RC Cars

RC Cars
DeveloperCreat Games
Publishers
PlatformsMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 (PSN Store)
ReleaseWindows
  • RU: November 15, 2002
  • PAL: June 2003
  • NA: December 11, 2003
PlayStation 2
  • NA: August 13, 2003
  • EU: September 26, 2003
PlayStation 3
  • NA: August 20, 2009
  • PAL: August 27, 2009
Steam
October 18, 2011
GenreVehicular combat game
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

RC Cars, also known as Smash Cars for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 versions, is a vehicular combat game developed by Creat Games for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2 in 2002-2003.

Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Many reviewers gave the PlayStation 2 version mixed or unfavorable reviews, months before it was released Stateside. In Japan, where the PS2 version was ported and published by Psikyo under the name Buggy Grand Prix: Kattobi! Dai-Sakusen (バギーグランプリ 〜かっとび！大作戦〜, Bagī Guran Puri 〜Kattobi! Dai-Sakusen〜) on November 20, 2003, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40.

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