Good Fun, but lacks necessary features that other races have.
Excite truck is your standard racing game with a twist; Instead of the standard come first in every race formula that all racing normally have you instead have o collect stars and in order to pass the track you need to get a certain amount in course. Although coming first helps as it gives you 50 starts extra.
The game also has 21 different Cars to choose form as well as 20 courses, although they are just extensions of 6 countries/planets. For example in the Finland course their is a series of jumps, but then in a later Finland course those exact jumps again, but even with that in mind they still seen new and don't really hinder the game in any real way. The game also has a challenge mode with 6 challenges and two difficulties but the only enjoyable ones are the two truck smash ones, the four other ring and gate challenges are boring and almost a chore.
The game also has a Multiplayer mode, and if your thinking oh Nintendo made it most have 4 players, you're wrong sadly it only has 2 players with no AI's. This badly hurts the reply ability considering you came blow through the single player in 2 hours if you only just wont to see the 20 main courses, otherwise there is 3 difficulties one being a mirror mode, and then there is always playing a level again to get a S ranking or a high star score.
Lots of people say it's Nintendo's Motorstorm so why doesn't it have online? That's because no games on the Wii at the time of its release had online, that's why I haven't flamed the games reply ability for it. Otherwise I wouldn't have given the game a score this high if all the other games at launch had online.
The sound in the game is cheesy rock music but I like, but if you don't you can just choose the music you want to listen to via SD card which is a nice feature I hope to see become more popular in the future for Wii. The Graphics aren't that great but their still good; with a great frame rate that only drops slightly in the multiplayer and Chinese gate challenge at one point. But then it has it ugly spots like the tree tops which look real bad and some rough edges now and then. But then it also has its good parts which while not anything a last gen console couldn't do still look which are the truck models, the water and blur effects.
Excite truck is a Launch title so it isn't going to be perfect and for $100 AUS or $50 US is not exactly worth the price so if it is on special (about $40 AUS now) or in a bargain bin pick it up because it's a fun game that ultimately begs for a sequel.