Simpsons Road Rage Nuclear Bus

Dude, That Looked Painful

Now, when you look at Simpsons Road Rage, you think, 'Crazy Taxi Copy'! But, it is not like those cheap imatations of Tony Hawk they've been pulling off. The Simpsons: Road Rage is a total redressing of Taxi. Drive in Homer's car and crash into the Springfield Mall or the School. Drive over the gorge or see the World's Biggest Toliet!

Somewhere in the depths of the Springfield nuclear power plant, Mr Burns has been carrying out hideous genetic experiments, grafting Simpsons DNA into Crazy Taxi. The result is Simpsons Road Rage, an amusing if somewhat shallow driving game. The basic premise is simple enough - ferry your passengers around the mean streets of Springfield at breakneck speed with the aim of earning as much cash as possible. Depending on which difficulty level you choose you may start with anything up to 75 seconds on the clock, but when this runs out your car coasts to a halt and it's game over. Luckily whenever you pick up a passenger you get some extra seconds on the clock, although the further you get into a session the less time you're given for each journey and the more frantic things get. Reaching your destination ahead of schedule earns you a few seconds more as well as a modest cash tip, and sometimes you're also offered the chance to earn Road Rage and Safe Trip bonuses. The former involves causing as much mayhem as possible by knocking over trees, lamp posts, signs and innocent bystanders, while the latter rewards you for avoiding collisions with other vehicles. I'll let you guess which is more fun. You can even eke out an extra couple of seconds by knocking over one of the stops for Mr Burns' evil atomic bus fleet, which you can find scattered around each of the game's six neighbourhoods.

That Monkey Is Going To Pay

Taking to the roads of Springfield for the first time you only have access to one neighbourhood - Evergreen Terrace, home to Springfield Elementary School and the Kwik-E-Mart amongst other landmarks. You're also initially limited to a choice of the five main Simpson family members as your driver, including Lisa in an electric car and Marge's gas guzzling Canyonero. The rest of the game's neighbourhoods and vehicles must be unlocked by earning enough cash in the main Road Rage mode, which can be a rather tedious undertaking. You need several hundred thousand dollars to unlock everything, and a cool $1,000,000 to defeat Mr Burns' plans and complete the game outright. Bizarrely I actually found the tougher difficulty levels far easier than the .. er .. easy option - the tighter time limits are more than compensated for by the higher fares you charge your passengers - but whichever level you choose to play on, you'll be hard pushed to earn much more than $10,000 in a single run without cheating. Given that you only have six neighbourhoods to drive around, this means constantly circling the same few square miles of town over and over again just to unlock a few more drivers and the rest of the levels. A little more variety would have been welcome. The same goes for the voice acting. From Professor Frink, the fat comic store owner and Springfield's leading quack Dr Nick to the well-spoken kleptomaniac Snake and bumbling Police Chief Wiggum, many of the best loved Simpsons regulars are included in the game, with voices provided by the original actors. The bad news is that there's a relatively limited set of lines on offer for each, and as you hear at least two of them in any given car journey, after a few hours they may start to get a little grating.

Worst Trip .. Ever

If you want a break from the mayhem there's not much on offer in the way of alternative game modes either. Sunday Drive lets you tootle around in your own good time, giving you an opportunity to hunt for shortcuts, learn the layout of the maps and admire the scenery, but without any kind of time pressure or scoring system it soon gets dull. There's also a Mission mode, but this merely consists of a linear series of ten tasks. Most can be finished within two or three attempts, and all feature a time limit of under a minute, which makes this option rather shortlived. The tasks are also incredibly repetitive, as eight of the ten involve knocking over a certain number of specified objects, whether it's a drunken Barney running down mascots or Otto smashing into lamp posts in the school bus. The other two are simply a case of getting from A to B without being run off the road by Mr Burns. To make matters worse, traffic is entirely random, so you could lose before you've even got into gear because a bus has parked itself in front of your starting position. It's an amusing enough diversion from the Road Rage mode, but it isn't likely to occupy you for long. Finally there's the fast and furious two player split-screen option, which sets you and a friend loose on the streets of Springfield in a duel to see who can reach the target fare total first. To make things more interesting, you must both fight over the same punter, so if your opponent gets to them first you'll have to smash into the car to hijack their passenger and complete the ride.

I'm Bart Simpson, Who The Hell Are You?

Looking under the bonnet, the engine doesn't exactly stretch the Xbox hardware to its limits. Textures are blurry low resolution affairs and characters have a worrying tendency to run through walls and other vehicles to get into your car. Having said that, the toon renderer does a reasonable job of recreating Springfield in three dimensions, and the town's best known landmarks are instantly recognisable, even if many of the less important buildings are just poorly textured Frinkahedrons. Everything from the town hall and the nuclear power plant to Moe's Tavern and Flanders' Leftorium are included, although Simpsons purists will no doubt complain that everything's in the wrong place. Geographical inaccuracies aside, the level design is a mixed bag. Some of the locations are fairly satisfying to drive around, while others seem to have been hand crafted to be as annoying as possible. For example, both of the out of town stages feature broken bridges which you can jump across in one direction (if you time it right) but not in the other. This means that if you carry a fare to the wrong side of the Springfield gorge you have to waste time taking a circuitous route back to the main part of the map again. Factor in the shortage of side streets and shortcuts and a lack of familiar landmarks and these two settings aren't as much fun and often leave you with lower fares to boot. Given that the game only has six 'neighbourhoods' to start with, it's a little disappointing.

Conclusion

Simpsons Road Rage is surprisingly entertaining in short bursts, but the charm tends to wear off fairly quickly thanks to the lack of variety on offer. Missions, locations, music and voice acting all get repetitive after just a few hours, and there's little incentive to keep you coming back long enough to earn the $1m you'll need to win the game. It's probably worth renting if you're a fan of the TV series, but it's hardly a must buy.

