Redline Racer

Redline Racer
Developer(s)	Criterion Games
Publisher(s)	Ubi Soft
Artist(s)	Michael Williamson Trevor Moore
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color
Release	Windows UK: March 1998[2] NA: 10 August 1998[1] Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing UK: 23 June 2000[4] NA: 12 December 2000[3] Dreamcast JP: 29 April 1999 NA: 11 November 1999[5][6] EU: 26 November 1999[7] Game Boy Color UK: November 1999[8]
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Redline Racer (Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing for the European and North American Dreamcast release, European Game Boy Color release and Microsoft Windows re-release) is a racing game that was developed by Criterion Games and published by Ubi Soft.

Gameplay

The player controls a motorcycle racer and starts every race from the last position. There are three tracks and three bikes to choose from at first, with more becoming available (10 tracks and 8 bikes in total) as the player wins the races on each of the tracks. The player can also choose the team that the racer belongs to, as well as the racer's sex. All the tracks are set in different environments: a canyon, a tropical island without a highway, an area full of orchards, etc. A race lasts for three laps.

Development

The game was first mentioned in January 1998.^[9]

Reception

Redline Racer

Redline Racer

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	67%[10]

Review scores

Publication	Score
CNET Gamecenter	4/10[11]
Computer Games Strategy Plus	[12]
Computer Gaming World	[13]
Edge	7/10[14]
Game Informer	7/10[15]
GamePro	[16]
GameRevolution	A−[17]
GameSpot	6.7/10[18]
IGN	7/10[19]
Next Generation	[20]
PC Accelerator	7/10[21]
PC Gamer (UK)	50%[22]
PC Gamer (US)	69%[23]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[10] Next Generation called it "just another average racing game with which to pass the time. It is a shame because Redline Racer does look really good."^[20]

Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing

Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
	Dreamcast	PC
GameRankings	56%[24]	66%[25]
Metacritic	N/A	55/100[26]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	Dreamcast	PC
AllGame	[27]	N/A
CNET Gamecenter	5/10[28]	N/A
Electronic Gaming Monthly	5.875/10[29][a]	N/A
Eurogamer	N/A	5/10[30]
Famitsu	26/40[31]	N/A
Game Informer	7/10[32]	N/A
GameFan	40%[33]	N/A
GamePro	[34]	N/A
GameSpot	6/10[35]	5.1/10[36]
GameSpy	6/10[37]	N/A
GameZone	N/A	9/10[38]
IGN	4/10[39]	5/10[40]
Next Generation	[41]	N/A
PC Gamer (UK)	N/A	64%[42]

The PC version of Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[26] Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said that the Dreamcast version "has the Suzuki team license (obviously) and some fairly decent graphics, but that's about it. In fact, on the whole, it's about as generic as they come."^[41] In Japan, where the same Dreamcast version was released first under the name Redline Racer (レッドラインレーサー, Reddorain Rēsā) on 29 April 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40.^[31]

See also

• Suzuki TT Superbikes

Notes

1. In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of the Dreamcast version, two critics gave it each a score of 6/10, one gave it 5/10, and the other gave it 6.5/10.

References

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External links

• Redline Racer at MobyGames
• Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing at MobyGames