race

American Heritage Dictionary:

race²

(rās)

Sports.
1. A competition of speed, as in running or riding.
2. races A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course: a fan of the dog races.
An extended competition in which participants struggle like runners to be the winner: the presidential race.
Steady or rapid onward movement: the race of time.
1. A strong or swift current of water.
2. The channel of such a current.
3. An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy. Also called raceway.
A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls.
See slipstream (sense 1).

v., raced, rac·ing, rac·es.

v.intr.

Sports. To compete in a contest of speed.
To move rapidly or at top speed: We raced home. My heart was racing with fear.
To run too rapidly due to decreased resistance or unnecessary provision of fuel: adjusted the idle to keep the engine from racing.

v.tr.

Sports.
1. To compete against in a race.
2. To cause to compete in a race: She races horses for a living.
To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush: raced the injured motorist to the hospital.
To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.

[Middle English ras, from Old Norse rās, rush, running.]

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IN BRIEF: n. - The sport of engaging in contests of speed; Running as if in a contest.

He was racing to catch the bus.

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Release Date: December 29, 2000
Genre: Racing
Style: Sports Car Racing
Similar Games: Sports Car GT (PlayStation), Test Drive 6 (PlayStation), Roadsters (PlayStation)

Game Description

This budget-friendly racing game features a choice of six cars and three track options: short course, long course, and mirror course. Customize each race with a choice of camera angles and view your top finishes with the replay function. Learn the ins-and-outs of each vehicle by completing the in-game "driving school."

~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Review: Overall

Growing up, most everyone has been punished once or twice by having their car privileges taken away. As Mom or Pop might say, "driving is a privilege, not a right." While they were probably accurate and sending a good message, having to depend on someone else for transportation after receiving a license is a major bummer. Similarly, for gamers who have played Sony's Gran Turismo racing games, playing any other racing sim can feel like having your car taken away from you. That said, any fan of Gran Turismo will feel like they are in a Turkish prison if they are forced to play Agetec's racing sim, Racing.

Easily the best part about Racing is that the game is so short, so limited in options, and so ugly that gamers who dare to put it into their PlayStation will soon be playing something else that is almost sure to be ten times better. Where Gran Turismo (the game's obvious inspiration) and its sequels feature enough real cars to fill up several dealership lots, Racing features six terribly animated cars -- one for each level of difficulty plus the opposing three cars that are in every race. Honestly, competing game companies would have to work very hard to make cars look worse than these. From time to time, certain cars actually look like they belong to the Ghostbusters rather than on a racetrack.

While the car selection in Racing is pitiful, the game's tracks are even worse. The game only has three courses to choose from: short course, long course, and mirror course (which is just the long course backwards.) Sadly, the quality of these courses does not make up for the lack of quantity. Gamers will probably achieve first place on their first or second try on the uninspiring courses, regardless of what difficulty at which the course is played. This is because Racing's control scheme takes no effort to master. Gamers simply need to take their finger off the acceleration button to ease through even the most daunting curves in the game in novice mode, or gently tap the break in tougher levels of difficulty.

If the above features (or lack thereof) are not enough to make gamers realize that Racing is the sloppiest driving experience on the PlayStation, the two-player mode will end all doubts. This is because the cooperative mode, which is advertised on the back of the packaging, is nowhere to be found...unless you count the multiplayer mode where gamers can take turns throwing the game against the wall. Heck, since this game is so bad, Agetec should have omitted all the game's features and advertised it as a Frisbee. Getting pulled over is more fun than this game.