GameSpot writes: "Nitro features an interesting graffiti-inspired visual style, which is seen throughout the menus, heads-up displays, and even on the cars themselves. The games also has a customisation mode, which allows you to change your ride to suit your own tastes; you can tag your car with dozens of decals, add a paintjob, give it a paintbrush effect, and unlock and upgrade body parts, such as air scoops, alloy rims, and spoilers. You can keep eight customised rides in your garage, but you'll have to unlock the premium models; only the Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Type 2, and Renault 4L are unlocked from the start. Why someone would want to race a Type 2 is beyond us, but it's there should you want to pimp it out and get behind the wheel. If you're looking for something with a bit more grunt, you can also choose from the Chevrolet Camaro, Subaru Impreza WRX, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Nissan 370 Z, Shelby GT500, and Audi TT Coupe".
SPC writes, "Sunday is this week's kickoff of SuperPhillip Central content, and with it we see a retro review. The announcement of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to the Nintendo Switch saw the site developing a vested interest in arcade racing games. Last week, we took a look at Pac-Man World Rally, a kart racer. Now, we look at a different kind of racer with this retro review of the Wii version of Need for Speed: Nitro."
Is Need For Speed: NItro-X as good as the Wii version of the game? Not quite, but it's still cheap racing fun.
Had Nitro been given online capabilities the score would have been higher just on merit. But the lack of it, coupled with the "meh" presentation and production values makes this Need for Speed a hot rod with nothing impressive under the hood.
