I first played this game 18 years ago (April 2001), but back then I couldn't handle driving and shooting controls at the same time that well. Thankfully, I resolved this issue with my sister : I shoot stuff, while she was driving. Best times :) First and foremost : Adjust your graphics setting to 60FPS (default is 30FPS) - it will make game and menus MUCH smoother. Music for game menu may not respond to volume settings inside game, if you encounter this, I advise to decrease volume level after it launches (simple "Alt + Tab"), from Windows mixer settings. Game starts with 4 base maps and four base vehicles. You can unlock new stuff (longer tracks and car classes), with progress on "Championship" mode. For example : To unlock better class of cars, player has to complete 12 races with lower class cars. In case you are wondering : To get Iridium class cars, you need to win three championships on four Short, four Medium and four Long tracks respectively. Game ends with MASSIVE 12 track championship back to back. Unlocked cars and tracks can be used in both "Arcade" and "Time trial" modes. There is no car moding, but you can choose what basic weapon you want on your car (pulse lasers or plasma cannon). As for powerups during the race, you can expect : Shields (two defensive, one offensive), three types of Missiles ("radar-seeking", "heat-seeking", and direct/no targeting - all are fire-and-forget type), Mine fields (mines react to how you are driving at the time), Repair and Rocket booster. Your car can explode during the race (when it's energy is reduced to 0), so Repair and going on "healing" track are important. Overall : Highly recommend ! Game has beautiful graphics, good sound track (wish it could be downloaded seperatly), and is a LOT of fun. Biggest issues is with only 12 tracks overall on four "sets", which may make it quite short overall. At least, tracks themselves are REALLY varied and Medium/Long sized ones get special terrain features ;)
