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|developer = [[Gaben]]
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'''''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''''' is a 2003 [[racing video game]] developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing. The player controls a [[semi-trailer truck]] (a "big rig") and races a stationary opponent through [[Checkpoint (video gaming)|checkpoints]] on US [[truck routes]]. Stellar Stone, based in California, [[Outsourcing|outsourced]] the game's development to Ukraine, and the game was released in an unfinished state on November 20, 2003. Due to a multitude of [[Software bug|bugs]] and lack of proper gameplay, ''Big Rigs'' was critically panned, became the worst-rated game on [[review aggregator]] websites [[Metacritic]] and [[GameRankings]], and has frequently been cited as one of the [[worst video games of all time]] by gaming publications.
'''''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''''' (often simply referred to as '''''Big Rigs''''') is a 2003 [[third person (video games)|third-person]] [[racing game|racing]] [[video game]] developed by [[Stellar Stone]] and published by [[Activision Value]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] [[personal computer|PC system]]s; in 2004, [[GameMill Publishing]] was instead chosen to distribute copies of the title. The game was released only in North America.


== Gameplay ==
Although the packaging of ''Big Rigs'' states that the main objective of the game is to race their [[Big Rig]] to safety in order to deliver illegal cargo being carried by the vessel, while avoiding the local [[police force]], in actuality, there are no police in the game, and no such objectives are presented within the game itself. Much of the game instead centers on the player racing their truck against fellow drivers to the [[finish line]]; however, the player's computer-controlled opponent vehicles have no [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] and never move from the starting position. In addition, due to a lack of [[collision detection]], there are no obstacles to negotiate within the game, and the [[laws of physics]] can be violated frequently.
[[File:Big Rigs Over the Road Racing screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|A big rig climbing a steep mountain]]
''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' is a [[racing video game]].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameZone: Worst" /> Although the game's [[Video game packaging|packaging]] states the objective as racing over US [[truck routes]] to be the first to deliver cargo and avoid arrest by the police, the game features no law enforcement. The player chooses from four playable [[semi-trailer truck]]s ("big rigs") and five truck routes, although selecting the fourth route will cause the game to [[Crash (computing)|crash]]. Once selected, the player navigates their truck through [[Checkpoint (video gaming)|checkpoints]] using the [[arrow keys]]. Driving in reverse allows the truck to accelerate indefinitely, while releasing the associated key will instantly halt it.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" />


There is no time limit to complete a race, and the opponent does not move.{{efn|With a "1.0" [[Patch (computing)|patch]] dated November 2003, the opponent starts driving along the road but stops before the finish line.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Stellar Stone: Support" />}} The player's truck can pass through the opponent and all objects placed on the route due to a lack of [[collision detection]]. [[Off-roading]] bears no traction penalty, hills can be ascended and descended without affecting the truck's speed, and traversal is possible in the void outside the [[Level (video games)|game map]]. Completing a race rewards the player with an image of a trophy bearing the grammatically incorrect phrase {{sic|"You're winner !"}}.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Review" />{{Clear|left}}
''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' received unanimously negative reviews; much of the criticism for the game was directed at a lack of collision detection, frequent glitches, its visuals, and severe lack of functionality. As a result, the title is currently regarded as the worst or one of the [[List of video games notable for negative reception|worst video games of all-time]]. Despite these criticisms, the game sold fairly well, selling nearly 20,000 copies in total, as well as gaining a cult following on the internet.


