Test Drive Off-Road Wide Open review
Posted by @ 9:11 AM, EDT
We added a review of Angel Studios’ off road racer:

Wide Open is an arcade racer throughout. Simulation fans will find little here except the ability to tweak a number of options on the vehicle. After tweaking a number of vehicles, we found the overall effect of the adjustments did little to the usual outcome of the race. Controlling the vehicles is quite simple and elementary. This is good as all you need to do is pick up the controller and get right into the game. The tracks are nicely laid out, simple to follow and the AI vehicles behave as they should. In early races, competition is kept pretty tight and anyone can win the race. Further into the game, things start to get downright silly. Suddenly every AI vehicle wants to run you off the course and make you spin out. On first offence I thought "O.k. two can play at that game". But when it started happening two or three times per race I thought "This is downright ridiculous you *&#!"