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{{Infobox video game {{Infobox video game
| title = Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing | title = Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
| image = Big Rigs - Over the Road Racing Coverart.png | image = Big Rigs - Over the Road Racing Coverart.png
⚫ | developer = Stellar Stone
|caption = Box art
⚫ | developer = ]
| publisher = GameMill Publishing | publisher = GameMill Publishing
| platforms = ] | platforms = ]
| released = {{Video game release|NA|November 20, 2003}} | released = {{Video game release|NA|November 20, 2003}}
| genre = ] | genre = ]
| modes = ] | modes = ]
| producer = Sergey Titov | producer = Sergey Titov
| designer = Artem Mironovsky | designer = Artem Mironovsky
| programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Denis Julitov|Sergey Titov {{small|(engine)}}}} | programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Denis Julitov|Sergey Titov}}
| artist = {{Unbulleted list|Yaroslav Kulov|Svetlana Slavinskaya|Peter Jameson|NixPix Ltd.|Tim Maletsky {{small|(user interface)}}}} | artist = {{Unbulleted list|Yaroslav Kulov|Svetlana Slavinskaya|Peter Jameson}}
| composer = Alex Burton
| engine =
}} }}
'''''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''''' is a ] ] developed by ] and published by GameMill Publishing, released for ] on November 20, 2003, in North America.


'''''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''''' is a 2003 ] developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing. The player controls a ] ("big rig") and races a non-moving opponent through ] on US ]. Stellar Stone, based in California, ] the game's development to Ukraine, and the game was released on November 20, 2003, in a ] state. Due to a multitude of ] and lack of proper gameplay, ''Big Rigs'' was received very negatively, being the worst-rated game on ] websites ] and ], and frequently cited as one of the ].
The packaging of ''Big Rigs'' states that the main objective of the game is to race a ], a "big rig", in order to safely deliver illegal cargo being carried by the vehicle, while avoiding the local police force. In the game, no objectives beyond reaching the finish line of a circular track are presented, no load is attached to the trucks, and the police are nowhere to be found.<ref name="GameSpot Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-review/1900-6086528/|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review|last=Navarro|first=Alex|date=January 14, 2004|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027151931/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-review/1900-6086528/|archive-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref> Much of the game instead centers on the player racing their truck against fellow drivers to the finish line; however, in the earlier versions the player's computer-controlled opponent vehicles have no ] and never move from the starting position. In a later version, the computer-controlled opponent will race around the track but will stop just before crossing the finish line. The timer in the game is merely aesthetic and has no limit on the gameplay. In addition, due to a lack of ], there are no obstacles to navigate within the game, and the player is able to phase through buildings and terrain, or even leave the confines of the game level altogether. When going forwards, none of the vehicles can go any faster than 80 miles per hour, but when going in reverse, the speedometer keeps going and looping around itself infinitely. So, it is technically possible for the truck to pass the speed of light.

''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was a critical failure. The game's criticism was largely directed at its "blatantly unfinished"<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> state: lack of ] and frequent violation of the ], frequent and major ]s, poor visuals, and severe lack of functionality. As a result, the game is widely regarded by critics as one of the ],<ref name="Hardcore Gamer">{{cite web|url=https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/01/02/how-the-worst-game-of-2013-is-actually-better-than-big-rigs/68223/|title=How the Worst Game of 2013 Is Actually Better Than Big Rigs|last=Carlson|first=Alex|date=January 2, 2014|website=Hardcore Gamer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191005232804/https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/01/02/how-the-worst-game-of-2013-is-actually-better-than-big-rigs/68223/|archive-date=October 5, 2019|accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name="GameZone">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamezone.com/originals/the_most_abysmal_racing_games_ever/|title=The Most Abysmal Racing Games Ever|last=Haske|first=Steve|date=September 27, 2011|website=GameZone|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005232851/https://www.gamezone.com/originals/the_most_abysmal_racing_games_ever/|archive-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref> with some saying it is "so bad it is good"<ref name="Kotaku GoldenEye">{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5901345/why-its-okay-that-goldeneye-totally-sucks|title=Why It's Okay That ''GoldenEye'' Totally Sucks|last=McLean|first=Owen|date=April 12, 2012|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191006020647/https://kotaku.com/why-it-s-okay-that-goldeneye-totally-sucks-5901345|archive-date=October 6, 2019|access-date=September 10, 2017}}</ref> and calling bugs the game's key feature.<ref name="GamesRadar+">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/good-glitches-bad-glitches-and-why-online-patches-are-really-gamers-enemy/|title=Good glitches, bad glitches, and why patches are really the gamer's enemy|last=Houghton|first=David|date=September 6, 2011|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208154915/http://www.gamesradar.com/good-glitches-bad-glitches-and-why-online-patches-are-really-gamers-enemy/|archive-date=February 8, 2016}}</ref> Because of the notorious negative reception, the game has attracted a ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101">{{cite web|url=https://hg101.kontek.net//bigrigs/bigrigs.htm|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing - Windows (2003)|author=Garamoth|date=April 30, 2009|website=Hardcore Gaming 101|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426160239/https://hg101.kontek.net//bigrigs/bigrigs.htm|archive-date=April 26, 2019|accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> After Stellar Stone shut down, ''Big Rigs'' producer and engine programmer, and owner of TS Group Entertainment, Sergey Titov, went on to work for ] on '']'', before releasing the controversial title '']'' in 2012.<ref name="Kotaku War Z">{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/the-war-z-mess-every-crazy-detail-we-know-so-far-upda-5969784|title=The ''War Z'' Mess: Every Crazy Detail We Know So Far |last=Schreier|first=Jason|date=December 19, 2012|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191006021404/https://kotaku.com/the-war-z-mess-every-crazy-detail-we-know-so-far-upda-5969784|archive-date=October 6, 2019|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>


