Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now is a controversial racing game released in 1998 for the PC. It was ported to the Nintendo 64 under the name Carmageddon 64 and Game Boy Color as Carmageddon GBC, but both of them was poorly received, and a PlayStation port was planned, but cancelled. It was developed by UK based publishers Stainless Productions. It was heavily censored or outright banned in some countries due to the game's gratuitous violence.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Impressive graphics for the time.
 * 2) Takes place in huge, open levels with sometimes upwards of 700 pedestrians.
 * 3) Gives you the freedom to complete the races in any of three ways: racing through checkpoints to the finish line (the boring "traditional way"), running over all pedestrians (psycho completionist way), or wasting the five other people you're racing against (the fun way).
 * 4) Impressive physics engine, cars go flying, get flipped over, spin in the air, and much more.
 * 5) The steering can take some getting used to, but the cars feel nice and weighty.
 * 6) Impressive damage models, panels fly off your cars, bodywork gets trashed, heck, you can even see some cars get sheared in half.
 * 7) Including power downs as well as insane powerups, making pickups an enticing gamble that will either get you at a disadvantage, or aid you in winning the events much faster and easier.
 * 8) A great variety of different cars with their own unique stats, which can be purchased after destroying them.
 * 9) The ability to repair your car and upgrade it in the middle of the action.
 * 10) Licensed soundtrack by Iron Maiden and Sentience.
 * 11) Also, you can mod the game by adding cars and tracks from other games including the original Red Eagle from the first installment or actual real-life cars.
 * 12) *Speaking of mods, there's even a mod named Ultimate Car Pack which features a incredibly whopping amount 1647 vehicles which is even bigger than Gran Turismo 6 and even Switchcars. Some vehicles in this mod features the Deluxo, Sabre, Stallion or the Cheetah from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as well as vehicles from well known TV shows and movies like the Flintmobile from mh:besttvshows:The Flintstones, Snot Rod, DJ, Wingo and Boost from mh:greatestmovies:Cars, Creppy Coupe and the Mean Machine from Wacky Races, the K.I.T.T from Knight Rider and the General Lee from mh:besttvshows:The Dukes of Hazzard.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The  Nintendo 64 &  Game Boy Color versions are terrible ports.
 * 2) The CGI intro and ending cutscenes look worse compared to the other games in the series.