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Mad Dash Racing

Mad Dash Racing combines high-speed combat and 3D adventure action with a crew of motley characters for an insane multiplayer competition for up to four. Players select from nine different characters, each…

60 15 November 2001

Mad Dash Racing is a racing developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 15 November 2001 on Xbox.

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What Mad Dash Racing is

Mad Dash Racing is a racing game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2001. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on Xbox only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mad Dash Racing combines high-speed combat and 3D adventure action with a crew of motley characters for an insane multiplayer competition for up to four. Players select from nine different characters, each with their own unique personality and abilities, and compete in a race for survival against the evil Hex, his dirty minions and your unforgiving friends. Glide across rivers of hot, steaming lava, slip through underwater pipes, bash through mammoth boulders, and slide down icy glaciers to beat the other racers and escape Hex's wicked wrath. Music by Moby, Fatboy Slim, Propellorheads & More!
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Mad Dash Racing holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 12 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Mad Dash Racing launched on 15 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

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When did Mad Dash Racing come out?
Mad Dash Racing was released on 15 November 2001 for Xbox.

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