XGRA: Extreme G Racing Association

XGRA:
Extreme-G Racing Association

German cover art

German PAL cover art
Developer(s) Acclaim Studios Cheltenham
Publisher(s) Acclaim Entertainment
Designer(s) Christopher Whiteside
Platform(s) Xbox
PlayStation 2
GameCube
Release date(s)

PlayStation 2

  • NA: September 11, 2003
  • PAL: October 3, 2003

Xbox

  • NA: September 17, 2003
  • PAL: October 3, 2003

GameCube

  • NA: November 24, 2003
  • PAL: March 5, 2004
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association is a futuristic racing video game, and the fourth in the Extreme-G series, following Extreme-G 3. This game features more tracks as well as a brand new weapon system.

Overview

Screenshot of gameplay.

Gameplay is similar but slightly different to previous games in the series. XGRA features a wide range of riders, tracks and bikes that can accelerate at an incredibly rapid rate, going from 0 to 300 mph in a matter of seconds. A returning feature is the ability to break sound barrier: upon reaching 750MPH, all sound effects will cut out, except for item collection sound, other tider's taunts, weapons firing, and in-game music.

XGRA allows players to race for 8 different teams, with each team's bike having their own advantages and drawbacks such as Regeneration, Handling, Speed, Acceleration and Shielding.

Soundtrack

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Dreaming"  BT  
2. "Godspeed"  BT  
3. "Madskillz"  BT  
4. "Mercury + Solace"  BT  
5. "Never Gonna Come Back Down"  BT  
6. "Colorblind"  Alien Breed  
7. "Radioactive (Mix)"  Alien Breed  
8. "The Last Firstborn"  Celldweller  
9. "Own Little World"  Celldweller  
10. "One Good Reason"  Celldweller  
11. "The Stars of Orion"  Celldweller  
12. "Accelerator"  The Dwarves  
13. "Over You"  The Dwarves  
14. "Far Away"  Noise Therapy  
15. "Stop + Panic (Deepsky Mix)"  Cirrus  
16. "Hit The Decks"  Cirrus  
17. "Push That Thing"  Dave Aude  
18. "The Sound Barrier (Deepsky Mix)"  Micro  
19. "Dirty Pretty Picture"  Trona  
20. "The Rush"  Liam Westbrook  
21. "Proactive"  Jose Puentes  

Teams

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
PublicationScore
GCPS2Xbox
GameRankings73%[1]69%[2]67%[3]
Metacritic69/100[4]68/100[5]66/100[6]

XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association received a mixed response from critics upon release. Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating in the 0–100 range, calculated an average score of 69 out of 100, indicating "Mixed or average reviews", based on 13 reviews for the Nintendo GameCube version,[4] 68 out of 100 based on 21 reviews for the PlayStation 2 version,[5] and 66 out of 100 based on 15 reviews for the Xbox version.[6] GameRankings assigned it an average review score of 73% based on 18 reviews for the Nintendo GameCube version,[1] 69% based on 49 reviews for the PlayStation 2 version[2] and 67% based on 18 reviews for the Xbox version.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association for Nintendo GameCube". GameRankings. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association for Nintendo GameCube reviews". MetaCritic. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association for PlayStation 2 reviews". MetaCritic. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association for Xbox reviews". MetaCritic. Retrieved 3 August 2015.


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