American Racing 2
TurboNuke knows how to do follow-ups right, and racing fans should definitely enjoy American Racing 2, the sequel to last year's arcade hit. The engine's been refined, if a little more CPU takes, but overall it should satisfy everyone's daily recommended need for speed.
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Wow. Is it just me, or is this really hard? I can't get past the qualifying heats of week 6.
Possibly because the AI is a TERRIBLE cheat. Any rule that applies to you doesn't apply to any of the AI drivers.
Which royally sucks.
As a general hint it appears AI drivers in black cars cheat the worst, give them a VERY wide berth when overtaking - they can and WILL try to hit you no matter how fast you go past.
Hitting them (no matter where) WILL push you behind them. Even if you hit their nose with your rear, so if they shunt you it means you are stuffed.
If you are struggling on later races try re-running the first 3 races (which you should easily win) to farm money for better stuff on your vehicle.
You CAN win the last race (in London) without fully upgrading your car. It unlocks unlimited turbo.
The game is very CPU intensive, don't play it on a machine with an onboard graphics chip. It'll struggle, my old pc did.
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