Destruction Derby: Raw
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The third Destruction Derby title on PSX brings all new action to the race track. A new 3D collision detection system allows for bigger crashes and larger pile-ups, while with new Destruction Combo moves, you can trash the enemy in many more ways.
Game modes include Wreckin' Racing, Smash 4 $, and Battle. Wreckin' Racing has you racing for survival through the usual set of racing tracks, each with obstacles and hidden shortcuts. Every race you win opens up a new track. Smash 4 $ has you using every trick in the book to take out the other cars on the track. The more you take out, and the way you do so, determines how much money you win. That money can be used to spend on new cars. Finally, Battle is a free-for-all destruction arena battle, where up to four players as well as heaps of CPU controlled cars smash it out to see who is the last man standing in the crush.
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Critics
Average score: 73% (based on 18 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.8 out of 5 (based on 10 ratings with 1 reviews)
One of my favourite games, despite the flaws
The Good
- The style - It perfected the DD and DD2 style and athmosphere
- The mayhem - the tracks and big grid bring the chaos you need
- The physics - for a PS1 game physics are perfect
- The damage - damage looks good
- The track variety - there are a lot of tracks
- The multiplayer - while only on arenas still better than DD2 in that aspect.
The Bad
- The AI acts rather boring
- The AI scores, probably due to optimizations, are fake
- The career mode doesn't lead to a final standing - it is never final. When you finish the Smash 4 cash you get credtis, then start over with the already accumulated results still standing
- Multiplay featuring only arenas. My favourites are the tracks themselves, and no, you cannot race on them with friends unfortunately.
The Bottom Line
Can anyone stop the mechanical mayhem AAA!!!!!
I can clearly see where the shortcommings came from. It was year 2000 and PS2 was just around the corner. Despite it's flaws I still love this game.
PlayStation · by Ivan (2) · 2025
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Game added by Kartanym.
Additional contributors: DreinIX, Victor Vance.
Game added May 4, 2002. Last modified March 12, 2025.