Street Legal is a street racing video game game made by Invictus

Invictus Games

Invictus Games is an independent Hungarian video game development studio founded in 1992 by Tamás Kozák and Ákos Diviánszky. They specialize in racing simulation games, like Project Torque, Street Legal and Street Legal Racing Redline, 1NSANE, and onEscapee. Their publishers include Codemasters,...

 and Activision

Activision

Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...

 with a heavy emphasis on car customization.

Gameplay

The game takes place in the fictitious Valo City. There are four sections of the city, although only one is unlocked from the beginning of the game. Other parts of the city, as well as more available cars and upgrade parts, are unlocked by racing against CPU drivers.

The cars in the game are all fictitious look-alikes of real vehicles. Examples are the "Ninja", a vehicle resembling a Honda Civic

Honda Civic

The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...

 hatchback but bearing resemblance to other hatchbacks, and the "Badge", which mimics the Dodge Charger

Dodge Charger (B-body)

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The gameplay is highly mechanically-oriented - nearly every part on every car is replaceable. While the level of detail is not quite equal to that of the sequel game, Street Legal Racing: Redline

Street Legal Racing: Redline

Street Legal Racing Redline is a racing game by Invictus and distributed by Activision Value. Nintendo 3DS and Mac OS X versions are in development....

, entire engines may be replaced and almost all body parts can be removed from the vehicle. Damage in the game is also highly detailed - unfortunately, there is no way to repair the entire car after it has been damaged, meaning that repairs are costly and require lots of time to make.

Technical

The game, developed in 2002, has relatively advanced graphics for its time. However, the game's coding was written in a way which made it run slowly, even on computers which met the recommended system requirements. Patches have been written for the game which improve the game's performance greatly and reduce the number of bugs.

Sequels

A sequel, called Street Legal Racing: Redline

Street Legal Racing: Redline

Street Legal Racing Redline is a racing game by Invictus and distributed by Activision Value. Nintendo 3DS and Mac OS X versions are in development....

(also known as Street Legal 2) was developed by Invictus in 2003.

While not confirmed, a threequel is rumoured.