Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA

"Awesome!!!!"

This game was awesome! I loved the Stunt course, and I would play it for hours at a time, trying to beat my old record score. The fun never stopped, especially when I played with someone else. This course was the best racing course I'd ever played on! There are so many ramps and obstacles to fly off of, I didn't know where to start! Too bad I lost it at my cousin's house and haven't played it in about 4 years, but I still remember exactly how it was....

Originality: 9/10
The Stunt course was the newest thing out there at that time, but the rest of the game was like every other racing video game.

Fun: 10/10
As I said before, this game kicks tail, especially the Stunt course and the new Mountain Dew soda can feature. As fun as the original, San Francisco Rush 1.

Cars: 9/10
The new cars were so cool! My all time favorite was the Mountain Dew drag racer. I would burn rubber and tear up the track with that baby!

Levels: 10/10
All of the levels were really terrific to race on, but my favorite (as I said before), is the Stunt course, in which you do crazy and death defying tricks such as rolls, flips, corkscrews, and my all time point getter, the ''spin or your nose forever'' move. The other levels were awesome to cream other cars on, and watch them explode or fly off a cliff with a single shove.

Graphics: 6/10
What more can I say, this is a Nintendo 64 video game for Pete's sake! All the games back then had terrible graphics....and hardly any details at all.

Audio/Songs: 8/10
The songs and audios were kind of good, but some what boring. Sounded pretty close to the songs and audios in San Francisco Rush 1, so familiar is always going to seem usual and trite. I guess they were fun to listen to while you raced other computer players in a circuit....

Cost: 9/10
This game was definitely worth the fifty bucks I shelled out to pay for it! Reminds me of a cheesy Mastercard commercial. (San Francisco Rush 2=$50; Nintendo 64=$100; Extra controllers=$40; Playing Stunt course all night with your best friends=Priceless.)

Now, don't get me wrong the average of my ratings for each category was only about an 8.7 out of 10. (I worked it out on my calculator!) But after playing that totally gnarly (dude!) Stunt course, it automatically rounds up to a spectacular 10 out of 10. (I'm a great logical thinker, aren't I?)

Bravo! Encore, encore!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 03/21/03, Updated 03/21/03