Video Game Reviews
Title: Auto Modellista
Review rating: ***1/2
Platform/console: Playstation 2
Release date: March 2003
Genre: Racing
Players allowed: 1 to 2 (more with on-line option)
ESRB rating: E
Production company: CAPCOM
The fantastic visuals and animation might be enough to satisfy
some gamers, especially if you like lots of options and are
a creative type person. Auto Modellista should meet most gamers’
standards. Game designers use the same animation used in the
Matrix car commercials to paint a wonderful cel shaded environment.
The game also delivers with customizable options, such as
garages and videos where you can direct and edit your racing
replays. You even get muffler & brake choices among the
69 different cars. You also have the option to fit the display
on a widescreen TV. There’s also some decent music and
an announcer who would seem more appropriately placed in a
NASCAR game, but adds a little realism and excitement to the
gameplay.
Now for the mildly challenging controls. The handling is good
overall (sometimes it’s hard to recover from slides
and don’t use the emergency brake) and driving conditions
just as realistic as comparable driving games. It’s
the sleek cartoonish animation that pushes this game to a
very satisfying level. The enormous options, on-line play
and “garage life” career mode give this quality
game a very high replay value.
Review by Michael Siebenaler
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