RPM Tuning
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| Developer(s) | Babylon Software |
| Publisher(s) | Wanadoo Kemco (Xbox NA) Valusoft (PC) |
| Series | Top Gear |
| Engine | RenderWare |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Release | PlayStation 2
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
RPM Tuning, also titled Top Gear RPM Tuning and as Midnight Outlaw: Six Hours To Sun Up for Microsoft Windows, is a racing video game developed by French studio Babylon Software and published by Wanadoo Edition in 2004 for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is part of the Top Gear game series. A PlayStation 2 version was not released in North America.
Plot
[edit]The plot takes place in 2003 and is about Vince, an underground driver who is looking for a car, a GTSR model. His only clues are the name RedSet and the premises of a mechanic, a reference point for car enthusiasts in the area. Vince enters and explains to him that he is looking for a car and the mechanic lets him choose his car from three models: the Hatchback si, the Pick up 150 or the 322 ci. Then he meets Rick, an underground racer with his two henchmen: Mac and Dante. After a few races, he meets Carmen, the mechanic's daughter, and Lewis, his brother. The mechanic offers him an exchange for the GT coupe, as his is still new. After a while Rick introduces him to Mike, Lucy and then Donny, his mechanic, who offers him an exchange for the Horse V8, the second fastest car in the game. Later the thief turns out to be Rick, who was trying to sell it to a policeman called McCullen with a plan not to get caught. In one part Vince confronts Dante, then Rick. After Carmen, who used to hate Vince, now has fallen in love with him, shoots Rick and turns out it was him who wanted to sell the GTSR, just from a briefcase full of money that Vince finds in the boot of Rick's car.
Reception
[edit]| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | 45/100[1] |
| Publication | Score |
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| Game Informer | 5/10[2] |
| GameSpot | 4.9/10[3] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 2.2/10[4] |
| TeamXbox | 5.7/10[5] |
| X-Play |   [6] |
The Xbox version received "generally unfavourable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Top Gear RPM Tuning for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "Top Gear RPM Tuning". Game Informer. No. 144. April 2005. p. 136.
- ^ Navarro, Alex (4 March 2005). "Top Gear RPM Tuning Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Top Gear RPM Tuning". Official Xbox Magazine. May 2005. p. 86.
- ^ Nardozzi, Dale (March 1, 2005). "Top Gear: RPM Tuning Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Fischer, Russ (April 4, 2005). "Top Gear RPM Tuning Review [Incomplete]". X-Play. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2017.