Cruis'n USA (N64) review

I review this N64 classic. Cruis'n USA was released in late 1996 after having an arcade release in 1994.



Gameplay : Its racing. Its cool and all that. You can cruise around the USA. But its just missing something....more variety. Iowa looks like Indiana. There are too many damn tracks in California. No places like Florida or Michigan.
Some of the tracks are just fun. The Grand Canyon, Golden Gate Bridge, Washington DC (It ends there. Oh, and you cant unlock it. WTF?), and Iowa. Just to name a few. I wish the paths to Washington DC was similar to the Outrun series. You can go either the North or South. That would of been much better. But its cool.
One more thing that bothers me...the collision detection. OMG ITS FLAWED!!! When you hit a car (Opponents or regular driver), you spin or just do some kind of flip. SOMETIMES, the car does nothing and you keep going. But when it does, ohhhhh boy. Lets say you have 4 cars including yourself. You hit one. You spin. You hit another one. You spin. You hit the next one. You spin. You hit the invisible fence. YOU FUCKING SPIN!!!! OMG ITS BAD!!!

Graphics : Yeah...doesn't look anything like 3D. Instead, its just 2D. And its inferior to the arcade port. But I love it. Sure, I think the arcade's graphics are more appealing than the N64's version. But I still love it!

Sound : The soundtrack is good. Here are my favorites...





Again, its inferior to the arcade. But I still love it!
The bad thing is that they are placed in a weird way IMO. Grand Canyon should have Bluegrass Boogie. Well...yeah.

Verdict : Great game, it does have its flaws but I'm sure you'll get past that!

Gameplay : 7.7
Graphics : 9
Sound : 8.5

Overall (Not an average) : 8.1/10

I used to love playing this with my brother when we where smaller, but for quality I think you made a correct statement.