Crash Time 5: Undercover

Pros

• Streets and surrounding areas have presentable graphics
• Mission types and vehicles vary constantly
• Nostalgically resembles classic arcade racing games

Cons

• Poorly executed graphics on vehicles, shadows, and scenery in the distance
• Dialogue has been written and translated poorly
• Many nuances of the storyline are nonsensical

Crash Time 5: Undercover keeps players on their toes with a cops and robbers twist on an underground racing game that will have players delivering stolen cars, smuggling, street racing, and more.

It almost seems as if there are simply too many racing games on the market for a newer title to stand out. Some of the leading games in the world created by the most successful developers enjoy a huge amount of backing, as well as a fairly dedicated fan base. For those that are looking for a twist to their traditional racing, however, Crash Time 5: Undercover offers a slew of new features that are relatively unique to the genre and have opened up some interesting possibilities for new releases. Anyone that is on the search for the next game that allows them to get behind the wheel of any number of powerful vehicles will most likely find that Crash Time 5 has a number of decent qualities that help to ensure it is not completely underwhelming.

Players enter into the campaign as a team of drivers known as Ben and Semir. These two drivers are looking to enter deeper into the world of illegal driving and are given a series of tasks in order to accomplish this. These tasks range from transporting stolen vehicles and drag racing to extensive street races and smuggling. The twist on the game is the fact that the team of drivers are in the illegally marked vehicles, as well as a cop car, speaking with one another through the police scanner.

As soon as the game is started, players are going to notice a few immediate drawbacks. Primarily, the game has been translated over from German, where it was originally released, and the translations were done poorly. Both the monologues and the conversations are patchy, disorganized, and many times nonsensical, to the point of being humorous. This includes the banter between the two drivers as well as the periphery characters that help to move the inconsistent storyline along. There are also some issues with both the graphics and the physics of the game which continually seem to disappear unexpectedly and leave blocky shadows or vehicles ramming into one another with very little consequences.

If the developers were looking to create a title with a slightly different take on other racing games, they have accomplished this. The streets are pristine and eye-catching, while some of the missions are both interesting and difficult. However, it is the sterile lifeless world and patchy dialogue that will drive most players away from this game.

Pros

• Streets and surrounding areas have presentable graphics
• Mission types and vehicles vary constantly
• Nostalgically resembles classic arcade racing games

Cons

• Poorly executed graphics on vehicles, shadows, and scenery in the distance
• Dialogue has been written and translated poorly
• Many nuances of the storyline are nonsensical