Racing Evoluzione (known in North America as Apex) is an arcade-style racing video game developed by Milestone srl and published by Infogrames Europe, exclusively on Xbox in 2003. The game contains a main game mode, called Dream Mode, which allows the player to manage a car dealership, create their own cars, and participate in races with their creations.
In dream mode, the player finds blueprints of concept cars and has to choose a logo and name for their company. While it loosely relies on a linear story, it is viewed from a first-person perspective during cut-scenes. When the player processes through a specific number of single races and championships, the company building will improve. For an example, after completing the first championship, and a few single races, the building will transform from an old-fashioned 1950s style garage to a small organization headquarters. Whenever the company building grows, an additional character appears; from the start the player's buddy Rick assists them with most things, after the next building improvement Carla appears as a receptionist, an additional feature when unlocking Carla is more mechanics all of whom in turn assists their buddy Rick, after the second building improvement Rebecca appears. Her task is to manage the production. After the third, and last improvement Benjamin appears. He highly resembles a "cliche'" scientist and physicist. His role is to lead the designing area.
Unlike many plot driven racing games, Racing Evoluzione uses "r&d funds" as currency; when the funds reach a specific amount, a new car will be ready to be developed. There are four different car types. The first line of cars are roadsters. Each roadster has three different versions: the first version is a regular street version; the second version is an evolution version with a few improvements; the third and final version is a racing version of which it has only one colour scheme, unlike the other versions that have several different colours. The second car type is sports cars. Their improving manner is identical to the roadsters. With three versions, and improvement after improvement, and not to mention that the racing version only has got one paint job. The third line of cars are super cars; unlike the first two types, super cars only come with an evolution version and a racing version. The last line of cars are dream cars, they only come in racing versions. There are many different race tracks, sorted in four different types; city tracks, mountain tracks, racetracks, and speedways. Each track type has three locations; North America, Europe, and Asia. After every race, one of the characters will comment the player based on their performance, except for Benjamin, who only has dialogue whenever a new car is ready for production.
The game received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic, receiving a score of 74/100, based on 26 critic reviews.[4]
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APEX video game redirects here For other topics see apex disambiguation Racing Evoluzione known in North America as Apex is an arcade style racing video game developed by Milestone srl and published by Infogrames Europe exclusively on Xbox in 2003 The game contains a main game mode called Dream Mode which allows the player to manage a car dealership create their own cars and participate in races with their creations Racing EvoluzioneNorth American cover artDeveloper s Milestone srlPublisher s Infogrames Europe a Platform s XboxReleaseNA February 18 2003 2 3 PAL February 28 2003 1 Genre s RacingMode s Single player multiplayerGameplay editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message In dream mode the player finds blueprints of concept cars and has to choose a logo and name for their company While it loosely relies on a linear story it is viewed from a first person perspective during cut scenes When the player processes through a specific number of single races and championships the company building will improve For an example after completing the first championship and a few single races the building will transform from an old fashioned 1950s style garage to a small organization headquarters Whenever the company building grows an additional character appears from the start the player s buddy Rick assists them with most things after the next building improvement Carla appears as a receptionist an additional feature when unlocking Carla is more mechanics all of whom in turn assists their buddy Rick after the second building improvement Rebecca appears Her task is to manage the production After the third and last improvement Benjamin appears He highly resembles a cliche scientist and physicist His role is to lead the designing area Unlike many plot driven racing games Racing Evoluzione uses r amp d funds as currency when the funds reach a specific amount a new car will be ready to be developed There are four different car types The first line of cars are roadsters Each roadster has three different versions the first version is a regular street version the second version is an evolution version with a few improvements the third and final version is a racing version of which it has only one colour scheme unlike the other versions that have several different colours The second car type is sports cars Their improving manner is identical to the roadsters With three versions and improvement after improvement and not to mention that the racing version only has got one paint job The third line of cars are super cars unlike the first two types super cars only come with an evolution version and a racing version The last line of cars are dream cars they only come in racing versions There are many different race tracks sorted in four different types city tracks mountain tracks racetracks and speedways Each track type has three locations North America Europe and Asia After every race one of the characters will comment the player based on their performance except for Benjamin who only has dialogue whenever a new car is ready for production Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic74 100 4 Review scoresPublicationScoreEdge5 10 5 Electronic Gaming Monthly8 10 6 Eurogamer9 10 7 Game Informer7 75 10 8 GamePro nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 GameRevolutionC 10 GameSpot7 2 10 11 GameSpy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 GameZone7 10 13 IGN7 8 10 14 Official Xbox Magazine US 8 9 10 15 The game received mixed or average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic receiving a score of 74 100 based on 26 critic reviews 4 References edit What s New Eurogamer net February 28 2003 Archived from the original on March 24 2023 Retrieved March 24 2023 Apex for Xbox IGN Archived from the original on June 14 2004 Retrieved December 16 2023 EBgames com Xbox EB Games Archived from the original on February 10 2003 Retrieved December 16 2023 a b Apex Critic Reviews for Xbox Metacritic Archived from the original on December 3 2017 Retrieved March 26 2017 Edge staff March 2003 Racing Evoluzione Edge No 121 p 94 Apex Electronic Gaming Monthly No 164 March 2003 p 134 Bramwell Tom February 24 2003 Racing Evoluzione Eurogamer Archived from the original on July 27 2014 Retrieved March 27 2003 Apex Game Informer No 121 May 2003 p 89 Four Eyed Dragon February 21 2003 Apex Review for Xbox on GamePro com GamePro Archived from the original on February 14 2005 Retrieved March 27 2017 G Wok March 2003 Apex Review Game Revolution Archived from the original on March 27 2017 Retrieved March 27 2017 Gerstmann Jeff February 26 2003 Apex Review GameSpot Archived from the original on April 7 2023 Retrieved March 26 2017 Rice Kevin March 9 2003 GameSpy Apex GameSpy Archived from the original on March 27 2017 Retrieved March 27 2017 Raymond Justin March 9 2003 Apex XB Review GameZone Archived from the original on July 9 2008 Retrieved March 27 2017 Boulding Aaron February 28 2003 Apex IGN Archived from the original on March 27 2017 Retrieved March 26 2017 Apex Official Xbox Magazine March 2003 p 77 Released under the Atari brand name Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Racing Evoluzione amp oldid 1190207753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
