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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 6.4 hrs on record (5.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 1 Mar, 2018 @ 4:26pm
Updated: 23 Dec, 2020 @ 3:25am

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As it is often stressed, Graffiti's Screamer (aka Bleifuss) is a mixture between Namco's first Ridge Racer and Sega's Daytona USA. But to be more detailed: While the first track, the car design and of course the enthusiastic announcer will arouse the charm of Ridge Racer, the game overall (especially track design and gameplay) is more like Daytona. Although Screamer is not nearly as good as one of these giants, it's nonetheless a decent, delightful and very 90s arcade racer for PC.


Pros:
- Authentic 90s arcade racer feeling (although it was never in the arcades)
- Overall good and detailed track design (tracks itself and environment)
- Overall good presentation (intro, animated select screens etc.)
- Good arcady music (but with less character than Ridge Racer or Daytona)
- Pleasant sound effects (you can hear some things from the environment)
- Good and addicting driving mechanics
- An announcer that makes you smile

Cons:
- Sometimes the tracks feel too short and narrow
- Even the slightest collision with another racer is just horrible (it easily can bump you off the track)
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