History VideoGame / Wreckfest

* ArtisticLicenseSports: While both banger racing and folkracing involve full-contact vehicular mayhem, Wreckfest's take on these forms of racing permit (and encourage) incredibly dangerous driving that would realistically put everyone involved in the hospital or a coffin, or at least get the aggressor banned from the sport. Of course, these lax internal regulations make for [[RuleOfFun much more exciting races]].

** Several of the vanilla and DLC joke vehicles also count, with even their status as 'cars' being somewhat questionable. In addition to what is advertised as the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative 'world's fastest Bumper Car']], there's the Lawnmower, which is essentially just that- a small riding mower souped-up so it can function as a go-kart- in addition to several homemade vehicles like the 'Pocket Rocket' (a small electric kid's car with a real engine installed), the 'Honeypot' (a go-kart with a [[ToiletHumor wooden outhouse]] used as the passenger compartment) and the 'Sofa Car' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a motorized sofa on wheels]]).

* ArtisticLicenseSports: While both banger racing and folkracing involve full-contact vehicular mayhem, Wreckfest's take on these forms of racing permit (and encourage) incredibly dangerous driving that would realistically put everyone involved in a coffin, or at least get the aggressor banned from the sport. Of course, these lax internal regulations make for [[RuleOfFun much more exciting races]].

* ConstructionVehicleRampage: The drivable Harvester is an [[MightyGlacier extremely heavy, but slow]] combine harvester. It's considered a 'Special'-class vehicle and so is not usable in the vast majority of singleplayer events or multiplayer servers, but in any event where you can drive it you can expect to take out more than a few other cars due to its sheer bulk and durability (unless that event happens to be a ''race'' event, in which case the best you can do is try to blockade the road- it's [[CripplingOverspecialization so slow]] that you have zero chance of catching another car in an open environment, let alone winning a race, unless your opposition consists solely of other Harvesters). A large enough hit can also flip the combine and throw the rider.

* {{Fauxrrari}}: All over the place. Apart from a few of the joke vehicles, which are homemade go-kart like constructions, every car in the game is a fairly faithful recreation of a real-life car, none of which are explicitly named-probably because real-life auto companies would be reluctant to give their licenses to a game that involves cars getting smashed up with reckless abandon. Some vehicles have names that allude to their real-life counterparts, such as the car on the cover art -- the "Speedbird", which is based on a 1970 Pontiac Firebird or the "El Matador", itself inspired by the Chevrolet El Camino .

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Of a sort. If you lose two wheels, your car is immediately declared wrecked, which ''does'' save you from having to limp around the course and ensures you aren't left totally helpless after losing both steering or drive wheels.

The game features a singleplayer Career, a singeplayer Tournament mode (which features randomly-generated events that pit the player against AI, sometimes also scoring them relative to the scores of other players), robust online multiplayer and the ability to create a custom event against the AI or alone, for TimeTrial purposes (with per-track online leaderboards tracking your best times).

!! Wreckfest contains examples of:

* AWinnerIsYou: Beating career mode gets you an achievement and a message saying "Congratulations! You have completed the career!". That's it.

* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Vehicular version. Several cars have paintjobs that give you the ability to do this. The starting vehicle, the Rocket, comes with a rather ostentatious American flag paintjob by default.

** Exaggerated with the Wrecking Playground, a remake of Wreckfest's original physics demo designed specifically for goofing around with the game's damage modeling technology.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: While both banger racing and folkracing involve full-contact vehicular mayhem, Wreckfest's take on these forms of racing permit (and encourage) incredibly dangerous driving that would realistically put everyone involved in a coffin, or at least get the aggressor banned from the sport. You would also most likely never see American muscle cars, Japanese subcompacts, and European sedans all sharing the same track even in a demolition derby. Of course, these lax internal regulations make for [[RuleOfFun much more exciting races]].

* CompanyCrossReferences: A stage from ''VideoGame/RallyTrophy'' appears in the list of maps. Be warned: a single lap takes about [[MarathonLevel six minutes]].

* FragileSpeedster: Many banger racers (such as Boomer and Bulldog) have powerful engines and fast acceleration, but suffer from being flimsily built and take major performance hits when armor is applied.

