Grooverider Slot Car Thunder

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  • Summary: Slot car racing isn't just for kids anymore. Set in a fantasy penthouse, Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder lets you experience quick lane changes, 360-degree loops, and crazy twists and turns on 20 slot car tracks. If you're a smart racer, you'll be sure to grab extra power-ups for a boost orSlot car racing isn't just for kids anymore. Set in a fantasy penthouse, Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder lets you experience quick lane changes, 360-degree loops, and crazy twists and turns on 20 slot car tracks. If you're a smart racer, you'll be sure to grab extra power-ups for a boost or blasting power. If you're not, then the tracks' spikes, mines, and other booby traps will surely be your downfall. In single- or multiplayer modes, you can get behind the wheel of any racecar, ranging from 1920s British cars to American stock cars. … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 5 out of 9
  1. XboxAddict
    70
    For a $20 game, the environments look pretty dang good. You will be racing over and under tables and beds and plants plus whatever else they throw at you. I wouldn't say its eye candy, but they look good.
  2. Xbox Nation Magazine
    60
    Everything about it screams budget ,sure, but there are much worse full-priced games on the Xbox. [Oct/Nov 2003, p.99]
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  3. GameZone
    58
    Unforgiving AI, lack of play options to customize your game, and the annoying fact that you can’t restart a race during a championship really can make the game more aggravating than enjoyable.
  4. IGN
    45
    This is the very definition of a budget racer and I don't mean that in a good way. Basic arcadey track designs mix with stupidly simple controls and poor graphics for an end experience that falls somewhere below the average.
  5. GameSpot
    40
    The very definition of a stripped-down budget title, as practically every aspect that would make a game fun or interesting is missing.
  6. Cheat Code Central
    40
    Slot car racing is bloody boring enough without have to replicate it in a videogame. What's next? Snail racing?... It stinks.
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  7. Game Informer
    20
    Okay, what we're dealing with here is a racing game that doesn't let you steer. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS?! You can't steer... It's kind of like making a platforming game where you can't walk. [Sept 2003, p.121]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Sadflare
    Aug 5, 2020
    10
    The best game i have ever played. Its a simple game but fun as hell, if you can try it you wont regret it.
  2. JamesD.
    Oct 19, 2003
    10
    The moron above who 'claim's you can;t steer!!! HELLO - Anyone at home McFly - what a numpty perhaps if you actually spent 30 The moron above who 'claim's you can;t steer!!! HELLO - Anyone at home McFly - what a numpty perhaps if you actually spent 30 seconds learning how to play the game and HOW IT WORKS before writing a 'review' - I thought this was the most original game I'd seen in ages, great fun. You have a huge scalextrix track with loads of cool ideas in. Its sad that any game that breaks the mould gets bad reviews from the sub-inteligencia - get it, its real addictive..… Expand
  4. KevinS.
    Oct 22, 2003
    10
    One of the best games for the Xbox. Sure graphics are poor but it's only $20 bucks and is fun and simple.
  5. LukeC.
    Oct 4, 2003
    8
    So what if it's cheap. You "steer" by hitting L and R which make you switch tracks. I for one really enjoyed it and found it quite So what if it's cheap. You "steer" by hitting L and R which make you switch tracks. I for one really enjoyed it and found it quite original. Quite a laugh multiplayer.… Expand
  6. Green
    Oct 24, 2003
    8
    Game Informer's review is moronic. It is a SLOT CAR game, since when can you steer a slot car. I think this review should be removed Game Informer's review is moronic. It is a SLOT CAR game, since when can you steer a slot car. I think this review should be removed from Metacritic, the reviewer is obviously an idiot. Sure this game doesn't have the greastest graphics but it is easy to pick up, fast and best of all fun. Multiplayer is great. … Expand
  7. DemonSlayer
    Oct 5, 2003
    7
    Really better than one would think, give it a try! It's really fun!
  8. Fishhead
    Jan 30, 2004
    0
    When the game loaded i thought my machine had crashed !!! after playing it i wished it had.. duff !

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#79 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2003
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#54 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2003