It's far better then they lead you to beleive.
The single play is great,if a little lacking in the amout of tracks.And probably the one major hit to the game is it's only 2 player,no 4 player and also there is no "finish first to win mode" you always are trying to get the most points,so you can finish second and still win.You get point's by drifting,running though tree's without hitting them,getting air-time, going though rings or crashing into other cars.There is also the ability to do 180's and 360's and so forth,but they seem gimicky and don't work very well.The gameplay realy wipes this game almost clean of it's problems though.Also excite truck has some "mini-games" like "jump though the rings" and "go though the flag poles" and a "kill all of the other cars" mode.The single-player mode is broken up kinda like mario-kart, mario-kart has 50cc and 100cc and 150cc and mirror.
Excite truck has the same thing with the same idea,but with differen't names,it even has a mirror mode like mario-kart dose.And it's addictive.
good:addictive.
solid visuals.
great controls.
extremely fun.
awsome multi-player.
"mini-games".
bad:not a whole lot of tracks.
lacks a "win by getting first place" mode.
music is terrible,but you can turn it off or use your own music.
You should buy this game if you like crazy,fast,crash filled race games.But if you like simulater racers,then your out of luck,because pretty much everything you do it the game is immpossible.