== Gameplay == == Gameplay ==
''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' a ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /> According to the description on the game's ], the player controls a ] (a "big rig"), racing an opponent over various US ] to be the first to deliver cargo, or otherwise face arrest by the police.<ref name="GameSpot: Review" />
] drives into a wall in the "Small Town Road" level, and the game's timer text extends outside its frame]]
''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' is notorious for being released in a ] state. The player may freely drive on and off roads without any loss of traction, up or down 90-degree slopes with no loss or gain of lateral speed, through structures such as buildings, trees, bridges, checkpoints, and enemy vehicles (due to a lack of ]), and out of the boundaries of the map into an endless grey void. If the player presses and holds the reverse key, the vehicle will accelerate until the ] variable responsible for storing velocity ]. <ref name="GameSpot Review" />


The player chooses from four playable trucks and five truck routes, although selecting the fourth route will cause the game to ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Using the ], the player navigates their truck through ].<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Driving in reverse allows the player to accelerate indefinitely, though releasing the associated key will instantly stop the truck.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" />
Opponent vehicles do appear in the game; however, they have no ] and never leave the starting position, which makes losing impossible. To complete the race, the player must pass through all the course's checkpoints (which can be done in any order) and cross the finish line. Upon completion of a race, the game displays a large three-handled ] and the text {{sic|"You're Winner !"}}.<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> The game occasionally fails to distinguish between whether the player is starting or finishing the race when they pass through the starting/finishing line, and so this congratulatory screen may appear within seconds of starting a game, thus ending the race prematurely on the first pass.


There is no time limit to complete a race and the opponent does not move.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> The player can pass through the opponent and all objects placed on the route due to a lack of ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Steep mountains can be ascendet without affecting the truck's speed and the player can traverse beyond the defined play area.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Completing a race rewards the player with a trophy screen bearing the subtitle "You're Winner !".<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" />
Four different trucks are playable, which are cosmetically different but all perform identically. Though there are five courses from which to choose, only four are playable. The fifth does not function, and selecting it ] the game.<ref name="GameSpot Review" />


With a patch labeled "1.0" and dated November 16, 2003, the opponent starts driving along the road but stops just before the finish line.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Stellar Stone: Support" />
] released a patch that addressed some of the game's complaints. With the patch, the opponent vehicles participate in the race but stop before they reach the finish line, keeping the game impossible to lose. "Nightride", the non-functional track that crashed upon loading, was replaced with a mirror image of the first track, "Devil Passage 1". A re-released version of the game replaced the "You're Winner !" text with "You Win!". The patch added sound effects, a feature that was missing from the original game, and later copies shipped with the patch by default. However, no effort was made to alter the physics of the game, and other common complaints were not addressed.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" />


