Motor Trend's Lotus Challenge

THE BAD:
The generic techno soundtrack is amazingly bad

SUMMARY:
Driving a Lotus Elise, Esprit V8, and Super 7 in real life were near-religious expeciences for me; taking Lotus Challenge for a spin was more like going to the laundry. A bad laundry. Hours of my life are gone forever, and i had to listen to some semi-incoherent guy rant at lenght.
The game's strange mix of sim and arcade gameplay will please no one, and will leave serious Lotus fans in support groups, talking about what could have been. The Challenge mode, which follows the carriers of a few Team Lotus drivers, is by far the best part,but it's too short and not always well-balanced, difficulty-wise. Cars from the same era feel nearly identical, and keeping the more powerful models on track is way harder than it should be, considering Lotuses are some of the best-handling cars in the world. Though the...