Test Drive: Eve of Destruction (PlayStation 2, 2004)

What can I say about it?? Besides that there is no competition when it comes to realistic demo derby games?? IT ROCKS! I bought it new a couple years ago, and we still play it all the time. Me and my room mates play the multi-player option on this a lot more than Halo or any other video game! The soundtrack rocks! It is equally good playing in single player mode. It has a lot of different multi-player games to play including the chain race, trailer race, straight-up demo derby, figure-8, flagpole race, soccer, and a battle mode where you shoot chickens at your opponent.

The only downside to this game, at least for hard-core demo derby fans, is the unrealistic damage engine. Your car's life is a set amount and your opposition can take that all out of the front, or back, instead of your front having a seperate amount of damage from the back like on the original "Demolition Derby" games. And the fact that your door can fly off, real derby guys weld or chain them shut.. But otherwise the damage looks cool on screen.

It may seem a lot to pay, $30 for a USED copy... but this is a classic well worth the money!