Smashing Drive for GameCube

GameCube

Racing

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Number of Players

ESRB

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Smashing Drive

Not Rentable

Also on:GBA, Xbox

GF Rating

4.5

32 ratings

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Game Details

Release Date 2/19/2002
Publisher Namco
Developer Namco
Platform GameCube
Genre Racing

Number of Players 2

Violence

Game Description

New York cabbies live up to their reputations in Namco's Smashing Drive. As a cab driver you'll race through the streets of a 3D New York, looking for short cuts and weaving through traffic in your race for a quick fare and a fat tip. You'll have to dodge pedestrians, food vendors, newsstands, and fire hydrants, drive through offices, malls, parks, and tunnels. Power-ups temporarily turn your cab into a massive truck, a battering ram, or a glider, or act as weapons. Learn the boroughs of New York City like the back of your hand without even leaving the couch.

Critic Reviews

GameSpot Review (3.5 out of 10)

Smashing Drive is Namco's arcade-to-home translation of a simplistic game that casts you as a cabbie trying to score big bucks in bustling New York City. What makes Smashing Drive superficially different from being just another Crazy Taxi clone is your checker cab's ability to pick up a variety...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 4.5 out of 10

Stinks. (1 out of 10)

posted by SomeGuy1 (ST CHARLES, IL) on Sep 18, 2006
Member since Apr 2006
1 out of 4 gamers (25%) found this review helpful

This game was really bad. There aren't many shortcuts, Campain lasts about 20 minute, and you just blow up cars but you have to go on a certain track the entire round. i didnt like it at all.more

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