7 /10

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This takes a while, so set the difficulty to hardto get more money when u drop someone off.Choose a character and go to Evergreen Terrace.When you start pick up the person on the right,he wants to go to the Kwik E Mart. After you drophim off, pick up the person on the right side ofthe street, he will want to go to Smithers’ orSkinner’s, if it is Smithers’ this won’t work.Take them to skinners, and then go down thestreet, until you see Barney, the sea captain, orthe nerdy kid. Pick them up and take the backalley to Smithers’, then turn around go throughthe alley and pick them up again, and just keepdoing this until you have the desired amount oftime or money.*Warning*You can get unlimited time and money, but themore money you get the less time you have todeliver people. The Smithers’ delivery will notfall below 8 seconds, but you only need 3-5seconds. Also only some cars allow you to dothis, Professor Frink, Lisa, and Grandpa do work.

To fly for a few seconds (like The Simpsons Hitand Run) you must click down L3 and you will flyfor a few seconds.

On most cars in the game, there are license plates. Here they are!

Some vehicles in the game have bumper stickers that are unfortunately very hard to see. In case you cannot see them, here they are!

At the Googolplex movie theatre in the Entertainment District the big sign above the box office will show some movie titles that are definitely gonna make you laugh. Here they are!

First of all, drive to Apu's apartment inEvergreen Terrace, then drive behind it. Thereyou will find a grassy area with a waterfountain, some benches, 2 basketball courts, andlots of trees! Happy driving!

When you hit someone they will bounce of you carand if you hit them right they hit some thingeles. This is good in destroy bounuses or if youwont to hit an out of the way bus stop. [Thiswill work with eny thing but people are morebouncy].

In Evergreen Terrace and when you drop of Lovejoyor someone at his house and you pick up Moleman,he usually wants to go home. I know a short cutthat will get you to his house faster. There is adirt road with tire marks in it right byLovejoy's house. Go on that dirt road until itends. Then turn left. You will recognize whereyou are at and you will be at Moleman's housemuch faster.

When playing on the 'Downtown' level, go to thecar park. There are ditches around the edges ofthe car park. Go in the one that is under thehighway. Drive up the road support really fast.If you went fast enough, you should be on thehighway!

When you first start out in the beginingof Springfield Mountains, pick up the personright next to you. They'll want to go tothe 'Tire Fire'. Take them there, then go back tothe same starting point and pick up that person.They'll also want to go to the 'Tire Fire'. Keepgoing back and fourth for easy money and time.

Set the camera to bumper view for an easy way tobeat Burns' Arena (At least it worked for me.)

Start in Evergreen Terrace. Drive straight ahead to the bus-stop and pick up thepassenger. They will want to go to the Kwik-E-Mart. Drop them off and pick up thepassenger just outside the Kwik-E-Mart. They will want to go to Smither'sapartment. Drop them off and shoot down the alley opposite to pick up thepassenger waiting at the end. They will want to go to Smither's appartment. Thepassenger will always be Martin, or the Sea Captain or Barney. Do a quick 180 andshoot down the alley to drop them off. Then, shoot up the alley again to pick upthe next passenger, who will always want to go to Smither's apartment. Keeprepeating this for easy money.

To get +2 seconds, hit the phone booths that have Mr. Burns' picture on them. Youcan get +2 seconds in the road rage levels by running over the Transit bus stops.

To complete the missions easier, fail a mission 5 times. On the 5th time it will say skip mission. Select that and you will complete that mission and go on to the next one.

Have you ever picked up someone and noticed youwere short on time and the place was far away?Well, I know a short cut that can get to theWiggem house faster. Chief Wiggem or his son,Ralph, can be found near the Gas Station. To getto the short cut, you must go in the narrow road(this road is near the Gas Station) and find asign that says ROOF. Turn and go on the roof andyou'll cut your time by about 10 seconds.(*NOTE: There is NO guarentee that Ralph andCheif Wiggem will always be at the Gas Station.Use this hint ONLY when you find Ralph or ChiefWiggem when you see them near the Gas Station!)

Successfully complete all ten missions in mission mode to unlock The Homer car.The car is selectable in any mode by choosing Homer's picture at the car selectscreen.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Square, Triangle(2), Circle. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press X(4). If you entered the codecorrectly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press X, Triangle(2), X. If you entered thecode correctly, you will hear a sound. While driving, hold and release Square fora turbo boost.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press X, Circle, Triangle, Square. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Circle(3), Square. If you entered thecode correctly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Circle, Triangle, Square, X. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Press R to start, stop, andreset the timer.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), X(2). If you entered thecode correctly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Circle(4) at the options menu. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. All the people (except thecharacter you selected) will be flat.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(4). If you entered the codecorrectly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Square(4). If you entered the codecorrectly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), Circle, Triangle. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Alternately, set the systemdate to December 25 to unlock Christmas Apu (dressed in a Santa costume) underthe '?' at the character selection screen.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), Circle(2). If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Alternately, set the systemdate to the third Thursday in November to unlock Thanksgiving Marge (dressed in aPilgrim costume) under the '?' at the character selection screen.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), Circle, X. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Alternately, set the systemdate to October 31 to unlock Halloween Bart (dressed in a Frankenstein costume)under the '?' at the character selection screen.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), Circle, Square. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Alternately, set the systemdate to January 1 to unlock New Year's Krusty under the '?' at the characterselection screen.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), Square, X. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), Square(2). If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

At the options menu, hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle(2), Square, Circle. If youentered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

At the main menu, go to the options and hold down L1+L2+R1+R2. Then press any 4button combo you want. I did Circle(4), X(4), and Square(4). You will here a hornhonk if it's correct and a crow if it's wrong.

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