L.A. Street Racing PC

L.A. Street Racing is a representative of a very popular car game genre recently. These are specifically illegal, night races, which are held with the use of heavily tuned cars. However, the game cannot boast of any official licenses, as a result of which it seems to refer to such productions as Midnight Outlaw: Illegal Street Drag, or Initial D: Mountain Vengeance. Bedlam Games studio is responsible for the preparation of this game, which for the needs of the publisher (Groove Games) also developed two other products - CQC: Close Quarter Conflict and Kung Fu: Deadly Arts. L.A. Street Racing appeared exclusively on personal computers. It is worth mentioning that the game uses an online module called SkillGround, used both to support communication between players and to provide options for comparing their results in individual games.

The key point of the programme is, of course, an extensive career mode. The player's task is to win more and more races in order to be able to take part in more and more difficult types of competitions. For this purpose, various vehicles are used, which have to be purchased. As already mentioned, the game does not have any licenses. However, the cars are modeled on real cars. So we sit behind the wheel of vehicles resembling Honda Civic, Nissan Skyline, Mitsubishi Lancer, or Volkswagen Golf. Every car can of course be tweaked. Tuning includes both the purchase of new parts and purely visual attractions. In the latter case, we can take care of, among others, new spoilers, nicer varnish or impressive stickers.

The races are organized at night, of course, and the area of our struggle is Los Angeles. The list of available tracks includes Chinatown, highway in San Diego or Ventura. Most of the races are based on the classic scheme, although some of them have been slightly modified. A time limit appears. This means that the race can end before reaching the finish line. In this case, the driver who was in the lead at the end of the competition wins. The visual setting of the game presents a similar level of performance to other low-budget racers. Of course, the most beautiful were the vehicle models. The environment was a bit worse.

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Last updated on 10 December 2007