== Development and release ==
==Gameplay==
The development of ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was commissioned by Stellar Stone, a company based in [[Santa Monica, California]], and founded in late 2000 that [[Outsourcing|outsourced]] game development to [[Eastern Europe]]an countries like Russia.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Stellar Stone: Company" /> Sergey Titov, the [[chief executive officer]] of TS Group Entertainment, licensed his Eternity [[game engine]] to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk of the company".<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /><ref name="TS Group: Eternity" /> According to him, ''Big Rigs'' was developed by a team in Ukraine.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> Although Titov is credited as the producer and co-programmer of the game, he claimed that he had neither much input on the development, nor the possibility to halt the game's release.<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits" /><ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> He stated that publisher GameMill Publishing initially sought to release one racing game [[stock keeping unit]] but later decided to split it in two—''Big Rigs'' and ''Midnight Race Club''—and shipped ''Big Rigs'' in what Titov believed was a [[pre-alpha]] state.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" /> The game was released on November 20, 2003, for [[Windows]] and distributed exclusively through [[Wal-Mart]] stores.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="GameSpot: Release" /><ref name="GameSpot: 1 out of 10" /> Titov later offered to replace the game with any [[Activision Value]] title for buyers sending him their game copy, sales receipt, and registration card, which twenty people did.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" />
[[File:Big Rigs.jpg|thumb|left|210px|A [[Big Rig]] drives into a wall in the "Small Town Road" level; a severe lack of [[collision detection]] and frequent violation of the [[laws of physics]] were the game's main problems.]]
The [[Video game packaging|packaging]] of ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' states that the objective of the game is for the player to "[...] deliver illegal cargo, with [[police|cops]] chasing [them]"; however, in actuality, there are no police in the game or, seemingly, any objectives to complete.<ref name="gamespot">{{Cite web|authorlink=Alex Navarro|last=Navarro|first=Alex|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/review.html|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing for PC Review|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=2004-01-14|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref> The packaging also states that the player must "race trucks across [[United States of America|the country]]" while delivering such cargo; however, although computer-controlled opponent vehicles do indeed appear in the game, they have no [[artificial intelligence]], and never move from their starting position.<ref name="VideoSift">{{Cite web|url=http://www.videosift.com/video/Worst-Game-Ever-Big-Rigs|title=Worst Game Ever - Big Rigs|publisher=VideoSift|date=2006-07-28|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref>


== Reception ==
There are technically no obstacles for the player to negotiate in ''Big Rigs'', as the truck may freely be driven on and off roads without any loss of traction, up or down 90° slopes with no loss or gain of speed, [[collision detection|through structures such as buildings and trees]], simply falling right through [[bridge]]s, and even out of the boundaries of the map into an endless grey void. When the player's vehicle is put into reverse, it can accelerate indefinitely, but the truck will halt instantly when the reverse key is released.<ref name="gamespot video">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/video/919220/6086530/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-video-review|last=Navarro|first=Alex|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Video Review|date=2004-01-14|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref>
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''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' received "overwhelming dislike", according to the [[review aggregator]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="Metacritic" /> Based on five critic reviews, the site calculated a [[weighted average]] rating of 8/100, its lowest ever.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /><ref name="Metacritic" /> The game also stood as the all-time worst game on [[GameRankings]].<ref name="GameSpot: Broken Games" /> ''Big Rigs'' has been cited as one of the [[worst video games of all time]] by ''[[GameSpot]]'' (2004),<ref name="GameSpot: Flat-Out Worst" /> ''[[PC Gamer]]'' (2010 and 2019),<ref name="PC Gamer: Worst 2010" /><ref name="PC Gamer: Worst 2019" /> ''[[Kotaku]]'' (2012 and 2015),<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /><ref name="Kotaku: AGDQ" /> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' (2013),<ref name="CVG: Worst" /> ''Hardcore Gamer'' (2014),<ref name="Hardcore Gamer: Worst" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' (2015),<ref name="The Guardian: Worst" /> and ''[[GamesRadar+]]'' (2017).<ref name="GamesRadar+: Worst" /> On ''[[X-Play]]''{{'}}s March 2004 "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, co-host [[Morgan Webb]] described ''Big Rigs'' as "the worst game ever made" and refused to score it, as the program's rating system did not allow for a zero score.<ref name="G4: Never Buy" /><ref name="G4: Nugget" /> Steve Haske of ''GameZone'' regarded it as the "most abysmal" racing game in 2011.<ref name="GameZone: Worst" />
Though there appear to be five courses from which to choose, only four are playable. The fourth map, titled "Nightride", does not function and selecting it simply [[Crash (computing)|crashes]] or quits the game.<ref name="gamespot"/> Upon completion of the race, the game displays a large three-handled [[trophy]] and the now infamous text "YOU'RE WINNER !"{{sic}}<ref name="gamespot"/> The game occasionally fails to distinguish between whether the player is starting or finishing the race when they pass through the starting point, and so this congratulatory screen may appear within seconds of starting a game, ending the race before it even begins.


