ST Format


Vector Championship Run

Categories: Review: Software
Publisher: Impulze
Machine: Atari ST

 
Published in ST Format #18

Vector Championship Run

"Each one of the world's top racetracks has been painstakingly reproduced..." Yeah, right. Since when did Silverstone have a bloody great multi-coloured wall around the edge of the track? I mean, come on, these racetracks look more like something you'd find at Blackpool pleasure beach, with a few go-carts whizzing around.

Oh, and another thing. Racing cars are meant to be solid objects. In this game they can come flying straight through you, with the real downer that it's your speed which gets knocked down. However, when you try the same manoeuvre you find yourself eating tarmac.

The graphics aren't bad. There are no circles on screen, but it's not bad. Update is rapid and the colours are attractive. Steering the car takes a lot of getting used to, and it's nigh on impossible to wreck your car - but all that apart, it's a great game.