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2000 · Terminal Reality · Racing

4x4 EVO

4x4 EVO is a racing game featuring real-life pickup trucks and SUV's. Actual trucks from manufacturers such as Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, Toyota and more are included.

Released
29 October 2000
Platforms
DreamcastPlayStation 2WindowsmacOS
Genres
Racing
Developers
Terminal Reality
Publishers
Gathering of Developers
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB ECLASS_IND L
Languages
English, Italian, Spanish (Spain)

About

4x4 Evo (also re-released as 4x4 Evolution) is a video game developed by Terminal Reality for the Windows, Macintosh, Sega Dreamcast, and PlayStation 2 platforms. It is one of the first console games to have cross-platform online play where Dreamcast, Macintosh, and Windows versions of the game appear online at the same time. The game can use maps created by users to download onto a hard drive as well as a Dreamcast VMU. All versions of the game are similar in quality and gameplay although the online systems feature a mode to customize the players' own truck and use it online.

The game is still online-capable on all systems except for PlayStation 2. This was Terminal Reality's only video game to be released for the Dreamcast.

Keywords

  • rally
  • ranking
  • dirt

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Gameplay features off-road racing of over 70 licensed truck manufacturers. Modes featured in the game were Career Mode, Online Mode, Map editor, and versus mode. The career mode is the most important part of the game to feature a way to buy better trucks similar to the Gran Turismo series. The Career mode also gives the player six purpose-built race vehicles: Chevrolet TrailBlazer Race SUV 2WD, Dodge Dakota Race Truck 4WD, Ford F-150 Race Truck 2WD, Mitsubishi Pajero Rally 4WD, Nissan Xterra Race SUV 4WD, and the Toyota Tundra Race Truck 2WD.

They cost anywhere from $350,000 up to $850,000. These are the fastest vehicles in the game. Recently, KC Vale acquired permission from Terminal Reality, Incorporated to upload the game to his Web server, but the original vehicles have been removed due to an expired license.

Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Rob Smolka of NextGen said of the Dreamcast version in its February 2001 issue, "Other than the online play, this arcade racer doesn't do anything special we haven't seen (and complained about) before." Four issues later, however, David Chen called the PS2 version "A competent racer with lots of options but a few too many significant flaws."

GameFan gave the Dreamcast version 92%, saying, "Virtually lag-free play, spot-on looks, and a tremendous amount of fun elevate 4x4 to the top of Dreamcast racers with little to no effort." 5 out of 10, calling it "a solid racing program. Great attention has been paid to the details of off-road racing, and you can enjoy every jolt and bump from a driver's perspective. This program breaks new ground in multi-platform gaming, and supports that with a game that is easy to jump right into the driver's seat and play."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows29 October 2000Worldwide
macOS30 October 2000Worldwide · Europe 14 November 2000
Dreamcast30 October 2000Worldwide
PlayStation 226 February 2001Worldwide

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