I probably spent more time customizing my racer, than racing on the tracks. As you defeated the games bosses, their karts and respective parts became unlocked. I remember this was the reason I went out and got a controller pack for my N64, just so I could save my car designs. What really made this game special was the customization as the players avatar and kart racer was fully customizable. The power up system was similar to the one in Diddy Kong Racing where if you collected power ups of the same color, you would get better variants. Settings included pirates, adventurers, space, medieval and finally Rocket Racers home track. In order to do so, the player travels through time racing in different locales based on the Lego playsets of the time.
Perhaps they forgot about this game? Lego Racers centers around challenging the best racer of all time, Rocket Racer. Im surprised Lego hasnt thought of making another sequel as it no doubt would be a sure-fire success. Sure it may not have been as refined as Mario Kart 64, but it was fun nonetheless. It was a bit of a precursor to The Sims where you could design your dream house only out of Lego bricks.Ĭlick to expand.Simply put this game was awesome. But the results were worth it as I had never played a game like it before. It would take forever to load the game and even just to bring in a Lego piece into the 3D world space would take minutes at a time.
When this game came out, my computer could hardly handle the 3D visuals. A neat feature is that minifigures and vehicles can be directly controlled in first person so you can explore your town from a minifigure perspective. The game allows you to start from scratch or use pre-assembled buildings to populate your town. However the pieces are of the basic variety with a focus on city elements, so you cant really build things like medieval castles or alien spaceships easily. You can bring in as many different lego pieces and build whatever you desire. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Click to expand.This game is pretty much a virtual Lego toy box. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.