Original Release: Phoenix Games, 2007, PlayStation 2
A late-life ultra-budget release for the PS2, the van thing seems to be mostly an excuse to cover cheap and sloppy gameplay
White Van Racer (PS2, Phoenix Games, 2007)
Where to Buy: eBay
How to Emulate: PlayStation 2 Emulation Guide
Review by: C. M0use
White Van Racer is as bad as putting together the elements of “work van racing” and “extreme budget title” would lead you to assume.
The racing action is comparable to that zoomed-in perspective you would automatically get when you hopped in a larger vehicle in the older GTA games. Handles like that too, though maybe not quite as good. The premise is a bunch of non-racing-optimized vehicles are racing it out on English countryside tracks, you got your white work vans, food trucks, contractor trucks etc.
I guess you could maybe do something fun with this premise, but this game doesn’t manage it. It’s just too slow and simple, you really have no better moves or strategy than just trying to stay on the pavement to overtake track leaders that basically drive a near-perfect race. There are a bunch of vehicles and tracks to unlock, and the track backgrounds actually look kinda pleasant, if I have to say something nice about it. But it’s about as boring of a racing game as you’re gonna find.
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