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Capcom's innovative racing game, now on Xbox Live with voice feature. Ideal for hardcore Xbox players everywhere! Beat your best time or compete against your friends online. Customize your own over-the-top racing vehicle to handle the road like a pro or choose from top-of-the-line models. Feel the rush of speed as you tear past the spectators, maneuver your way through tight mountain passes and round each corner of the racing track in your ultimate dream car. As you battle your way to the finish line yourealize this is more than just a game! [Capcom]
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... 75
Game Informer
To paraphrase Wooderson, Matthew McConaughey's character from "Dazed and Confused": "Racing games keep getting better; Auto Modellista just stays the same." [Apr 2004, p.106]
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Team Xbox
For players with Xbox Live, the game has even more depth to offer. However, the incredibly tough controls as well as the unforgiving gameplay are sure to drive away many players.
60
GameSpy
The curse of Japanese racer audio lives on in Auto Modellista. The announcer needs a good punch in the face.
57
IGN
Get someone in there who can fix the damn control.
55
Official Xbox Magazine
While the game deserves kudos for its trippy and 'toon-y visual style, the hard reality is there's no compelling reason to give up the 800-pound gorilla that is "PGR2" to adapt to Auto Modellista's driftacular controls, especially since the game's Xbox Live implementation is fairly bareboned. Kee-rash.[Apr 2004, p.80]
50
Gaming Age
The Xbox Live function is easy to use, but good luck finding a crew to race. Several log-on attempts revealed that not too many people are logging into the AM races.
50
Cheat Code Central
I suggest the title of Auto Modellista be changed to "Auto Modellista: On Ice," since all the cars react as though they're being driven on a skating rink.
50
Deeko
The physics are terrible, the sound will drive you mad (if you listen to the announcer) or put you to sleep (if you listen to most of the music) and the Live feature is deplorably laughable.
40
1UP
The cel-shaded visual presentation is about the only element AM has going for it, so if you're really attracted to this particular aesthetic, then this is your game. On the other hand, if you're into racing games, chances are you already own something like "Need for Speed Underground," and AM really isn't even in the same ballpark.
40
GamerFeed
The gameplay's been tweaked but not really improved, and the game doesn't have a single aspect that propels it into the competition. This Auto's out of gas.
40
WHAM! Gaming
Once this one slides off the road into the ditch, you might just want to leave it there.
30
Xbox Nation Magazine
It's quirky...it's garish...it's horribly annoying...The control is so utterly broken that one has to wonder what the developers were thinking. [Apr 2004, p.87]
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