The range includes tunnels, loops, corkscrews, pipes, half pipes, "slalom" roads (roads with barricades that you have to "slalom" though), and corkscrew ramps. But the exciting part is the huge number of stunt pieces that you can include in your tracks. There are a variety of "standard" road pieces, like corners, chicanes, crossroads, ramps, elevated roads, and banks. You can build tracks with three types of road surfaces, from a solid paved roads to slippery icy roads. It is the presence of the track editor and its operating simplicity that make Stunts a really great game. BUT, the computer opponents can still provide a tough challenge if you don't mind racing them in a much slower car. They are slow, will reliably crash on any slightly tricky track, and if they don't, it is unbearably easy to "influence" them into doing so. The toughest opponent is called "Skid Vicious" - a name to instill fear in would be challengers perhaps? His driving sure doesn't! In fact, all computer opponents share a high level of driving incompetence. Sadly, the opponent intelligence is rather weak in general. There are a range of opponents all with their own various driving strengths. A "practice" mode where you race against the clock (no opponent), and a "competitive" mode where you race against a single opponent. The racing cars on the other hand are fast, but are not much fun to drive on icy roads (in fact, it's possible to out drag a F1 car in a 4WD on an icy road over a short distance!) You also have the option of driving a manual or automatic gearbox for each car. The 4WDs are slow as snails, but handle well on icy roads. Each car type has it's advantages and disadvantages. Stunts has a wide range to choose from, from the slow offroad 4WDs to turbo charged Formula 1 Racing Cars. All promise to offer similar features, but Stunts inevitably rates the best due simply to it's perfect controllability, which is sadly lacking in the other titles no matter how much configurability they try to provide. Stunts belongs to a distinct genre of games that include other titles such as Stunt Driver and Hard Drivin' II. If you want racing realism there are hordes of other titles out there to choose from. Stunts is not a realistic racing simulator. "In brief, Stunts is a stunt car racing game that has plenty of cars to drive, plenty of opponents to race (and beat), plenty of cliff hanging stunts to try, and thousands of hours of game playing excitement! For a great synopsis of what makes Stunts one of the best games in this century, here are some excerpts from GameBytes review: Also known as 4D Sports Driving (European Mindscape release), Stunts is a fun 3D stunts racing simulator that comes with an outstanding track editor. One of the best driving games ever made, period.
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