Ford Racing: Off Road

 PlayStation 2
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 4 out of 5
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  1. VideoGamer
    60
    A fairly well-paced, but fairly unadventurous racing game.
  2. Eurogamer
    40
    The generic can't-be-arsed title says it all. It's the sort of thing you might consider buying for your Dad, should you spot it in the GBP 1.99 bin at the supermarket two days before his birthday, even though you know he doesn't really play games all that much.
  3. PSX Extreme
    36
    Ford Racing: Off Road is a throwaway title that lacks any professional refinement that’s most necessary this day and age; just because it’s a PS2 game doesn’t change the fact that this is 2008. Developers have managed to do some pretty incredible things with that system, and while we understand this wasn’t a big-budget project, the amount of exhibited effort is very low.
  5. IGN
    35
    Slowly meandering around the same few tracks with vehicles that don't really deliver a sense of power or speed just makes for a flat-out boring experience, and it's one you can pass up without consequence.
  6. Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK
    30
    It's too slow, too ugly and too pricey for what it is. [May 2008, p.84]
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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 5 out of 10
  1. The_D4RknesS
    Aug 24, 2022
    5
    soundtrack and horrible, the urge to kill yourself, every race has 3 laps and feels like 1000 years to finish, repetitive. good gameplay, andsoundtrack and horrible, the urge to kill yourself, every race has 3 laps and feels like 1000 years to finish, repetitive. good gameplay, and best of all in the game... the tire mark f of the opponents stays on the ground equal to your… Full Review »
  2. oldgamer81
    Feb 24, 2021
    8
    Ford Racing: Off Road, in Europe sold as Land Rover Ford Off Road is decent fun racing game with a nice sense of speed and a small but okayFord Racing: Off Road, in Europe sold as Land Rover Ford Off Road is decent fun racing game with a nice sense of speed and a small but okay motivational sytem of buying cars and a lot unlocables. If it had arrived 5-6 years earlier and had been published by EA (whos games seem to be better rated by the big gaming mags), it would have been s small hit. For its time, 2008, is not state-of-the-art, too few gaming modes, to less variation on the tracks, no expansive car upgrading system. The driving mechanics - for me the most important thing at racing games - ARE fun! Though it doesn't feel like 4x4 driving over rocks and bushes, but rather like cruising with an high-tec vehicle over fine sand in an hilly environment. The mechanics of decelerate for better curve driving works well, and a lot of races your ride a lot head to head with your opponents, which gives you some racing thrill. Surprisingly there is a lot of speed sensation, because the graphics run extremly fluid and fast. Considering that there is not a lot 4x4 driving games on the PS2, I can recommend the game, even though it is not that thrilling and packed with extras like Test Drive Unlimited, Shox, ATV Off Road 4 or Flatout. In my opinion it is about as good as Ford Racing 2, but not that diverse considering the only 4x4 cars and the different landscapes. But it has a lot of other fun elements implemented, like the new game modes (e.g. goldrush where you have to collect coin while racing), the fact that you can choose between a lot of different paths on the tracks and things like racing over water streams in canyons.
    In fact, I don't understand how IGN can say things like "without any sense of speed", though this game transports, because of its fluid graphics and high racing speed, a much higher sense of speed than e.g. the Need for Speed games, which on the PS2 all request a bit too much from the PS2-hardware, why they don't have a really fluid gameplay. Maybe it's true what many say, that EA-games generally are rated better by IGN than other games.    … Full Review »
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