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London racer 2 is the sequel to the game London
Racer also known as m25 Racer developed by Davilex. I've got to say that I
enjoyed M25 Racer more and I really think London Racer 2 is definitely not the
greatest racer arcade I have played. London Racer 2 is an arcade racing game,
in which you enter an illegal street race organization as a rookie. This
organization sets up illegal races on the m25 and in London and Oxford. In this
hierarchic organization you start in the small league, but when you're good enough,
they let you enter the "Luxury sports car league" but at the end,
you'll be trying to reach the ultimate league: the "GT Racer League".
During the leagues, you try to go faster and faster through buying extras and
power-ups for your car to tune it up. By finishing higher in the leagues,
you'll earn more money with which you can buy even better cars or upgrade your
current car. You'll be able to get money and other items like, nitro boosts and
-fixing icons-, which naturally fixes your car, by picking them up during the
race. The game offers various cars types including bonus cars that can be used
only by finishing some levels. It also offers two sorts of gameplay:
The single player part include three game modes:
Tournament, which contains three different competitions: small cars race,
luxury sport car race and GT race cars race. Time trial, where you race for the
best time without worrying about opponents. And finally single race, where you
race on a separate track of your choice.
Then there's the multiplayer part, which
includes two game modes: Duel, and Cop vs. Racer. It also offers various
courses in a variety of cities around the world, like London, Edinburgh, New
York, Las Vegas and Chicago.
Graphics
For a start the game graphics aren't too bad,
but it is definitely not as great as it could've been. The graphics aren't
realistic, which make the game less fun to play. The game's environment lacks
quality, and could've been a lot more detailed. But still I have to say that
the environment of the courses include a number of items like: coffee tables,
street lights, cars, buses, construction cones and more, which add a lot to the
race atmosphere. But still, some of those items look shallow and with too
little detail, especially the traffic cars. I have to add that I liked the
character design, because each of them has their own personality that reflects
the car design. You can use three different driving view modes: hood view,
bumper view and rear view. I know doesn't matter to some people, but I must say
that the game's menu design really lacks in colors, and basically look shallow.
The performance of the game in terms of graphics
is good, but it does have a few minor bugs, for example some of the environment
objects like the street lights often blurs. I also want to mention that the car
crashing graphics are really unrealistic - for example when you crash into
objects you can notice a couple of sparks of fire that looks very unrealistic.
Secondly, I want to mention that I liked the idea of racing round on famous
sites around the world like Buckingham Palace, the Big Ben and others. But
still I only liked the idea behind the environment design and not the design
itself, and that's because the lack of realistic graphics.
Sound
London racer 2 offers a general race game sounds
which includes: great thrilling race music, sounds effects like police sirens,
car sounds effects like car engines, tires, brake sounds, crash sound,
environment sounds like birds, traffic sound effects and more. Along with the
car radio which adds a lot to the gameplay.
The one thing I really liked in London Racer 2
is the sound. When you start to drive you can listen to the radio songs and
programs that can really make you laugh. The addition of the radio really makes
the game a lot more fun to play. In general the game sound effects quality is
average - London Racer 2 doesn't offer outstanding music/sound. But as I said
earlier it adds a lot to the atmosphere.
Gameplay
First of all I most say that the control of the
car is very unrealistic and not fun to play. The car steering is very hard and
tight. The artificial intelligence of the cop cars is not good either, and even
has a few bugs. For example I often noticed that the cop car ran into
buildings, and sometimes the cops didn't even chase me after I broke traffic
rules.
London Racer 2 isn't a realistic game, in
regards of physics either. Speaking of which, the sense of gravity is really
strange at times. For example, when you accelerate and hit some object, like
cars or walls, your car rises into the air like it was a feather, and if you
hit a street light it brake right out of its place like a toothpick and flies
away.
Multiplayer
As I already mentioned London Racer 2 offers
just a local one, including two game modes: the first one is a duel, where you
race against your friend in split screen mode. The second mode is "Cop VS
Racer", where the cops have to destroy or catch up with the racer in order
to win, and the racer has to survive for some time in order to win. The game
offers a simple local multiplayer that can be fun for a little while.Trailer
System Requirement
Processor= 450MHz
RAM= 64MB
Graphics= 16MB
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