Downforce
A group of drivers and teams have split from the Formula 1 Championship, after being held back by rules and regulations for too long. Races have become boring with overtaking and pure racing at an all-time…
Downforce is a racing developed by Smart Dog, released 14 June 2002 on PlayStation 2.
What Downforce is
Downforce is a racing game developed by Smart Dog and released in 2002. It was published by MTO. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A group of drivers and teams have split from the Formula 1 Championship, after being held back by rules and regulations for too long. Races have become boring with overtaking and pure racing at an all-time low. The new racing league has been condemned as too dangerous and banned from using circuits around the world. The races instead take place in and around major cities. The cars use all the technology available today, to increase speed and `downforce?. With less stringent rules, teams have worked in different directions creating a wide variety of enhanced super cars.
How it was received
Downforce holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Downforce launched on 14 June 2002, within three weeks of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Medal of Honor: Frontline and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Medal of Honor: Frontline, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.
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