Every known racing league in its time had a video game of some sort in the 1990's it seemed. From Sports cars, NASCAR, sprint cars, to IHRA? Really, the lesser known version of NHRA had a game? Yep indeed it did. And it was as you expected to be honest. Now they did get a lot better over the course of time than this game, but without further ado, let's dive on in and find out things about this game.
Positives:
1. Season mode- Yes there is a mini-season, but a season mode nonetheless. They didn't have a ton of tracks (more on that below) noted but they still did what they could to showcase some tracks that at the time did exist.
2. Progression- Also yes more on that below but you can make your car better over the course of time as well. Another good thing that they had over the season mode as well.
Negatives:
1. Graphics- There are a ton of negatives here, but graphics, for a drag racing game shouldn't be one of them. It is so rough the graphics and it makes you wonder how they got this past editing and development.
2. Good luck losing a lot- Yep, this game does not do well with the progression. You lose, and lose a LOT. You don't have much opportunity until you make your car better and that takes a while. This isn't an RPG guys, it's a drag racing game that you should just pick up and play and do well with guessing the green lights.
3. Limited tracks- I'm not sure why, maybe it was just how the IHRA schedule was but only 5-6 tracks just made no sense to me. It seemed that this was just something that they could have expanded upon than something very small.
4. Not realistic- Even at that time, it wasn't realistic IHRA drag racing. IHRA has similar classes in a way to that of NHRA, just some different nuances. However this was more street racing type drag racing at a local dragway. I don't see how they got that past anything and didn't noticed it.
Overall Rating
I can't recommend IHRA Drag Racing on the PS1. The later versions were actually really good so I have seen but I couldn't see any major fan wanting this game on the PS1. It's a woeful game that falls badly short.
Overall Rating: 3 out of 10
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