Friday, July 19, 2024

Newman Haas' Indy Car Featuring Nigel Mansell for SNES


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Newman Haas' Indy Car Featuring Nigel Mansell

You shall not PASS!


Genre: racing - simulation

Publisher: Acclaim

Year: 1992

System: SNES


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

Cars are so huge that it's nearly impossible to pass them..they take at least 1/3 of the road. Excellent controls are ruined by a horrible racing experience. Lots of fun to play in Practice or Vs mode but horrible as a Championship racer. Controls are nice where you hold down the button on turns rather than making a ton of small button presses. Controls much better than the Genesis version. This one has some weight in the physics. Feels nice.


Level Design Score: 2

Level Design Notes:

Same tracks as the Michael Andretti game but they have a lot more curves here.


Theme Score: 0

Theme Notes:

All I can think of is Jerry Seinfeld saying "Newmannnn" Generic F1 racer. Menus and such look positively amateur when compared to the impressive in-game visuals. Really poor presentation. Oh and that title is one of the dumbest game names ever. Totally unapproachable


Art Style Score: 4

Art Style Notes:

Pretty amazing performance. Really cool cockpit view. The sense of speed is incredible. Animations and scaling of cars is tremendous. Very impressive


Audio Score: 2

Audio Notes:

Meh. Dumb menu music


Overall Score: 52

Review ID: 371



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