
When you race, you can get a small speed boost by doing a wheelie and hitting the accelerator at the very beginning. In the last level, it makes little difference if you join a gang or not because you’ll simply get almost exclusively opposing members of the gang anyway during the race. It saves a few bucks, but you’ll also face opposition from both gangs. If the player decides, they can also race solo. This allows the player to get support from fellow gang members during the races. In any event, if you join a gang, you’ll have to pay dues at the beginning of the next level (in later levels, the mount is incredibly trivial). In each subsequent level, if the player switches from a crotch rocket to a Harley going into the next level, then the player can also switch from the Thrashers to the Rumblers (the converse is also true). If the player picks a Harley type bike, then the player will have the opportunity to join the Rumblers gang at the end of the first level. If the player chooses a crotch rocket type bike, then the player can join the Thrashers gang at the end of the level. If the player can’t pay up, it’s game over.Īt the beginning on level one, the player can choose a rider (pressing up or down) and a bike (pressing left or right) in the bike shop menu. The player is then forced to go to a repair shop and pay for the repairs. If the player has an empty damage meter, one more wipe out will cause the player to be “wrecked”. How much damage depends on the bikes durability. Every time the player wipes out, the bike receives some damage. If the rider’s health meter drops to nothing, then the player will wipe out. The health meter indicates the health of the rider. However, if you get bashed enough times yourself, you can also wind up getting some face time with the pavement. Infrequently, you can bash them to the point of crashing them. You can use your assortment of weapons to bash your opponents. The combat element of this game makes this game quite interesting. Of course, this isn’t your typical racing game. If the player places in the top 3 of each race in the level and upgrades their bike, they player will progress to the next level where the opponents will also have upgraded bikes and the races will become, on average, longer. Money always goes to upgrading the players bike. Winning the race allows the player to earn money in Big Game mode (the main mode of this game). The objective in this game is to race to the finish line first in each race. Road Rash 64 was released in 1999 and is a motorcycle combat racing game. We take a look at this old game to see if it’s worth playing still. Road Rash 64 is a motorcycle combat racing game where two gangs and several solo riders bash each other as they try to reach the finish line first.
