Redline Racer

Redline Racer (Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing for the European and North American Dreamcast release, European Game Boy Color release and Microsoft Windows re-release) is a racing game that was developed by Criterion Games and published by Ubi Soft.

Redline Racer
Developer(s)Criterion Games
Publisher(s)Ubi Soft
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color
ReleaseWindows
Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing
  • EU: 2000
  • NA: 14 December 2000
Dreamcast
  • JP: 29 April 1999
  • EU: 10 November 1999
  • NA: 16 November 1999
Game Boy Color
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The player controls a motorcycle racer and starts every race from the last position. There are three tracks and three bikes to choose from at first, with more becoming available (10 tracks and 8 bikes in total) as the player wins the races on each of the tracks. The player can also choose the team that the racer belongs to, as well as the racer's sex. All the tracks are set in different environments: a canyon, a tropical island without a highway, an area full of orchards, etc. A race lasts for three laps.

Reception

Redline Racer
Redline Racer
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings67%[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGSP[3]
CGW[4]
Edge7/10[5]
Game Informer7/10[6]
GamePro[7]
GameRevolutionA−[8]
GameSpot6.7/10[9]
IGN7/10[10]
Next Generation[11]
PC Gamer (UK)50%[12]
PC Gamer (US)69%[13]

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "it is just another average racing game with which to pass the time. It is a shame because Redline Racer does look really good."[11]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2]

Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing
Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastPC
AllGame[14]N/A
EGM5.875/10[15]N/A
EurogamerN/A5/10[16]
Famitsu26/40[17]N/A
Game Informer7/10[18]N/A
GameFan40%[19]N/A
GamePro[20]N/A
GameSpot6/10[21]5.1/10[22]
GameSpy6/10[23]N/A
GameZoneN/A9/10[24]
IGN4/10[25]5/10[26]
Next Generation[27]N/A
PC Gamer (UK)N/A64%[28]
Aggregate scores
GameRankings56%[29]66%[30]
MetacriticN/A55/100[31]

The PC version of Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[31] In Japan, where the Dreamcast version was released first under the name Redline Racer (レッドラインレーサー, Reddorain Rēsā) on 29 April 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40.[17]

Jeff Lundrigan reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "'Extreme'? Who are you trying to kid?"[27]

See also

References
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  24. Lafferty, Michael (18 December 2000). "Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing Review - PC". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  25. Gantayat, Anoop (13 November 1999). "Suzuki Alstare [Extreme] Racing (DC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  26. Osborne, Scott (21 December 2000). "Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  27. Lundrigan, Jeff (December 1999). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 2 no. 4. Imagine Media. p. 104.
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  31. "Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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