Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder

Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (known in Europe as Grooverider: Slot Car Racing) is a racing video game released in 2003, developed by British studio King of the Jungle. It features a selection of over 40 fictional slot cars and 5 locations set in a virtual house. The gameplay features changing lanes to avoid obstacles or overtake, 3 performance levels of cars and power-ups.

Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
Xbox cover art
Developer(s)	King of the Jungle
Publisher(s)	NA: Encore EU: Play It
Director(s)	Jolyon Myers
Designer(s)	Robert Churchill
Platform(s)	Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release	Xbox NA: 26 September 2003 GameCube NA: 28 September 2003 PlayStation 2 PAL: 28 January 2005
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	GC	Xbox
Metacritic	49/100^[9]	45/100^[10]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	GC	Xbox
Game Informer	N/A	2/10^[1]
GameSpot	N/A	4/10^[2]
GameZone	N/A	5.8/10^[3]
IGN	4.5/10^[4]	4.5/10^[5]
Nintendo Power	2.6/5^[6]	N/A
TeamXbox	N/A	5.7/10^[7]
X-Play	N/A	^[8]

The GameCube and Xbox versions received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[9][10]

References

1. Helgeson, Matt (September 2003). . Game Informer. No. 125. GameStop. p. 121. Archived from the original on 21 September 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
2. Navarro, Alex (7 October 2003). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
3. Tha Wiz (7 October 2003). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder - XB - Review". GameZone. from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
4. Casamassina, Matt (10 March 2004). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (GCN)". IGN. Ziff Davis. from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
5. Casamassina, Matt (11 March 2004). "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder (Xbox)". IGN. Ziff Davis. from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
6. "Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder". Nintendo Power. Vol. 173. Nintendo of America. November 2003. p. 151.
7. Nardozzi, Dale (29 October 2003). . TeamXbox. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
8. Webb, Morgan (3 November 2003). . X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on 31 October 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
9. "Grooverider Slot Car Thunder for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
10. "Grooverider Slot Car Thunder for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. from the original on 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

External links

• Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder at MobyGames