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Racing / Driving

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

by Stellar Stone·published by GameMill Entertainment

20 November 2003Everyone5
PCWindows

Reader score

2.2/ 10

58 votes

Where to get it

Trailer

Gallery

23

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Key art

About

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing allows the player to drive one of four rigs racing against a competing company to deliver cargo before they do. They must race an opposing company's truck to beat it to the cargo destination to put the competition out of business. There are five separate courses to play on, each with its own scenery and environments.

That is what the game was meant to be. In reality, the game has no gameplay. A lack of AI means that the opposing truck does not even move from its starting location, so there is really no "race" to begin with. Winning is virtually guaranteed. As well, the game lacks collision detecting, which means trucks can go through any objects like houses, boulders, trees, and bridges that you are required to cross. Besides this, the trucks do not have any top speed, which means they are able to accelerate into infinity, especially when going backwards. Traveling off of the edge of the map is possible in the game. Despite the fact that the back of the box and advertising said it would have police chases, absolutely no police cars are actually present within the game.

An official patch included a bug fix preventing the game from crashing when selecting the fifth course and implemented a rudimentary AI for the opposing truck, which now actually moves, although it stops just shy of the finish line, meaning it's still impossible for the player to lose.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerCo-operative

Perspective

Third person

Languages

13 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download

Input Devices Required

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

Steam

Achievements, DLC available, Leaderboards, Trading cards, Stats

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium III

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 98

Min. RAM Required

64 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 8.1

Min. Video Memory Required

32 MB

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

800×600

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Facts

Developer

Stellar Stone

Released

20 November 2003

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

ESRBEveryone

Standing

Top 10% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Behind viewReal-timeDirect controlTransportTruckVehicle simulatorContemporary