Boku to Sim no Machi Racing

MySims Racing on Wii gives its kart competition a town to restore. The player creates a driver and car, completes local challenges for blueprints and coloured essences, then changes weight, speed, appearance and other parts in the garage. Compact, medium and large karts trade handling against strength, while track gifts include both familiar weapons and a tornado that reverses a rival’s controls. Customization gives the races a personal goal. The lengthy Story mode, however, returns too often to similar collection and time-limit errands; quick races, time trials and four-player splitscreen let a group reach the better part directly. Vivid colours, quirky vehicle shapes and legible tracks fit the friendly MySims tone, with Simlish and light music adding character. A review explicitly of the Wii edition verifies Wii Wheel, GameCube and Classic Controller choices. It also notes awkwardly precise jumps, limited drift control and frame-rate dips during busy races. These are platform-specific tradeoffs, not facts borrowed from a review whose tested edition was Nintendo DS. Nor is absent online play treated as a blanket claim about another platform.

Who it is for: Players who enjoy local kart racing and custom cars.

Play notes: Wii edition only; DS technology excluded.