== Development == == Development and release ==
The development of ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was commissioned by Stellar Stone, a company based in ], that was founded in late 2000 and ] game development to ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Stellar Stone: Company" /> Sergey Titov of TS Group Entertainment licensed his Eternity ] to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk" of the company.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /><ref name="TS Group: Eternity" /> According to Titov, ''Big Rigs'' was developed by a team in Ukraine, with him having little input on the development, although he is credited as the producer and co-programmer.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> Titov stated that publisher GameMill Publishing initially sought to release one racing game ] but later decided to split it in two—''Big Rigs'' and ''Midnight Race Club''—and released ''Big Rigs'' in a ] state.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> The game was released on November 20, 2003, for ] and distributed exclusively through ] stores.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Release" /><ref name="GameSpot: 1 out of 10" /> Titov later offered to replace the game with one from the catalog of ] should a buyer send him their game copy, sales receipt and registration card, which twenty people did.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" />
''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was ] in ], commissioned by ]-based company ].<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> The game was developed offshore so the company could produce the game at a relatively low expense of about {{US$|15,000|link=yes}},{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} compared to costs three to five times higher when working with other European or United States-based developers.<ref name="yourewinner.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.yourewinner.com/index.php?action=stitovinterview |title=Q and A with Sergey Titov, CEO of TS Group |date=September 21, 2008 |website=yourewinner.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201150355/http://www.yourewinner.com/index.php?action=stitovinterview |archivedate=February 1, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


⚫ == Reception ==
''Big Rigs'' was built on Eternity, a ] ] developed by Sergey Titov of TS Group Entertainment, who licensed it to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk of the company."<ref name="yourewinner.com" /> The company "want to do things cheap and not willing to pay even 200–300 " to create an engine of their own. Titov is credited in the game as ] and co-programmer, but he claims he "didn't have much design and development input or any power to stop from being released."<ref name="yourewinner.com" />
]

''Big Rigs'' was originally intended to be released with ''Midnight Race Club: Supercharged!'' as a single, combined title. Instead GameMill Publishing decided to split the project into two games early in production.<ref name="yourewinner.com" /> Both games were released in their ] stage. The reason for the splitting is unclear, although Titov speculates it was to increase sales.<ref name="yourewinner.com" />

⚫ == Reception and legacy ==
]
{{Video game reviews {{Video game reviews
| MC = 8/100<ref name="Metacritic" />
⚫ | MC = 8/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing/critic-reviews |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Critic Reviews for PC |website=]}}</ref>
| GSpot = 1/10<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> | GSpot = 1/10<ref name="GameSpot: Review" />
}} }}
''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' received "overwhelming dislike", according to ] website ]. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 8/100 based on five critic reviews,<ref name="Metacritic" /> making it Metacritic's all-time worst-rated video game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/|title=What I learned playing Metacritic's all-time worst-scoring PC games|last=Strom|first=Steven|date=August 7, 2016|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911010402/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/|archive-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> Due to its critical failure, ''Big Rigs'' is widely considered to be one of the ].


''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' received "overwhelming dislike", according to ] website ].<ref name="Metacritic" /> Based on five critic reviews, the site calculated an average score of 8/100, its lowest ever.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Metacritic" /><ref name="Ars Technica: Metacritic" /> The game also stands as the all-time worst game on ].<ref name="GameSpot: Broken Games" /> ''Big Rigs'' has been cited as one of the ] by '']'' (2004),<ref name="GameSpot: Flat-Out Worst" /> ''GameZone'' (2011),<ref name="GameZone: Worst" /> '']'' (2012 and 2015),<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /><ref name="Kotaku: AGDQ" /> ''Hardcore Gamer'' (2014),<ref name="Hardcore Gamer: Worst" /> '']'' (2017),<ref name="GamesRadar+: Worst" /> and '']'' (2019).<ref name="PC Gamer: Worst" /> In March 2004, on '']''{{'}}s "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, co-host ] described ''Big Rigs'' as "the worst game ever made" and refused to score it, as the program's rating system did not allow for a zero score.<ref name="G4tv: Never Buy" /><ref name="G4tv: Nugget" /> The ] exhibited the game as part of its ''Bad Is Beautiful: An Exhibition Exploring Fascinatingly Bad Games at the NYU Game Center'' in April 2012.<ref name="Kotaku: Exhibition" /> The ] noted that the game contained "no interactive elements" and rated it "E for Everyone".<ref name="ESRB" />
⚫ It was featured on '']''{{'s}} "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, where series co-host ] described ''Big Rigs'' as "the worst game ever made" and refused to even rate it, as their rating system did not have a zero score.<ref name="G4tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680762/nugget-from-the-net/|title=Nugget From The Net|last=Johnson|first=Stephen|date=November 12, 2007|website=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110220145/http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680762/nugget-from-the-net/|archive-date=January 10, 2013}}</ref>


