Ignition

Ignition is an action-packed racing game viewed from above and slightly behind the player. The vehicles on offer range from police cars and VW Beetles to school buses and trucks, all with their own strengths and weaknesses - trying to win with the bus, where you have to block everyone behind the ugly slow vehicle for 3 laps, is perhaps the ultimate challenge. There are 5 tracks available to start with, with training and single race modes as well as a full championship on 3 levels - winning the first two levels unlocks another track. All tracks are riddled with hazards, and there are sections where you'll have to make a split-second decision between the safe route and the risky but potentially rewarding one. Multiplayer mode can be played over the network or via split-screen - in a departure from the usual approach, the screen is split vertically instead of horizontally.