RC Cars

For the remote-controlled cars known as RC cars, see Radio-controlled car.

RC Cars, also known as Smash Cars for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 versions, is a vehicular combat game developed by Creat Games for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2 in 2002-2003.

RC Cars
Developer(s)	Creat Games
Publisher(s)	EU: 1C Company (PC) NA: Whiptail Interactive (PC) WW: Metro3D (PS2, PSN) EU: TikGames (PSN) AU: Creat Games (PSN)
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 (PSN Store)
Release	Windows RU: November 15, 2002 PAL: June 2003 NA: December 11, 2003 PlayStation 2 NA: August 13, 2003 EU: September 26, 2003 PlayStation 3 NA: August 20, 2009[1] PAL: August 27, 2009 Steam October 18, 2011
Genre(s)	Vehicular combat game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PC	PS2	PS3
Metacritic	65/100[2]	67/100[3]	61/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PC	PS2	PS3
Computer Games Magazine	[5]	N/A	N/A
Edge	N/A	7/10[6]	N/A
Electronic Gaming Monthly	N/A	6/10[7]	N/A
Famitsu	N/A	25/40[8]	N/A
Game Informer	N/A	4/10[9]	N/A
GameSpot	6.3/10[10]	7.2/10[11]	6.5/10[12]
GameSpy	N/A	[13]	N/A
GameZone	7.5/10[14]	7.5/10[15]	N/A
IGN	7.5/10[16]	7.5/10[17]	7/10[18]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	N/A	4/10[19]	6/10[20]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	N/A	[21]	N/A
PC Gamer (US)	80%[22]	N/A	N/A
X-Play	[23]	[24]	N/A

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2][3][4] Many reviewers gave the PlayStation 2 version mixed or unfavorable reviews, months before it was released Stateside.^{[6][7][9][19][21][24]} In Japan, where the PS2 version was ported and published by Psikyo under the name Buggy Grand Prix: Kattobi! Dai-Sakusen (バギーグランプリ 〜かっとび！大作戦〜, Bagī Guran Puri 〜Kattobi! Dai-Sakusen〜) on November 20, 2003, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40.^[8]