Product Description

Simulate racing in 18 of Land Rover and Ford's toughest off-road trucks, 4x4s, and SUVs through beautifully detailed environments, stunning scenery, and wide sweeping tracks. With fast acceleration; real-time, on-the-go vehicle damage repair; and in-game pick-ups, Off Road provides an exhilarating racing experience in an exciting range of vehicles. Land Rover: 2005 Defender 90 station wagon, 2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged, 2007 Discovery 3, 2007 Freelander 2, Range Stormer concept vehicle, SVX concept vehicle Ford: 2009 Ford F-150 FX4 pickup truck, 2008 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II, 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty, 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty, 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty, 2008 Ford Escape, 2008 Ford Explorer, 2008 Ford Expedition, 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Track, Ford Bronco concept vehicle, Ford Equator concept vehicle, Ford Mighty F-350 concept vehicle

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5712 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Empire
• Released on: 2008-08-15
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: .33 pounds

Features

• 18 officially licensed Land Rover and Ford off-road vehicles.
• 24 detailed tracks utilizing desert, water, and ice environments, plus hidden routes to gain a racing advantage.
• Game play includes real time, on-the-go damage repair and discovery of repair pods, time extensions, artefacts, and cash.
• 12 race modes, including two-player split-screen mode.
• Exciting pick-up-and-play handling with the unique Wii Remote steering mechanism.

Manufacturer's Description

Race 18 of Land Rover and Ford's toughest off road trucks, 4x4s and SUVs through beautifully detailed environments, stunning scenery and wide sweeping tracks designed for tough, high-speed racing. With acceleration faster than any previous Ford game, real-time, on-the-go vehicle damage repair and in-game pick-ups, the racing has never been this exhilarating!

Licensed Vehicles

Land Rover:

2005 Defender 90 Station Wagon

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged

2007 Discovery 3

2007 Freelander 2

Range Stormer Concept

SVX Concept

Ford:

2009 Ford F-150 FX4 pickup

2008 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II

2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty

2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty

2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty

2008 Ford Escape

2008 Ford Explorer

2008 Ford Expedition

2007 Ford Explorer Sport Track

Ford Bronco concept

Ford Equator concept

Ford Mighty F-350 concept

Customer Reviews

Miss F Andrew
Some of the reviews for Off Road are not good, while I think it's good fun. You get to pick a car (a landrover or a ford) and you do time trials to earn points, which you can buy new cars or improve your garage. Then once you think your good enough, you can do a race, which if you come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in, you unlock a race to do time trials on. Also, you unlock cars, but they do get more and more expensive! I am a girl, and even though it's aimed for boys, it's great fun for anyone really! you can use a steering wheel, or your wii remote. I use the wii remote, as suprisingly, it's easier. I would buy this game if your into 4x4's or off roading!

Basic but fun
Very basic but solid racing game - plays like something from the era of the 1st Sega Rally game - decent graphics, solid but basic racing handling. The option to use the d-pad instead of tilting to steer (very welcome if, like me, you're not a fan of tilt-steering on the Wii).
Nothing very exciting happens, no high-speed jumps, power-ups, weapons, death-defying stunt tracks - just straighforward old-fashioned racing. It all happens at a realistic speed, so it can feel a bit tame compared to some of the insanely high-speed racers we're used to nowadays, but I quite like it. After the frantic nature of something like Mario Kart, it's quite refreshing to play a racing game where winning depends purely on good driving, cornerning, braking etc.
It can feel a bit sedate, but at budget price it's not a bad little game, and certainly better than most of the other cheap 3rd party racing games on the Wii (vastly better than anything from the Popcorn Arcade label for example).

Off the mark
This game bears no relation to actual off-roading. You drive a selection of poorly realised Fords and Land Rovers at breakneck speeds around poorly realised tracks. "Damage" is so basic as to be pointless. If you want a racing game, you might as well buy one with race cars. If you want an off-roading game, then you certainly won't find it here.