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CONS

1. 1st track is too long
   (the first race shouldn't take 12 minutes to complete)
   
2. rear camera wouldn't work for me**
   
3. all tracks except ONE are locked until you complete the 1st tournament race
   
4. IF you pass an opponent, then they can shoot you up all day and there's not much you can do about it
   (except for brake, die, use your nitro, or lay mines & the last 2 only save you in limited situations)
   
5. difficulty isn't balanced
   (there is a difference between hard AI and lazy programming. I can barely tell a difference between Normal and Easy. The best rank I could get ON THE FIRST RACE easy was 8th place out of 10; it's like they didn't playtest the game at all)
   
6. enemies have unlimited respawn
   (so even if you destroy them, they just come back. WHY!?)
   
7. your starting Ammo capacity is too low IMO***
   (5 mines, 8 missles, and 80 machine gun)
   
   PROS
   
   1. explosions
      
   2. funny voice overs -other drivers' faces pop up on the HUD (CarmaGeddon style) when you do certain things & sometimes they make you laugh (in a 'WTF?' kind of way)
      
   3. aim with your mouse & shoot -I found the 'skill-shot' aiming to be more fun & engaging than a fixed target in the middle of the screen (using keyboard & mouse, that is)

I'll just leave it at that. Hopefully you'll find this one of the more informational 'reviews' of this game.

TL;DR= The truth is: the game has/had a lot of potential, but unfortunately the game seems to fight you every step of the way, keeping you from having fun for too long. In fact it's making me quit before I even beat the first level.
For $0.99 it MAY be worth it to you if you really like (unfairly) challenging racers, but IMO it's not worth your time. :D


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* NOTE: this entire review is based off my experience playing the game in 'modern mode.' There is also a 'classic mode' which features 1 life per vehicle (instead of infinite) and has 2 laps (instead of 3). But believe me, classic mode isn't much better. you die just as fast -if not faster- as the AI cars.
**If someone else tells me otherwise, I'll change that part of the review.
***these [ammo capacities] can be upgraded as you progress in the game, theoretically, but how someone can get past that first level is beyond me.

Edit [05-22-2022]: nothing major; just fixed a few spelling & grammatical errors. I love you all.
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This game is one of the many games that made my chidhood, it's a nice game to play when you're bored but beware, it can be very rough to starters but trust me, once you get the hand on it, you'll have a nice time

It's a bad rip-off of Carmageddon in my opinion. If you take it in a classic view, it is a very good game. If you take it in a modern view, you'll probably get disappointed. This is the only reason i give it a bad review, it won't get to the ears of everyone.

Go get Gas Guzzlers Extreme, Crashday or even Burnin' Rubber instead.

There's no substance here at all, cars feel similar.
tracks feel similar, the story is pointless.
the guns are all redundant and aren't fun to use.

Just no, it's not worth the money even when heavily discounted.

Death Track: Resurrection is an odd game. Its definitely not the worst vehicular combat game, however it falls very short compared to other titles. The best way to describe it is that its one of the most schizophrenic game I've ever played.

Lets address the elephant in the room: the graphics & artstyle. People have ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about them but I don't see a problem with them. Sure, the game is old, so the graphics are dated, but the color palette is not the worst, as even drab environment will have brighter, neon colors.

The biggest problem is just there is way too much ♥♥♥♥. The HUD is clustered with a ton of stuff, ranging from picked up powerups, point values, and AI names. The environment themselves are way too busy, with shortcuts you have to open by shooting props, buildings to shoot for some reason and got damn laser drones that add nothing of value other than being annoying ♥♥♥♥♥. There is also a lot of surround scenery, powerups and environmental details that may seem they won't get in the way, but they do. Billboards, underpasses, etc are incredibly annoying, and make it so hard to see. I swear I can't even shoot at some of the buildings because they are blocked by objects, and when my weapon finally locks on, its too late!

The game has that very arcade/mobile type of brainless gameplay where all you have to worry about is driving while weapons automatically lock onto targets. This also applies to enemies as well, so they can end up getting free shots as you can't avoid them. Its not fun, and is very frustrating to play against.

The physics also kinda suck. I can't seem to get a good feel for vehicle handling, which feels both understeery and oversteery at the same time. Plus, cars don't collide really well, and going off a jump wrong can send you crashing, and landing awkwardly.

