Playstation 2 Racing and Flying Games

The drive of your life! Over 700 cars spanning a century of automotive history! Spectators react to your every move! Racing in all its breathtaking, utterly merciless glory!

Are you searching for a driving game that offers more than just breakneck speed? Look no further than Gran Turismo 4. The most recent installment in this amazingly popular racing game brings realistic driving to a whole new level. With loads of new cars and a vastly improved physics engine, you'll be ready to tackle the roads in your favorite cars from the last century.

The Cars
Automotive history is at your fingertips with Gran Turismo 4. You can select from over 700 cars, dating back nearly a century to the 1915 Ford Model T Tourer. From the United Kingdom's AC to Sweden's Volvo, you'll can choose from practically every car manufactured since 1915.

Beyond the list of cars, GT4 sports a new and vastly improved physics engine. Offering even greater realism than its predecessors, the GT4 engine has been meticulously designed to cover every inch and turn of your driving experience. Using physics to calculate weight, speed, friction, and a host of other nuances, every car delivers performance with its own unique, precise handling and feel.

This game isn't just about the cars, though -- it's also about the competition. The advanced, lifelike drivers compete with fervor unmatched even by some of your video game buddies. Fueled by the latest advances in artificial intelligence, your digital rivals will react to your every move with behavior modeled after actual professional racers.

It may take you weeks to test drive all 700 available cars, but with Gran 4 you'll never truly run out of "new" vehicles. This game is equipped with a multitude of options to customize your favorite cars. Brakes, shocks, and engine components can all be upgraded. You can stylize your car with wings, rims, and color, and you can even change your oil. In short, you can do whatever needs to be done to keep your car tuned and looking hot for the next big race.

The Human Element
Gran Turismo 4 brings something completely new to your gaming experience. In the stands you'll find spectators who comes to life in 3D before your very eyes. They react with genuine human emotions to your every move, cheering as you pass, and snapping photographs as you cross the finish line. Your next pit stop will take place as if you were really there. You'll watch the process unfold in real-time as your crew rushes to change your tires and refuel your tank. But that's not all. With the new addition of convertibles, you are truly in the drivers seat. Your drivers will react with precise and fluid motions, and turn just as you would if you were behind the wheel. Gran Turismo has never looked so unbelievably real.

The Courses
Not only does GT4 bring you the rare opportunity to drive hundreds of cars, it also offers you a vast collection of actual racing locations. Rip through the exotic Costa di Malfi in Capri, burn rubber through the urban jungle of Hong Kong, or throw up some serious dust at the Grand Canyon -- no matter where you decide to race, you'll love driving any of the game's fourteen tracks. Feeling nostalgic? With Gran 4, you can even race on some of your old, favorite tracks from previous editions.

LAN Play
Compete against your buddies with the LAN play functionality of GT4. Connect up to three PlayStation 2 consoles and bring together up to six players in a racing frenzy that pits you against your friends. Each console will need a copy of Gran Turismo 4, the proper connecting cables, and all the standard gaming equipment. Once connected, you'll be ready for a life-like battle of driving abilities and mental toughness. With LAN play, the action has never been more intense or more realistic!

Need For Speed: Underground 2 takes you into the underground world of serious street racers. Embrace the illegal racing underground, and prove you can dominate it. Explore a huge city and try to avoid getting schooled by rival racers. Three new gameplay mode for the hardcore Driver looking to perfect their skills Put your reputation on the line, by going online -- challenge the world's best racers and bet your car against theirs

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is the next-generation thrill ride for arcade-style racing excitement! See if you can be victorious and in 60 different and become the Champion Road Racer!

