Crazy Cars: Hit the Road

Crazy Cars: Hit the Road is an attempt to revive the popular series of racing games at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. The French company Microids took over the brand rights from Interplay and the production of the title was entrusted to Little Worlds studio.

The developers' ambition was to create a game that would combine the arcade character of the original almost 30 years ago with a modern form of presentation. As in previous versions of the cycle, the player plays the role of a driver taking part in exciting, illegal races on American roads.

The game offers several gameplay variants, including career and casual driving modes. For lovers of multiplayer fun, there is an option to compete with a live opponent via a local network connection (LAN).

The driving model used in Crazy Cars: Hit the Road has a strictly dexterity character. Cars in the game allow you to reach a speed of over 250 km/h, perform spectacular jumps, bypass other vehicles and obstacles with slalom, push your rivals, and even ram police barricades. Achieving a high deposit in the race is rewarded with money for tuning the car or buying a new model.

The game's audiovisual setting clearly indicates the low-budget nature of production. Both the vehicle models and the surroundings of the routes are characterised by a small amount of detail. However, attention is drawn to the intensely vivid colours, with which the dynamic soundtrack is well composed.

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Last updated on August 14, 2015