
Some cars, however, are unlocked by collecting coins. The most powerful engine in the game requires the most number of miles you’ve traveled in this game.

Many of these parts are earned by the number of “miles” you’ve clocked in this game whether through time trials or tournaments. These parts can range from a new set of tires to whole new cars. Fog can get so thick, you are practically required to memorize the track in order to know where you are even going – though this is a thickness reserved for the hardest difficulty.Īlong the way, you can earn parts. While wind can alter flight paths during jumps, perhaps the most difficult weather pattern to contend with is dense fog. Each progressively more difficult tournament increases the number of races as well as how “extreme” the weather conditions are. Winning in tournament mode allows you to earn the next tournament difficulty up as well as earning new tracks. The better you finish each race, the more points you rack up. The objective is to collect tournament points that are earned after each race. In this mode, you join a tournament made up of randomly generated settings for each track – track order determined at random as well. The main single player mode players can try is the tournament mode. If you have a buddy or two, you can allow them to join you in a battle match, you can pick up an assortment of weapons and power ups as you try and kill each other during the “race”.

Time trial allows you to see if you can get particularly fast times. Practice allows you to get a good feel for the vehicle and the available tracks before you jump straight into the tournament mode.

You have a variety of modes in this game including death match/battle (multiplayer only), stunt mode, practice, time trial, and tournament. Yes, you do take your car off of Lombard Street as that seems like an obligation for any street racing game taking place in that city. While there is no real story that was immediately present in the game, the game does make a return to San Francisco which is the location of the first game in the series. Unlike the previous two games in the series, this takes place in the sci-fi future (presumably in the year 2049 which seems kind of amusing these days). So, it seems fitting that we give Rush 2049 a review as well. Later, we reviewed Rush 2 – Extreme Racing USA and rated the game positively. Earlier, we reviewed San francisco Rush – Extreme racing USA and have it an above average rating. Rush 2049 was released in 2000 as a port from the arcade version released just a year earlier. We find out if this sci-fi racing game is a worthy addition to the series.

In this review, we check out the third game in the Rush series, San Fransisco Rush 2049.
