Despite its flawed bells and whistles,
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars manages to offer some decent racing with little cost to effort. Among its options are an Arcade and a Career mode, and while the Arcade is run of the mill, Career mode is where this game shines. The possibilities here are pretty broad, but they are also limited to a sane, manageable amount. Buying, tuning, and repairing cars will become second nature to you in this mode, as will registering for races and qualifying for sponsors.
Repetition may get in the way of having too good of a time though. Every track you race on, though in a different location with accompanying natural surroundings, is oval. It is in the spirit of the sport, but World of Outlaws seems to be stuck in limbo between a true racing sim and an easy to use, simple racing game.
Most noticeably missing from this particular genre is the massive car pileups. Anyone who has even heard of this sport knows about the disastrous wrecks the drivers get in and the publics' love of watching them. You've probably seen one of these catastrophes on some 'caught on film' TV show, where all of a sudden one of these cars will appear to hit a catapult and fly directly towards every other car on the track. There is a damage system in World of Outlaws, but it is limited to denting your fins and bending your chassis. Whether they were going for a hard core racing sim or just a fun little racing game, this feature would have been perfect for either.
If these features don't do it for you, try your hand at the Multiplayer mode. Here you'll get to race on a track against other people, though you'll have to use a third party application to connect. The action can get pretty intense here (as it normally does in any Multiplayer game), and may even be too much for some race enthusiasts. If everything goes right, though, it can be a real kick.
