IHRA Drag Racing

"Horrible racing game"

Story
It's a racing game so there isn't a story even though a story could work with this type of game. I give story a 0/10

Control
What the hell is this? Menus are a pain to go through cause it skips options sometimes. The driving (if you want to call it that) is so confusing it took me a hour to figure out how to play and I even read the instructions which were useless. Buying upgraded is almost impossible cause of the odd menus which are hard to see which one you have selected. I give control a 3/10

Voice Acting, Sound Effects and Music
The announcer is the only voice in the game and he sounds like every other announcer in racing games. I'm starting to think they have a racing game announcer sound stored so it can be used on every game. The sound effects are actually decent and are probably the only decent thing about this game. The music is so forgettable it isn't funny. A minute after hearing it, I forgot what it sounded like. I give voice acting, sound effects and music a 2/10

Game play
If you don't know how to drag race then stay away. It took me forever to figure out how to play this game. You have to burn rubber so your tires get hot, its sorta timed, then when the green light flashes you hit the gas and turbo and whoever gets to the end of the track the fastest wins but you can't cross over the white line. Even drag racing fans will hate this game, my friend was over and he LOVES drag racing and he thought this game was a pile of crap. There are 27 cars but you can only have one cause you just change the look, which costs a lot. Upgrading your car is a pain cause you don't know what items are the best. There are a couple modes like, quick race, championship (I think thats what it's called and two different two player modes. There is 6 tracks and all they all look the same. Multi-player sucks cause the screen is side by side not top and bottom and it looks really ugly side by side. I give game play a 1/10

Replay Value
Don't play it at all! That's all I can say, there isn't much to do and everything can be unlocked very fast. None of the modes are fun and building (you don't exactly build it) your car is a pain cause of reasons I've already stated. I give replay value a 0/10

Final Score
I give IHRA Drag Racing a 1/10

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 10/10/07

Game Release: IHRA Drag Racing (US, 11/20/01)