Once again one of those games that are surprisingly good at what they do, which isn't that much. Of course, it must have been a challenge to make a driving game for Game Boy Color and this attempt left a bit of a sour taste in mouth with it's monotone sound design and very janky controls.

There are some ideas I like with this game, like different road types and cars having different stats and mechanics, giving it some replayability, but even that falls flat once you find the right car for every track, which the game doesn't have a very high number of. If you just want to clear all the races with minimum requirements, you're done in about an hour. As a racer, it kinda follows Ridge Racer in a sense that the races are time trials, you're not actually driving against other drivers, they are in the game just to visualize how good time you're making and offer some challenge as you try to navigate past them. In a sense it also reminds me of Choro Q since most of the challenge is just how to clear those tight turns as fast as possible. It was surprisingly fun to figure it out, though my thumbs were left way too sore.

All in all, it's worth a try if you like driving games. Password system might be a bit of a hindrance, but otherwise it's a passable game picking up one race at a time, maybe during bus rides or loo breaks.

Reviewed on Feb 09, 2024


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