History VideoGame / LEGORacers

''LEGO Racers'' consists of games with, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title suggests]], {{LEGO}} people in {{LEGO}} cars racing each other.

** The Knightmare-Athon and Pirate Skull Pass short-cuts were removed completely, but hacks of the map data show there are still power-ups intact from where they used to be.

* ClassicCheatCode: The first game has a whole slew of cheat codes that are solely meant for messing around, such as turning all the power-ups to one time, having them always maxed out, making parts of the cars invisible (such as the wheels, chassis, or driver), and a fast-forward mode. They only work in Single Races and [[NoFairCheating are not activated if you play Time Trial or Circuit Mode]]. The second game also has a few, though not to the same degree as the first, as the only ones that exist are playing as Martians and a wide-angle view.

* SaveGameLimits: The N64 version required half a Memory Pak to store your data [[note]]The game requires a whopping ''62 pages'' to save your progress. A standard Nintendo brand Memory Pak only has 123 pages, so there's just barely not enough room to hold two save files as it leaves you with 61 left. Third party Paks can hold much more to remedy it, but that's still an insane amount[[/note]]. Otherwise, it was literally impossible to save your game.

* SaveGameLimits: The N64 version required a nearly-empty Memory Pak to store your data. Otherwise, it was literally impossible to save your game.

* InterfaceScrew: When the yellow brick is fully charged up, it'll summon a "Mummy's Curse" that will cause this. To be specific, it reverses steering while it's active, while also severely lowering your top speed.

* DubNameChange: This happens in ''LEGO Racers'' due to the [[IHaveManyNames confusing naming issue]] of two LEGOAdventurers villains. In the American version, the boss of Circuit 5 is named Baron von Barron, and one of the racers in Circuits 3 and 6 is named Sam Sinister. In the European translation, the boss of Circuit 5 is named Mr. Hates, and the racer in Circuits 3 and 6 is named Slyboots.

** [[RobotGirl Gypsy]] [[AcePilot Moth]] is just plain-out faster than you [[note]] [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules Yes, even if you're using Rocket Racer's car set]] [[/note]]. You ''can't'' keep up with her without turbo powerups, or using other powerups to slow her down. Other bosses may have this, but with them, skilful driving can keep up. Against Gypsy, even that's not enough.

* InterfaceScrew: When the yellow brick is fully charged up, it'll lay down a "Mummy's Curse" that will cause this. To be specific, it reverses steering while it's active (although thankfully not acceleration).]] [[note]] Still plenty enough to screw you over if you're not prepared, to say nothing of the fact that it also severely lowers your top speed.[[/note]]

* FlyingSaucer: Alien Rally Asteroid. It will get you if you don't use a blue brick.

* DrivingGame

* InterfaceScrew: When the yellow brick is fully charged up, it'll lay down a "Mummy's Curse" that will cause this.

** [[RobotGirl Gypsy]] [[AcePilot Moth]] is just plain-out faster than you [[note]] [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules Yes, even if you're using Rocket Racer's car set]]. You ''can't'' keep up with her without turbo powerups, or using other powerups to slow her down. Other bosses may have this, but with them, skilful driving can keep up. Against Gypsy, even that's not enough.

* AWinnerIsYou[=/=]BraggingRightsReward: What do you get after spending tons of time looking for all the golden bricks scattered throughout the maps in the second game? Fireworks.

* BuiltWithLEGO

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Adventure Temple Trail features a large lava pit next to the track at the lowest point in the map, complete with minecarts with skeletons inside falling into the lava. Doesn't effect the drivers in the slightest.

** Some of the [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers Dino Island]] racetracks in ''LEGO Racers 2'' pass through a volcano, and there's also a river of lava on [[LEGOLifeOnMars Mars]] and Xalax. If you fall in, you are teleported to safety. If you get hit by a fireball, your car might lose a brick, but that's it.

* DummiedOut: The Knightmare-Athon and Pirate Skull Pass short-cuts were removed completely, but hacks of the map data show there are still power-ups intact from where they used to be.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* GoKartingWithBowser: Or rather, [[Toys/LEGOCastle Basil the Batlord, Willa the Witch]], [[Toys/LEGOAdventurers Baron von Barron]]/[[DubNameChange Mr. Hates]], [[Toys/LEGOSpace Alpha Dragonis]], and [[Toys/LEGOAdventurers Sam Sinister]]/[[DubNameChange Slyboots]] in the first game. [[Toys/LEGOPirates Captain Redbeard and Governor Broadside]] also seem willing to put their differences behind them in Circuit 1.

* {{LEGO}}: Duh.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Well, both games ''do'' have multiplayer features, and each one is a {{Crossover}} of at least four unrelated LEGOThemes...

* NoNameGiven: [[Toys/LEGOCastle King Richard]] is only identified as the "Royal King" and [[Toys/LEGOPirates Cannonball Cordoba/Don Diego de LEGO/Sergeant Speedy]] is only called "The Admiral" in ''LEGO Racers''. The Islander and Black Knight are also left unnamed, though to be fair, they had no names in the original lines.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Ice Planet Pathway.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: On the results screen and in his intro cutscene, [[Toys/LEGOCastle Basil the Bat Lord's]] name is written as "Basil the Batlord" (though, oddly enough, it is written "Bat Lord" on the main menu). Similarly, [[Toys/LEGOPirates Black Jack Hawkins]] has his name written as "Blackjack Hawkins". [[LEGOSpace Alpha Draconis]] has his name spelled "Alpha Dragonis".

