Racing
There's nothing like slipping behind the wheel of a finely tuned driving machine, finessing the corners, and crossing the checkered flag first. But let's face it - sometimes, you just want to smash stuff, and now's your chance! Choose from 20 of the biggest names in monster trucks, including Grave Digger, Maximum Destruction, and Blue Thunder. Plow through intense qualifiers, freestyle competitions, and 18 indoor courses and 12 outdoor races, each with its own fully destructible obstacles. Crush cars and catch massive air; but be careful because your truck is just as destructible - lose a tire or rip the body off the chassis, and your race is over.
Nothing makes a motorcycle better than strapping a rocket to the back! Hang on tight as you navigate around massive levels on your supercycle. Choose to race against the clock or worthy opponents in the first motocross game for the Wii. Arcade-style play and controls mean anyone can pick up and race, but challenges abound for even the most experienced gamer. You can even take your rocket bike online and challenge racers from all over the world, but be careful! Any time you play with rockets, that means lots of fuel. So a crash doesn't just mean you go down - it means you go up in flames!
Go, Speed Racer, go! Step into the shoes of the classic character - or a number of other characters from the show and movie, including Trixie and Racer X - and hold on tight as you race around the track in the thundering vehicles of the drivers. Speed Racer must prove himself in a highly stylized, combative style of racing. Master the capabilities of the powerful Mach 5 and defeat his mysterious arch-rival, Racer X. The set and assets from the movie set in Berlin were given to the game's creators to make sure the same level of intensity in the movie will be found in the super-faithful game.
Go, Speed Racer, go! Step into the shoes of the classic character - or a number of other characters from the show and movie, including Trixie and Racer X - and hold on tight as you race around the track in the thundering vehicles of the drivers. Speed Racer must prove himself in a highly stylized, combative style of racing. Master the capabilities of the powerful Mach 5 and defeat his mysterious arch-rival, Racer X. The set and assets from the movie set in Berlin were given to the game's creators to make sure the same level of intensity in the movie will be found in the super-faithful game.
Here's your chance to race some classics. Only this time, they're not cars, they're classic cartoon characters! Wacky Races: Crash & Dash delivers wacky cartoon racing inspired by the old-school Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Join Dick Dastardly and his gang, with each of the Hanna-Barbera favorites behind the wheel of a trademark vehicle. There's Peter Perfect driving Turbo Terrific, the Ant Hill Mob in the Bullet Proof Bomb, Dastardly and Muttley powering the Mean Machine, and more. Hit the road in ridiculous cross-country rallies. Collect Wacky Widgets to gain Wacky Powers, use your characters' special Way Out Wacky Powers, and see if you can earn the title of World Wackiest Racer!
Need for Speed returns and drops you even deeper into the world of illegal street racing. Take on a story of pursuit and betrayal, as you choose jobs and compete in races to prove yourself. Then use your skills and reputation to take down an international crime syndicate. You'll fight off the cops in high speed multi-car chases, where an all-new AI system means the cops will do whatever it takes to take you down. The Heroic Driving Engine, a new engine built for this release, lets you pull off amazing moves for the ultimate driving edge. You can even play as a cop and chase down the criminals in Criminal Scramble Mode!
Brace yourself. You're about to race without rules and experience speeds without limits. DT Carnage will teach you all the tricks you need to survive races where anything goes. In RPG Mode, you'll start off in training. Hone your skills and level up your driver using the game's growth system. When the training wheels come off you'll gun for the finish line against opponents who have a mean streak that's longer than an interstate. Use objects to block opponents' paths, crush them into track walls, and more as you try to guide your car through impossible openings on the way to victory.
You can drive what the pros drive, or you can take it one step further and feel what the pros feel. From the rush of your foot on the gas to the grip of your hands on the wheel, Race Pro lets you experience all the tension and exhilaration of pro-level racing. And with a fierce, finely tuned machine at your control, you'll drive a car that handles just like the real thing. Enter the FIA racing world, where you'll race amazingly realistic cars in official FIA championship races on licensed FIA tracks. Rev your way through the ranks as you try and carve out a space atop the leaderboard.
