Race Driver: Create & Race

Race Driver: Create & Race
Developer(s)	Firebrand Games
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Designer(s)	Mark Greenshields
Engine	Octane Engine
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release date(s)	^EU 28 September 2007 ^NA 2 October 2007 ^AUS 18 October 2007
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single player Multiplayer Online Multiplayer

Race Driver: Create & Race (also called V8 Supercars 3: Create and Race) is a racing video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Firebrand Games, published by Codemasters, and released in 2007.

Modes

• World Tour Mode - In which the person races through a series of touring-car races from across the world. Reward points are gained to buy items such as extra championships, new challenges, cheats, track designer parts and customization parts in the Rewards shop.
• Pro Tour Mode - A harder version of World Tour mode, in which the other drivers are more skilled, damage is more realistic and in which the person has to drive with the manual gears.
• Simulation - This mode contains Free race, Time trial and Challenge mode.
• Track Designer - An innovative part of the game in which players create their own race track and can race it in Multiplayer championships.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings 78.47%[1] Metacritic 76/100[2] Review scores Publication Score 1UP.com C+[3] Eurogamer 8/10[4] GamePro 3.75/5[5] GamesMaster 67%[6] GameSpot 7.5/10[7] GameZone 8.4/10[8] IGN 8.2/10[9] Nintendo Power 7.5/10[10] Nintendo World Report 8/10[11] ONM 83%[12]

Race Driver: Create & Race was met with positive reception upon release; it currently has a score of 79% and 76 out of 100 according to GameRankings and Metacritic.^[1][2]

At Christmas in 2007 the game was in IGN's Buyer's Guide for the DS which it was one of ten titles in no particular order but was the only racing game. Eurogamer's top 12 DS games for Christmas included Race Driver as well as being the only racing game on the list.^[13][14]

The game was IGN's Racing Game of the Year for the DS.^[15]

References

1. "Race Driver: Create & Race for DS". GameRankings. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
2. "Race Driver: Create & Race for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
3. Kollar, Phillip (6 November 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". 1UP.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
4. Whitehead, Dan (8 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". Eurogamer. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
5. Karl, Ben (2 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". GamePro. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
6. "Race Driver: Create & Race". GamesMaster: 69. November 2007.
7. Thomas, Aaron (16 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
8. Bedigian, Louis (8 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race - NDS - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
9. Harris, Craig (24 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race Review". IGN. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
10. "Race Driver: Create & Race". Nintendo Power 219: 87. September 2007.
11. Lindemann, Jon (8 November 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
12. East, Tom (October 2007). "Race Driver: Create And Race Review". Official Nintendo Magazine: 90. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
13. "IGN Holiday Buyer's Guide UK Edition (DS Buyer's Guide)". IGN. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
14. Purchese, Robert (21 November 2007). "DS: 12 Games of Christmas (Page 4)". Eurogamer. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
15. "Best of 2007 (DS)". IGN. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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