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2003 video game
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2003 video game
Downtown Run
PAL region PS2 cover art
Developer(s)Ubi Soft Bucharest
Com2uS (Mobile)
Publisher(s)Ubi Soft
Com2uS (Mobile)
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Windows, GameCube, Mobile
Release
  • PAL: March 28, 2003
  • NA: June 30, 2003 (Windows)
GameCube
  • NA: April 29, 2003
Mobile
  • WW: July 17, 2003
Genre(s)Racing, vehicular combat
Mode(s)Single-player, 2 player multiplayer

Downtown Run, known in North America as City Racer, is a vehicular combat racing game developed by Ubi Soft Bucharest and published in 2003 for PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, GameCube, and mobile phones. The game features many different cars, game modes and tracks. In most game modes, you can collect power-ups to maximise your chance of winning or slow down opponents.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GCPC
Metacritic58/10079/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
GCPC
Nintendo Power2.6/5N/A
PC Gamer (US)N/A79%

The Windows version received "generally favorable reviews", while the GameCube version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

References

  1. "Gamespot: Downtown Run". Archived from the original on 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  2. "City Racer". Nintendo Power. Vol. 169. June 2003. p. 138.
  3. Mahood, Andy (July 2003). "City Racer". PC Gamer. p. 84. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "City Racer for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "City Racer for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 1, 2017.


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