Guides
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a video game that consists of 1 release
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is widely considered to be one of the best* games ever made.
Overview
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a truck racing game released for the PC on November 20th, 2003. The game was produced by the Russian company Stellar Stone LLC. It was first published by Activision Value Publishing, and later by GameMill entertainment. As one would expect from a game that has received a large number of negative reviews, Big Rigs is notorious for its lack of functionality .Infamy
Big Rigs claims to involve 'Four Big Rig Trucks with Trailers' and 'Thousands of Miles of Highways and Byways" as well as challenges such as a 'Police Roadblock'. However, the game itself is very different from this description. Big Rigs does include 4 trucks, but only one truck actually has a trailer. There are 5 tracks, although one map called 'Nightride' does not work. Two of the maps are identical, but take different routes. There are no Police Roadblocks in the game and no police presence whatsoever.Most famously, Big Rigs is criticized for it's 'broken' gameplay. The opponent you are "racing" against does not move (AI not programmed), the player is capable of driving through any object, there are no gravitational limitations (in that you can drive up hills, no matter how steep), and the player can even drive off the map altogether. Furthermore, the rig has no speed limit when it is reversing, making it possible to reach the speed of light according to the game's speed counter, and a lack of inertia means that the instant the player releases the reverse button they instantly halt in their tracks. When a player finishes a race, they are presented with an image of a three-handled trophy, with the text "YOU'RE WINNER !".
Initial releases of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing had no sound, though Stellar Stone eventually released a patch for the game (that would then be pre-installed on shipped versions afterward) which added engine sound to the game, replaced the broken 'Nightride' map, and changed the victory text to "YOU WIN !". There is no music in the game, though there are 5 music tracks present on the Big Rigs CD.
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing received numerous negative reviews. The website GameSpot.com awarded the game its first 1.0 (the rating system does not permit scores lower than 1) and the website NetJak.com supposedly re-worked its rating system to award Big Rigs a score of '0'.
| Game Name | Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing |
| Platform(s) | |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Developer(s) | |
| Genres |
Add a new genre
|
| Themes |
Add a new theme
|
| Original US Release |
Nov. 20, 2003
need a fuzzy date? |
| Original US Release |
know the real date? |
| Aliases | |
| ESRB |
ESRB: E
|
- True
- False
| Platform | User Reviews | Avg. Score |
|---|---|---|
| All Reviews | 12 reviews |
|
| PC | 12 reviews |
|
| Add your own user review | ||
-
Not_Rage
111 points -
EJ902
60 points -
AdrenalinDragon
11 points -
Homes
11 points -
bjorno
11 points -
thatguy
6 points -
squallws
6 points -
Ignor
6 points -
XAMS
6 points -
ahoodedfigure
6 points
-
SteepInKline
The Thoughtful Gamer Episode 2: Games, Applied To Writing -
Pepsiman
They're consistent because they published Big Rigs! -
L
An alternative to Big Rigs (but not as bad). -
Pepsiman
An, er, "Excerpt" from the Unpublished Luchadeer Biography
-
EJ902
16 posts -
andmill11
8 posts -
bjorno
7 posts -
Not_Rage
5 posts -
twenty0ne
5 posts -
keyhunter
4 posts -
epic_pets
4 posts -
Shawn
4 posts -
Demilich
3 posts -
jakob187
3 posts
