. After buying Crazy Taxi and playing it an hour I put it away and plugged Speed Devils back in. With the choice of automatic or shift and a wide variety of cars that are all modifiable (with cash winnings of course) and several varying conditions and courses, I'm impressed. Those who seek realisam on a video game, well let me say I get enough of that on the freeway going to work.

The physics in the game are very unrealistic, and the sound is annoying, but the fun factor makes this game a 4. My wife even loves this game. Also, using the tremor pack with this game is highly recommended.

Dreamcast has a lot of bad titles, but this is not one of them. This game is worth buying and the AI can get very competitive.

When the price of Speed Devils dropped to ..., I figured I had nothing to lose by buying the game. Since I didn't pay that much for the game, I wasn't expecting too much either. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised!

For a first-generation title, Speed Devils is an incredibly impressive racing game! For gamers who really love to drive fast, this game satisfies that urge. The tracks are very well-designed, offering plenty of fun and the control and handling of the cars are just perfect. But the one thing that blew me away were the incredible graphics in this game, which are simply stunning! Change the time setting to sunset, go to many of the stages and you will know what I mean. This game has the best-looking skies I've ever seen in a game, and Ubi Soft should be commended on that. I was just very, very impressed with the beautifully rendered, detailed graphics in this game, and I've seen my share of great graphics on the Dreamcast.

If you're looking for a fun and furious arcade style racer with some unique humorous touches and plenty of eye-popping visuals, Speed Devils is just the ticket!

I haven't enjoyed a racing game this much in years. If you enjoy games like Crusin' USA (I've dropped many a quarter into that one) or Screamers for the PC, you have to get this.

The graphics are excellent, and the gameplay (even though I don't have a steering wheel yet) is awesome. I got the game at the discounted price, figuring that if I didn't like it, I wouldn't be wasting that much cash: I haven't played anything else since.

My girlfriend had one complaint about it: the tracks are a little long. I don't share her view, and I'm sure that when she learns to keep from crashing into stuff she'll agree.

All in all, a MUST HAVE for a dreamcast owner.

The graphics are stunning. Not only do you get to drive in places like Aspen, Hollywood, Vegas & Louisiana, but you get to drive them at different times of day & in different weather conditions. You get to drive Lousiana in the middle of a tornado that rivals the ones seen in "Twister". You get to drive cool cars w/ styles ranging from the 50's to the 90's... And the cars handle like real cars. Let's not for get that in real cars you have a steering wheel. This game takes into account that you are steering w/ a thumb joystick & the steering is TIGHT. So much so that it's easy to get so into this game that you feel like you are really driving in it. BUY THIS GAME. Especially now that's it's only $15.

Speed Devils is the best video game I have ever played. Words simply cannot do justice to the unexpected, thrilling beauty of the different tracks or the organic, in-control feel of the interface between the controller and the car on screen. I have twelve Dreamcast games. When people come over eager to see the new Sega system, I show them Speed Devils first.