Hooters Road Trip, released as Free Wheelin' USA on PC,[1] is a racing video game for PC and PlayStation platforms released in 2002.
| Hooters Road Trip | |
|---|---|
 PlayStation cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Hoplite Research |
| Publisher(s) | Ubi Soft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation |
| Release | Windows
|
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Development
editIt was produced by Hoplite Research, a company founded by former playtester Manny Granillo.[2] It is built around the license of the Hooters restaurant chain, featuring both real life and computer-generated images and video footage of its iconic "Hooters Girl" waitresses.
Art assets found in the game's files suggest the PlayStation release was originally also to be titled Free Wheelin' USA with the Hooters license later added on.[1]
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PC | PS | |
| Metacritic | 22/100[3] | 30/100[4] |
| Publication | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PC | PS | |
| Computer Gaming World | N/A | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | 4/10[6] |
| Game Informer | N/A | 2/10[7] |
| GameSpot | N/A | 2.5/10[8] |
| GameZone | 5/10[9] | 4/10[10] |
| IGN | 2/10[11] | N/A |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | |
| PC Gamer (US) | 18%[13] | N/A |
| Maxim | N/A | 4/10[14] |
Hooters Road Trip received "unfavorable" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[4][3][15] Game Informer rated this game as one of the worst games ever made, and it was one of the last games released for the original Sony PlayStation.[citation needed] In 2017, Gamesradar ranked the game 49th in their "The 50 Worst Games of All Time."[16]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hooters Road Trip". VGFacts. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Manny Granillo Video Game Credits and Biography". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs.
- ^ a b "Hooters Road Trip for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ a b "Hooters Road Trip for PlayStation Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ Goble, Gord (August 2002). "Hooters Road Trip" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 217. Ziff Davis. p. 77. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ EGM staff (May 2002). "Hooters Road Trip (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 154. Ziff Davis. p. 115.
- ^ "Hooters Road Trip (PS)". Game Informer. FuncoLand. 2002.
- ^ Villoria, Gerald (April 9, 2002). "Hooters: Road Trip Review (PS)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ Ovaldog (May 8, 2002). "Hooters: Road Trip Review - PC". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 27, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ Lafferty, Michael (June 11, 2002). "Hooters Road Trip Review - PlayStation". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ Sulic, Ivan (May 1, 2002). "Hooters Road Trip (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ "Hooters Road Trip". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 55. Ziff Davis. April 2002. p. 109.
- ^ Mahood, Andy (August 2002). "Hooters Road Trip". PC Gamer. Vol. 9, no. 8. Imagine Media. p. 68. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ Boyce, Ryan (April 11, 2002). "Hooters Road Trip (PS)". Maxim. Biglari Holdings. Archived from the original on June 6, 2002. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
- ^ Hooters Road Trip Review - PC - The Gamer's Temple
- ^ "The 50 worst games of all time". gamesradar. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
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