Viper Racing by Sierra

O.K... I had good feelings for this when I heard it was out.... until I played it. It has some nice features that really should be in alot of racing games, like different paint chioces on the cars, and a paint shop where you can paint your car the way you like it. And it had some lousey features like the useless 'W' key that makes youre car flip up in the air and wereck itself on the ground. Hold the button down and the car will remiain airborn. This serves no porpose and had no reason for being in a racing game... The damage is pretty realistic although the tires should break up or bend, and windows crack and shatter, but the paint scrapes and body panels bending is nice. However you can repair and replace your car on the track it is dissapointing when you trash an opponent that he can do the same. There should be a variety of vipers, the game is called 'Viper Racing' and not Viper GTS-R Racing so it should have some variety of the Dodge vipers and not just the GTR-S. The tracks are nice and have some nice scenery, but everything is oversized a bit that makes you feel like youre going slow. Watch out for the objects tho, they no mateer how puny will make you come to a dead halt, ans one dome like building i drove into made my car fall through the track into endless space. The paved area of the tracks are way too wide for the size and amount of the cars. The opponents completly ignore you, and the thing that really made this game a flop is the total lack or handling you have over the car. Im serious, you spin out going walking speed, and cant drive anywhere.You have no traction what-so-ever, and this makes the game completly unplayable if you dont have a wheel, or drive the viper. (there are some secret cars in the options, but they suck too..) When you drive into a river, your car makes a splash, and the cars in this game should too but dont. The graphics are nice, but no 3dfx, the sound and music when you quit is nice too, but im afraid that is all I can say good about this racing sim racing dissapointment.