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A top racing adventure, Lego Racers is packed with fun. Recently there have been loads of Mario Kart rip-offs - Halloween Racers, Wacky Races and the like, but this is the most original of the bunch. None of the other games offer you the chance to not only create your own car but your own driver, do they now?

At first you only get a few choices of car design, but you pick up bricks as you race around each track, so eventually, as well as being able to design tons of crazy drivers with wacky trousers and beards, you can save loads of different cool cars.

This comes in handy in the overall challenge, which may start out as a total breeze, with the usual 'Face forward and press accelerate' type gameplay, but eventually becomes a crazy, plastic-eat-plastic race to the death, zipping ahead of the competitors and blowing everyone away, it's streets ahead of the next wacky racer, so who said plastic was tacky? One thing - when you win, it sounds like a mobile ringing, so prepare to annoy your mates!

Graphics 100%
Lovely backgrounds.

Sound 100%
Useful and toe-tapping.

Playability 80%
Original mad-cap racer.

Lastability 80%
Lots of options and linked racers.

Overall 89%
A crucial buy for lovers of originality.