Alex Navarro reviewed ''Big Rigs'' for ''GameSpot'' in 2004 and critiqued the game's high amount of ] (including the absent collision detection, enemy movement and ]), lack of proper gameplay, poor handling of the truck.<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Additionally, he labeled the game as "easily one of the worst-looking ] games released in years" and, in several ways, as the worst game ever, declaring that ''Big Rigs'' was "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend".<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Navarro rated the game a 1/10 (described as "Abysmal"), the lowest review score on ''GameSpot'' up to that point.<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /><ref name="GameSpot: Frightfully Bad" /> He later remarked that the game only received a 1/10 because it was the lowest possible score on ''GameSpot'', arguing that the site should have introduced a 0/10 rating specifically for ''Big Rigs''.<ref name="GameSpot: Frightfully Bad" /> The game remained the only to have received that rating from ''GameSpot'' until 2013's '']''.<ref name="GameSpot: 1 out of 10" /> For the site's 2004 year-end accolades, ''Big Rigs'' was named as the "Flat-Out Worst Game" and the ''GameSpot'' editors stated that they would use the "You're Winner !" trophy as representation for the award going forward.<ref name="GameSpot: Flat-Out Worst" />
Alex Navarro of '']'' called the game "broken", "terrible", "worst of the worst", and "atrocious", declaring that ''Big Rigs'' is "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend"<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> and imploring of viewers: "Please do not play this game. We cannot stress this enough."<ref name="GameSpot Review" /> In the ] video ''Frightfully Bad Games'', Navarro stated: "This game received the lowest score in the history of ''GameSpot'', a 1.0 (Abysmal). And by lowest, I mean it can't go any lower. We don't hand out zeros, but maybe we should have for ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''." For the next nine years, ''Big Rigs'' remained the only game to have scored a 1.0 on ''GameSpot'', until this score was shared with '']'' in 2013.<ref name="GameSpot Worst">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/videos/1-out-of-10-the-worst-games-ever-reviewed-on-games/2300-6423361/ |title=1 out of 10: The Worst Games Ever Reviewed on GameSpot |first=John |last=Shaw |date=February 11, 2015 |website=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311234032/http://www.gamespot.com/videos/1-out-of-10-the-worst-games-ever-reviewed-on-games/2300-6423361/ |archivedate=March 11, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Navarro later revisited the game in 2015, performing a ] of it for the annual ] charity event.<ref name="Kotaku Watch">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/watch-someone-beat-one-of-the-worst-games-ever-made-in-1678344317 |title=Watch Someone Beat One Of The Worst Games Ever Made In Three Minutes |first=Patrick |last=Klepek |date=January 10, 2015 |website=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314004820/http://kotaku.com/watch-someone-beat-one-of-the-worst-games-ever-made-in-1678344317 |archivedate=March 14, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Giant Bomb">{{cite web |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/alex-did-a-speedrun-of-big-rigs-for-charity/1100-5167/ |title=Alex Did a 'Speedrun' of Big Rigs for Charity |first=Alex |last=Navarro |date=January 8, 2015 |website=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311234027/http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/alex-did-a-speedrun-of-big-rigs-for-charity/1100-5167/ |archivedate=March 11, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Legacy ===
In ''GameSpot''{{'}}s "Best and Worst of 2004" awards, ''Big Rigs'' was given the "Flat-Out Worst Game" award, despite the fact that the game was actually released in 2003. They said that they would use the "You're Winner!" trophy as a symbol for the 'Flat-Out Worst Game" award from then on, but by 2005, a more generic logo was used.<ref name="GameSpot 2004 Awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/day3w_12.html |title=Best and Worst of 2004: Flat-Out Worst Game |website=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229015748/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/day3w_12.html |archivedate=December 29, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Actual sales figures for the game are unknown, although ''GameSpot'' has stated: "perhaps most disgusting of all is that this game actually sold copies. More copies, in fact, than more than half of finalists in the 'Best Game No One Played' category, the criteria for which is selling fewer than 20,000 copies of the game."<ref name="GameSpot 2004 Awards"/>
], writing for '']'', opined that the humorous video accompanying Navarro's review of ''Big Rigs'' "immortalized" the game.<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /> ''Big Rigs'' has attracted a ], with yourewinner.com forming a dedicated ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /> However, David Houghton of '']'' noted that "Without glitches, ''Big Rigs'' would simply be an unremarkable, long-forgotten racing also-ran, rather than the festival of hilarity it currently stands as."<ref name="GamesRadar+: Glitches" /> Navarro performed a ] of the game for the January 2015 ] charity event.<ref name="Kotaku: AGDQ" /><ref name="Giant Bomb: AGDQ" /> Titov went on to work for ] on '']'' before releasing '']'' in December 2012.<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /> In September 2008, he stated that he is still in possession of the ] for both ''Big Rigs'' and his Eternity engine, but could not release the former because the game still owned by Stellar Stone and GameMill.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" />

