Destruction Derby Review (PlayStation 3)
Developed by Reflections and published under Psygnosis, this 1995 beast of a game blew up on the scene. Bringing us banger racing from a whole new perspective. How were we to know this would go on to be a cult classic series? Let’s take a look back at this gem with our Destruction Derby Review.

Destruction Derby Review Pros:
- Nice graphics.
- PlayStation 1 game emulated onto the PlayStation 3.
- Racing gameplay.
- Racing is fast and frantic straight from the off.
- The campaign spans stock car racing to full-on destruction derby bowl championships
- Bowl races involve 12 cars all in an arena smashing each other up, earning points, Bonus points for wrecking opponents, or causing them to spin out.
- Clever-level designs.
- Text pop-up of actions like 360 spin or T-Bone.
- HUD shows a 2D model of your car with color-coded damage.
- Race announcer.
- By today’s standard, this would be called Dark Souls on wheels. Fighting with opponents is a gamble, and you will fail A LOT at first. Perseverance is the key to success
- Music is banging giving us techno to mad hard metal
- Levels are big and offer a lot of danger, including the dreaded figure of 8 circuit
- Great satisfaction when you tap someone’s back wheel and cause a spin-out that in turn causes a huge pile-up.
- Handling before any smashes is tight and not overly sensitive
- Full damage model from doors and bonnets falling off to full blowouts of engines, Fire erupting from the engine, Tyres bursting or straight up falling off.
Destruction Derby Review Cons:
- It’s way too easy to completely wreck your car after just a few shunts.
- The tracks are too narrow to do any proper maneuvers.
- Campaigns can get very repetitive, most notably the bowl championship.
- If you get knocked the wrong way on a junction, it’s nigh on impossible to rectify it without wrecking in seconds.
- No way to get health back.
- Difficult.
Destruction Derby:
Official website (Wiki)
Developer: Reflections Interactive (Now Ubisoft Reflections)
Publisher: Psygnosis
Store Links-
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