Feel the rush of flying down the open road in a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, or some other exclusive automobile re-created in loving tribute. Oh, and you're being chased by some of the fastest cops on the roadways. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 features more than 20 of the world's greatest supercars rendered in awesome detail. The immersive environments are full of downpours, intense sunlight, storms, and blizzards. The crashes are spectacular and include realistic damage. Incredible graphics effects include detailed reflections, lighting effects, and particle physics. Police pursuit ranges from a single police cruiser to an intensive manhunt with a full squad of cars, choppers, and roadblocks. Traffic and police combine to create exciting situations unique to nonrace track environments. The gameplay is fast and furious, with simulated speeds of 170 mph (running 60 frames per second) through realistic traffic situations. There is an extensive reward path with upgraded cars, new courses, new race modes, and more.

Need for Speed Prostreet PS2

Midnight Club II builds on the illegal street racing fun found in the PS2 launch title Midnight Club. Like that game it pits you against street toughs in non-linear street races, all for bragging rights and access to better and more sophisticated rides. New in Midnight Club II are the police and the ability to drive a motorcycle.

The game begins with you in the charge of a slob named Moses. He acts as tutor, teaching you how to control your beater car and how to use power-ups, as well as offering overall moral support. He teaches you how to go about the business of the game: earning new gear such as Nitrous Oxide, new cars, and even new controls. The award of new controls later in the game show how you're a novice driver at the start but by the end you're a pro who can land on all four wheels after a jump, expertly control a power slide turn, and much, much more.

Much of the game consists of cruising around three large and well rendered cities: Paris, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. You don't just challenge someone to a race or sign up for an event and show up. Instead you get a map and have to follow a red dot. The dot is a rival racer. Once you track and chase him down, you flash your high beams and then you can race him. It's a clever way of giving you a warm up, keeping you immersed in the game, and best of all, teaching you the layout of each city.

Racing is fun, fast, and furious. This isn't a simulation, it's an arcade-style racer--but the physics system is internally consistent so it feels more "realistic" than it actually is. Rockstar has put a premium on keeping you in control, keeping the thrill-factor high, and giving you a heart stopping sense of speed. The graphics are fantastic and the cities are incredibly detailed. As a counter-point, the voice acting is just plain awful.

Midnight Club II offers a wide range of game modes ensuring it will be playable for a long time to come: career, mission, and a mode that lets you just jump into a race. Multiplayer is possible in hotseat mode, but it also supports Internet play. Internet lag is bad over dial-up modem (PS2), but broadband players (Xbox Live or PS2) will find the game silky smooth. All of this makes Midnight Club II a great addition to any videogame racing fan's library, but a must for online fans.--Bob Andrews

Pros:

• Great physics, intense action
• Excellent graphics
• Plenty of game modes, including broadband multiplayer

Cons:

• Poor voice acting

In Midnight Club II you are an elite, next-generation illegal street racer, racing through the cities of Paris, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. Each location boasts open-ended routes, loads of shortcuts, and massive jumps. Filled with pedestrians, vehicles backing out of driveways, benches, lights, parking meters, trash, and other municipal properties, these living cities will require complete concentration and deft driving skills.

Midnight Club II takes you to the streets of the world's biggest cities, to experience the future of illegal racing! Four-person multiplayer action to keep your adrenalin pumping

Burnout 3: Takedown rewrites the rules of the road with its aggressive racing action. Get behind the wheel and experience real high-speed action. Use your car as a weapon and battle your way to the front of the pack -- by taking down rivals and instigating spectacular crashes.

In Need For Speed: Underground, you'll enter the world of urban street racing and work your way up the underground rankings! 4-player action for faster, wilder racing thrills!

