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1. 1. R: Racing (PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox)

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 May 2004 RIDGE Racer was, a long time ago, top of the racing tree. Since then it's been dethroned and is looking decidedly old. It's descendant, R: Racing, is here to take back the crown.

2. 2. Mashed (PC, PS2, Xbox)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 21 October 2004 IN an age where the racing genre is dominated by photo-realism and deep storylines, can a back-to-basics top down racer really compete? We get down and dirty with Mashed.

3. 3. Need For Speed Underground 2

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 07 November 2004 Game Stars Live featured a pretty huge number of racing games on display on various stands ' one of EA's entrants was Need For Speed Underground 2. We take a look.

4. 4. Need For Speed Underground 2

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 05 November 2004 WHEN the original Need for Speed Underground appeared, it played a large part in changing the racing genre permanently. Now a sequel is hoping to do the same, but can it be as groundbreaking as the first?

5. 5. Colin McRae Rally 2005 (PS2, PC, Xbox)

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 31 October 2004 THE fifth in the McRae series, Rally 2005 certainly has an impressive list of predecessors but does that make a good game? We hop in and take a look.

6. 6. Burnout 3:Takedown (PS2, Xbox)

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 07 November 2004 The Burnout series has historically produced high-class games ' does the third in the franchise follow the trend? James Paterson buckles up and heads off with Burnout 3.

7. 7. Rallisport Challenge 2 (Xbox)

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 03 August 2004 WITH all the rallying games headed up by real drivers and going for silly levels of detail, it's refreshing to see a game go simply for fun. We test out Microsoft's racer.

8. 8. TOCA Race Driver 2 (PC, Xbox, PS2)

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 21 November 2004 WITH the amount of driving games on sale at the moment, you'd be forgiven for getting fed up of the whole genre and moving on. Don't despair though ' we've got a real winner in TOCA Race Driver 2.

9. 9. Online gaming gets friendly

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 21 November 2004 REFER-a-friend schemes are great, especially when there are neat things up for grabs and Microsoft's latest offer gives free games for referrals. Can't be bad.

10. 10. Carve (Xbox)

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 May 2004 YOU can't turn around without seeing a land based extreme sports game yet extreme water games are fairly thin on the ground. Now Carve, for the Xbox, seeks to change all that.

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