Off-Road Redneck Racing Review

Apart from the championship, there is also the challenge mode in which you can practice on any "unlocked" track, and the time trial mod. I have no clue as to why they have not included any typical redneck modes... some wild goose chase, 'capture the pig' or something like that...

The game supports up to six players on LAN, and the two-player split screen mode on one computer (the system which used to be quite popular on Commodore 64 seems to be having a renaissance) but there is, unfortunately, no way you can play this over internet.

The graphics are beautiful and very detailed. The huge number of particles in game instantly thrilled me: the flying leaves, the dust, the skid marks, and the water that splashes out from a puddle... You can see a very detailed and well-animated driver in each car. The lighting effects are as good as they get. I mean, you won't see any lasers or anything similar, but the beautiful colors of the terrain in sunset, and the high-quality shadows produced by each and every object on screen, and even the great lens-flare effect look simply perfect. The only flaws there are the 2D tree-sprites, which apart from lacking one dimension might have at least had decent textures... The same goes for spectators, but they are sufficiently far away that you probably won't mind. The game features two third-person views and one first-person view.

The physics engine has also been done well. The roads are crammed with boxes, barrels and road-cones for you to smash. Still I wish there had been more different interactive objects on terrain. The rest of the objects are non-interactive and include rocks, bulldozers and trees for you to smash yourself against. The dust behind the vehicles, the flying leaves, and all other effects look just great... The only thing that makes the visual engine less than perfect is the lack of the damage-model that could have seriously improved gameplay and atmosphere.

There, if you thought that Offroad Redneck Racing would give you a lot of a lot of new jokes and good humor, you were much mistaken... on the other hand, you sure got a fine racing game which may hold you for a while.