Super Woden GP II Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published July 24, 2024 · Updated July 24, 2024

Super Wooden GP II Review, Get ready to climb your way to the top of the motorsports world! Super Woden GP 2 is a love letter to the sport and arcade racing games of the ’90s. Compete in a wide variety of event types, from rally to endurance racing, in classic isometric style, using an intuitive central map interface to buy and tune vehicles, explore circuits across the world, visit your garage, and more.

Super Woden GP II Review Pros:

Beautiful graphics.
605.9MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Racing gameplay.
3 difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
Six graphics style filters – off, GP, Pencil, Arcade, Retro PC, and Carbon.
HP is the overall performance of your car and this is your car rating and determines what races you can do.
Not officially licensed cars but they are close to the real deal in terms of looks.
Car damage can be turned on and off.
Two speedo options – analog and digital.
Paint shop to change your car color.
Car wash amd change oil in the garage.
The music room allows you to listen to any song, presented with cassette tapes.
Free race – set players, laps, time of day, time-lapse speed, weather, rivals amount, AI level and circuit, and car select with paint color.
Five game modes – WGP championships (9 championships), Rally events (17 championships), Weekend events (21 events), 24h endurance (6 events), and time trial (all tracks are unlocked in this mode).
28 tracks from circuits to Offroad and special stages.
Each track shows its total distance.
2 – 4 local player support.
Upgrades on your car can be put on and taken off to adjust the car’s HP value.
Auto saves regularly and has a save button.
Earn credits from racing to buy cars and upgrades.
Feels like a Gran Turismo Junior.
You can replay events and win the prize car again each time which you can then sell.
Each car has unique stats that affect how they drive.
Seven car dealerships sell many cars and some can only be won in championships.
Easy Platinum trophy.
Absolutely nails what it is going for.
You can play how you want in terms of playing the same event over and over to rack up cash.
Tight responsive controls.
So much fun to play.
Arcade mode is its own seperate mode and you choose a route ( normal or hard), and a car then takes part in the pre-determined race.
It’s a truly brilliant game from its visuals to tight controls and great track designs.
Different weather effects.
The whole game is played on an isometric View.
The rally stages have a Co-driver calling out the corners, hazards, and severity of corners.
Special car events with strict one-car type entry.

Super Woden GP II Review Cons:

No tutorials.
There is a fair bit of grinding as you need to get a lot of money to upgrade and buy the right cars for events.
Cannot remap controls.
The controls take some getting used to.
No online racing.
The AI can get very cheap.
You can’t even see the controls.
Championships have to be unlocked which can get quite grindy.
Hitting the grass slows you down instantly and is overly harsh as is hitting the wall no matter how much.
The camera sways a lot.
The foreground can sometimes obscure your view.