top of page

Metropolis Street Racer

UK Release date: 

3 November 2000

Developer:

Publisher:

Series:

Wikipedia Link:

Metropolis Street Racer (MSR) is a racing video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Sega exclusively for Dreamcast. The game was intended to be a Dreamcast launch title, however, due to numerous delays it was not released in Europe until November 2000, with a North American version following in January 2001. A Japanese version was in development and briefly offered for online reservation in January 2001 with an expected release date of 22 February 2001, but ultimately canceled after Sega discontinued support for Dreamcast. The game is the first entry in Bizarre Creations' Project Gotham Racing series. As well as being an early example of an open world racing game, Metropolis Street Racer is notable for introducing the "Kudos" system (whereby players are rewarded for racing stylishly as well as quickly) into video games, and for its detailed and accurate recreations of the cities of London, Tokyo and San Francisco. Music for the game was composed by Richard Jacques, and delivered via nine fictional radio stations (three for each city), similar to the Grand Theft Auto series. The day/night time spectrum during game play is realistic, in that the game uses the internal clock of the Dreamcast to calculate the present time in each city. Play at 8AM in England, for example, and the San Francisco races will all be at night (12 AM). A selling point of Metropolis Street Racer was the large number of tracks available (262 in total), created by blocking off certain areas of the city to lead the player around specific roads and paths. However, only a small number are available at the start of play and most are unlocked by playing through the single player mode.

Related Games:

No Boxart.png

Release Date:

12 October 2007

No Boxart.png
No Boxart.png

Release Date:

28 November 2003

No Boxart.png
No Boxart.png

Release Date:

23 June 2000

No Boxart.png
No Boxart.png

Release Date:

2 December 2005

No Boxart.png
No Boxart.png

Release Date:

14 March 2002

No Boxart.png
No Boxart.png

Release Date:

8 June 2001

No Boxart.png
bottom of page