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5 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 2.5 hrs on record (2.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: May 15, 2012 @ 9:10pm
Updated: Nov 27, 2013 @ 3:01pm

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. It might be fun on the PS3 (I don't know if it is or not), but do not buy this game for your PC. The huge deal breaker? Gamepad support is COMPLETELY BROKEN. The actual button layouts do not in any way correspond with the diagrams depicted (on a PS3 controller) in the options menu, and there is no way to edit the provided layouts. The way controls are actually assigned to the gamepad is completely nonsensical and makes the game virtually unplayable. I even attempted to play it using just a keyboard, but any racing game fan will tell you that you need analog steering controls to play a racing game. Smash Cars is no exception. Trying to play with the keyboard was a frustrating and messy experience. Your only hope might be to use a steering wheel setup, but I wouldn't even count on that working properly. This is obviously just an awful console port with zero post-release support. I wasted my money on this crap.
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Karrabba Jul 13, 2014 @ 9:00am 
that's the thing, right? you don't play many racing games, so you wouldn't really know any better, would you? either way, i'm pretty sure this game was designed with people more like yourself in mind. anyone who actually does enjoy racing games should skip it right over.
Crater Creator Jul 13, 2014 @ 3:46am 
I must disagree. This game plays just fine with a keyboard. I was able to get all the gold medals, all the achievements, and even rank high on the global leaderboards playing solely with the keyboard. And I don't even play many racing games.
Karrabba Aug 8, 2013 @ 1:10pm 
as of July 2013, this game has FINALLY been patched. controller support is now mostly fixed.