Sound design is alright. In game sounds are a bit muted, and plenty of weapons just don't have that 'kick' because they sound incredibly weak. However, the soundtrack is kinda nice. Its was a soundtrack made specifically for this game, and its very decent. There is some songs that I can pass on, but a few are some good bangers. I especially love the menu music, it just feels right.

Oh, how can I forget, the AI difficulty in this game is crazy. Even on low difficulty, they are very hard. Its like impossible to win races on higher difficulties. They rubber band so hard. No care was put into balancing the AI.

If you try running the game over 60FPS, you'll find that the nitro is completely broken. Not only does it not even work properly, the visuals also glitch out, with possible the worst distorted sound, ever. The game also refused to shut down properly as well, forcing me to go into Task Manager to end the process.

Now, you might have seen that a couple of years later, a PS3 version was released. Even though the PS3 version has a DLC car and has split screen & online multiplayer, avoid it at all costs. It has worse physics, horrendous controls, and even worse sound design. So if you are going to get this game, you might as well stick with the PC version.

Overall, while Death Track: Resurrection is not the worst vehicular combat game I've ever played, its still not a fun experience that is just frustrating and boring. This will be another vehicular combat game that you should avoid.

Death Track: Resurrection

Positives:
+ Finally a Death Track successor
+ The tracks are cool and well made
+ Carmaggeddon style comments and view of the destruction
+ The graphics are ok
+ The sound is ok
+ If you play it right, its also quite fun
+ Parts and weapons upgrade
+ Has a story mode (called "Scenario")
+ Drag Races

Negatives:
- A lot of horrible bugs that never were fixed
- Many errors and sudden quits of the game (making it hard to play)
- You need to force stop the game after you exit (therefore my 128 hours of "playtime")
- If you dont lock the fps to 60, the nitro is bugged
- The AI and difficulty level is very hard and partly unfair
- There is no in-game explaination on how to play this game
- The handling is not the best, quite slow and less responsive than it should have been
- Because of the above, its hard to progress
- The challenge mode is just hard and boring

So to answer the games question: "Do you have what it takes to survive?"
Maybe, that depends how you choose to play, how patient you are and how many retries you are willing to do.


Total Score: 6/10


PS! If you struggle run the game properly try this:
1. Lock your fps to 60 to make the nitro work as it should (use RivaTuner Statistics Server)
2. Go to Video Options and turn off shadows, 512mb video memory, reflections and soft particles. If this does not help enough, also turn of the antialiasing and lower texture quality to medium.
3 .You can also experiment with windows compability modes: XP SP3 or Vista SP1,
deactivate fullscreen optimization and run it as admin.

This is my highly recommendation on how to play this game:
1. Play the "Scenario" first (which is the main story/campaign mode, that unlocks upgrades)
2. Choose the "Classic" mode (this will make you, but more importantly your opponents unable to respawn)
3. Choose the "Low" difficulty (anything higher will make the game almost unplayable and unfair)
4. Use your money only on better parts and weapons upgrades (dont ever waste your money on new cars)
5. Buy the lazer gun when you can (it does not need new ammo, instead it charges over time)
5. When starting the races, let all the other cars pass you, then start to destroy one by one till you are in first place and the only racer left. You will need some practice and retries, but its the most efficient way to win the races. This also saves your car from total destruction.

Hopefully you now have what it takes to survive

Noooooooooo what a dissapointment not what I remember from playing dos deathtrack in 90s

The game has too many technical issues and not enough real challenge or polish. As someone who loves combat racing games, I wish I could say otherwise.

I must have gotten this game in a bundle at some point in the past because I do not know where it came from. That thought alone makes me feel better about owning it. This game is crap. No, it's CRAAAAAAAAAP. It started showing that trait as soon as it started. It seemed to be obsessed with the "B" button on my XBOX controller. It is used to confirm an action rather than cancel it. Okay. Anyway, the game itself is just ugly. BROWN and ugly. You are racing. I guess. And shooting at the other drivers. I guess. Navigating the brown roads that are silhouetted by brown buildings and brown sky is a bit tricky and since you are given no hints as to what the controls are, you will have to look them up. Awesome. An announcer seems to be shouting out nonsensical remarks about whatever it is you are doing. "Yeah!" "Way to go!" "Snatch!" WTH? I was seriously about to quit when the race finished. I did it so you won't have to. Steer clear of this. Get it? Steer? Oh well...

Love the old game on my 486, and love the remake game play.
A bit harder on my finger in my older age ':-D

But Buggy as F**K!!!!!
Keeps crashing