Carmageddon TDR 2000

I've heard a lot of bad things about the game over the years and actually found the description for modern releases funny but in all honesty, it's totally unwarranted. You just have to prepare for the fact that this is NOT Carmageddon 2. This game introduced enough tweaks to the formula to completely change the way it plays. While racing in Carma 2 was more like an afterthought and the meat of the game was to explore the giant maps, kill pedestrians, wreck opponents and cause overall mayhem, TDR 2000 puts a much stronger emphasis on the racing aspect. I can understand if that left a sour taste for someone who played the second game in the series and was expecting more of the same but let's be honest, Carma 2 wasn't without its flaws and TDR attempted to fix at least some of them. It became its own thing in the process. Whether you'll like it or not is still a matter of opinion ofc, but I think it's unfair to bash a perfectly fine and competently made racing game. Stainless Games are just being big babies about it.

The graphics and such are okay, not good but... meh. But the physics, the wrecking... is just terrible. Huge step back from the first game. You can literally only damage the enemy cars if you collide with them head-on. Nothing else counts as real damage (and no credits for it either). Stick with the first one.

The game still has some of the Carmageddon formula that makes it work. Physics are certainly a level above Carmageddon 2. The 4 minute limit and permadeath make it a harder to get in experience, but any Carma fan wouldn't have too much trouble. The bigger vehicles allow for more precise handling without 180 spinouts every 2 seconds. I don't know why even the devs slag it so much. Certainly not as bad as Carmageddon on Gameboy.

Intro By far the most underrated game I've ever played. It's my favourite in the series, despite it always having been considered the red-headed step child within the Carmageddon family. Totally unique, but also the only racing game I can call 'atmospheric'. A serious blast and a worthy successor to Carmageddon II and the original in every single way. At least most of us can agree it's better than Max Damage, right? The Great: ++Same old Carmageddon gameplay ++Lots of area variety ++Lots of vehicle variety with some seriously crazy contraptions ++Very long game for a racer The Good: +Seriously great graphics on hi-res mode compared to other games of the year with a very vibrant colour palette +Same great subtle humour as the other games +Music is catchy, if repetitive. Also not included on Steam version :( +Great sense of speed +The ways of upgrading vehicles and buying them is the best way they've managed to do it in the series +Missions are a joy this time around, unlike the artificially difficult, downright sadistic missions of its predecessor +Amazing atmosphere that I've never felt in any other game +Includes two cars (Enforcer is the best in the game) ripped straight out of the Mad Max series, which very few people know +As long as you read the description on the story page and do what it tells you, running this game well is incredibly easy and the framerate is insanely high +Sound design is unique with some otherwordly audio, suiting the kind of 'off' atmosphere of the game +Physics are brilliant +Works perfectly with third-party controller support The Okay/Not Too Big of a Deal: +-Same sound effects for crashing is pretty funny more than anything -+4 minute limit on timer. A lot of people have a major problem with this but honestly with so many time powerups around and cars to destroy it's never an issue for me. You could also try not playing on the hardest difficulty. +-Crashes at anything above 1080p, unfortunately, so no 4K Carmageddon TDR2000 The Bad: -A huge step down from Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now's wonderful vehicle destruction. Vehicles now crumble in the same predictable ways. -Some missions are really ♥♥♥♥ing hard on the hardest difficulty -Missions are somewhat repetitive -Very glitchy physics -Peds only give about 4 seconds of time and are hard to kill, which really sucks The Horrible: --N/A Sound: 8/10 Graphics: 7/10 Gameplay: 8/10 Content/Replayability: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10 Conclusion I adore this game and will defend it to my dying breath. Fight me Carma-nerds.

This feels like a completely different game with the Carma aesthetics painted over it. The worst offender is that every second level is an actual mission with stupidly tedious and restrictive mechanics. Avoid.