4X4 Jam, an off-road, all-terrain, 4X4 racing game from Invictus, serves up an enjoyable driving experience, whether you choose to outlast your opponents in a checkpoint challenge or outrace them in a “closed” track setting. Of course, the most enjoyable aspect of 4X4 Jam is the ability to roam freely throughout the gaming environment, getting airborne and ripping up turf just for the sheer fun of it.
4X4 Jam features a beautifully-rendered 3D environment in which to experience the realistic physics that will often cause your vehicle to tumble “you-know-what” over teakettle when you take an incline at too high a rate of speed. The game offers 3 difficulty settings and 3 racing options: Off-Road Race, Jam, and Free Ride. Off-Road Race and Jam can support racing against up to 3 on-screen opponents. The former pits you in a race to the finish of 2, 3, 5, or 10 laps. The latter requires you to find checkpoints, or gates, which are indicated by 2 plumes of green smoke. The first to reach 5, 10, 15, or 20 checkpoints is declared the winner. At present, there are only 2 vehicle types to choose from (4X4 Truck or Beetle), 4 customized paint jobs available, and 2 locations in which to compete (Green Fields or Desert). Invictus promises future updates, so hopefully there will be plenty of new vehicles, locations, and other goodies coming soon.
While it can be easy to get lost in the expansive environments, the racing modes feature an indicator arrow, which shows the location of the next gate, as well as the distance to it. The arrow shows the most direct route, which may not always be the best route based on the objects and environmental perils that could impact your trip. Finding the best way is a challenge unto itself. Of course, you can always blow off your racing goals and go where the wind blows, simply enjoying the lay of the land and inevitable crashes and tumbles you’ll take. The game is what you make of it.
The graphics look terrific and the framerate is smooth, even with several 3D vehicles traversing the 3D environment at the same time. The soundtrack offers great engine-roaring and metal carnage sound effects, though vehicle damage is sadly non-existent in the present version. There is no option to play music from your own library at this time, either. Controls come in three flavors, so you can test out different methods to find what works for you. And believe us, with all of the powersliding you’ll be doing, you’re going to want to find the best method by which you can stay the course.
Invictus’ 4X4 Jam gives the player a unique experience, allowing free roaming that you’d be hard pressed to find in another off-road game. This feature alone creates great replayability. Due to its limited current options and sometimes difficult controls, we feel that 4X4 Jam is a solid 4-Dimple racer, with the expectation that the 5th Dimple will be included in an amazing update to a very solid iDevice title.
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