Burning Road (PlayStation)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Jeff Gerstmann
• Reviewed on: 12/01/1996
• Updated on: 04/28/2000
• Released on: 09/30/1996
• Originally published on GameSpot: Burning Road (PlayStation) Review

We really haven't moved too far away from the days of Pole Position. Like Pole Position, today's driving games tosses you in a car and challenges you to drive around a track and make it to the checkpoints on time. Mix in a few dazzly features like multiple cars and tracks, and you have this year's smash racing hit. Welcome to the Burning Road....

Burning Road is, for the most part, a Daytona USA wannabe. Given a choice of three tracks and a few different vehicles (including a monster truck), a driver is charged with completing five laps around the track against seven other cars. The pack stays very tight, which means one slight mistake sends the player plummeting from first to eighth in a heartbeat. The controls also take some getting used to, so expect to hug the outside wall while learning the rules of the road.

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