Wild Wild Racing

Wild Wild Racing is an off-road racing game created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 by Rage Software Limited.

Wild Wild Racing
North American cover art
Developer(s)Rage Software Limited
Publisher(s)Interplay
Imagineer (JPN)
Designer(s)Kristian Ramsay-Jones
Paul Wright
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: September 14, 2000
  • NA: October 26, 2000
  • PAL: November 24, 2000
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Summary

It was one of the first games released on the PlayStation 2 and was released on the same day as the console in the US and Europe on October 26, 2000 and November 24, 2000 respectively. Wild Wild Racing allows players to compete in all-terrain vehicle races in various countries around the globe. There are five locations in the game: United States, India, Iceland, Mexico and Australia.

In addition to the off-road racing circuits, Wild Wild Racing includes a series of mini-games that allow the player to upgrade and access new vehicles. These challenges are one of three different types; Quest (find the letters that spell out the name of the next unlockable car around the track), Skill (use your car to push a large ball through a crazy golf style course to the finish line), and Stunt (complete an extreme stunt course including jumps over a series of objects etc.).

Wild Wild Racing was released in all three major territories: Japan, the US and Europe.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge6/10[2]
Famitsu29/40[3]
Game Informer7.5/10[4]
GamePro[5]
GameRevolutionC[6]
GameSpot6/10[7]
IGN7.8/10[8]
Jeuxvideo.com15/20[9]
Next Generation[10]
OPM (US)[11]
PSM5/10[12]

David Chen reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Next-generation consoles deserve next-generation racers, and while Wild Wild Racing is an enjoyable ride, it doesn't make much of the new hardware."[10]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.[3]

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References
  1. "Wild Wild Racing for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  2. Edge staff (December 2000). "Wild Wild Racing". Edge. No. 91. Future plc.
  3. "ワイルド ワイルド レーシング [PS2]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  4. "Wild Wild Racing". Game Informer. No. 91. FuncoLand. November 2000.
  5. Human Tornado (November 2, 2000). "Wild Wild Racing Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  6. Liu, Johnny (November 2000). "Wild Wild Racing Review". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  7. Gerstmann, Jeff (November 30, 2000). "Wild Wild Racing Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  8. Smith, David (October 24, 2000). "Wild Wild Racing". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  9. Kornifex (November 27, 2000). "Test: Wild Wild Racing". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  10. Chen, David (December 2000). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 3 no. 12. Imagine Media. p. 102.
  11. Rybicki, Joe (December 2000). "Wild Wild Racing". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  12. "Review: Wild Wild Racing". PSM. Future US. December 2000.
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