Product InformationATV Offroad Fury 4 lets you live the life of a rookie rider and experiencethe trials and tribulations of offroad racing. Navigate through 72 tenacioustracks on six different continents en route to the checkered flag. Take yourfavorite ATV or for the first time in franchise history race with MX bikestrophy trucks and even buggies! Equipped with more vehicles courses race modesand the new story mode along with a new track editor ATV Offroad Fury 4delivers the most competitive offroad racing experience to date. 6 competingvehicles in all single player and multiplayer modes Online gameplay includingtournaments rankings voice and text chat forums player profiles and theability to exchange game date.Product Features Point-to-Point Baja style racing takes center stage as full motion videos move the story of your rookie rider progressing through the professional ranks 3 new offroad racing vehicles including MX Bikes Buggies and Trophy Trucks along with the classic ATVs Select a rider select a vehicle then compete in various races challenges and championships while earning prestige in Story Mode 72 distinct tracks from 8 different styles including point to point supercross freestyle rallycross dirt circuits hybrid nationals head to head and hill climb New Track editor offers racers the ability to make the straight-aways longer the cornerstighter the berms slicker and the jumps bigger

After being humiliated yet again by Crash Bandicoot at the end of Crash Twinsanity, Cortex returns to his evil scheming in his dilapidated Iceberg Lair. He stumbles across a newspaper article regarding the closure of Ebeneezer Von Clutch's condemned racing arena. He hatches a sinister plan to challenge Crash to a seemingly friendly race competition... with plans of crushing the hapless bandicoot under the ruins of the hazardous racetrack! Will the evil doctor's plans be the end of our furry hero? In Crash Tag Team Racing, players can "clash" their car with an opponent's mid-race to make a super-car equipped with a powerful turret gun. When clashed, players can either get behind the wheel and drive, or fire an onboard weapon. Each character has his or her own uniquely deadly 360-degree rotating turret. Players can continue the action out of the car where they can explore the entire world on foot and collect upgrades for their cars and unlock bonus tracks.

The PlayStation2 takes the Gran Turismo franchise to new heights in the third edition of the venerable racing series. The graphics are sure to grab you--the cars and tracks are awe inspiring, and there are some incredible lighting effects. This game is much more than eye candy, though.

The gameplay in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec is the same as its predecessors; fans of the previous games will feel right at home, while newcomers will be able to pick things up easily. There are more than 150 cars from which to choose, and plenty of tracks upon which to race them. Arcade mode works well for a quick fix, while simulation mode provides outstanding replay value. The sound effects are impressive--each engine has a unique sound, and tire screeches from different cars sound noticeably different. The soundtrack is a good mix of original compositions and a wide variety of recording artists, including Motley Crue, Raekwon, Jimi Hendrix, and Snoop Dogg.

One minor flaw with the game is its relatively predictable artificial intelligence. Computer-controlled cars follow distinct lines, and you'll be able to pick up the patterns after a few races. Considering how far the graphics have come since the original Gran Turismo, it's disappointing that the AI hasn't progressed similarly. Despite this, GT3 remains an outstanding game. Few games offer its combination of high quality and immense variety. --Raymond M. Padilla

Pros:

• Incredible graphics
• Excellent physics and controls
• Great soundtrack

Cons:

• Predictable AI
• No Porsche or Ferrari licenses

The third title of the Gran Turismo series takes full advantage of the new PlayStation2 game engine, which is capable of rendering about 20 million polygons per second--roughly 10 times the number of total polygons of the series' previous installment, Gran Turismo 2. Real-time lighting forces your eyes to adjust to changing conditions, such as when a car rounds a turn and the sun comes out from behind a building to cause glare on the windshield. This makes the game harder, but more realistic. Heat rises off the ground and mist swirls around vehicles as they make their way across the racetrack.

Gran Turismo 3 also features more than 100 distinct cars, each with different statistics, including the Subaru Impreza Rally, Dodge Viper GTS-R, and Mazda's RX-7 RS. Computer-controlled opponents benefit from enhanced artificial intelligence; they don't act like baby ducks following their mother, but instead respond to other cars, the course, and the conditions in much the same way that real drivers would. Pressure a car, and it will pressure you back; cut one off in the early part of the race, and expect to receive similar treatment down the course. They don't drive perfectly, either; some will spin out and make other mistakes over the course of a race.

The drive of your life. all of the worllds top manufacuters Obsessively technical, Meticulously refined. Viciously FAST

Simpsons Road Rage takes popular Simpsons' characters as they go crazy on the streets of Springfield!