Alex Navarro reviewed ''Big Rigs'' for ''GameSpot'' in January 2004 and criticized the game's high number of [[Software bug|bugs]] (including the absence of collision detection, enemy movement, and [[game physics]]), lack of proper gameplay, and poor truck controls.<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Additionally, he labeled the game as "easily one of the worst-looking [[PC game]]s released in years" and "almost completely broken and blatantly unfinished in nearly every way", declaring that ''Big Rigs'' was "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend".<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /> Navarro rated the game a 1/10 (described as "abysmal"), the lowest score ''GameSpot'' allowed and had up to that point.<ref name="GameSpot: Review" /><ref name="GameSpot: Frightfully Bad" /> He later argued that ''GameSpot'' should have introduced a 0/10 rating for ''Big Rigs''.<ref name="GameSpot: Frightfully Bad" /> The game remained the only one to have received a 1/10 rating from ''GameSpot'' until 2013's ''[[Ride to Hell: Retribution]]''.<ref name="GameSpot: 1 out of 10" /> In the site's 2004 year-end accolades, ''Big Rigs'' was named the "Flat-Out Worst Game" and the editors stated that they would henceforth use the game's winning trophy to represent the award.<ref name="GameSpot: Flat-Out Worst" />
[[Stellar Stone]] released a patch that addressed some of the game's complaints.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/download_6086554.html|title=Big Rigs:Over the Road Racing v1.0 Patch|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=2004-01-15|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref> With the patch, the opponent vehicles participate in the race,<ref name="swankworld">{{Cite web|url=http://www.swankworld.net/Games/PC/bigrigs/bigrigsreview.htm|title=Big Rigs Over the Road Racing (PC) Review|publisher=SwankWorld|first=Brad|last=Hicks|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref> but stop before they reach the finish line, making the game still impossible to lose. Nightride, the non-functional track, was replaced with an exact mirror image of the first track, Devil Passage 1. Some versions of the patch replaced the "YOU'RE WINNER !" text with "YOU WIN !". Sound effects were also added, and later copies shipped with the patch by default. However, no effort was made to alter the physics of the game, and other common complaints were not addressed.<ref name="swankworld" />


In 2014, Alex Carlson of ''Hardcore Gamer'' remarked that, because ''Big Rigs'' lacked a challenge, incentive to play, and ability to lose, it could not be accurately described as a game.<ref name="Hardcore Gamer: Worst" /> According to Steven Strom of ''[[Ars Technica]]'', "''Big Rigs'' isn't just a failure of programming (thanks to numerous bugs and crashes). It's a failure of creativity."<ref name="Ars Technica: Metacritic" /> ''[[Hardcore Gaming 101]]''{{'}}s Paul Chenevert was torn between calling ''Big Rigs'' "hilariously campy or just shamefully terrible".<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" />
==Development==
''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' was [[video game developer|developed]]<ref name="Big Rigs Summary"/> and [[video game programmer|programmed]] in [[Ukraine]]<ref name="WINNER"/> by California-based company Stellar Stone;<ref name="Big Rigs Summary">[http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/tech_info.html?tag=tabs%3Bsummary]</ref> however, Sergey Titov was incorrectly credited as [[lead programmer]] due to his involvement in creating and licensing his [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[video game engine|engine]] to Stellar Stone via his company TS Group Entertainment.<ref name="WINNER">{{cite web |url=http://www.yourewinner.com/index.php?action=stitovinterview |date=2008-09-21 |title=Interview with Sergey Titov of TS Group Entertainment |publisher=you'rewinner.com |accessdate=2010-05-04}}</ref> Both ''Big Rigs'' and ''Midnight Race Club: Supercharged!'' were originally intended to be released as one game; however, Stellar Stone split the project in two early on in production.<ref name="WINNER"/> The reason for this is unclear; Titov speculates it was to increase sales.<ref name="WINNER"/>