Because of the notorious negative reception, the game has attracted a ].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101">{{cite web|url=https://hg101.kontek.net//bigrigs/bigrigs.htm|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing - Windows (2003)|author=Garamoth|date=April 30, 2009|website=Hardcore Gaming 101|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426160239/https://hg101.kontek.net//bigrigs/bigrigs.htm|archive-date=April 26, 2019|accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> After Stellar Stone shut down, ''Big Rigs'' producer and engine programmer, and owner of TS Group Entertainment, Sergey Titov, went on to work for ] on '']'', before releasing the controversial title '']'' in 2012.<ref name="Kotaku War Z">{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/the-war-z-mess-every-crazy-detail-we-know-so-far-upda-5969784|title=The ''War Z'' Mess: Every Crazy Detail We Know So Far |last=Schreier|first=Jason|date=December 19, 2012|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191006021404/https://kotaku.com/the-war-z-mess-every-crazy-detail-we-know-so-far-upda-5969784|archive-date=October 6, 2019|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>


== References == == References ==
{{Reflist}} {{Reflist|refs=


<ref name="Ars Technica: Metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/ |title=What I learned playing Metacritic's all-time worst-scoring PC games |first=Steven |last=Strom |date=August 7, 2016 |website=]}}</ref>
⚫ ==External links==

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<ref name="ESRB">{{cite web |url=https://www.esrb.org/ratings/21187/Big+Rigs/ |title=Big Rigs |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="G4tv: Never Buy">{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/484/Games_You_Should_Never_Buy.html |title=Games You Should Never Buy |first=Shane |last=Satterfield |date=March 23, 2004 |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406001445/http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/484/Games_You_Should_Never_Buy.html |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

⚫ <ref name="G4tv: Nugget">{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680762/nugget-from-the-net/ |title=Nugget From The Net |first=Stephen |last=Johnson |date=November 12, 2007 |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110220145/http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680762/nugget-from-the-net/ |archive-date=January 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="GameSpot: Frightfully Bad">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/videos/frightfully-bad-games/2300-6111952/ |title=Frightfully Bad Games |first=Alex |last=Navarro |date=November 1, 2004 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="GameSpot: 1 out of 10">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/videos/1-out-of-10-the-worst-games-ever-reviewed-on-games/2300-6423361/ |title=1 out of 10: The Worst Games Ever Reviewed on GameSpot |first1=Jeff |last1=Gerstmann |author-link1=Jeff Gerstmann |first2=Danny |last2=O'Dwyer |author-link2=Danny O'Dwyer |first3=Kevin |last3=VanOrd |first4=Chris |last4=Watters |first5=Dan |last5=Mihoerck |first6=Erick |last6=Tay |first7=Mary |last7=Kish |first8=Josh |last8=Shaw |date=August 20, 2015 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="GameSpot: Broken Games">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/videos/the-gist-5-broken-games-that-launched-anyway/2300-6422458/ |title=The Gist – 5 Broken Games That Launched Anyway |first1=Jess |last1=McDonell |first2=Edmond |last2=Tran |date=August 24, 2015 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="GameSpot: Flat-Out Worst">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/day3w_12.html |title=Flat-Out Worst Game |year=2004 |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229015748/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/day3w_12.html |archive-date=December 29, 2004 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="GameSpot: Release">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek/title/20031116.html |title=Week of 11/16/2003 |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204060326/http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek/title/20031116.html |archive-date=December 4, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="GameSpot: Review">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-review/1900-6086528/ |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review |first=Alex |last=Navarro |date=January 14, 2004 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="GamesRadar+: Glitches">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/good-glitches-bad-glitches-and-why-online-patches-are-really-gamers-enemy/ |title=Good glitches, bad glitches, and why patches are really the gamer's enemy |first=David |last=Houghton |date=September 6, 2011 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="GamesRadar+: Worst">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/worst-games-all-time/5/ |title=The 50 worst games of all time: Page 5 |author=GamesRadar Staff |date=August 9, 2017 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="GameZone: Worst">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamezone.com/editorials/the_most_abysmal_racing_games_ever |title=The Most Abysmal Racing Games Ever |first=Steve |last=Hask |date=November 16, 2010 |website=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115012226/http://www.gamezone.com/editorials/the_most_abysmal_racing_games_ever |archive-date=November 15, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Giant Bomb: AGDQ">{{cite web |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/alex-did-a-speedrun-of-big-rigs-for-charity/1100-5167/ |title=Alex Did a 'Speedrun' of Big Rigs for Charity |first=Alex |last=Navarro |date=January 8, 2015 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="Hardcore Gamer: Worst">{{cite web |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/2014/01/02/how-the-worst-game-of-2013-is-actually-better-than-big-rigs/68223/ |title=How the Worst Game of 2013 Is Actually Better Than Big Rigs |first=Alex |last=Carlson |date=January 2, 2014 |website=Hardcore Gamer}}</ref>

