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Road Wars

Self billed as the "most realistic combat racing sim ever created", Road Wars is a driving and shooting game where twelve different characters race their armed and armored vehicles across a dozen assorted…

31 March 2000

Road Wars is a video game, released 31 March 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Road Wars is

Road Wars was released in 2000. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Self billed as the "most realistic combat racing sim ever created", Road Wars is a driving and shooting game where twelve different characters race their armed and armored vehicles across a dozen assorted tracks. Although the emphasis is on racing and completing laps, cars are equipped with a variety of weapons to impede the progress of the other drivers including gatling guns, missiles, oil slicks, and land mines. Individual drivers also have personal advantages such as cheaper repairs or better traction. Players can compete in single races or three different league circuits of increasing difficulty. Each league season consists of eight races where drivers use their cash winnings for…
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What it launched against

Road Wars launched on 31 March 2000, within three weeks of Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death and Mega Man Legends 2.

Released around the same time: Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death, Mega Man Legends 2.

Quick answers

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When did Road Wars come out?
Road Wars was released on 31 March 2000 for PC (Microsoft Windows).