* {{Fauxrrari}}: All over the place. Apart from a few of the joke vehicles, which are homemade go-kart like constructions, every car in the game is a fairly faithful recreation of a real-life car, none of which are explicitly named-probably because real-life auto companies would be reluctant to give their licenses to a game that involves cars getting smashed up with reckless abandon. Some vehicles have names that allude to their real-life counterparts, such as the car on the cover art- the "Speedbird", which is based on a 1970 Pontiac Firebird or the "El Matador", inspired by the Chevrolet El Camino .

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Done with damage settings, which change how cars are damaged by each other and the enviroment, altering things such as the severity of collisions. These difficulties are...
** Normal
** Intense
** Realistic
** Extreme

* {{Fauxrrari}}: All over the place. Apart from a few of the joke vehicles, which are homemade go-kart like constructions, every car in the game is a fairly faithful recreation of a real-life car, none of which are explicitly named. Some vehicles have names that allude to their real-life counterparts, such as the car on the cover art- the "Speedbird", which is based on a 1970 Pontiac Firebird or the "El Matador", inspired by the Chevrolet El Camino .

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Several special events will reward you with cosmetic liveries for certain vehicles. In addition, completing the career gives you [[spoiler: a gold "number 1" livery for the Speedbird.]]
** Many smaller Tournament rewards are additional liveries and other cosmetics for cars, as well.

* AWinnerIsYou: Beating career mode gets you an achievement and a message saying "Congratulations! You have completed the career!". That's it.

** Damaging one of the performance components will reduce its performance- damaging the engine reduces your power, transmission damage slows your shift speed, suspension or wheel damage screws up your handling and damaged brakes[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin reduce your braking ability]].

Rather than driving a glitzy, nitro-fueled supercar, the player will usually have to make use of a fresh-out-of-the-junkyard clunker with the interior stripped out and a roll cage welded in, and rather than punishing the player for racing in an unsportsmanlike manner, the game actually ''encourages'' wrecking other drivers in the most brutal ways possible.

* {{Fauxrrari}}: All over the place. Apart from a few of the joke vehicles, which are homemade go-kart like constructions, every car in the game is a fairly faithful recreation of a real-life car, none of which are explicitly named. Some vehicles however do allude to their real-life counterparts, such as the car on the cover art- the 'Speedbird', which is based on a 1970 Pontiac ''Firebird''.

** Damaging one of the performance components will reduce its performance- damaging the engine reduces your power, transmission damage your shift speed, suspension or wheel damage screws up your handling and damaged brakes... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin reduce your braking ability]].

* FragileSpeedster: Many banger racers (such as Boomer and Bulldog) have powerful engines and fast acceleration, but suffer from being flimsily built and taking major performance hits when armor is applied.

* ConstructionVehicleRampage: The drivable Harvester is an [[MightyGlacier extremely heavy, but slow]] combine harvester. It's considered a 'Special'-class vehicle and so is not usable in the vast majority of singleplayer events or multiplayer servers, but in any event where you can drive it you can expect to take out more than a few other cars due to its sheer bulk and durability (unless that event happens to be a ''race'' event, in which case the best you can do is try to blockade the road- it's [[CripplingOverspecialization so slow]] that you have zero chance of catching another car in an open environment, let alone winning a race). A large enough hit can also flip the combine and throw the rider.

** {{Inverted}} with the Boomer RS, where you have to beat a highly customized Boomer in it to unlock it for general use.

* TheAllegedCar: Given that the game revolves around competitions that involve heavily damaging your car, this is expected. Most of the cars in the game qualify in one way or another, with visibly missing lights or grilles, crude welds and heavily dented body panels and [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking garish demolition derby slogans]] (depending on the player's customization).

* FragileSpeedster: Many banger racers (such as Boomer and Bulldog) have powerful engines and fast acceleration, but suffer from being flimsily built and having major performance hits when armor is applied.

->''"All events depicted in this game are fictitious. We do not condone reckless driving or rude driving manners. Always adhere to the traffic laws, be mindful of the road users and drive safely. If you want to race, take it to the track."''

->''"[[{{Tagline}} Drive hard. Die last.]]"''