There's road rage, and then there's road rage Simpsons style! D'oh! Mr. Burns is up to his greedy ways again. He's purchased Springfield's transit corporation and heinously jacked up the fares. Refusing to shell out for the new rates, the road rage ensues. You'll take on commuters and jam-packed back routes, all in an effort to help buy back the corporation before time runs out.

More than 25 Simpsons characters climb behind the wheel or wander the streets begging for a ride. "Eat my shorts, dude!" Careen through timesaving shortcuts and take on terrain including hills, mountains, and forests. Wreak havoc in five Springfield neighborhoods that include landmarks such as Moe's Bar and the nuclear power plant. Busy traffic and wayward pedestrians confound your rage. However, two-wheel leans, speed starts, power slides, and other cool car physics help you release that rage.

Multiple game modes let you go head-to-head in two-player split-screen action that challenges your opponent in a race for the next passenger, or you can steal his or her passenger midride! Complete up to 60 unique passenger deliveries in story mode, or take a leisurely Sunday drive through the fair Springfield. A bonus system lets you unlock cars and specific characters, while intuitive menus make this game easy to play. As Homer would say, "If it's hard to do, it's not worth doing!"

Jak X: Combat Racing introduces both multiplayer and online racing action to the Jak and Daxter franchise. After Jak stopped the Dark Maker menace in his last adventure, cities were rebuilt, people flourished and sports reemerged. Combat racing became the biggest sport of all, as the excitement of high-speed competition brought crowds to the track. You are now a racer in this world, fighting for a right to be hailed as a champion. Race in head-to-head multiplayer action Unlock new decals, modifications, vehicles and a character when you play in conjunction with the upcoming Daxter PSP game Nearly an hour of cinematics as the exciting plot unfolds

Crash Nitro Kart takes Crash Bandicoot on a new adventure! The ruthless Emperor Velo has kidnapped Crash & forced him to race in the intergalactic coliseum. If he fails to become champion, the Earth will be destroyed!

Product Features Platform: PlayStation2 1-2 Player shunt, crash, and slam on tracks designed for battling and takedowns take your revenge online with up to six players revolutionized crash mode explodes! Features multi-level tracks designed for fighting at top speed Platform: PlayStation2

Downhill Domination puts you in control of your own downhill mountain bike, for serious racing action! Five different multi-player modes, for up to four players

Hot Wheels Beat That PS2

ATV Offroad Fury 2 takes you off the beaten paths, and gives you the chance to open a new one!

ATV Offroad Fury 2 provides expansive off-road racing gameplay packed with more courses, modes, tricks, and ATVs, plus online gameplay via the network adapter to heighten the racing experience. Players will choose from more than 20 licensed and team-sponsored ATVs from top-tier manufacturers and off-road sponsors. Every featured ATV will be true to spec, allowing for realistic handling and reactions in every situation.

PS2 Midnight Club: Street Racing - Game Only - No Manual or Case

The main premise of Midnight Club Street Racing is that you and your pals take to the streets each night to race hot rods around town. Along the way, you'll terrorize those pedestrians who are crazy enough to be outdoors at night, and generally crash into anything that's vertical. It goes without saying that then you'll spend most of your daytime hours pounding out the dents from the previous night's misadventures.

Midnight Club Street Racing plays like a combination of the high-res street shenanigans of the Dreamcast's Tokyo Extreme Racing and the mission-based mayhem of the PS One's Driver. You've got two fantastic urban vistas in which to roam around--New York and London--and a jacked-up little runabout in which to do it. The game isn't just about racing, but about racing from point to point, too, or playing follow the leader.

Graphically appealing (if more than a little flat, but that doesn't detract) and speedy, this game might not tax the PlayStation2 hardware, but it might tax your skills as a gamer if you don't keep up.

