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IHRA Drag Racing 2004 (Xbox)

Race against some of the world's best-known drag racing stars in today's hottest cars on 1/4 and 1/8-mile tracks. Get right into racing with your favorite car, or customize it in the shop. Whether you're a newcomer or a lifelong fan, this is one drag racing game you can't live without. Experience realistic racing with fully detailed weather and atmospheric dynamics. Choose from more than 35 vehicles, including classics and late models. Features top cars and drivers from Top Fuel, Pro Mod, Pro Stock, and Funny Car. Customize 70 vehicle components, from tires to transmissions to electronics. Race a single event, a whole season, or go head-to-head against a friend! [Bethesda Softworks]

Bethesda Softworks
Racing, Driving
Players: 2
E (Everyone)
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Released December 1, 2003

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

40 / 100

Critic Reviews

54 GameSpot
The level of detail in the simulation of engines, suspension, chassis, and everything else that goes into making a champion drag racer is unmatched, but there just isn't very much to do in the game.
52 TeamXbox
The problem lies in the fact the sights and sounds included in IHRA 2004 are completely sub-par which leaves player with little more than an advanced drag car setup program.
50 Cheat Code Central
For a sim, the tracks and vehicles don't look all that great. There is a definite lack of detail on the tracks which makes you feel as though you're at a practice track instead of an actual drag race competition.
40 Xbox Nation Magazine
On of the game's most unforgivable design flaws is that there is simply nothing to gain or strive for when playing. [Apr 2004, p.91]
19 IGN
Lifting your dining room table two inches off the ground and watching whatever's on it slide off the end would produce more thrills than anything in this game.

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