* FollowTheLeader: The first ''LEGO Racers'' game is quite similar to ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing's'' gameplay engine, and even the power-ups. But besides that, it's unique with courses, characters, and a build option.
** Many of the PowerUp abilities in ''LEGO Racers 2'' closely mirror those of ''Videogame/MarioKart''. This is most blatant with the ninja Power-Up, which turns your car invisible (preventing the homing missile from homing in on you) and gives you the ability to steal other players' Power-Ups, just like the Boo Power-Up from the ''Mario Kart'' series![[note]]Unlike the Boo Power-Up, though, the ninja Power-Up does not disable collisions, and you actually have to physically collide with another player in order to steal their Power-Up.[[/note]]

* PowerupLetdown: Yellow + one white in the first game is...arguably worse than yellow with no white. Yellow with no white lays down an oil slick that causes the player who comes in contact with it to spin out; it stays for a fairly long period of time, so if you're a little ahead, there's still a chance that a player could run into it. A yellow and a white throws a stick of dynamite behind you that does the same as most projectiles, sending the player flying upward and slowing them down. The problem is that it works more like a backwards projectile rather than a trap, meaning that if there's nobody immediately behind you, it's a complete waste.

A MascotRacer similar to the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series, you can use weapons to help you. In this case you collect colored blocks for different types of power-ups, and collect white blocks to upgrade power-ups. Red are projectiles-like weapons, yellow are traps, blue blocks are defensive shields, and green blocks are speed boosts. To the point that these exact type of pickups are ripped straight out of ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing''.

** ''LEGO Racers 2'' features [[Toys/LEGOCity LEGO Town]], Toys/LEGOAdventurers, Toys/LEGOLifeOnMars, LEGO Arctic, and LEGO Racers. One of the bosses is also an Ice Monster from Franchise/RockRaiders.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Or rather, [[LEGOCastle Basil the Batlord, Willa the Witch]], [[LEGOAdventurers Baron von Barron]]/[[DubNameChange Mr. Hates]], [[LEGOSpace Alpha Dragonis]], and [[LEGOAdventurers Sam Sinister]]/[[DubNameChange Slyboots]] in the first game. [[LEGOPirates Captain Redbeard and Governor Broadside]] also seem willing to put their differences behind them in Circuit 1.
** In the sequel, Go Karting With [[LEGOAdventurers Mr. Cunningham and Sam Sanister]].
* GratuitousGerman: [[LEGOAdventurers Baron von Barron]] uses the German conjunction "und" instead of "and" in the first game.

* HumanoidAliens: [[LEGOSpace Gypsy Moth, Alpha Dragonis]], and the [[LEGOLifeOnMars Martians]].

* NoNameGiven: [[LEGOCastle King Richard]] is only identified as the "Royal King" and [[LEGOPirates Cannonball Cordoba/Don Diego de LEGO/Sergeant Speedy]] is only called "The Admiral" in ''LEGO Racers''. The Islander and Black Knight are also left unnamed, though to be fair, they had no names in the original lines.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: On the results screen and in his intro cutscene, [[LEGOCastle Basil the Bat Lord's]] name is written as "Basil the Batlord" (though, oddly enough, it is written "Bat Lord" on the main menu). Similarly, [[LEGOPirates Black Jack Hawkins]] has his name written as "Blackjack Hawkins". [[LEGOSpace Alpha Draconis]] has his name spelled "Alpha Dragonis".
** In ''LEGO Racers 2'', [[LEGOAdventurers Sam and Alexia Sinister's]] last name is spelled "Sanister". Surprisingly, [[LEGOLifeOnMars Riegel]] [[AvertedTrope averts]] this trope, despite usually falling victim to it.

* {{Crossover}}: ''LEGO Racers'' features LEGOPirates, LEGOCastle, LEGOSpace, and LEGOAdventurers.
** ''LEGO Racers 2'' features [[LEGOCity LEGO Town]], LEGOAdventurers, LEGOLifeOnMars, LEGO Arctic, and LEGO Racers. One of the bosses is also an Ice Monster from Franchise/RockRaiders.

A MascotRacer similar to the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series, you can use weapons to help you. In this case you collect colored blocks for different types of power-ups, and collect white blocks to upgrade power-ups. Red are projectiles-like weapons, yellow are traps, blue blocks are defensive shields, and green blocks are speed boosts. To the point that these exact type of pickups are ripped straight out of DiddyKongRacing.

* FollowTheLeader: The first ''LEGO Racers'' game is quite similar to DiddyKongRacing's gameplay engine, and even the power-ups. But besides that, it's unique with courses, characters, and a build option.

* FlyingSaucer: It will get you if you don't use a blue brick.

* DummiedOut: The Knightmare-Athon and Pirate Skull Pass short-cuts were removed completely, but there are still power-ups intact from where they used to be.

** Basil the Bat Lord uses them all dangerously well, but appears to ever so slightly prefer green bricks.

* DubNameChange: This happens in ''LEGO Racers'' due to the [[IHaveManyNames confusing naming issue]] of two LEGOAdventurers villains. In the American translation, the boss of Circuit 5 is named Baron von Barron, and one of the racers in Circuits 3 and 6 is named Sam Sinister. In the European translation, the boss of Circuit 5 is named Mr. Hates, and the racer in Circuits 3 and 6 is named Slyboots.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: The PS1 version has a ridiculous amount of loading, especially noticeable because the music pauses between ''every single menu''.