A nice feature is that you can add a start time delay of up to 30 seconds to give a less skilled player some handicap. Multiplayer mode is lacking, but adequate for a 2-player hotseat play in split-screen mode. The details are quite impressive for a 1997 game: sparks fly, tires spin, and smoke comes out of your car when it is damaged. To round off the features, you can watch a replay of the race you have just completed - this is useful mostly just to admire the game's scenery you didn't have time to notice during the action. You can also change the difficulty level, turn autosave on or off, and turn checkpoints on or off. Time Trials, Single Race, and Championship are three available race modes. You can race in 8 race tracks which span both the countryside and downtown areas. There are also 4 additional hidden vehicles for each class, which can only be 'unlocked' after you win enough matches. Each of these types has 4 different cars, and the Heavy Metal ones are much more interesting (my favorite are the Dune Buggy and Jeepster). There are two types of race cars: Performance vehicles and Heavy Metal vehicles. When the bar turns completely red, it's game over. When your car is hit, you see parts fly off, and damage bar at the bottom of the screen fills up a notch. The action is also somewhat fun, especially when you hit other racers hard enough to knock them off the tracks.
On the upside, the overhead view is quite cool, and you can zoom in and out of the action, as well as use the rear view and the trackside view to see more camera angles. However, it is overly responsive even when you choose the "Slow" steering option: the cars handle like bumper cars at amusement parks, which means it is very hard to control at high speeds. Like most arcade racers, driving in Rush Hour is very simple: just use the arrow keys to steer no gear-shifting is required. Rush Hour is a decent top-down arcade racing game that is much better known on the PlayStation than the PC.
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