In the 1990's almost anything that was racing in the decade was put to a video game. The CART Series was one of them which was put to a game for the PS1. In the 90's, the IRL (Indy Racing League, not In Real Life for the kids today) and CART split up in a very controversial move which led to CART coming into the American foray. What came of it was Chip Ganassi dominating and a open wheel battle overall. This game in itself doesn't have that, but it has some ups and downs overall.
Positives:
1. The tracks are realistic in this game as they were back when the game came out, and to a way that a CART open wheel car looked so they did well to give those feelings.
2. The drivers, as many as would take part of being in the game, were also realistic and used the CART license. Not every driver was in the game but that was to be expected given the odd nature of athletes in video games in the 90's not giving their full rights to be in a game.
Negatives:
1. Damage is not very realistic nor are the physics when the car is damaged (aka: A lost wheel.) You literally can take most corners without a front wheel when literally you would be out of the race.
2. The cars are not the most realistic in handling. Any breaking and they want to go out of control. It's quite a shame really because if they fixed that part, it would be good to have for a racing game.
Review overall and rating: At best, CART World Series is an average racing game that does not come close to the NASCAR games on the PS1 or any other really. It just lacks too much in trying to drive the car to make up for anything great. At best it is a 5.5 out of 10.
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