![]() ![]() Manage your truck, sponsors, and technicians to improve performances and earnings.Adjustment of different mechanical elements, including the engine and suspension.Realistic driving and physics, including independent front- and rear-wheel control.5 types of events: Race, Time-Trial, Drag Races, Freestyle, and Destruction!!.25 circuits in different cities across the United States.16 customizable vehicles with over 50 options.Still, we would be remiss to say we didn’t absolutely love Destruction Mode, which rewards you for destroying every obstacle in your path! Monster Truck Championship Features We liked Race Mode, where you go head-to-head with eight other trucks. In Monster Truck Championship, players can pick between 16 different vehicles with loads of options for customization. There is a huge and seemingly endless chain of events from when you squeeze the trigger to when you hear and feel the “whoomph!” And, much to the credit of Monster Truck Championship, the game faithfully seem to reproduce that (I was playing on my Logitech G920 Racing Wheel). Have you ever fired a flintlock? It’s sort of like that. ![]() Then onto drivelines – one fore, one aft – before finally , what your foot asked for anywhere from 0.000001 seconds to 71 hours earlier is transmitted into the dirt via tires the size of hot tubs. Then there’s a clutch in there somewhere and a bunch of whirling transmission bits and such. The resulting eight successive mortar blasts fire pistons as big as a man’s thigh and with near-diesel levels of compression up navel artillery comparable bores, transmitting crushing levels of force through femur-sized con-rods to a crankshaft that has to be out of an ocean-going tug. ![]() and then, seemingly very far away from you, two toilets flush simultaneously, dumping about eight gallons of high-test into a supercharger the size of a microwave that’s bolted to a block the size of a washing machine. Thanks to this nifty little Xbox game that landed on my doorstep called Monster Truck Championship, I now have a much better idea. Near as I can tell, after seeing them on the TV, it seems to be a matter of mashing the gas and aiming. I have no real depth of knowledge when it comes to monster trucks. For a perspective on how we review video games, please see our primer on the topic. Anaheim was the only event where racing and freestyle had separate episodes.Affiliate Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, Automoblog earns from qualifying purchases, including the games featured here.The Syracuse event featured a backflip encore from Avenger.TV commentary was provided by Scott Douglass and Frank Krmel.Steven Sims driving Hooked was able to grab his first win in Tampa over Thunder 4x4 and Jim Bendzick.Eric Swanson, driver of Obsessed, filled in for Steven Sims in Hooked during the Anaheim event.Also in Arlington, Lupe Soza, driver of El Toro Loco, filled in for Neil Elliott in Max-D.In Arlington, Boy Scouts of America and Monster Mutt Rottweiler did a special encore after racing.From the Arlington event onward Jim Koehler had a decal on his roof that said "Rocking Zero Points" and also did his first backflip as an encore in Syracuse.Controversy arose as Charlie Pauken won the Syracuse freestyle with his run leaving 35 seconds on the regulation clock.(Also the Rod Ryan Show did an encore after Digger's wreck). At the inaugural event in Houston 8 other trucks competed in a freestyle exhibition: Aftershock, Krazy Train, Spike Unleashed, Mega Bite, Outlaw, Barbarian, Rod Ryan Show (on BJ Johnson's Mohawk Warrior) and Metal Mulisha.At the Anaheim event Rob Dyrdek did a special run in a truck called Battlecorn for the series finale of his show Fantasy Factory.The top four in points would be given automatic spots in the World Finals, with the champion being Neil Elliot in Max D. Oklahoma City, OK - Feb 14-15 (Arena show no points rewarded).Hosts: Ryan LaCosse, Leslie Mears, Taylor Mock Events Max D - Neil Elliott/ Lupe Soza (Arlington).Hooked - Steven Sims/ Eric Swanson (Anaheim)/ Kevin Lewis (Oklahoma City).Freestyle was determined by the order the truck placed in the previous event, with first being the lowest scoring truck the last week and last being the highest scoring truck the last week.The top 8 qualifiers would compete in racing and the bottom eight would compete in obstacle course.Monster Truck Freestyle (winner gets 2 points) Monster Truck Racing (winner gets 2 points) Monster Truck Obstacle Course (winner gets 1 point) Monster Truck Qualifying (fastest qualifier gets 1 point) ![]()
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