Reviews

Can't sleep at night? Then play this game because it'll help you sleep before you know it!

It's based on the Tom Cruise movie and some will say it's as rubbish as the movie though I've never actually seen the movie myself so I can't say that for sure, what I will say is....this is rubbish.

It's just really dull and uneventful, it gets old very quickly, like within a minute of playing this you'll feel very bored of this game. And the best bit? They ask you to do 12 laps around the track...12 FLIPPIN LAPS??!?? SERIOUSLY???!!???

Days of Thunder is a game that pretty much provides no excitement and no enjoyment whatsoever, and it appears it was rubbish on every system it came out on. I wouldn't play this unless you are struggling to sleep as this could be a rather nice cure.

Thanks Raphie, playing this game helped me a lot last time! I'm still sleepy... Zzzz

Far too bland and time consuming to take seriously. Lacks any sense of enjoyment. Three laps would have been more reasonable rather than twelve. Seriously avoid.

There are a number of pretty poor racing games on the Spectrum, then there's this! I can't begin to describe how awful this is, it's slow even with four gears and it gets boring almost as soon as you start, and that's only in qualifying and you still have to race! And people mention Out Run as a bad racing game, it was a disappointment yes but it isn't bad, this game defines bad racing game.

Considering some of the other racing titles available when this big movie tie-in was released, this looks a little embarrassing.
The pseudo 3D view nearly works well, and I can find myself 'getting into' this for a few minutes at a time. It has a very primitive feel about it though. Rough graphics, gameplay that feels reminiscent of game'n'watch, and any feeling of speed is reduced whenever the perspective error of the cheap scenery scrolling catches your eye.
£10 for this in 1990? A terrible movie cash-in, in both senses.

A licensed game of the movie converted from the already-godawful Amiga version. Avoid.