Soul Ride PC

Realistic snowboard simulator. The action of the game revolves around two famous mountains: Mamooth Mountain (California) and a place called Tuckerman Ravine (New Hampshire). An important feature worth mentioning is the size of the boards. Measured from the top of the mountain it is about 20 miles in each direction. Lovers of realistic simulations will be pleased to receive information about the topography of the area of these two places. The data were taken from the US Geological Survey. The authors of the game have prepared several different routes. They differ in the degree of difficulty (different slope of the mountain slope, presence of larger or smaller hills), but it is worth noting that the player can descend from the beaten track at any time and explore the area. There were many ramps and other elements of the environment, which are useful when performing tricks. In addition, the Heli-Drop function is available. According to the name, the player jumps out of the helicopter suspended in the air and in a place of his choice. This is the only way to reach hidden locations. After completing the descent, you can use the replay option - watch the ride from various cameras, and save the whole thing on your hard disk.

The driving model is realistic. What is interesting, the game is not only based on top-down combinations, which are made by pressing specific keys. Each jump or trick is unique in its own way. Its appearance depends on many factors, such as the snowboarder's attitude towards the ground or the current centre of gravity. A badly targeted action ends in a spectacular fall. Graphics in Snow Ride is very simplified. A curiosity is photorealistic backgrounds. The authors also prepared an extensive soundtrack (14 tracks), with the lack of well-known bands. The songs are quite diverse (light domination of rock), and in addition they were recorded in CD-Audio format so you can listen to them in any CD player.

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Last updated on 10 December 2007