When your bike takes off from the line, no one else even stands a chance. Here's your chance to prove it! An anonymous sponsor gives you the cash you need to get your start, so now you have to get on your motorcycle and show the world who's the boss. Speed through the streets, dodging through cars and jumping trains, bridges, and traffic jams as you run from the cops in high-stakes police chases. You can earn more cash by performing jumps, wheelies, burnouts, and drifts in Stunt Mode, all in the name of upgrading your bike. You can even race against and out-stunt your friends via Wi-Fi!
Not content to merely blow tires, the tracks in this frantic DS racer are designed to blow minds! Each course in TrackMania is packed with jumps, loops, turbo pads, and other insane design quirks. Reach top speed in three single-player modes: Race, Platform, and Puzzle, or race against up to three friends in single-cartridge multiplayer. Compete in three environments: Desert, Rally, and Stadium, each with unique vehicles and challenges. And with a track editor you can use to create your own twisted-up, tricked-out courses, the race never has to end!
Speed is good, but style is better as Pimp My Ride goes Street Racing. Pack your bags and go global for a series of races in major cities. You'll travel to the UK, France, and back to the States where you'll race the stiffest competition on the streets. Pimp your ride with customizations and upgrades that give your car the look to dazzle the competition and the performance to match. Modify grills, spoilers, paint jobs, hood ornaments, wheels, and more, or jack up acceleration, speed, braking, and handling. With tracks, environments, vehicles, and style ripped straight from the MTV series, there's Hip Hop and West Coast flavor around every corner.
It's the future and the biggest ego trip you can buy! XG racing returns with XGRA (Extreme Gravity Racing Association), with more fierce speed and more hardcore danger than ever! Start off as a rookie and survive all the way to global champion. Ride futuristic motorbikes with powerful weaponry and upgradeable parts. Even jack up your own body with cybernetic implants! You'll jam through crazy tracks and outlandish environments, blasting your competitors and even destroying parts of the race course. An awesome new physics engine simulates extreme G dynamics, with locks, wheelies, skids and slides.
From the same Namco team that brought you the Ridge Racer and MotoGP franchises, comes the next step in race car simulation, R: Racing Evolution. Race in 8 different styles including GT, Rally and Drag. Live the life of a speed-demon with Racing Life mode, an innovative story mode that follows two female racers and their epic rivalry. Other modes include Time Attack, Arcade and Versus. A new "Pressure Meter" AI system also recreates the realistic pressures racers feel during grueling edge-of-your-seat competitions.
Need for Speed Underground 2 dares you to go faster and deeper into racing culture! Immerse yourself in the tuner culture, exploring an expansive, free-roaming city divided into five distinct neighborhoods. Encounter rival racers who will initiate events and tip players off to the hottest racing spots. Race through a host of new game modes, supported by deep new performance customization and tuning, and more than 30 licensed cars. Need for Speed Underground 2 also delivers twice the visual customization upgrades as the original game, providing a staggering 70 billion possible car combinations for total automotive self-expression!
The Sega Classics Collection features ten all-time favorite Sega games with enhanced graphics and sound. You'll find: Outrun, Golden Axe, Space Harrier, Columns, Alien Syndrome, Fantasy Zone, Monaco GP, Virtua Racing, and Tant R, and Bonanza Bros (featuring 40 mini-games).
Namco brings its popular Ridge Racer series to the Nintendo DS with some innovative new twists on handheld racing! Experience true analog steering using the DS touch screen and stylus. A variety of single-player modes join the beefed-up Wireless Multiplayer mode, in which you can take on up to 5 challengers using only one Game Card. The game features 20 racetracks in three different locations, including the Ridge Racer Cityscape, the Ridge Racer Revolution Northwest course, and a Southwest Desert. All the fast-paced, arcade-style action you've come to know and love from Ridge Racer revs up on the DS with true 3D graphics on a portable for the first time!