Maps to the city are available whenever you need them, and make it rather difficult to get lost. It's advisable to try, however--there are tons of miniroutes to traverse. No route is sacrosanct--you can bash through plate-glass windows, barrel through underground parking structures, meander across parks, and even pogo from roof to roof. In this way, the game has a bit of that good ole Driver feel; although, the further in you play, the night skies and somber tone of the city dispel some of this feel.

Midnight Club Street Racing is a great game, and yet another reason for new PlayStation2 owners to smile. While it's not terribly groundbreaking, it's one game that's loads of fun to play. --Todd Mowatt

Pros:

• Solid and fun race mechanics
• Sprawling cityscapes, with multiple routes
• Two-player games add replayability

Cons:

• City objects lack definition
• Only two cities in which to race

Rockstar Games has partnered with DUB Magazine -- the authoritative source on automotive lifestyles -- to redefine the racing genre with Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition. With this installment, the series that took racing from the tracks to the open urban streets is back, and the stakes have never been higher.

Get ready for insanely fast driving with open-city racing in Atlanta, San Diego, and Detroit. The online competition brings together up to eight players with the most comprehensive vehicle customization every seen in a video game. You'll be driving the hottest licensed real-life SUVs, import tuners, muscle cars, choppers, and luxury rides on the road today. Plus, you can trick them out with the latest rims, trims, and upgrades just like the pages of DUB. Without a doubt, customization goes above and beyond any other game with Midnight Club 3. The level of detail dedicated to your car's look and feel is unprecedented. Not only can you trick out your car, but you can select your favorite chassis, brakes, exhaust, and even power-boosting nitrous oxide!

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition has more speed, more choices, and more chrome than any game has ever packed under the hood. It rocks hard, and delivers slick, fast, intense driving action in challenging environments. Step up, pimp your ride, and get ready to hit the streets for high-adrenaline urban racing!

Rockstar Games has partnered with DUB Magazine -- the authoritative source on automotive lifestyles -- to redefine the racing genre with Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition. With this installment, the series that took racing from the tracks to the open urban streets is back, and the stakes have never been higher. Get ready for insanely fast driving with open-city racing in Atlanta, San Diego, and Detroit. The online competition brings together up to eight players with the most comprehensive vehicle customization every seen in a video game. You'll be driving the hottest licensed real-life SUVs, import tuners, muscle cars, choppers, and luxury rides on the road today. Plus, you can trick them out with the latest rims, trims, and upgrades just like the pages of DUB. Without a doubt, customization goes above and beyond any other game with Midnight Club 3. The level of detail dedicated to your car's look and feel is unprecedented. Not only can you trick out your car, but you can select your favorite chassis, brakes, exhaust, and even power-boosting nitrous oxide! Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition has more speed, more choices, and more chrome than any game has ever packed under the hood. It rocks hard, and delivers slick, fast, intense driving action in challenging environments. Step up, pimp your ride, and get ready to hit the streets for high-adrenaline urban racing!

ATV OffRoad Fury for PlayStation 2

Imagine insane jumps, wild off-road courses, and crazy stunts that could only be performed in the make-believe world of video games. Add to that the power of the PlayStation2 system, and you have all the ingredients of an arcade classic racing title on the PS2.

The physics in ATV Offroad Fury are absolutely incredible. Drivers and ATVs react accordingly as they hit the ground, and other riders need to be wary when someone takes a wipeout--one fall on these tight courses can send a shockwave of collisions through the pack.

The game provides arcade-style controls, which fit perfectly with the best aspects of the game. ATV Offroad Fury is one game that is best played with friends, as the artificial intelligence is unrealistically consistent. If you mess up, computer-controlled riders slow down to offer you a chance to get back into things. It does not seem to matter how poorly a player does for the first three laps of a five-lap race. If no mistakes are made in the final two laps, the computer opponents are easily overtaken.

