You drive fast through an open city where crashing spectacularly is often rewarded as much as winning a race outright. New events pop up at almost every intersection, so you can chain challenge after challenge without returning to a menu. Watching a rival wipe out in slow motion never really stops being satisfying.
Gameplay video
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Screenshots & review notes
The verdict
Still one of the most purely joyful arcade racers ever made, its open city begging to be smashed through again and again.
The mechanics
Speed and destruction are the whole point, and the seamless event triggers keep the momentum from ever really stopping.
Presentation
Paradise City's sun-drenched sprawl and satisfying crash physics look and feel great even on a handheld screen.
Staying power
Endlessly replayable thanks to challenges scattered everywhere, and online play with friends turns it into pure chaos worth revisiting for years.
Frames captured from the gameplay video above; notes are our own take on the game.
What it's like to play
An open-world arcade racer where Paradise City is your playground, with events at every intersection and the freedom to find your own route through races. The crashes are the famous draw: takedown cam slow-motion wrecks that never stop being satisfying. Stunt runs, road rage events, and marked man escapes vary the action.
The remaster includes all DLC, including the substantial Big Surf Island. Online freeburn lets friends cruise and complete challenges together. The sense of speed at 60fps is superb.
The lack of a retry option, forcing you to drive back to event starts, is a famous frustration the remaster kept. The DJ Atomika radio chatter has aged. As a pure arcade driving playground, it remains one of the most fun racing games ever made, and the Switch version runs beautifully.