DESCRIPTION

Race America is a below average racing game that focuses on a cross-country sports car rally divided into a series of shorter races. You compete against a single opponent during each leg, and as long as you keep winning, you keep racing. The visuals are about on a par with 1987's Rad Racer, but the game attempts to enliven things with a variety of perspectives. You start with a drag race at the beginning, switch to a behind-the-car view for the majority of the race, and temporarily change to an overhead view when you're in proximity of your opponent. Unless you're in the lead, you're forced to view the action from a tiny window in the lower left corner while the other car gets the main window on the top half of the screen. This might make sense for a two-player game, but when you're racing against the computer, it's a real waste of screen real estate. ~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide