Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder

Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (known in Europe as Grooverider: Slot Car Racing) is a racing video game released in 2003, developed by British studio King of the Jungle. It features a selection of over 40 fictional slot cars and 5 locations set in a virtual house. The gameplay features changing lanes to avoid obstacles or overtake, 3 performance levels of cars and power-ups.

Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
Xbox cover art
Developer(s)King of the Jungle
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Jolyon Myers
Designer(s)Robert Churchill
Platform(s)Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2
ReleaseXbox
  • NA: 26 September 2003
GameCube
  • NA: 28 September 2003
PlayStation 2
  • PAL: 28 January 2005
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GCXbox
Game InformerN/A2/10[1]
GameSpotN/A4/10[2]
GameZoneN/A5.8/10[3]
IGN4.5/10[4]4.5/10[5]
Nintendo Power2.6/5[6]N/A
TeamXboxN/A5.7/10[7]
X-PlayN/A[8]
Aggregate score
Metacritic49/100[9]45/100[10]

The GameCube and Xbox versions received "generally unfavourable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[9][10]

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References
  1. Helgeson, Matt (September 2003). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (Xbox)". Game Informer. No. 125. GameStop. p. 121. Archived from the original on 21 September 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. Navarro, Alex (7 October 2003). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. Tha Wiz (7 October 2003). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. Casamassina, Matt (10 March 2004). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (GCN)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. Casamassina, Matt (11 March 2004). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (Xbox)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder". Nintendo Power. Vol. 173. Nintendo of America. November 2003. p. 151.
  7. Nardozzi, Dale (29 October 2003). "Grooverider Slot Car Thunder Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. Webb, Morgan (3 November 2003). "'Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder' (Xbox) Review". X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on 31 October 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  9. "Grooverider Slot Car Thunder for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  10. "Grooverider Slot Car Thunder for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive.
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