That Henry Ford was onto something when he knocked out the original Model T you know. Bargain hunters will be able judge for themselves soon. This time around, preview code has been readily available, and Empire's confidence appears to be well-placed, despite the reduced price tag. Something of a bumper package then, and one that is already looking like a vast improvement on the original, which had to go out and actually buy before we could review it. The last two cars dropping out each lap Duel sees you take on a different challenger each lap Drafting requires you to drive in your opponent's slipstream Driving Skills has you steering through a series of gates Seconds Out (our current favourite) sees you collecting time bonuses to keep your lap time down Racing Line requires you to stick to it like shit to a blanket and, finally, Time Attack is simply you against the track. Standard Race is self-explanatory Elimination involves There will also be a great deal of track variety on offer, taking in race circuits, city-based tracks, off-road jungle action and even oval speedways for some pseudo-Nascar action.Īs for game modes, Ford Racing 2 keeps on giving, offering a generous octet of driving challenges. The cars on offer stretch to the present day and beyond, with the inclusion of so-called 'future classics' such as the beefed-up Ford GT. So if you’ve ever wanted to have a spin in the Mustang that Steve McQueen drove for the famous 1968 car chase in Bullitt, this is probably as close as you're going to get. There's even a category called Movie Stars, offering a range of cars made famous by films and TV shows. Thanks to the exclusive deal with Ford, the game will feature 32 of their vehicles from 1949 onwards, including Mustangs, Thunderbirds, F-series pickup trucks, exotic concept cars and 200mph stock cars. In fact you could probably have earned it by now if you weren’t sitting on your arse reading magazines all day. So what are you going to get this time round? From what we've seen, a great deal more bang for your buck, particularly as the game is set to retail for less than a tenner.
And from our extensive playtest there wouldn't appear to be a great deal of work left to do. They’ve drafted in a different developer (Razorworks of Total Immersion So what has Empire decided to do? Forget about it and move on? Of course not. Lost amid the monthly morass of driving games, its route to the bargain bins was swift and undignified. Nobody does, except perhaps a few people who worked on it. Do you remember the original Ford Racing? Of course you don't.
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