Posts Tagged ‘cars’

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (DS): Heated Racing Action

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

There is a lot of racing action which needs to be caught up with in the Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (DS). The theme has been kept very original and there is a lot of wager money and prestige to be earned. The car handling and the courses are concrete and the graphics are best suited for the game that the Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (DS) is. There are a total of 10 leagues which need to be covered with every league having a variety of circuit races, lap challenges, eliminator races and drift competitions. The motive behind playing is to win every event you play, earn wager money for unlocking cars and then going ahead to the next league. There are a lot of vehicles that the gamer can accumulate while playing in the career mode. With every win comes the ability to purchase nitrous upgrades and engine for each vehicle. The Nintendo DS stylus screen will help the gamer to design his/her logos.

The car handling is flawless. Just in case you bump into guardrails, the speed of your vehicle will not slow down. The nitrous supply in your vehicle will be sufficient and will give the gamer the necessary leverage to accelerate back to top speed. The tracks in Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights are small but full of excitement, twists, curves and bumpers. You will have the time of your life while you drive around. Four competitors start it and only one emerges as the winner, something that you aim for. The DS racing game will provide you with the kind of entertainment you are looking for.

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Cars (DS): The Racing Game Based on the Movie is actually not Half Bad

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Gaming titan Nintendo has launched another new game for its gaming fans addicts, which is basically a nice attempt to ape the famous movie, Cars in the online gaming version. This game is a collection of a variety of other mini games. The characters of these mini games are inspired from the famous movie. The game boasts of some serious use of graphical horsepower which means that the car races in the game are fun, fast and furious. However, the game and the races only last for a very brief period of time.

The game is extremely user friendly. The individual is only required to tap on a particular character in order to select the mini game which is based on that particular character. The mini games make interesting use of side and behind-the-back views. As far as the graphical representation of the character goes, the characters are quite large in size and bear a startling resemblance to their movie counterparts. The action in most of the mini games is extremely fast paced. The audio part of the Cars DS game isn’t as fine tuned as the graphics. However, its sound track and varied sound effects aren’t offensive either. The players also have the option to make use of the touch screen in order to manipulate the characters. Any individual who might be playing Cars (DS) for the first time will find the controls difficult to find and master. However, with continuous playing, it is not difficult to locate the controls and play the Nintendo DS game comfortably.

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Ford Racing 3: Fairly Basic Racing Game on the DS

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Ford Racing 3 is a fairly basic racing game on the Nintendo DS. This interesting game loads fast, in fact within three clicks. This is a game that provides for straightforward fun without resorting to too many gimmicks. The whole setting is simple. All you have to do as a player is to race six cars on the track and try to win.

There have been a lot of games that have tried various stunts and manoeuvres including getting cars to slip on banana peels. This game is more realistic not resorting to any fancy alternations.

Various race options offered in this interesting game include the Multiplayer, Collection, Challenge, Competition and Quick Race. Ford Racing 3 DS does not require the players to do any kind of setting up. All you have to do is to take off on your race on the course with a random car. For example, in the Quick Race mode, there are a variety of cars. As you jump into the race you get to handle a car you have never handled before and it adds to the fun and excitement.

In the Competition mode, you will be striving to unlock tracks, vehicles and trophies. There are three races in a total of fourteen events on offer in this mode. Players have to change their vehicles with different competitions. Vehicles include the Vintage, Performance, Modern, Off Road and Classics vehicles. No matter which type of vehicle you use, the speed with which you race around the track trying to overtake the other cars is really exciting and thrilling. This game is perfect for all those racing fans.

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Race Driver: GRID

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Codemasters is one of those companies that has always raised the bar and never been satisfied with to rest on the laurels that they have earned in the past. With race Driver: Grid, the company successfully takes the franchise forward. The game has no complications and focuses on the journey between the starting grid and the checkered flag. There are heaps of licensed cars available through which the gamer gets to display his driving skills. The gamer’s objective is not to collect all the cars and upgrade them, but rather focused on some fast racing. The developers have given the game a very real look as if it has directly been brought out from “The Fast and The Furious”.

All the races that the driver participates in will happen in different continents. Races will commence irrespective of the racer’s involvement and the gamer is given the freedom to compete on the career path of his choice. The vehicles in Race Driver GRID (Nintendo DS) have a tendency to be easily destructible and the same goes for the environment. The game supports a maximum of 20 players who can play online and compete fiercely for the bragging rights.

So if you are a gamer looking for some thrills, go ahead and buy this one for your Nintendo DS Lite, as it promises to be full of speed and adrenaline. You are strictly advised to not miss out on this one if you have a thing for speed.

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