Nicktoons Racing

Only in this program will you find tracks with giant fingers growing out of pink dirt, power-ups that include the Powdered Toast Man Crouton Launcher (yes, it enables you to launch huge croutons at your opponents), and prizes such as a wheel of cheese. Players can get behind the wheel with and race against 12 Nickelodeon characters, including Tommy from the Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, or Helga from Hey Arnold. There's also a mystery rider in a black car; to uncover his or her (or its!) identity, racers must win on all 12 tracks.

This Windows-only program has three difficulty levels, a feature that allows not-so-great racers to progress towards discovering who or what the mystery rider is. Five game modes include an option for two players to race head to head, a relay option, and a couple of practice options that won't damage trophy standings. Players must win first place on the easier tracks before they can access the more difficult ones. And if players don't have a game pad or joystick, they must race using the arrow keys.

Everything from talcum powder to gritty kitty litter comes into play as racers maneuver their cartoon characters around the bends of these twisted tracks. Our one complaint is that we only get to see the backs of our favorite Nick characters as they speed through their surreal world. (Ages 6 and up) --Anne Erickson

Amazon.com Product Description
Speed past Angelica, steer around SpongeBob SquarePants, look out for the Angry Beavers--it's wild, high-speed racing action with all of your favorite Nicktoons characters. Features include 12 tracks, 12 racers, lots of powerups, crazy hazards and more. Goodbye, raceway--hello Nick-way!

The machine it works on has an NVidea GForce2 and Windows XP.
The problem is with the either not having very recent video
drivers or not having a compatable video card. The set up
notes give no help.

I don't see an option to use a steering wheel, but it may
work. We used the keyboard.

You can race alone, with 5 other characters or against
another person sitting at the same computer. In 2 player
mode you can race against 4 other characters.

After picking a character, you race around one of 12 different
tracks fashioned after one of the Nicktoon shows, picking up surprises and jumping on fast launch pads.

The surprises let you launch an attack or defense. None
are violent. One lets you drop green goo on the ground
so when someone else passes over it, they get stuck.

The driving is easy so you can concentrate on the fun part of the game, that is avoiding surprises and nailing others with your surprises.


no back up support   December 7, 2001
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

we bought this 6 months ago and it still doesn't work. there is an 800 number on the package that is out of date. when you finally get to the correct support you don't actually get a person. you are only prompted to do things, to most non computer geeks like myself this program is useless. don't bother buying it. your kids will say "how come you can't get it going". You'll put it away and try again later. Again with no success. Skip this one.


Nicktoons Racing   August 9, 2001
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

"Go Spongebob! Go Spongebob!" Spongebob races down the track and passes Angelica while collecting some power-boosts. Finally, he races past the finish line and wins the crusty crab award. You're computer screen flashes out the words SPONGEBOB 1ST PLACE 2 MINUTES 6 SECONDS. The game Nicktoons Racing allows you to race as your favorite character from Nickelodian on fun-filled tracks. The 3-D gaphics are fabulous and it includes a multi-player mode. The music is great and the voices sound like the ones on the different shows. If you like Nickelodian, this is the game for you.