<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101">{{cite web |url=https://hg101.kontek.net/bigrigs/bigrigs.htm |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing – Windows (2003) |author=Garamoth |date=April 30, 2009 |website=Hardcore Gaming 101}}</ref>

<ref name="Kotaku: AGDQ">{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/watch-someone-beat-one-of-the-worst-games-ever-made-in-1678344317 |title=Watch Someone Beat One Of The Worst Games Ever Made In Three Minutes |first=Patrick |last=Klepek |date=January 9, 2015 |website=]}}</ref>

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<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z">{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/the-war-z-mess-every-crazy-detail-we-know-so-far-upda-5969784 |title=The ''War Z'' Mess: Every Crazy Detail We Know So Far |first=Jason |last=Schreier |author-link=Jason Schreier |date=December 19, 2012 |website=]}}</ref>

⚫ <ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing/critic-reviews |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Critic Reviews for PC |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="PC Gamer: Worst">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-22-worst-pc-games-of-all-time/ |title=22 of the worst PC games of all time |first1=Andy |last1=Kelly |first2=Tom |last2=Senior |date=June 25, 2019 |website=]}}</ref>

<ref name="Stellar Stone: Company">{{cite web |url=http://www.stellarstone.com/company.html |title=Company |website=Stellar Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206041951/http://www.stellarstone.com/company.html |archive-date=December 6, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Stellar Stone: Support">{{cite web |url=http://www.stellarstone.com/support.html |title=Support |year=2003 |website=Stellar Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206043753/http://www.stellarstone.com/support.html |archive-date=December 6, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="TS Group: Eternity">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsgroup-inc.com/Eternity/Index.htm |title=Eternity 3D Engine |first=Sergey |last=Titov |date=March 3, 2000 |website=TS Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203183150/http://www.tsgroup-inc.com/Eternity/Index.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview">{{cite web |url=https://www.yourewinner.com/index.php?action=stitovinterview |title=Q and A with Sergey Titov, CEO of TS Group |date=September 21, 2008 |website=yourewinner.com}}</ref>

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2003 racing video game "Big Rigs" redirects here. For other uses, see Big Rig (disambiguation).

2003 video game
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
File:Big Rigs - Over the Road Racing Coverart.png
Developer(s)Stellar Stone
Publisher(s)GameMill Publishing
Producer(s)Sergey Titov
Designer(s)Artem Mironovsky
Programmer(s)
  • Denis Julitov
  • Sergey Titov
Artist(s)
  • Yaroslav Kulov
  • Svetlana Slavinskaya
  • Peter Jameson
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: November 20, 2003
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a 2003 racing video game developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing. The player controls a semi-trailer truck ("big rig") and races a non-moving opponent through checkpoints on US truck routes. Stellar Stone, based in California, outsourced the game's development to Ukraine, and the game was released on November 20, 2003, in a pre-alpha state. Due to a multitude of bugs and lack of proper gameplay, Big Rigs was received very negatively, being the worst-rated game on review aggregator websites Metacritic and GameRankings, and frequently cited as one of the worst video games of all time.

