If you enjoy downloading dll files from random sources, playing with windows registry settings, and hoping that maybe, just maybe it will launch (but if it does, at the lowest graphic settings and no controller support), then I would recommend getting this game. Or double loading a second old OS to see if MAYBE that will work, you too might enjoy this game. In fact, I think the point of the game is a challenge just to see if you can play it. If you love that challenge, you'll love this game.

All that said, I played this back when it came out. I hope I figure out how to make it run some day...

THEY COME HERE THEY LOK AROUND THEY NO BUY WHY NOBODY BUY EEEEEHHHH

I picked this up for a bit of nostalgia anticipating a high chance I'd refund. What I got instead was a game that is just a straight up good arcade racer. Let me start with the bad though because it's there.

First up, you will almost certainly need to use google to get this running on a W11 machine, and likely for W10 as well. Linux users also reported trouble. Thankfully the fix is easy, just download two files and drop them in the game folder. That said you will likely still have some crashes during gameplay. Normally this is a deal breaker for me but there are three key points that kept me playing:

1. The crashes only happen during menuing (or when you leave the window), so races are never affected.
2. The game's autosave feature is the best I've ever seen.
3. The main causes seem to be scrolling through menus too quickly or attempting to skip a cutscene after the race. The solution is to simply not do these things. As I mentioned above alt-tabbing is also a big nono and also easily avoided.

The positives? The game is an all around quality arcade racer. There are shortcuts to discover, the upgrade path for your vehicle feels good, there's dynamic vehicle damage, the tracks feel great (except the bonus 4 races), and there's lots of parts and vehicles to choose from. My only real complaints are the game is too easy and too short. The former issue is not big if, like me, you enjoy racing for the tracks and time trials rather than the competition. For the latter issue there are plenty of tracks but the game doesn't use them enough so your progression path and main campaign are short. At the price I paid I think the 4 hours I got out of this game beating the campaign and extra content is a good value (wait for a sale!), but a time trial enjoyer would get even more than that out of this game.