Sunday....Sunday...SUNDAY!!!

All right, so that's usually reserved for the Monster Truck Rally happening in West Virginia but this game has that kind of back woods feel to it that makes bashing your opponents more fun than tying M-80's to your little sister's feet.

Crashing into cars is something that we've all wanted to do at some point in our lives, whether it was as a child, ramming Hot Wheels into each other, or driving home from a rough day at work and wanting to unleash your aggression on the guy in front that just cut you off. Demolition Racer hands that same feeling back to you and will leave you craving more.

There are two gameplay modes that you choose upon starting the game up. The first being a race circuit. In typical arcade fashion you run a lap race on a track and compete with various other computer controlled racers, picking up power-ups along the way. The tracks in this mode are well thought out and allow some interesting scenarios to unfold.

The second mode of play is the destruction derby which takes place in several arenas. The only goal in this mode is to keep your car running, while trying to put as many computer controlled cars out of commission as possible.

Both game modes score you in two areas, and are combined to determine your final placing. The first being your success in the race. Rather you finished the race first, or were the last one standing. The second scoring method is based on the amount of damage you dish out. The more cars you destroy, the more suicidal you rank.

Because you are crashing into other cars head-on, the graphics and sound engines in the game have to deliver a realism that most arcade racers aren't required to offer. Damage is registered on all cars and most notably, you'll see hoods flying over cars as they ram into other drivers. The sounds are quite convincing, audibly letting you know that you're accelerating or knocking the crap out of a junker.

Pretty graphics and sounds do not a game make, therefore the final review point is the gameplay. Like most arcade racers, Demolition Racer isn't raking up points in the realism column. What it does do is deliver an easy to control car that anyone can drive within a few minutes. The joy of being able to start the game up and destroy cars without any effort is so appealing.

I've logged plenty of time with this racer and can only say one bad thing about it: there aren't nearly enough options to keep you playing the game after you've completed it once. The demolition derby is fun and you'll want to occasionally play it, but without more races the game can grow boring.