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An Arcade-style racer is a game which shoots for a fun and fast-paced experience over trying to simulate real life physics and racing protocol.
Boost takes a game to a new level giving players a greater level of speed. This speed opens up new doors to sports games, driving games, and any game that can benefit from the reward of speed.
A view point or camera angle that's fixed on the vehicles front bumper.
Forced Wheel spin where the brake is applied and the gas pedal is floored, therefore spinning the tires, then releasing the brake for a small boost. Not meant to be done, but a popular showboating technique.
Players drive vehicles in an arena where the object is to smash into the other vehicles for points or to be the last vehicle standing.
A destructible environment means the player has the ability to destroy his/her surroundings. This allows players to use the environment to their advantage.
The engine that powers Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Digital distribution method for PC games. Direct2Drive is maintained and owned by Gamefly Digital Inc.
DNAS was Sony's solution to all of the online cheating on PS2 games. It was also introduced as a means to discourage and prevent illegal copies of games to be played online.
Dodge is an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
In real life, vehicles rarely explode unless an actual explosive device is involved. Like, it almost never happens. In video games, on the other hand, cars will blow up real good with almost no encouragement.
In order to avoid licensing issues, many games simply create fictional car brands.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Indie Gala is a pay-what-you-want bundle of indie games. Much like the Humble Indie Bundle, the purchase price is split between the game developers, two charities, and Indie Gala itself.
A lap is one circuit around a race track. This is featured in many, but not all racing games.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
A linear course in a racing game where riders race back and forth between both ends, frequently riding into oncoming traffic. Introduced in Jet Moto.
Vehicular combat combines driving and combat to form a unique fast paced action game. Many games are purely vehicular combat based (e.g. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8) or can contain have sections for such combat (e.g. Halo or Mass Effect).
The Xbox 360 has limited compatibility with original Xbox games through software emulation. Originally there were 213 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360, now there are 478.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming.
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