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:
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.
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