The semi realistic racing isn't the only factor in the game's reasonably high challenge level - the CPU drivers are also key contributors. Even if your car has a huge advantage over the competition spec wise, it won't always be a breeze. As you progress further expect to see races where all 4 cars are within 3 seconds of each other after 3 laps, it is a very intense game and the CPU drivers are very tough.
At the same time though, they can be very stupid and seem to suffer from some quirks - for instance, a few tracks have a "Y" split in the roads, and despite ample time before hand, some CPU cars seem to drive right into the barrier splitting the two roads.
You will also often see solo spin outs around tight corners, which is fine on perhaps the lower levels, but not so acceptable when playing against drivers who are meant to be challenging. It is at least good to see no sign of "catch up" though, so when a car is well and truly behind, it will stay that way.
Unfortunately, while the mechanics are here, there is really very little variation when it comes to racing in SRS. Granted, you will come across point to point races, one on one drags and traditional lap races, but these are all basically the same fundamentally, which creates an all too strong presence of repetition pretty early on in the game - SRS is definitely enjoyed more in short, periodic doses. It also doesn't help that most of the game, bar a few tracks here and there, is played out in the same night time city environment again, very similar to NFS:U2.
The same scenery over and over again does become rather bland. One area where SRS could have made a difference variation wise was the police system, seeing as it is primarily ignored by this genre. They do exist in SRS, but only when you're traveling around the city looking for races, not in actual races. With this in mind, they're really much more of an annoyance than a cool feature, which is such a shame.
As mentioned before a lot of the game does feel like a port and the visuals are another example of this. While the cars themselves do look reasonably nice, the environments and character models such as the 3D representations of the girlfriends do look basic and generic for a PC game. This is a genre on the PC which has high visual quality standards and while SRS isn't exactly ugly, it doesn't redefine any of these standards either, not by a long shot. The game also doesn't look very "sharp" - even when playing in high resolutions you get a feeling of "blurred vision" usually associated with low quality textures and "jaggies".
Perhaps it was deliberate, but there is certainly a lacking of "crisp" in the visuals regardless. As far as the controls go, we had no problems setting up SRS to use our gamepad and map any function to any button or axis we wanted, which is a relief. A number of 3DO's games have been sold to other publishers at a recent bankruptcy auction.
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