The tracks are separated into three distinct groups: indoors, outdoors, and freestyle. The indoor tracks are fairly similar, as they are the same type of supercross tracks that you would see in a motocross game. The outdoor tracks, however, show much more variety in their terrains and backgrounds. From lush forests to harsh deserts all the way to snow-covered tundra, every track provides a different experience. The game's sound is merely decent; hearing those high-pitched engines at full throttle for too long begins to sound like you are being chased by a pack of killer bees.

Overall, ATV is a solid game that most everyone will want to try. The multiplayer mode really makes for a great party game, not only for its earnest competitiveness, but also for the entertainment value of the crashes and lunatic jumps and stunts. --Todd Mowatt

Pros:

• 22 different tracks
• 20 different ATVs
• Crisp control
• Plenty of depth and replayability

Cons:

• AI makes for unrealistic races
• Combo tricks are very difficult to pull off
• Poor use of the PS2 controller force-feedback feature

Players can choose from 11 ATV (all-terrain vehicle) models in three different styles; manufacturers include Yamaha, Honda, Polaris, and Kawasaki. Players can customize their vehicles in the garage by tweaking such options as tire friction, shock reaction, steering, and braking. ATV Off Road Furycontains free-roaming race environments, with courses scaled as large as two square miles in area. The game's 20 tracks feature diverse types of terrain.

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Collector's Edition gives you the total freedom you need, to make LA your Personal skate and bike park. For the first time, you'll skate or bike in a rich, expansive open environment. The sky's the limit as you progress through the Wasteland. No level, no load times -- just never-ending action. You'll never skate the same line twice!
Special Collector's Edition features bonus content: Two exclusive classic mode levels, secret characters, "making of" feature, Jimbo Phillips art gallery and exclusive packaging.

The first BMX game out of the gates for the PS2 is Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2, developed by Z-Axis. Like any extreme sports game, the key here is the trick system, and this one is incredibly deep with more than 1,500 tricks to perform. Basic tricks are easy to execute and can be modified with an additional button-and-direction combo. Unfortunately, these trick modifiers aren't always responsive. The game's modes are Session, Free Ride, Park Editor, and ProQuest. Session is a timed run on any of the game's levels. Free Ride lets you nail the game's timing and become familiar with its courses. The extensive Park Editor lets you design your own levels. The meat of the game is in ProQuest, which has two submodes: competition and challenges. The ultimate goal is to win enough competitions to become the king of freestyle BMX. The challenges help you earn "respect," which can be used to upgrade your gear. The game's excellent soundtrack includes songs from Fenix TX, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest--three acts few in their wildest dreams envisioned together. The game's addictive gameplay is marred by several programming glitches, the most annoying of which is haphazard respawning. After crashing, the game often places you in positions where you'll instantly wipeout or appear inside an object. Polygons sometimes appear on the screen for no apparent reason and the frame rate slows down at times. Still, this is a very addictive game that will have no competition until Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 is released. --Raymond M. Padilla Pros: Addictive gameplay Improved graphics and larger levels than the original Basic tricks are easy to pull off Cons: Respawning can be frustrating Trick modifiers can be fickle Graphics glitches such as pop-up, slowdown, and poor collision detection

The first BMX game out of the gates for the PS2 is Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2, developed by Z-Axis. Like any extreme sports game, the key here is the trick system, and this one is incredibly deep with more than 1,500 tricks to perform. Basic tricks are easy to execute and can be modified with an additional button-and-direction combo. Unfortunately, these trick modifiers aren't always responsive.

The game's modes are Session, Free Ride, Park Editor, and ProQuest. Session is a timed run on any of the game's levels. Free Ride lets you nail the game's timing and become familiar with its courses. The extensive Park Editor lets you design your own levels. The meat of the game is in ProQuest, which has two submodes: competition and challenges. The ultimate goal is to win enough competitions to become the king of freestyle BMX. The challenges help you earn "respect," which can be used to upgrade your gear.

