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IGN
How can you not love a racing game where you literally put the hammer down?…The controls are very good. The tilt sensitivity is just right. After a few races, I had a handle on just how far I needed to tilt to the left or right to slip around a rival car and trade paint without causing a wreck. There are on-screen gas and brake pedals that are easy to use and when it comes time to pit, a pit button appears on the left side of the screen that is large enough you don’t need to lift your hand to reach.
Days of Thunder succeeds as both a silly and serious game. The over-the-top hammer sequences where you car turns invincible are good fun, but in lengthy races, you really have buckle down plan your attacks. This is a great stock car racer for the so-called “NASCAR dad” set.
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Macworld
Regardless of your memories of the movie, Freeverse and Paramount have teamed up to make an all-around exciting game for the iPhone and iPod touch… Just like the movie, very little of Days of Thunder is realistic. Also just like the movie, that lack of realism doesn’t necessarily mean a lack of fun. In fact, far from it—Days of Thunder is one of the most fun games I’ve played on my iPhone in quite a while…. The graphics are quite good, the sound effects are well done, and the game play is entertaining. If you like auto racing games, Days of Thunder is worth the cost of admission—whether that’s at its current $1 special price (an amazing bargain), or even at its usual $5 price tag. -Rob Griffiths, Senior Editor at Macworld
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Apple Tell
The latest of these is Freeverse, which is somewhat surprising considering people never really turned to Freeverse for hardcore games on the Mac. They developed many fantastic titles and published many more, but having turned their attention almost solely to the iPhone, it seems they’ve also turned to a different approach to games…
Days of Thunder offers 39 races (I hope the movie didn’t make you watch that many races) on 12 tracks, and as you unlock the tracks in Story Mode, you’ll be able to go back to them at any time in Instant Action Mode. But the real attraction to Days of Thunder are the graphics. The tracks are detailed and distinctive and do a great job of creating the right atmosphere. The cars themselves look great, too, which makes smashing them up all the more enjoyable… Casual games are well and good, but when you’re looking for something on your iPhone or iPod touch to really make you feel like you’ve got a hard core gaming system, Days of Thunder is it.
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App Craver
I’m not a fan of NASCAR, but I sure do like Days of Thunder from Freeverse. This is one heck of a racing game… Days of Thunder’s graphics, soundtrack and SFX are terrific. There were times when I’d really be on the gas but couldn’t overtake the leaders. Scraping the wall, which I seemed to do too often, certainly didn’t help. I also should have listened to my crew chief and pit for a tire change like he kept telling me to do but I was having too much fun to stop.
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Touch Arcade
In each race your character has a particular rival that’s pointed out at the start of the race. Hunting him down and sending him “to the wall” unlocks new cars (14 in all) to add to your garage. Overall performance in the race, both in placement and on-track carnage, will unlock various achievements including new tracks and even a date with the lovely Dr. Lewicki.
Being a much bigger fan of street racers than track racers, my first reaction to Days of Thunder was that it was too basic and monotonous for my tastes. As I spent more time with the game, however, I started to enjoy the challenge of knocking out my rival, successuflly drafting, and “swapping paint” with the rest of the pack. Earning achievements along the way and seeing my progress reflected in the race-to-race cut scene dialog turned out to be a nice draw.
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Pocket Gamer
Lightning always comes before thunder and movies usually before games – it just doesn’t normally take two decades. Days of Thunder revs up nearly 20 years after Tom Cruise graced the silver screen as hot shot stock car racer Cole Trickle.
You can’t stop the thunder, though, even if you’re hard-pressed to fully remember the film. While the source is dated, the gameplay is contemporary: crashtastic action that puts a premium on aggression more than actual racing.
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