Carmageddon Max Pack

Nothing like peeling out before the light and crushing your enemies. I don't think I ever won a "race" by doing the laps, I always opted for the more amusing options of killing all the pedestrians (harder than it sounds) or crushing all the other cars. This game is full of style and fun, great after a long day in traffic. Being a young lad when I first played it, I had never seen Deathrace 2000. Watching the movie many years later I laughed as I saw the clear influence of the movie on the game, totally awesome. If you ever wanted to live out the movie Deathrace, the original of course not that remake garbage, here's your chance. Gentlemen, start your engines!

I'm wondering if all the five-star reviews are written from what the players remember, and not actually from recent play. The dark humour, the demo derby wrecking action, the bloody-good-time pedestrian slaughter, all ruined by poor physics and controls, and questionable gameplay decisions. Let's start with the physics and controls. These cars, supposedly weighing in the thousands of pounds, handle like airweight hovercraft. This results in spinning out at any speed higher than first gear, soaring through the air when hitting any angle of incline, and being easily flipped over on your back. The high jumps are especially annoying as there are certain maps with spots at which you can sail over the edge of the map, and could possibly get stuck on the other side of a tall fence or wall when you 'recover' your car. There are several races that occur in underground mines, laced through with minecart tracks that can easily flip you onto your side or back. Some of the less than fun gameplay elements include invincible cops (replete with perfect handling and underwater control), an opponent with the 'Electro-Bastard Ray' (basically a power-up that zaps any nearby pedestrians) equipped by default, and a generally poor range of alternate vehicles (you can only drive the really good ones through the use of cheats). Buy this one when it's on sale, if you must buy it at all.

I can't wait till the new game finally comes out!!

I've never had such fun with a racing game before. Heck, it's not even much of a racing game, but... you'll get the idea when you play it. And its successor, Carmageddon 2, is just incredible! I hope they bring it to GOG one day. Anyways, if you enjoy random open area mess-arounds, you'll enjoy the Carmageddon series. This is a must for anyone who likes to have fun.

This game is just so much fun. There are elements of the gameplay that are still unmatched by any other game that has come since the original Carmageddon. GOG has also done a great job packaging this original game into something that can be run on more modern hardware. The setup is easy aside from one minor tweak needed to make the 3DFX mode playable (I had to tweak the gamma using the nGlide config tool. But the GOG forums had the information I needed to fix it) The little extras like the papercraft cars, original concept art, and manuals are also a sweet addition.