The game's excellent soundtrack includes songs from Fenix TX, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest--three acts few in their wildest dreams envisioned together. The game's addictive gameplay is marred by several programming glitches, the most annoying of which is haphazard respawning. After crashing, the game often places you in positions where you'll instantly wipeout or appear inside an object. Polygons sometimes appear on the screen for no apparent reason and the frame rate slows down at times. Still, this is a very addictive game that will have no competition until Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 is released. --Raymond M. Padilla

Pros:

• Addictive gameplay
• Improved graphics and larger levels than the original
• Basic tricks are easy to pull off

Cons:

• Respawning can be frustrating
• Trick modifiers can be fickle
• Graphics glitches such as pop-up, slowdown, and poor collision detection

Customization is key in Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2. In this release, players can create their own riders (or ride as BMX champ Dave Mirra, Ryan Nyquist, and others in an impressive posse of BMX pros), choose their own sponsors, and even design their own parks in which to complete a variety of challenges. As players progress through the game, they'll earn the respect of fellow riders. The ultimate, though, is to unseat Mirra himself as king of the BMX hill.

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 also supports up to 12 players and features 10 multiplayer games, including an extreme bikathalon competition. Also, the release includes eight additional game levels, and they're four times beefier than before. Tear and trick through a total of 11 levels with this edition. The game is completed by integrated traffic, including moving cars, trains, trucks, and even other riders and pedestrians.

The open trick system in Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 holds more than 1,500 tricks and signature moves--many of them motion captured off Mirra himself. And a fitting soundtrack accompanies the game, featuring cuts from Ozzy Osbourne, Methods of Mayhem, the Cult, Godsmack, and others.

World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars 2002 lets you hurtle around the track at speeds in excess of 170 mph as you experience jaw-dropping graphics, realistic physics, and boundless white-knuckle action. You can compete on 12 real-world tracks from the World of Outlaws racing circuit and race as one of 24 official World of Outlaws drivers. The graphics are based on the award-winning Ratbag Difference Engine. Modes include single race, championship, and career. The game features spectacular collisions, damage modeling, and screaming 3-D directional sound, plus exclusive World of Outlaws driver interviews, racing footage, and DVD extras.

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkin War is an all-new flight action experience! 15 years prior to the events in Ace Combat 5, Ace Combat Zero reveals the events that lead to the Belkin War. Players will take the role of a mercenary hired to fly for Ustio, a small country bordering the invading country, Belka. Whether you choose to fight like a mercenary or hero, the ultimate goal is to defend Ustio at all costs! Wingmen commands are more detailed than ever, as you order your squad mates in battle to coordinate your efforts In-game messages from your allies and opponents will acknowledge your skill, or lack thereof Multiplayer action where you & your friends will take to the skies and dogfight in head to head action

Driver: Parallel Lines brings back action-driving games, and gives you the chance to live out Hollywood-style car chases! Discover TK, a driver for hire and free from conscience. Take part in an adrenaline-pumping story line of double-cross and revenge set in the New York underworld. Experience one of the first action and driving games to incorporate online play. All-new storyline of double-crossing and revenge, with new effects and weapons selection

compete in your choice of 4 different nascar racing series

In MX Vs. ATV Unleashed, you'll power through serious outdoor racing environments, in the toughest events around. Jump into a redesigned monster truck, powerful sand-rail, 4x4 golf cart, ATVs, dirt bike or biplane for a massive competition in a completely open game world.

This reinvention of the popular antigravity racing combat game features 32 ship models, 16 pilots in eight teams, 45 tracks on seven different courses, six single-player modes, five multiplayer modes, and 26 weapons. Track locations include jungle, desert, city, and mountain settings. The biggest tracks are three times longer than any previous Wipeout circuit. The game features six racing modes, including a revised arcade mode, a full league option, and an elimination mode, as well as time trial, endurance racing, and a secret "zone" mode. Once certain parts of the game are complete, a reverse track mode is unlocked.

