Frequently, mad dashes to the finish in first place are swiftly stolen away. Unless you put an unbelievable amount of distance between you and the pack, the other racers somehow always find a way to pull ahead or blast you to smithereens with powerful weapons and amazing accuracy. No matter the setting, rubber-banding AI is present to make your life miserable and constantly on edge until you have crossed the finish line. That doesn't mean the competition is any less fierce, in fact the game reaches frustrating levels of difficulty often. Speaking of opponents, the number of racers maxes out at six, down two from the console edition. Points are earned in a variety of ways you will be rewarded for destroying opponents, catching big air, drafting, or even successfully sideswiping one of your many hostile opponents. The key to winning races is tactical use of all your abilities in order to accumulate points that fill up a meter that controls your boost, shield reserves, and more. Additional configurations are available as well.

The controls have adapted nicely to the PSP R accelerates, L brakes/reverses, the analog nub steers, Square utilizes your weapon pickups, Triangle boosts, Circle activates your shield, and X is used to hop, double hop, and drift. Once you're behind the wheel all of the mechanics eventually fall into place as they should, but they can take a while to understand.

In spite of this, the game is rough around the edges in many of the places it counts.Īs far as kart racers go, the gameplay includes everything you expect - bountiful weaponry, outlandish courses, and chaotic competition. Modnation Racers comes with its multiplayer portion fully in tact and, on paper, accomplishes everything it sets out to do within the capabilities of the system it's on.

That game, despite the absence of the vital multiplayer mode, made a strong transition to the PSP, even winning our PSP Game of the Year award. We saw it last year with the PSP edition of LittleBigPlanet and in the same vain Modnation Racers has made its way to the portable. By VGChartz Staff, posted on 13 July 2010 / 4,496 ViewsĪn interesting trend is starting to develop of PS3 titles seeing releases on the PSP.

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