OVERALL GAMEPLAY:
When I first sat down to play this game I was skeptable. After driving to my local Blockbuster on the lookout for a great multiplayer game to settle my mind on while I was at my grandma's I did something I almost rarely do. I randomly chose a game, well almost randomly. . . One of my friends just mentioned this game saying he heard it was good. Something I rarely go by especially when faced with a great selection of 1 player games to chose. In anycase me and my friend headed over to my grandma's house and loaded up the game. The second I saw the intro I was pulled in with its great music and graphics, but more on that in the next sections. Now here is the real fun part, the actual playing of the game. This game I have to say took me longer than some games to get used to. It always seemed like I had to bounce from one hand to another during the game. Which isn't a real problem with the gamecube controller since everything is so mindless to control. Steering can be a little difficult but that usually is expected on a first try of any game. Championship and cooperative are real fun and challenging. I didn't understand the extent of how much work you can save yourself until the last day by doing time trials (they give you money so you don't have to rank as high). And once you combine proximity mines with more than 600 miles per hour you got a deadly combination. After 5 days of playing I still didn't come close to unlocking all of the secrets and i have to admit it did become rather frustrating at times but it was worth it the rent and it is on my mind a possible buy.

GRAPHICS:
After looking at some of these levels the TV screen will take your breath away. You see many differant terrain's while playing this game and as you progress through the game the levels tend to get better and better. The bikers are well done as well the total of all of these is a great visual experience.

SOUND:
The music in this game fits it perfectly. Most of the music is techno making an even more fufilling futuristic view. One of the coolest feelings in the game is when you break the sound barrier and all of the sound disappears except for a faint whispy sound. It is an incredible feeling as you play.

REPLAY VALUE:
Being a 4 player racer how can replay value be low? You have multiple weapons to choose from 10 tracks and a ton of differant racers. If single player or cooperative isn't fufilling enough for you just plug in some more controllers and let the races begin.

REVIEWED - PCM	SCORE
OVERALL GAMEPLAY: Great, rumble intigrated into game perfectly. Control takes some time to get used to but once you get into the game it comes like nothing. Higher classes can get very frustrating though.	8.7/10.0
GRAPHICS: It is like looking into a whole new realistic world. If this is the beginning of GameCube I can't wait until what is coming up this year!	9.5/10.0
SOUND: Great music, fits game perfectly.	9.0/10.0
REPLAY VALUE: Great multi or solo. Watch the time fly by.	8.5/10.0
OVERALL SCORE (NOT AN AVERAGE):	8.7/10.0