MX vx. ATV Untamed kicks it up a notch and shifts into high gear! Rainbow Studios has evolved their legendary Rhythm Racing engine to include throttle based power slides near upside-down whips and new scrubs at full speed all while retaining the smooth and authentic feel not found in any other game. Attempt to own the offroad by dominating the innovative new "X-Cross Tournament" which brings together 8 unique racing series like Endurocross Opencross Supercross Waypoint and Supermoto and then crosses them into one ultimate offroad championship! Brand new styles of racing are born as powerful vehicles tear through treacherous trails in the new Opencross Modes whie then shifting gears to navigate boulders logs and water pits in Endurocross. Players can take control of the new DRV Sport and multiple other vehicles including Monster and Trophy Trucks as they blaze through rivers swampy everglades and the desert dunes. Amp up your favorite vehicles power handling and acceleration with more than 100 sponsor parts and accessories. The MX vs. ATV rivalry explodes as the top professionalriders like Ricky Carmichael Chad Reed and others go bar-to-bar in Supercross Outfoor Nationals and Freestyle showdowns. The top 10 pro riders collide on the same track vying for vehicular supremacy Be the last vehicle standing as 12 players compete online.Format: PS2 Genre: SPORTS/GAMES/AUTO RACING Rating: E UPC: 752919461235 Manufacturer No: 46123

Freekstyle for the PlayStation 2 is the go-for-broke motocross experience youve been waiting for. This massive EA SPORTS BIG motocross game dares even the best riders to harness the power of 250 cc s while pulling off sick stunts in insane over-the-top worlds. Freekstyle is not about being the fastest; it s about being freekin fearless. Battle the world s newest aerial daredevils out of the turns through the whoops and in the air and when it s all over storm back up to the top of the hill and do it all over again. * Nine different venues challenge riders to take on some of the most outrageous freestyle terrain on tracks such as Rocket GardenCrash Pad II Monumental Motoplex and the ultimate big air course Big Sky. * Over 80 tricks including the McMetz Saran Wrap Superman Seat Grab The Roll The Helicopter and the 360 - score big with them or better yet combine em for bonus points. * Choose from any of eight different riders with their own unique attitude and riding style including freestyle sensations Mike Metzger leader of the Metal Mulissha Brian Deegan Stefy Bau Clifford The Flyin Hawaiian Adpptante Jessica Patterson and Greg Albee Albertyn. * An Innovative scoring system challenges even the most fearless dirt demons to hold that Lazy Boy for just one more second.* See-Ya to the barriers and constraints of licensed tracks and venues and say hello to the world of EA SPORTS BIG Freekstyle inspired by the sport and embracing the extreme lifestyle of motoX racing. * Fly high and take names in Circuit Race and Freestyle Freeride game modes.* Topped off with a freekstylin soundtrack that will bring forth the daredevil in anyone who picks up the controls -- SPECIFICATIONs -------------------------------------ESRB Rating : E for EveryoneGenre/Category : SportsSystem : Playstation 2Number of Players : 1-2On-Line Compatible :www.ea.com

Freekstyle, while generally a strong game, can't help but be the lesser cousin of EA Sports Big's smash hits SSX and SSX Tricky. The moves are more complicated, the learning curve is steeper, and the charm is relatively absent for this title compared to its more successful predecessors. And woe to those who miss a steep jump and expect to hit Restart, as in SSX. You'll be forced to take the jump again, with much less velocity than before you wiped out. Plus, you'll need to hit it over and over and over, a fact that makes initial play somewhat tedious.

Still, it's unfair to punish Electronic Arts for their past perfection. On its own, Freekstyle has plenty to keep motocross fans happy: courses both for tricking and racing, real-world riders, and complicated road maps filled with pleasing secret shortcuts. --Jennifer Hauseman

Pros:

• Gamers can do multiple top-speed tricks in "bullet time"
• Good game mechanics and environments
• Real-life motocross champions

Cons:

• Boring music and graphic design
• Steep learning curve