Own the streets! Need for Speed Underground Rivals brings the Underground series to the PSP. Dare to go faster and deeper into the racing culture, taking on Japanese customs and American muscle cars. Immerse yourself in the tuner culture, exploring ten expansive tracks and unique environments designed specifically for the PSP handheld. With the PSPs Wi-Fi functionality, you can take on your friends in competitive head-to-head modes. NOTE: Wi-Fi Compatible (Ad Hoc/Infrastructure).
Here's your chance to join the crew of America's best-known bike shop. As a new hire at the Teutul's garage, you'll to create, build, and ride tricked-out bikes like the ones seen on American Chopper. Open up the throttle on seven of the show's custom rides, including the Black Widow Bike, Jet Bike, and more, or create a totally customized motorcycle from scratch. Every bike handles with lifelike physics and an ultra-realistic response. The interactive storyline challenges you to prove your worth and earn the respect of Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. Complete missions, finish assignments, and use style points to unlock new parts, accessories, and bikes.
When we last saw Crash Bandicoot, he'd just embarrassed his nemesis Cortex in Crash Twinsanity. Cortex is gunning for revenge by challenging Crash to a "friendly" contest at a condemned raceway in hopes of burying the bandicoot under the racetrack's ruins. This freewheeling action racer gives players the ability to "clash" a rival's ride and create a super-car with a blast-ready turret gun. Keep firing the engine or fire the weapon (or switch off with a friend in multiplayer mode). Each character has a custom cannon with a 360-degree range. Wander the world on foot to find vehicle upgrades, unlock bonus tracks, and avoid an ugly end for our furry hero!
When we last saw Crash Bandicoot, he'd just embarrassed his nemesis Cortex in Crash Twinsanity. Cortex is gunning for revenge by challenging Crash to a "friendly" contest at a condemned raceway in hopes of burying the bandicoot under the racetrack's ruins. This freewheeling action racer gives players the ability to "clash" a rival's ride and create a super-car with a blast-ready turret gun. Keep firing the engine or fire the weapon (or switch off with a friend in multiplayer mode). Each character has a custom cannon with a 360-degree range. Wander the world on foot to find vehicle upgrades, unlock bonus tracks, and avoid an ugly end for our furry hero!
10-4 big mutha!" It's King Lear meets trucking in the smokey bandit Deep South. After Ma Jackson decides to retire she must decide which of her four children will inherit her trucking empire. In a sixty day trucking marathon, you must prove your worth by trading and moving cargo for the most money. Choose to truck as one of four unique drivers. Big Mutha Truckers also features non-linear gameplay, interactive environments and inhabitants, unique driving challenges and detailed graphics. Happy trucking!
If there's one thing you can count on in Hollywood, it's sequels. It's no surprise that Driver, the franchise known for riveting storylines and authentic racing sequences worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, has spawned some additional installments. Driver: Parallel Lines continues the franchise's mastery of the action-driving genre. Follow T.K., a driver for hire with plenty of skills but zero conscience. Embark on 35 multi-path missions set in the New York underworld during 2 different eras, 1978 and today, both re-created through stunningly realistic open environments. Parallel Lines brings 80 customizable vehicles, improved character control, enhanced AI, a better-than-ever vehicle damage system, and online multiplayer for up to eight.
Test Drive Unlimited lives up to its name, letting you chew up the pavement on thousands of miles of open roads winding through the tropical splendor of the Hawaiian Islands. Choose from officially licensed versions of more than 70 cars and motorcycles from Lamborghini, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Jaguar, and more, then customize your ride. Earn cash to buy upgrades - plus new clothing and houses - by completing challenges. Seek them out or just cruise the island. It won't take long for one to find you. More engine-revving excitement awaits in a massive online experience, where you'll drive alongside other drivers jacked in on the same roads as you.
In Micro Machines V4, the cars are still miniature and the environments are still huge. It's the mayhem that's gotten bigger! Drive hundreds of inch-long racers through a real-size world where the obstacles are made of common household items. For the first time in the Micro Machines series, you'll be able to zoom past - way past - the game's patented improvised house and garden tracks. Race on the roof, in the sewer, in museums, and even down on the farm. As any experienced driver will tell you, you can't say you've really seen a road hazard until you've driven through a chicken coop.
