Vanishing Point (video game)
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Vanishing Point is a console based racing game released on the Dreamcast on Dec 21, 2000 and the PlayStation on Feb 5, 2001. It was developed by Clockwork Games and published by Acclaim
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Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
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Summary
The game is provided with peculiar car physics, which can be experienced through various game modes, tracks and vehicles. In the main game mode, Tournament, there is a bronze (2 tracks / 2 laps), silver (3 tracks / 2 laps) and gold (3 tracks / 3 laps) championship for each main vehicle. In each race of a championship, there is a time to beat and the other vehicles in the track are just traffic to avoid. Winning championships unlocks not only the next ones (bronze unlocks silver and silver unlocks gold) but also game features, such as cars, game modes and racing options. Starting with 2 cars, the player will then conquer almost all the game content through these championships. In another game mode, Single Race, the player can unlock the 8 main tracks, in their 4 different versions (Forward, Reverse, Mirrored FWD and Mirrored REV), by simply winning a race with a random car.Vehicles
Main Vehicles | Secret Vehicles |
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Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0 | Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0 |
Aston Martin DB7 | Aston Martin V8 |
Aston Martin V8 | Audi TT Cabriolet |
Audi TT | Austin Mini |
BMW325i | Dodge Viper RT/10 |
Dodge Viper GTS | Ford Mustang Cobra R |
Ford Explorer | Ford Taurus |
Ford Focus | Ford Thunderbird |
Ford Mustang Cobra | Ford Windstar |
Ford Ranger | Lincoln Town Car |
Jaguar XKR | Lotus Elise 111S |
Lotus Elise | Mercury Sable Wagon |
Lotus Esprit | TVR Cerbera |
Shelby Cobra | Volkswagen Beetle |
TVR Griffith | Volkswagen Golf |
Toyota Supra | Volkswagen Microbus |
Tracks
- Red Rock Canyon
- Newtown Expressway
- Midnight Highway
- Harbour View
- Olympic Village
- South Riviera
- Alpine Pass
- Forest Fields
- 2 Player Track 1
- 2 Player Track 2
- 2 Player Track 3
- 2 Player Track 4
- Test Track
Stunts
Stunt Name | Vehicle Used |
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The Long Jump | Lotus Esprit |
Twist & Turns 1 | Audi TT |
Single Criss Cross | Ford Mustang Cobra |
Hump Back Relay | BMW 325i |
Twist & Turns 2 | Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0 |
Table Top Balloons | Toyota Supra |
The Barrel Roll | Ford Focus |
Twist & Turns 3 | Dodge Viper GTS |
Balloon Stalom | Lotus Elise 111S |
Double Criss Cross | TVR Cerbera |
Bumps 'n' Balloons | Aston Martin V8 |
Twist & Turns 4 | Lotus Elise |
Barrel Roll Relay | Shelby Cobra |
The Balloon Bowl | Ford Explorer |
Triple Criss Cross | Shelby Cobra |