Build 'n Race
Encyclopedia
Build 'n Race is a video game developed by Icon Games Entertainment and published by Zoo Games for the Wii
. It was released on August 4, 2009 in North America
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, but it fell through and as a result it lost the Pennzoil license.
Wii
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. It was released on August 4, 2009 in North America
North America
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Gameplay
Build 'n Race is a game of high-speed racing through some of the most insane environments - huge jumps, ramps, rasied hairpin turns, half-pipes and a multitude of other reflex testing track designs. Track creation tools allow the player to easily build courses using more than 1,000 different construction blocks, which can then be played in single or muiltiplayer modes.\Solo Race
Practice any of the tracks unlocked in the Championship Mode. No time limit applies in this mode. You can select tracks in any order providing you have already accessed them in the Championship Mode.Time Trail
The Objective here is to complete the tracks in the quickest time to win a place on the fastest time score board. This mode features a Best Time 'Replay Car', which appears after the first lap of the track. This car will replay your fastest time while you race - effectively you are your own opponent. You can select tracks in any order providing you have already accessed them in the Championship Mode.Championship
The Championship Mode is set over four cups with each cup featuring 7 or 8 different races. A race is held on each course with the seven participating cars vying for top honors. Once a cup race is over, driver points are distributed according to the driver's position. The total number of driver points determines a driver's overall ranking. The player who finishes in first place wins a gold cup, second a silver and third a bronze. At the end of each race, a status screen displays the finish position of the cars. The winner overall race time is displayed along with the best lap time and each losing car displays its time behind the leader's on the status board.Challenges
The Challenge Modes allow the player to select one of four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard and Challenge. These correspond to the difficulty of the tracks you will race on. For each difficulty level there are 15 tracks. Initially only the Easy Level will be available - with the player able to select any of the 15 tracks to race on. You can only unlock the next challenge level by winning at least a bronze on all of the tracks for the current difficulty level. In Race Challenge Mode, you must finish in the top 3 to earn a medal (1st, 2nd, or 3rd to obtain gold, silver, and bronze respectively) You race the AI cars in this mode. In Time Challenge each track has three reference times. Each one associtated with a medal: bronze, silver, and gold. You race against a ghost car representing each of the three medal times.Race Environments
Build 'n Race features three different environment themes inspired by locations throughout the world.| Track Name | Description |
| AutoRace City | Speed through the city from downtown commercial and residential areas through to financial districts and shopping precincts. The driving is fast and unpredictiable with wild stunts and jumps. |
| Tri-State Circuits | In arena made over the top racing with specifically designed stunt tracks, skyward spiralling road courses and more traditional motorsport race circuits. Enjoy the beautiful sunset sky, but watch out for the blimps on those high jumps! |
| Blackmoors Rally | Get dirty with the rally environment featuring dirt tracks and winding country lanes where wide sweeping curves and hair rasing tight bends comes one after the other. With the tight chicanes and river crossings, the winding tree lined roads are surrounded by vast nuclear factories, wind farms, holiday parks and anicent ruins. |
Development
Zoo Games arranged a licensing deal with PennzoilPennzoil
Pennzoil is an American oil company founded in Los Angeles, California in 1913. In 1955, it was acquired by Oil City, Pennsylvania company South Penn Oil, a former branch of Standard Oil. In 1963, South Penn Oil merged with Zapata Petroleum; the merged company took the Pennzoil name. During the...
, but it fell through and as a result it lost the Pennzoil license.