Thx xRock I'll check it out...
Update: I haven't gotten the GBM yet, but I got an SP so I started getting games already.
I found a used Monster Truck Madness in EB Games and got it. Excellent game! The graphics are best. The cars are 3D, and it has a damage model! (Altho it's cosmetic only; no effects on the driving.) The tracks don't look as good, but still nicely textured. The turns and slopes and bumps prevent the tracks from being plain, so do all the obstacles presented by detailed 2D sprites. The environments vary as well, from indoor dirt tracks to country backroads to beach runs. All this is even more amazing for the fact that I didn't feel any framerate drops in any situation.
The physics is not bad either. On flat grounds you understeer easily if you go too fast; BUT there aren't many flat grounds, hah! Most of the time you are bouncing off the bumps or driving thru the bushes on the side anyway. Also the tracks mentioned above have two types: in circuits you go around 3 laps, and in rallies you go thru 3 sections of a continuous road.
Adding to the fun is the powerups. I won't go into details in all of them, but... I once picked up the speed boost right before a bump and I flew thru the air as the truck turned sideways, so when it landed it rolled on the ground as other trucks scrambled to go around it! I hope you get the picture!
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