History VideoGame / BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing

See also ''VideoGame/EuroTruckSimulator'', which takes the basic premise of a BigBadassRig driving game and goes in another, less hilariously broken direction.

* LongSongShortScene: The game actually -does- contain some surprisingly catchy music. Too bad [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse none of it actually plays in-game...]]

* WastedSong: The game actually -does- contain some surprisingly catchy music. Too bad [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse none of it actually plays in-game...]]

** 5: ''{{X-Play}}'' didn't have a zero, and they refused to give this game anything higher.

* TheMockbuster: The game has "18 Wheels of Thunder" on the bottom of its box. This could be seen as an attempt to fool people into thinking that it's an entry in the "18 Wheels of Steel" franchise due to how similar the two titles are, which seems weird since 18 Wheels of Steel is a simulation franchise (and Big Rigs would have been much more arcadey if it were finished).

* RefugeInAudacity: The developers, releasing the thing.

** [[ItGotBetter It gets even better]]! Sometimes, the game's code has trouble distinguishing between starting and finishing, so you might ''win the race the moment you begin''.

[[CoversAlwaysLie http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/big_rigs.jpg]]
[[caption-width:250:TheyJustDidntCare :The Game.]]

[[FromACertainPointOfView Features never-before-seen freedom]], as the trucks can [[ObviousBeta go up cliffs, through buildings, and into an endless void.]] [[BlatantLies The AI is infamously brutal and unrelenting, so a challenge is guaranteed.]]

* {{Unwinnable}}: Inverted. Inloosible. It's impossible to lose in this game. See ArtificialStupidity and ForegoneVictory, above.

* LudicrousSpeed: Just how fast can your truck go in reverse? It depends entirely on how long you're willing to keep your finger on the Down Arrow.

** 1: NetJack apparently rewrote its code so it could award the game a zero.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Let's count the ones that are just on the ''front''! A truck with flames[[note]] no vehicles move anywhere approaching this fast when travelling ''forwards''[[/note]] spouting from it ramming[[note]]no collision detection[[/note]] a police car[[note]]no police[[/note]] with the tagline "18 Wheels[[note]]not all trucks have loads and are 18 wheelers[[/note]] Of Thunder." Even the concept of this game as carrying cargo is debatable, as all vehicles end where they start.

* WastedSong: The game actually -does- contain some surprisingly catchy music. Too bad none of it actually plays in-game..

* TheMockbuster: The game has "18 Wheels of Thunder" on the bottom of its box. This could be seen as an attempt to fool people into thinking that it's an entry in the "18 Wheels of Steel" franchise due to how similar the two titles are, which seems weird since 18 Wheels of Steel is a simulation franchise (and Big Rigs would have been much more arcadey if it were finished.)

[[caption-width:250:WhatCouldHaveBeen.]]

* BrokeTheRatingScale: Types 0, 1, 5, and NoJustNo
** 0: [=GameSpot=] reviewer Alex Navarro commented that the only reason the game received a 1.0 out of 10 (the lowest score ever given by [=GameSpot=]) was because they couldn't go any lower. His [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR3a0gixfwI video review]] grants the NoJustNo rating as well.

* BrokeTheRatingScale: Types 0, 1, and 5.
** 0: [=GameSpot=] reviewer Alex Navarro commented that the only reason the game received a 1.0 out of 10 (the lowest score ever given by [=GameSpot=]) was because they couldn't go any lower.

* ArtificialStupidity: Averted, as there is ''no AI at all''. If you download the patch, the opponent rig will move...and then stop short of the finish line because ''there is no code for what happens when you lose a race''. If anyone but the player happened to win, [[ObviousBeta the game]] [[NonstandardGameOver would crash]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: Let's count the ones that are just on the ''front''! A truck with flames[[hottip:*: no vehicles move anywhere approaching this fast when travelling ''forwards'']] spouting from it ramming[[hottip:*:no collision detection]] a police car[[hottip:*:no police]] with the tagline "18 Wheels[[hottip:*:not all trucks have loads and are 18 wheelers]] Of Thunder." Even the concept of this game as carrying cargo is debatable, as all vehicles end where they start.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Well, you ARE a big rig, racing over the road. The back of the box, [[BlatantLies on the other hand...]]
* FasterThanLightTravel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVREUuuNIgg What you eventually achieve]] if you continuously accelerate in reverse. And when you release the reverse key, you instantly stop.
* ForegoneVictory: You absolutely ''can't lose'', and even if you download the patch to make the opponent rig move it still stops short of the finish line. Even if it ''did'' somehow cross it, it still wouldn't win because '''there is no programmed failure state!''' Basically, it is literally impossible for any race to end in the player not winning.
** [[ItGotBetter It gets even better]]! Sometimes, the game's code has trouble distinguishing between starting and finishing, so you might ''win the race the moment you begin''.

* GravityBarrier: Averted, as ''gravity doesn't work''.
* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Non-existent. There are ''no'' walls at all. To quote a fellow on YouTube describing it:

** The ''only'' thing in the game that you don't drive through is the ''ground''. Bridges do not count as ground.
** They certainly weren't kidding when they titled it ''Over the Road Racing''.
** You can easily surmount the one wall you can't drive through, MOUNTAINS. Without the slightest change in your speed.
* InvisibleWall: Also non-existent. You can pretty much just drive off the edge of the world and ''stay there''.
* LudicrousSpeed: Just how fast can your truck go in reverse? It depends entirely on how long you're willing to keep your finger on the Down Arrow.
* [[ObviousBeta Obvious Pre-Alpha]]: And a buggy one at that. For the sake of perspective: programming-wise, this ..."game"... probably represents ''less than a day's'' work for an experienced game developer.
** In a desperate further attempt to pass it off as a real game, they actually released a patch. It fixed the opponent trucks' immobility and a broken map... and nothing else. And the opponent trucks now stop before they reach the finish line. And the "fixed" map only turned it into a mirror of the first map.
** Resources from this game were used in a better, non-truck racing game, but it unsurprisingly sucked too.
* RefugeInAudacity: The developers, releasing the thing.

* TheWikiRule: Yes, the game has its own [[http://yourewinner.com/wiki/index.php5?title=Main_Page Fan Wiki]] ! It's all just an AffectionateParody...[[PoesLaw we hope]].[[hottip:*:Considering that they chose a Bidoof as their logo, it (fortunately) most probably is.]]
* {{Unwinnable}}: Inverted. Inloosible. It's impossible to lose in this game. See ArtificialStupidity and ForegoneVictory, above.
* AWinnerIsYou: The three-handled "YOU'RE WINNER !" trophy has become [[MemeticMutation more emblematic of the game than anything else]].

* {{Unwinnable}}: Inverted. Inloosible It's impossible to lose in this game. See ArtificialStupidity and ForegoneVictory, above.

* {{Unwinnable}}: Inverted. It's impossible to lose in this game. See ArtificialStupidity and ForegoneVictory, above.

** 5: X-Play didn't have a zero, and they refused to give this game anything higher.

** 5: X-Games didn't have a zero, and they refused to give this game anything higher.

** You can easily surmount the one wall you can't drive through, MOUNTAINS. [[BeyondtheImpossible Without the slightest change in your speed]].