Jak X: Combat Racing (2005)
3.49 from 271 ratings
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How long? · 100% 21h (from 2 logged playthroughs)
After saving Haven City once again, Jak and Daxter find themselves poisoned forced into competition on the international car-racing circuit by the execution of Krew's will.
Featuring over a dozen customizable vehicles designed with unique handling characteristics, players will race their whip through 20 tracks in eight different terrain arenas. With an assortment of power-ups available, including projectile weapons, mines, …
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After saving Haven City once again, Jak and Daxter find themselves poisoned forced into competition on the international car-racing circuit by the execution of Krew's will.
Featuring over a dozen customizable vehicles designed with unique handling characteristics, players will race their whip through 20 tracks in eight different terrain arenas. With an assortment of power-ups available, including projectile weapons, mines, ranged weapons, turbo boosts, shields, and smart bombs, players should have the means necessary to ensure they're the first to cross the finish line.
The game supports both offline and online multiplayer. Offline multiplayer is the typical two-player split-screen multiplayer. Online multiplayer is playable with up to five other players. Both modes feature the same game types, which are the same as the single player except that human players are replacing the AI.
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Details
- Developers
- Naughty Dog
- Publishers
- Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Genres
- Racing
- Themes
- Action, Comedy, Science fiction
- Franchises
- Jak and Daxter
- Series
- Jak and Daxter
Release dates
- Oct 18, 2005 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 2
- Oct 26, 2005 (Full Release) (Australia) PlayStation 2
- Nov 04, 2005 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 2
- Dec 06, 2017 (North_America) PlayStation 4
- Dec 06, 2017 (Europe) PlayStation 4
Related
Bundled in
- The Jak and Daxter Bundle (Dec 2017) · PS4
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Rating distribution
5 stars
42
4 stars
98
3 stars
87
2 stars
38
1 star
6
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Review Gamer_at_Law 2/5 · Dec 2, 2021
Best Left in the Garage
I'm about as big a Jak & Daxter Trilogy fan as there is, so I was excited to finally play Jak X once it was ported to PS4 (my PS2 died on me right before the game released back in the day). I remembered it getting middling (~7.5) reviews upon its release but figured it would be a competent enough …
I'm about as big a Jak & Daxter Trilogy fan as there is, so I was excited to finally play Jak X once it was ported to PS4 (my PS2 died on me right before the game released back in the day). I remembered it getting middling (~7.5) reviews upon its release but figured it would be a competent enough racer to provide some fun with characters I loved.
Unfortunately, Jak X is a collection of great ideas executed with cheap shortcuts in order to make them work. Vehicular carnage should be, and is frequently here, quite a bit of fun, but Naughty Dog understood that such mayhem requires all the drivers to remain within close proximity of eachother during a race. This requires some noticeable and enraging cheating on the part of the game: other drivers will suddenly surge up to you out of nowhere; your turbo is often so ineffective at actually getting you ahead that I had other drivers passing me while I was using it. Add in the near-game-breaking issue of your car becoming uncontrollable if you upgrade it past the 80% mark and it's easy to become infuriated and apathetic about a game (at least in Adventure (story) mode, with its mixed bag of race types) that should be a fun escape.
Given the anemic story here, that Adventure mode, which forces the player to win about 80 races of various types in order to complete the plot, is only worth it for the J&D completists. In theory, I could see myself hopping back on to the game for a single match just to get some vehicular carnage, as the cars generally control well and produce a commendable level of mayhem and destruction in the right race type. With all the racers out there, though, Jak X fails to distinguish itself while offering the player more frustration than thrills.
Status Gamer_at_Law Jul 13, 2021
Just reached the final Cup Series (Yellow Eco Cup) and I don't know if I've ever experienced such a quick and large difficulty jump in a game. The big issue is these new races all feature sharp turns, and of course the game's biggest weakness is its floaty car controls that constantly have you turned backwards after trying to make …
Just reached the final Cup Series (Yellow Eco Cup) and I don't know if I've ever experienced such a quick and large difficulty jump in a game. The big issue is these new races all feature sharp turns, and of course the game's biggest weakness is its floaty car controls that constantly have you turned backwards after trying to make a turn.
I'm about as big of a Jak & Daxter fan as there is, but even I'm not sure it's worth re-running each race 10 times in order to win and finally move along this anemic plot. A real bummer.