FallOut (not to be confused with Interplay and Bethesdas award winning Fallout series) was a 2004 title that had moderate success on the Playstation 2, although enough to spawn several sequels.

The 1999 release Demolition Racer was similar in both name and gameplay and is perhaps worthy of a retrospective of its own, but not today. Later many other car combat games tried to emulate the success of Destruction Derby, with varying levels of success. The title was very popular and was one of the first games to reach the coveted platinum status on the Playstation. Derby was by no means the first car combat game, but it was the first popular 3D incarnation of the genre. The car damage was shown on screen on the trusty HUD with colours of red, yellow and green indicating the level of damage on different sections of the car. Car damage management was crucial to staying in the game, with cars failing if they were too run down.

Race points could be scored by crashing into other cars, high points could win the race even if the players finishing position left much to be desired. Players had to strike a balance between their position within the race and their race points, which were displayed on the onscreen HUD. The games developers Reflections, had previously released games such as Shadow of the Beast and (the brilliantly named) Awesome, yet this was their first venture into the racing game genre. It later saw a remake on the Nintendo 64, which is generally considered to be a superior edition, although it did have the predictably dull title of Destruction Derby 64. The title also saw releases on the less popular Sega Saturn and MS-DOS. Released in the early days of the original Sony Playstations reign, Destruction Derby introduced players to a different way of racing, a more destructive and anarchic competition that had not previously been utilised in the brave new land of 3D. Before the likes of Burnout, and over a decade since classics such as Spy Hunter, came the absolute jewel that is Destruction Derby.

The racing game has come a long way since the mid-nineties, with current titles such as Gran Turismo 5 and Forza 4 boasting almost photorealistic graphics, near perfect handling physics and extensive online play.

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