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Written by Mike Channell
With the Dirt name already taken by Codemasters and this game"s development studio Milestone claiming Mud for their own motocross series, we arrive at Gravel, yet another evocatively filthy one-word title for an offroad racing game. Hey, if it ain"t broke The word Gravel"s actually a rather modest appraisal of the contents of this racer, given you"ll be ploughing through Alaskan mud, slithering around a snowy Mont Blanc and skipping across Namibian sand dunes. A bit like Dirt 2, this game is less concerned with whether a location is steeped in motorsport history and more interested in whether it provides a dramatic backdrop for an enormous powerslide. Variety is definitely not something Gravel"s short of. Wrapped up in the game"s slightly cringeworthy pretend TV show format there are also a handful of recognisable rallycross venues, a giant open quarry that reminds us of many a TG challenge and over-the-top stadium Trophy Truck courses that take us right back to hoary old arcade game Super Off Road. The only major misstep is a horrible billboard smashing mini-game that relies heavily on trial and error and should probably be classified as a form of torture under the Geneva Convention.
Date written: 2 Mar 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11040
With the Dirt name already taken by Codemasters and this game"s development studio Milestone claiming Mud for their own motocross series, we arrive at Gravel, yet another evocatively filthy one-word title for an offroad racing game. Hey, if it ain"t broke The word Gravel"s actually a rather modest appraisal of the contents of this racer, given you"ll be ploughing through Alaskan mud, slithering around a snowy Mont Blanc and skipping across Namibian sand dunes. A bit like Dirt 2, this game is less concerned with whether a location is steeped in motorsport history and more interested in whether it provides a dramatic backdrop for an enormous powerslide. Variety is definitely not something Gravel"s short of. Wrapped up in the game"s slightly cringeworthy pretend TV show format there are also a handful of recognisable rallycross venues, a giant open quarry that reminds us of many a TG challenge and over-the-top stadium Trophy Truck courses that take us right back to hoary old arcade game Super Off Road. The only major misstep is a horrible billboard smashing mini-game that relies heavily on trial and error and should probably be classified as a form of torture under the Geneva Convention.
Date written: 2 Mar 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11040
