Race Driver: Create & Race

Race Driver: Create & Race
European version cover art, featuring the Nissan 350Z and the Honda NSX
Developer(s)	Firebrand Games
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Designer(s)	Mark Greenshields
Series	TOCA
Engine	Octane [1]
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	EU: 28 September 2007 NA: 2 October 2007 AU: 18 October 2007
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Race Driver: Create & Race (V8 Supercars 3: Create and Race in Australia) is a racing video game developed by Firebrand Games and published by Codemasters exclusively for Nintendo DS. It is part of the TOCA / Race Driver series.

Modes

• World Tour Mode – The player 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 the player 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.

Development

Race Driver: Create and Race is the second racing game developed by Firebrand Games to run on the Octane game engine (after Cartoon Network Racing ). ^[1] The engine was upgraded to support a track editor and Firebrand Games would go on to reuse it for DS versions of Race Driver: Grid ^[2] and Dirt 2 . ^[3]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	78.47% [4]
Metacritic	76/100 [5]

Review scores

Publication	Score
1Up.com	C+ [6]
Eurogamer	8/10 [7]
GamePro	3.75/5 [8]
GamesMaster	67% [9]
GameSpot	7.5/10 [10]
GameZone	8.4/10 [11]
IGN	8.2/10 [12]
Nintendo Power	7.5/10 [13]
Nintendo World Report	8/10 [14]
Official Nintendo Magazine	83% [15]

Race Driver: Create & Race was met with positive reception upon release; it has a score of 79% and 76 out of 100 according to GameRankings and Metacritic. ^{[4] [5]}

At Christmas 2007, the game was in IGN's Buyer's Guide for the DS, in which it was one of the 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. ^{[16] [17]}

The game was IGN's Racing Game of the Year for the DS. ^[18]

References

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2. Harris, Craig (7 August 2008). "GRID Review (NDS)". IGN . Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
3. Bozon, Mark (6 August 2009). "Dirt 2 DS Unveiled". IGN. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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5. "Race Driver: Create & Race for DS Reviews". Metacritic . Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
6. Kollar, Phillip (6 November 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". 1UP.com . Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
7. Whitehead, Dan (8 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". Eurogamer . Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
8. Karl, Ben (2 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". GamePro . Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
9. "Race Driver: Create & Race". GamesMaster : 69. November 2007.
10. Thomas, Aaron (16 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race Review". GameSpot . Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
11. Bedigian, Louis (8 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race - NDS - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
12. Harris, Craig (24 October 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race Review". IGN . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
13. "Race Driver: Create & Race". Nintendo Power . Vol. 219. September 2007. p. 87.
14. Lindemann, Jon (8 November 2007). "Race Driver: Create & Race". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
15. 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.
16. "IGN Holiday Buyer's Guide UK Edition (DS Buyer's Guide)". IGN. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
17. Purchese, Robert (21 November 2007). "DS: 12 Games of Christmas (Page 4)". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
18. "Best of 2007 (DS)". IGN. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2015.