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CART World Series delivers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

CART World Series is one of the best racing games I've ever played. The graphics are smooth and the racing is exciting. If you are a fan of Indy style racing this game is for you. Features real tracks and drivers and realistic set-ups. A worthy addition to your racing library.

Racing carnage

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The spectacular accidents in this game remind me of the 1967 Indianapolis 500. When you get involved in an accident during the race, you just know that somebody had to perish. The crashes are the most spectacular I have ever seen, and the metal parts of cars involved in the crashes can actually take out half of the field before they are cleaned up off of the track. The only thing missing is the ambulance that picks up what's left of the drivers.

Incredible carnage!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the only racing game I've ever played where the crashes are realistic. When you hit the wall or another car at 200 mph, the cars practically disintegrate, spewing metal pieces and tires all over the track, which in turn cause more accidents due to the scattered debris. The only thing missing is the driver's burnt and broken body being carried to the waiting ambulance (hearse). Buy this if you like realistic crashes and watching the shrapnel fly from the crashes in the instant replays.

My Favorite Racing Game...EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Cart World Series is my favorite racing game I have ever played. I still play it over current racing games. The racing is fair and adjustable if not to your liking. Physics are very good. One can actually oversteer and understeer the car. Control is realistic. Spins are gauged on speed and location. The physics overall are better than almost all other racing games. 10 race track avail. Lots of drivers, create a driver. The speeds and lack of braking at some venues aren't always accurate, but still amazingly fun and competive.
Downpoints: No draft, the CPU engine is dumb when it comes to side by side racing with a player. It has it's line and nothing will alter it. My brother and I have suffered "spontaneous air" before as well. Little things can really upset the car or cause it to take off(Michigan has a bump in turn 4 that frequently causes issue). Damage is great and accurate 90% of the time and the crashes are realistic.
This game is old and my bro and I still play this game when we get together to play video games. GREATEST RACING GAME EVER!!!Especially open wheel or Nascar style!

I would pay almost any price for this game. I love it!!!

One of the all-time best racing/realism games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game requires more than average skill, strategy, and flair for the dramatic. In other words - no risk, no reward. Most drivers behave in typical, gentlemanly fashion, much like all open wheel drivers. However, there are a few that will always take chances, cut you off, dive down to the inside of you in a tight turn and take you out if necessary, and just frustrate you if you do not pay attention. It also seems as though these drivers 'rotate' personalities each time you play (randomly agressive or normal). For a PS1 game, the graphics are still quite good and gameplay never disappoints. The crashes are, in fact, very spectacular and are quite entertaining. (However... I remember Greg Moore's untimely death at Fontana in 1999, and at times it tends to make me feel a little uneasy-even though it is just a game.)

Some of the great features of this game are being able to select one of 15 drivers that participated in the 1996 CART season, and racing any one of 10 tracks. The ability to create your own driver, and pick a team car for them is also great. The adjustments can make a lot of difference in your car, and they are very easy to use and understand. Also, in Simulation Mode, if you have an accident, it can very easily end your day, or at least ruin it in the standings (much like the real sport). It ain't 'Tradin' paint with a bunch of crazy 'necks,' but rather 'Going wheel to wheel with a bunch of crazy Euroes and South Americans.' (And I mean that with the utmost respect and adulation for ALL of the great racing series' of the world!!)

There have been flashier, more intricate games since, most notably the Gran Turismo series, but none are any more entertaining, fun, and great for the smallest children to adults. I thouroghly enjoy this game, and never get tired of playing it. It is by far my all-time favorite racing game. Even if you are PS3 savy, this one is worth picking up.

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