Toon Car torrent

And it's all downhill from there. Once you are finally granted access to the championship you can choose one of the game's uninspired cartoon characters, which you could be forgiven for not caring less about, since none of them seem to have any merit over the others. Then it's on to the racing. It's during the first race that the full impact of just how dull this game really is hits home. Each race usually falls into a pattern of beginning at the rear of the grid, steadily gaining ground on the other racers before taking the lead by the end of the first lap, then maintaining your position for another lap and a half until you get shot in the back of the head and sent completely off course moments before you cross the finish line. This utterly hair-tearing sequence of events is apparently the game's attempt at being cunning and fiendish. Unfortunately it's neither; it's just plain shite. Various random power-ups are available during the race, many of them spinning your car round and forcing you in the wrong direction. They're not a fun way of causing your opponents disadvantage, just irritating, much like the rest of the game. It's not even as if Toon Car is a construction of style over substance. It's not stylish, entertaining, funny, charming or even cute. The graphics are utterly whimsical by the standards we have come to expect, and have more in common with your average shareware download than a professionally produced arcade racer. The sound is also less than impressive, with characters yelping repetitively as they race, while the music is a "zany" loop which is only marginally more pleasant than perforating your eardrum with a power drill.