4 Wheel Thunder (Dreamcast)

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Description

4 Wheel Thunder is the off-road racing sequel to the power-boat racing game Hydro Thunder.

In this game, players race around two types of courses; huge outdoor tracks and smaller indoor tracks. All in all, there are 24 areas in which to race, including various day/night and rain/sunshine variations. The game includes the standard championship, practice race, and two player modes.

The Thunder series of games is unique in that the key to winning the race lies not in careful steering and braking, instead focusing more in finding the boost power-ups that lie around the tracks. Each boost icon adds a few seconds of time to your boost meter. The player then can press a boost button to increase the speed of the truck dramatically. Without using boost power-ups, the player has no chance of winning a race.

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Alternate Titles

• "Xceleration" -- Development title

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusives: Dreamcast
• Midway's Thunder Racing series

User Reviews

Fast Glitzy but largely underwhelming

Mike Rogers (6)

Critic Reviews

Game Vortex	2000	90 out of 100	90
Power Unlimited	Jun, 2000	8.2 out of 10	82
IGN	May 05, 2000	8.1 out of 10	81
Electric Playground	2000	8 out of 10	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Aug 08, 2001	8 out of 10	80
The Video Game Critic	Jan 11, 2002	B	75
Official Dreamcast Magazine (U.S.)	Jul, 2000	7 out of 10	70
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	May 07, 2005	7 out of 10	70
Super Play (Sweden)	Jul, 2000	7 out of 10	70
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Jun, 2000		60

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• 4 Wheel Thunder at Midway (Publishers game page)