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| OVERALL RATING |
4.0 |
| Presentation |
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4.0 |
| Control |
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4.0 |
| Gameplay |
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4.0 |
| Fun factor |
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4.0 |
| User Rating |
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4.5 |
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Posted: September 07, 2006
Rap star T.I. and his crew, the Pimp Squad Click (P$C) are burning up the charts and now they’ve taken it to the streets in the T.I. Street Racing for mobile.
T.I. Street Racing is a racing game that pits you against T.I. and the P$C, plus other ATL racers in underground drags. You begin as a nobody who must earn the respect of the P$C by racing and defeating each member. On the way to becoming an honorary member of the P$C, you must hook up your ride, fine-tune it’s performance, and wager to win cars, cash, and honeys.
There are four classes of cars to get behind the wheel of and each of those will have four choices for a total of 16 rides. To start off, you must first purchase a car from the lowest class. Any money leftover can be used to upgrade it with performance parts and visual style. When you’ve improved it to your satisfaction, or used up the cash, it’s time to go race.
Entering and winning drag races will only be allowed in the class of the car you own. Contestants will wager on the contest with the winner taking home the cash. In certain races, pink slips will also be up for grabs so always make sure that you return to the Garage and tune your car to the max. Tuning involves purchasing engine, turbo, body and bling (stereos, rims, etc…) upgrades, but you can also go and adjust the gear ratios on your car to your liking. (These really affect rpm levels!)
One of the benefits of improving your car and winning races is that you can gain a loyal following of honeys, and by getting a certain amount of them in your corner, soon you will be challenged by one of the P$C. If you defeat that member, your rep goes up and a new class of car is opened to purchase and race with. If you open up that final class and beat T.I. in a race, you become an honorary member of the crew.
Since the races are drag-style only, there is no steering involved. All you need to worry about is accelerating, shifting gears at the right moment, and injecting a nitro boost if necessary. This is all handled with the D-Pad and one hand very nicely.
