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Game Info
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Exakt
Genre(s): Racing, Driving
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 23, 2001
Summary
Design your own exotic supercar in the Styling Studio or choose one of 9 elite vehicles including the Salem S7 and the Lotus Concept Vehicle M220 to race on 23 courses in 7 cities, each with multiple routes and shortcuts. [Activision]
Cheat Codes & Hints: Cheat Code Central
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GameZone
Steve Saleen's Styling Studio is one of the most unique features I've ever seen in a racing game. I'd like to see it further expanded in a future version of the game.
Read Full Review >Hot Games
The game won’t be taking home trophies for the game play, which is the most serious of the game’s flaws.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Considering the unpolished feel of SSC and with alternatives like "Gran Turismo 3" providing a much more fulfilling experience, there are very few people I could recommend this game to.
Read Full Review >Next Generation Magazine
Standard automotive thrills with a mildly amusing twist – vehicle design options. [Jan 2002, p.82]
Game Informer
In the end it's all about the racing and nothing here is that compelling. [Dec 2001, p.93]
GameSpot
The high-speed supercars featured in the game feel lifeless, the courses seem entirely too convoluted, and the physics are unexciting.
Read Full Review >IGN
Racing around these various tracks in either the real of self-made supercars should be a lot more fun than this and it's a travesty that it isn't.
Read Full Review >Cloudchaser
It’s your typical, run-of-the-mill racer with a unique “concept” and nothing more.
Read Full Review >Gamezilla!
Definitely falls flat on its face with simplistic, arcade style gameplay and a lack of decent execution. Most certainly a bargain bin title, I wouldn’t even rent this one if I had the chance.
Read Full Review >GamePen
Here’s the kiss of death for a racing game... I didn’t find myself liking one car more than another...All of the SSC machines feel like a variation of a bumper car.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
As a racing game, it's pretty much par for the course. You race, you win, you open stuff up...seen it before, thank you. [Jan 2002, p.140]
GameShark
Boring (and maddeningly uninspired) techno music nips at your ears as you move through insanely limited and basic design elements to the car, and then race in a game that looks like someone finally figured out the hi-resolution mode on the Nintendo 64.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
The big kick in the eyes come with the laughable rain. Besides degrading the graphics to a PSX level, the rain only seems to fall in certain spots, like right over your car. It's as if there's a guy in a helicopter spraying water from above with a hose.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Marc gave it a 9:
Love the game! Not to many cars to choose from, and some of the tracks are hard as heck to even try and win. Trying to find secrets to unlock more stuff. Have already won the first two additions, working on getting the rest. The Turin race is a pain in the but to try and win. The enemies seem to get more and more brutal as you go on. Love the Monaco tracks, would love to open the hole thing instead of just the short and long. My nephew and I thought it was funny to take a different route in one of the Monaco tracks and be able to smash through the car-dealerships show room and shatter all the glass! Need to add more and make this a series. How about racing in San Fran Sisco? FLorida? Spain? and other exotic cities with lots of fun alternate routs? One complaint I have about the Design Studio, is that you can only adjust the front and rear forward and back. You should be able to change the center section and go up and down as well. Also, in the accessories section, you should be aloud to change the taillights as well as the head lights. Also, when racing in the dark/rain, it is very difficult to see. We need brighter and more powerful headlights! Last, there should be an option for tires for different road conditions. Need special rain tires for the bad weathered streets! Other than that, I love the game! Just add more cars and more options and it'll rock! Thanks!
Daniel D. gave it a 7:
I just bought the PC version for this game. Good thing I waited til it hit the bargain bin. It seems they took and improved the graphic engine from Test Drive 6 and the cheesy soundtrack too. The driving physics is less sensitive than Test Drive 6. The design feature is overrated. You can only change the aerodynamics and appearance of the car.
Ryan M. gave it an 8:
Surprisingly good game. The graphics arent great and the variety of cars are really limited, but the racing is good. Not great, but good.
Jake D. gave it a 9:
Has the coolest cars EVER!! way better than Grand Turismo 3!....Extremely realistic graphics! Cool techno music and an insane designing studio made by Steve Saleen!! BUY THIS GAME!!--I DID!!!!!!!!!
