Posted on: October 14, 2025
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Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 15
Fast and Fun Arcade-style Racing
Crashtime Undercover sets the player behind the wheel as a pair of undercover police trying to bring down the criminal rings from the inside. You switch between mission-specific objective 'races' and regular multi lap races around a track. The closest comparison I can give in my limited racing game experience is that it's akin to Flatout with arcade racing, bumping/crashing encouraged (or even required) at times, but also adds some weaponry to disrupt opponents. The Good: -Decent variation in tracks (there may not be a lot of unique tracks, but the ones that are there are set up very differently throughout the game) while also giving you the highways and streets in the courier/police missions -Very nice visuals and sounds along with good enough controls (I used an xbox 360-like controller for it) to keep you happy -Moderate difficulty on Normal; I'm no racing game expert, but I didn't have too much trouble except with a few particular objectives and those were a me learning the game issue, not a game too hard issue. -Decent variety in cars, you get more as you advance -Fast-paced and fun with weapons (EMP to temporarily short out opponents, oil slick, spike strips and a couple others) to get through levels The Bad: -While there are missions that you are overtly a policeman in a police cruiser, there aren't very many, more would be nice -The (English) voice-acting is ok, not amazing -The 'story' is pretty limited and honestly doesn't even really need to be there -Courses (including the streets and highways) can be pretty strict in not letting you go much off the road. Sometimes even if you can cut through a grassy area on a tight curve, the game will not allow it and will reset you on the road automatically. The Bottomline: As mentioned above, I'm not deep into racing games, but the arcade style and quick paced racing appealed to me and I've had a great time with it. It gives that wrecklessness of Flatout and a touch of cart-racing style to a more realistic environment with an attempt to play out a cops and robbers story. The game is easy to pick up and get into while also being easy to set down when you must. If you're a fan of arcade racing, or not a serious racing gamer but you like the occasional fast car game, you may want to give this one a try, I've had a great time with it.
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