Hands down gas guzzlers got to be the best combat racing game ever made, competitive to the bone, fun and awesome! Oh and criminaly underrated. I can't believe it's online playerbase is so very small. I mean, there are times when a room gets full - 8 players - and it's incredible fun, but also a rare event. The standard as of now is more likely 0-3 players playing online when I check in. More people should get it cause the game is really amazing, trust me.

Fun, fast, pretty, simple and full of awesome humour & references to over-the-top action entertainment glory days. Hell it even has duke's voice in it. Zombie dlc is also very much worth getting, its novelty fades fast but it's also unique and a blast the first few times.

There are no major flaws but a few minor ones I might point out like:
- I experience occasional crashes while browsing my garage or car shop but it's isolated to only then & there;
- campaign mode progression can be a bit weird as you have to use certain cars at times and the game doesn't remind you of this
- the female commentator voice is disappointing compared to the male one.

Great arcade driving game that doesn't consume a lot of time.

I have played a handful of combat racers on the consoles. There is not very many of them on Steam that are very good. Believe me when I say this game is something special.

I have played the Mario Kart games, I have played Jak X Combat Racing, I have played a bunch of others that don't really come to mind... I really love this genre. There is a handful of them on Steam, all mediocre or ♥♥♥♥, usually one of the two. There is Post Apocalyptic Mayhem, which is actually okay, there is Zero Gear which is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥, and then there is that sonic game that's pretty damn good. This one, however, it is great.

What makes it unique for its genre, other than not being complete horse ♥♥♥♥ AND being on Steam, is the healthy variety of modes. It has racing with or without weapons, it has the mode where last place explodes, there is even a deathmatch arena mode. The game will go through various modes, depending on the playlist, and it's pretty fun.

Typically, you race and pick from the start what weapon you wish to use for the rest of the game. While most combat racers have random powerups that contains the weapons through out the race track, this one does not. There is a deathmatch mode where you do pick up weapons, as well probably others. There is A LOT of modes, I just find it strange there isn't one for racing with weapon powerups on the course.

The weapons all feel fairly balanced. Some require different skill sets or are very circumstantial. They are pretty diversed, so you have plenty of toys you play with. There is also secondary weapons which are more for placing land mines, oil spills, etc.

There is a decent variety of vehicles as well, which is great. You can also customize them a little bit, but you don't have a whole lot of control beyond the solid color they are and the different tires. There is dlc skins, but you cannot change the colors of them which I think is a missed opportunity.

Speaking of DLC, this game has it. The DLC isn't half bad to be honest. I am typically anti-DLC because I'm both cheap and poor, but this game doesn't feel too bad. The dlc gives you a handful of stuff, like modes or vehicle skins. The modes are pretty fun, but you might have trouble finding a server that plays them all.

Speaking of servers, this game has a good amount of them and, typically, they're all empty. This game is pretty dead or close to it. I go on and see maybe ten people at a time. This is definitely a game you want to get a group of friends to play. You'll come across full lobbies every now and again if you look for it at the right time, but ultimately you're not going to want to count on online with randoms.

There is a handful of bugs that my friends have all experienced. Some minimal and then some critical game ruining experiences, like a friend getting stuck inside objects or outside of map. They happen fairly rarely, so I wouldn't take them too deeply into account in how good this game is.

The graphics are pretty good, sound track is alright, and it has great controller support. The destruction on the vehicles is pretty good. In fact, you can even notice dints and torn off metal through out your vehicle. It even can lose the whole top, get smashed, etc. The customization is lacking however, as earlier mentioned.

Not only do you have limitations on how you can edit your car, you also have limitations on how you edit your character. You have an avatar and the game has you choose a voice for him. The voices are pretty bad and get annoying over time. They're all basically impersonations of various popular characters, such as Arnold Shwartzenagger *spelled wrong, not gonna google* or Duke Nukem. There is another one, forgot what it was. The strange part is, how often they talk and how annoying they are, the other players never at any point hears your character. Why have them at all!?

This game was a positive experience and therefore a great buy in my book. My friends and I played it boat loads of times and we will probably play it quite often for a long time, even if we take breaks from it from time to time. I encourage everyone to purchase this game if you're interested in combat racers and have been looking for a good one. The DLC isn't bad either. Fair warning, though... Make sure you run it for 64 bit if you got 64 bit OS.

8/10

Pros-
Great gameplay
Good game modes choices.
Decent variety of vehicles, weapons, and the likes.

Cons-
Avatar and vehicle customization is incredibly limited, other players do not hear voices, etc.
Bugs and the likes. They are there and you will notice them.
Dead online community *shocker*

Great fun! This is a totally underrated game. I bought it on sale and it was worth it. If you enjoyed "Blur" you may enjoy this. Like Blur, this combines racing and old "Spy Hunter" style attacks on other cars, such as oil slicks, smoke screens, shooting with a variety of weapons. The commentary is hilarious (I like Arny's voice). You can change the settings on the appropriateness of language and driver names. Default is "adult" names and language. If kids are playing it, you can change it. I've been using my Steam controller with the Xbox settings and it works fine. You can change some, but it was easier just to leave it as it was. It does not try to be a "driving sim" but is more arcade-style which makes it easily playable and lots of fun! If you're looking for a very serious driving sim, this is not it. This is a fun racer/shoot'em up game! However, it does have a career mode like many racing games where you can buy many cars and upgrades, change the paint scheme, colors, rims, etc. You earn money and open up new upgrades and race tracks. There are different racing modes as well. You can play solo races, campaign, and multiplayer. This review turned out longer than I anticipated but there is quite a bit to this game as I think about it and the bottom line is that this is a very fun game and hopefully you will enjoy it too!

A robust if not decent driving game. If you have a chance to pick this up on a whim or just get it in a bundle, take the time to try it out for a few hours. You might just love it!

Otherwise, I'd give 9/10, but have to settle for a solid 5/7 so far, keeps on crashing on me :/

Geforce 770 Ti, Phenom x4 940BE, asus mobo, 8Gb RAM running on Win7.

Dunno what's the cause. Updated drivers and everything. Otherwise a great game.

BUY IT, especially if you can catch it on sale.

An awesome car combat game that has fun handling and exciting action. Its a rare racing game that finds the perfect mix between arcade playability and competitive driving.

The dreamchild of Super Mario Kart and Flatout.

cars,guns,racing,zombies,survival mode. what else can you ask for

It's like Twisted Metal but with less "giant arena" and more "racing"
Pretty god damn fun for a game that doesn't have very many people playing it. Single player is pretty great and you can usually get a key for less than half-price if you know where to look.