Whiplash
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Whiplash is a fast-paced racing game where you choose from eight different cars and race on over sixteen different tracks to brave death-defying loops and corkscrews in stunt racing. The different players are organized in teams of two cars each. The aim is of course to reach the finish line first, but on harder difficulty levels opponents can also be killed by repeatedly bumping into them. The damage is visible, with dents and smoke. Each track has a pit stop where cars stand still to be repaired, but they can be pushed out of the area. When going for kills, team members will not engage each other.
There are different camera angles, a replay function, and both automatic and manual transmission. Next to quick races, the main portion of the game are the cups, unlocked one after another.
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Average score: 72% (based on 16 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.8 out of 5 (based on 31 ratings with 5 reviews)
Lots of fun on the crazy tracks where timing is everything
The Good
The tracks all have interesting designs, some with moving ramps, some with twists, 360 loops, split loops, etc. etc. etc. The different companies have cars that perform somewhat differently (different in top speed, acceleration, handling, braking, toughness, etc.) so choosing the car will lead to somewhat different strategies. There's a pit area for repairs so pitting strategy is important too.
The Bad
Some of the stunts are just too hard (esp. the corkscrew jump), the AI that doesn't care if you're in the way (imagine being pushed off the corkscrew jump ramp!), typical euro design of locking out advanced levels until you complete the initial level of difficulty, the cars aren't THAT different. The damage model is just a bit TOO relaxed.
The Bottom Line
Whiplash is like being inside your own "Hot Wheels" toy set... All those crazy stunts in those tracks? You can now DO them yourself. Add the racing motif, the ability to coordinate two players on the track with pitting strategies, and it's a great racing game.
DOS · by Kasey Chang (4591) · 2000
The Only Racing Game To Play...
The Good
This game has it all for a racing game and slaps in a little more when you least it expect it. When you load this addictive game in you have wide selection of cars which are all special in their own way, a wonderful graphical menu which is easy to use, nifty graphics and wonderful sound. This is the ultimate game for playing with two or more players and will bring hours of discussion after the game is played especially with the game's inclusion of fast pace stunt tracks which will get you cheering in amazement or complaining in upset.
The Bad
The game, in extreme rare cases, crashes your system during a cruical point of the game which would get you upset. But as I said it would RARELY happen.
The Bottom Line
If you play only one racing game in your lifetime make sure it has Fatal (or Whiplash) in the title and it was developed by Interplay.
DOS · by JPBLO (5) · 2000
One of the best racing games I've ever played
The Good
I really just liked everything about this game. Although my computer was able to run the game in SVGA mode I prefered to use VGA because the game just ran so much faster and was even more enjoyable to play.
The tracks are also well designed. They include everything from corkscrews to loop-the-loops and I found that occasionally if you hit a wall just right you may find yourself launched high into the air. I found this just plain bizzare when it first happened. The two-player mode is also fun which means that you can race against another human opponent on the same computer.
The Bad
Quite often during a race you will find that one of the computer controlled cars would drive the wrong way round a track. If you are winning a race and you hit a car coming in the opposite direction then you can risk losing your position in the race.
The Bottom Line
Overall Fatal Racing is an excellent racing game. The game runs well in SVGA but even better in VGA mode. Even though sometimes slightly odd things can happen like being able to drive through walls and end up landing UNDER the race track can happen I have had years of enjoyment out of this game.
DOS · by James Walter (271) · 2001
Trivia
A GLIDE-accelerated version was bundled with Diamond's Monster (Voodoo I) card. The visuals aren't that different, but the frame rate is faster and the texture more detailed.
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Game added by Benjamin Tucker.
Additional contributors: Trixter, Kasey Chang, Jeanne.
Game added January 8, 2000. Last modified January 19, 2024.