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11ht11 on 11 February 2009
6.5 Presentation
It's hard to tell if the overabundance of advertisements is a satire of NASCAR itself, or simply contractual obligation. The game has decent single player progression but it ends anticlimatically.
6.5 Graphics
It looks like a widescreen GameCube game. But at least with the lack of detail comes full 60 frames per second for a great sense of speed.
6.5 Sound
Its like the Sims actors hit the audio booth and did their best Boomhauer for all the dialogue. Funny for about two seconds, then it's just silly.
7.5 Gameplay
NASCAR Kart Racing's blueprint is, essentially, Mario Kart. If you're going to copy, copy from the game that matters.
7.0 Lasting Appeal
Unlocking all the tracks and characters will take a solid amount of playtime, and once you've done that you've opened up additional game modes. Oh, and don't forget four player competition.
7.4
Decent		 OVERALL
(out of 10 / no

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irstupid on 11 February 2009

all the hicks that mario kart drew to the kart genre from their cheesy commercials should pounce on this eh?

no mention of online?



Griffin on 11 February 2009

I just watched the video and the game looks pretty good, and the score is pretty decent aswell, i hope it gets the sales it deserves.



11ht11 on 11 February 2009

the game does look fun



irstupid on 11 February 2009
Griffin said:
I just watched the video and the game looks pretty good, and the score is pretty decent aswell, i hope it gets the sales it deserves.

 

i don't know why more people don't copy mario kart.  there was this burger king game that was fun as hell and way basically an exact mario kart rip off.



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SmokedHostage on 11 February 2009

I expected much lower.. Anyway, I'm not getting it. I already have Mario Kart. :p



Pixel Art can be fun.

famousringo on 11 February 2009

I'm not sure why anybody would buy/play this game unless they can't find Mario Kart.



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ameratsu on 11 February 2009
famousringo said:
I'm not sure why anybody would buy/play this game unless they can't find Mario Kart.

 

clearly you don't appreciate NASCAR© the way some people do.



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famousringo on 11 February 2009
ameratsu said:
famousringo said:
I'm not sure why anybody would buy/play this game unless they can't find Mario Kart.

 

clearly you don't appreciate NASCAR© the way some people do.

 

I don't even understand why NASCAR fans would buy this. Branding is the only thing it has in common with the sport.



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Lostplanet22 on 11 February 2009

I want a muppet kart racing sequel!