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VR Sports Powerboat Racing is an arcade-style boat racing simulation that provides plenty of chills and spills literally as you race around different cities and regions of the world on eight different tracks, including New York, Monaco, England, and even the Amazon jungle. I played this with a Microsoft SideWinder 3D joystick and found the controls to be extremely touchy. Since I do not, I ended up using both hands on the stick one to control, one to steady and was able to keep the vehicles under control.

You also have the capability of switching between third person, just behind and to the side of the driver, and first person views. I found this unrealistic and disappointing especially since the box plugs this as the most realistic powerboat game ever made.

There are two classes of boats: monohull and catamaran. Each of the sixteen different boats eight monohulls, eight catamarans have different accelerations and top speeds. There are two types of skills number of tracks in the race and laps per track , which are divided into three levels each.

There are also different types or races: Arcade race to win , Shootout boat in last place at the end of a lap is ousted , Time Trial set a time, then race your own shadow in an effort to beat it , Challenge two laps to beat your single opponent , and Practice. Show graph. Brought to you by Steam Labs. Filter reviews by the user's playtime when the review was written:.

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Create widget. Popular user-defined tags for this product:? Sign In Sign in to add your own tags to this product. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. What went wrong? But oh no The graphics are atrocious. The wibbly-wobbly water tosses your inadequate-looking boat this way and that as you cruise through the terrain admiring the scenery. Or you could if the camera wasn't set in such a way that you feel like you're leaning backward and staring at the sky.

The screen is made up of one quarter watery "track" and three quarters wild blue yonder. Also, this thing takes pop-up to a whole new level. Important areas of "track" are absent from view until you're right on top of them. So how am I supposed to see where I'm going? I'm staring at the sky and half the stuff is invisible until the last minute. As far as gameplay goes, forget it. It may have nine courses and 16 different boats, but the "unique handling characteristics" mean that things vary from barely controllable to completely uncontrollable.

The courses are all filled with Wave Race -style "jumps"--clearly put in to spice up the otherwise boring action--but these just make controlling your progress even more difficult.

The bottom line? It sucketh. Usually I'm very patient with racing games. I try to find at least a few qualities to focus in on. Unfortunately I'm really grasping here. Gameplay is just barely tolerable and gets boring very fast. The courses are Interesting, but too narrow and often confusing.

But, more than anything else, the water effect just doesn't seem realistic at all. Wave Race has spoiled us all or maybe the PS just isn't capable.

Either way, pass on this one. Powerboat Racing could've, and probably would've been a very cool game if not for a few major gameplay issues that really hurt the game. The track designs are very cool, and aside from some annoying pop-up, I think the graphics are pretty good. However, the control is awful far too sensitive--analog control would've helped a lot , and the camera angles are awkward, making it harder to see what's ahead. Bad music, too. I've got a soft spot for original games, but in the case of Powerboat Racing, my predisposition changed quicker than it took for the Titanic to sink.

The game suffers from subpar graphics including first-generation caliber pop-up and barely average gameplay. Cool Boarders did a much better job two years ago of taking a fairly new concept and turning it into something quite playable and enjoyable. Powerboat Racing does neither. When virtually every other type of sporty video game has been done, there isn't much left for a company that wants to make something new and different.

The game is pretty straightforward. You control one of many powerboats, in both Monohull and Catamaran styles, on nine watery tracks. The tracks are set in major cities in different parts of the world. To throw a little action into the mix, obstacles like great white sharks, logs and floating cabs litter the waterways.

Of course, the competition, whether it's the game's Al players or one of your pals, offers intense play. With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app. App Store Preview. Screenshots iPad iPhone. Dec 4, Version 1. Ratings and Reviews. App Privacy. Size Category Games. Compatibility iPhone Requires iOS 5.