Crumple Zone

a fun callback to the good old days of racing games

All good until ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 1 PIXEL COLLISION WITH ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WALL HAPPENS. If you ever fix collision with static objects i will change review

This belongs to the hall of fame under Destruction category alongside "Concept Destruction" & "Tiny Car Mess" Indies. Okay Damage Model. Minimum Car Choices. Amazing Leaderboards. Great Paint Jobs. Wonderful Tracks. Good Luck With Crumple Zone 2.

This is close to being great but ultimately it stays at mediocre. For a start it looks like a remake of Destruction Derby 1 but it plays nothing like it, points are only awarded for hitting opponents and not for spinning them. Damage is also not specific to each part of the car, just an overall health bar which further removes any tactics from the racing. The driving physics are also quite weird, particularly when landing a jump (a lot of which gets added later in the campaign) but also when hitting other cars, you just don't know where you will end up. The difficulty of the campaign is increased with the addition of jumps and then chicanes but ironically these make the game easier because the AI can't really deal with either of these and it gives you more chances to crash into them. A bit more polish on the physics, some work on the AI and this could be really good. I bought this on sale and don't feel ripped off, but it's hard to recommend at full price when this offers a similar but more limited experience to Flatout or Wreckfest and I've seen it all after 8 hours. Excited to see what is in store for Crumple Zone 2!

Won the race in reverse gear Whiplashed them all Never wore a helmet in my life Jesus is my crumple zone

An outright clone of Destruction Derby (old dos game fyi) Fun for a derby or 3 every now and then. Wish they allowed custom cars in Split-Screen but nope, just had to go make it half-baked like so many others, for that reason I cannot recommend this.