Gameplay

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing a racing video game. According to the description on the game's packaging, the player controls a semi-trailer truck (a "big rig"), racing an opponent over various US truck routes to be the first to deliver cargo, or otherwise face arrest by the police.

The player chooses from four playable trucks and five truck routes, although selecting the fourth route will cause the game to crash. Using the arrow keys, the player navigates their truck through checkpoints. Driving in reverse allows the player to accelerate indefinitely, though releasing the associated key will instantly stop the truck.

There is no time limit to complete a race and the opponent does not move. The player can pass through the opponent and all objects placed on the route due to a lack of collision detection. Steep mountains can be ascendet without affecting the truck's speed and the player can traverse beyond the defined play area. Completing a race rewards the player with a trophy screen bearing the subtitle "You're Winner !".

With a patch labeled "1.0" and dated November 16, 2003, the opponent starts driving along the road but stops just before the finish line.

Development and release

The development of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was commissioned by Stellar Stone, a company based in Santa Monica, California, that was founded in late 2000 and outsourced game development to Eastern Europe. Sergey Titov of TS Group Entertainment licensed his Eternity game engine to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk" of the company. According to Titov, Big Rigs was developed by a team in Ukraine, with him having little input on the development, although he is credited as the producer and co-programmer. Titov stated that publisher GameMill Publishing initially sought to release one racing game stock keeping unit but later decided to split it in two—Big Rigs and Midnight Race Club—and released Big Rigs in a pre-alpha state. The game was released on November 20, 2003, for Microsoft Windows and distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart stores. Titov later offered to replace the game with one from the catalog of Activision Value should a buyer send him their game copy, sales receipt and registration card, which twenty people did.

Reception

File:YOU'RE WINNER trophy.jpg
The trophy subtitled "You're Winner !", presented to the player upon completing a race
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic8/100
Review score
PublicationScore
GameSpot1/10

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing received "overwhelming dislike", according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Based on five critic reviews, the site calculated an average score of 8/100, its lowest ever. The game also stands as the all-time worst game on GameRankings. Big Rigs has been cited as one of the worst video games of all time by GameSpot (2004), GameZone (2011), Kotaku (2012 and 2015), Hardcore Gamer (2014), GamesRadar+ (2017), and PC Gamer (2019). In March 2004, on X-Play's "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, co-host Morgan Webb described Big Rigs as "the worst game ever made" and refused to score it, as the program's rating system did not allow for a zero score. The NYU Game Center exhibited the game as part of its Bad Is Beautiful: An Exhibition Exploring Fascinatingly Bad Games at the NYU Game Center in April 2012. The Entertainment Software Rating Board noted that the game contained "no interactive elements" and rated it "E for Everyone".

Alex Navarro reviewed Big Rigs for GameSpot in 2004 and critiqued the game's high amount of bugs (including the absent collision detection, enemy movement and game physics), lack of proper gameplay, poor handling of the truck. Additionally, he labeled the game as "easily one of the worst-looking PC games released in years" and, in several ways, as the worst game ever, declaring that Big Rigs was "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend". Navarro rated the game a 1/10 (described as "Abysmal"), the lowest review score on GameSpot up to that point. He later remarked that the game only received a 1/10 because it was the lowest possible score on GameSpot, arguing that the site should have introduced a 0/10 rating specifically for Big Rigs. The game remained the only to have received that rating from GameSpot until 2013's Ride to Hell: Retribution. For the site's 2004 year-end accolades, Big Rigs was named as the "Flat-Out Worst Game" and the GameSpot editors stated that they would use the "You're Winner !" trophy as representation for the award going forward.

Legacy

Jason Schreier, writing for Kotaku, opined that the humorous video accompanying Navarro's review of Big Rigs "immortalized" the game. Big Rigs has attracted a cult following, with yourewinner.com forming a dedicated fansite. However, David Houghton of GamesRadar+ noted that "Without glitches, Big Rigs would simply be an unremarkable, long-forgotten racing also-ran, rather than the festival of hilarity it currently stands as." Navarro performed a speedrun of the game for the January 2015 Awesome Games Done Quick charity event. Titov went on to work for Riot Games on League of Legends before releasing The War Z in December 2012. In September 2008, he stated that he is still in possession of the source code for both Big Rigs and his Eternity engine, but could not release the former because the game still owned by Stellar Stone and GameMill.

References

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