European Street Racing
A new game your old PC might play
Wednesday 25 July 2007
European Street Racing is a very simplistic racing game. Where Need For Speed has complex career modes and decal editing, this PC racer isn't so flashy. You buy a car, upgrade it with tuner parts and then hit the streets of one of seven real-world cities, competing against other racers online, offline or over LAN.
The game is solid enough, but currently far too basic to impress by today's standards. The graphics, handling and structure are all there, just not sophisticatedenough to be classed as contemporary. Of course,at least that means it'll likely run on a low-spec machine. Even with all the special effects switched on, it doesn't come anywhere near the quality of Project Gotham Racing... or even its Dreamcast ancestor Metropolis Street Racer, for that matter. So this is a game some eight years behind its peers.
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Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.
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