F1 ROC: Race of Champions for SNES

Review #168

F1 ROC: Race of Champions

Arcade style racer

SNES 1992 Seta Racing Racing › Simulation
F1 ROC: Race of Champions screenshot for SNES
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
3 / 5

Gameplay

Ok this is more like it. Love the arcade racing feel. The view is raised up behind the car which gives a birds eye view and much greater draw distance. Has a wonderful sense of speed. On-screen arrows point out imminent turns like you often see in top-down racers. Full screen view feels nice as well.
The controls are very weighted and grounded. No floatiness at all. It's difficult to make tight corners as the brakes don't kick in very well, so later levels are annoying since they have a lot of tight corners.
It gets boring after a while but it feels nice while it lasts.
Fun to play.

3 / 5

Level Design

Lots of tracks - maybe 24 or so? The early tracks are nice because they're just long rounded turns while later levels are a bunch of 90+ degree angles which isn't nearly as fun.

2 / 5

Theme

It's a generic racing game. Presentation is excellent but there's nothing exciting about the setting of the game

3 / 5

Art Style

Pretty basic, although it looks good for an early SNES game. There's some slowdown when other cars are on screen

3 / 5

Audio

Arcadey music in the pre- and post-race screens. Gets me pumped for a race. In-game sounds are predictable but the music really makes up for it.

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