==Reception==
== Legacy ==
[[Jason Schreier]], writing for ''Kotaku'' in 2012, opined that the humorous video accompanying Navarro's ''Big Rigs'' review "immortalized" the game.<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /> A satirical review on ''[[Angry Video Game Nerd]]'' significantly contributed to the game's popularity.<ref name="CD-Action: Matura" /> ''Big Rigs'' has attracted a [[cult following]], with ''yourewinner.com'' forming a dedicated [[fansite]].<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" /> David Houghton of ''GamesRadar'' attributed the game's notoriety to its bugs, saying that, otherwise, "''Big Rigs'' would simply be an unremarkable, long-forgotten racing also-ran, rather than the festival of hilarity it currently stands as".<ref name="GamesRadar+: Glitches" /> Titov went on to work for [[Riot Games]] on ''[[League of Legends]]'' before releasing ''[[The War Z]]'' in December 2012.<ref name="Kotaku: The War Z" /> In September 2008, he stated that he was still in possession of the [[source code]] for ''Big Rigs'' and Eternity, but could not release the former because the game was still owned by Stellar Stone and GameMill.<ref name="yourewinner.com: Interview" />
[[Image:YOU'RE WINNER trophy.jpg|left|thumb|210px|The infamous "YOU'RE WINNER !" screen; a lack of proper grammar was another major criticism of ''Big Rigs''.]]
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The [[NYU Game Center]] exhibited ''Big Rigs'' as part of its ''Bad Is Beautiful: An Exhibition Exploring Fascinatingly Bad Games at the NYU Game Center'' in April 2012.<ref name="Kotaku: Exhibition" /> In January 2015, Navarro performed a [[speedrun]] of the game for the [[Awesome Games Done Quick]] charity event.<ref name="Kotaku: AGDQ" /><ref name="Giant Bomb: AGDQ" /> The English test of the 2022 Polish ''[[Matura]]'' featured an excerpt from a ''Big Rigs'' review.<ref name="CD-Action: Matura" />
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''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' received overwhelming negative reviews from critics,<ref name="Metacritic"/> and has been frequently listed among the [[List of video games notable for negative reception|worst video games of all-time]].<ref name="Worst"/><ref name="GameRankings"/> It garnered an 8 out of 100 score on [[Metacritic]], with the only scores higher than 0 being 1, which were given by websites that did not have a 0 score,<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing/critic-reviews|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref> giving it the lowest score of any game on Metacritic,<ref name="Worst">{{Cite web|url=http://apps.metacritic.com/search/process?ty=3&ts=&tfs=game_all&sb=4&release_date_s=&release_date_e=&metascore_s=1&metascore_e=100&x=11&y=8|title=Search Results from Metacritic.com|work=The worst games of Metacritic|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref> as well as an average score of 3.83% on [[GameRankings]], making it the number one "All-Time Worst" video game on the website.<ref name="GameRankings">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/919220-big-rigs-over-the-road-racing/index.html|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|publisher=[[GameRankings]]|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?sort=1]</ref>


== Notes ==
Matt Wadleigh of ''[[Thunderbolt (website)|Thunderbolt Games]]'' stated "I wish I could think of some redeeming factors for [''Big Rigs''], but there simply aren't any", rating the game a score of 1/10.<ref name="thundergames">{{Cite web|last=Wadleigh|first=Matt|url=http://www.thunderboltgames.com/reviews/viewreview.php?rid=381|title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review - PC|publisher=[[Thunderbolt (website)|Thunderbolt Games]]|date=2004-03-22|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref> It was also featured on the ''[[X-Play]]'' "Games You Should Never Buy" segment where series co-host [[Morgan Webb]] described ''Big Rigs'' as "the worst game ever made," and refused to even rate it as their 1/5 rating system did not feature a zero score.<ref name="X-Play">{{Cite web|last=Satterfield|first=Shane|url=http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/484/Games_You_Should_Never_Buy.html|title=Games You Should Never Buy|publisher=[[X-Play]]|date=2004-03-23|accessdate=2009-05-31|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050406001445/http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/484/Games_You_Should_Never_Buy.html|archivedate=2005-04-06}}</ref> Netjak gave the game 0.0, commenting that a preferable negative score was not given because the design of the site wouldn't let the reviewer do so.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing'' review|url=http://www.netjak.com/review.php/537|first=Clayton|last=Chan|publisher=Netjak|date=2004-01-21|accessdate=2009-05-31}}</ref> [[Alex Navarro]] of [[GameSpot]] declared that ''Big Rigs'' is "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend"; later in his review, Navarro added, "Please do not play this game. We cannot stress this enough."<ref name="gamespot"/> Navarro's video review has no narration whatsoever; it consists of in-game footage interspersed with wider [[Shot (filmmaking)|shots]] showing Navarro staring in disbelief, crying, beating his head on a desk and finally exiting the building and lying down in the middle of an alley in disgust. In the [[Halloween]] video ''Frightfully Bad Games'', Navarro stated, "This game received the lowest score in the history of GameSpot, a 1.0. And by lowest, I mean it can't ''go'' any lower. We don't hand out zeros, but maybe we should have for ''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''."
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== References ==
''Big Rigs'' has developed a reputation for its poor quality; in GameSpot's "Best and Worst of 2004" awards, ''Big Rigs'' was given the "Flat-out Worst Game" award, despite the fact that the game was actually released in 2003. They said that they would use the "YOU'RE WINNER !" trophy as a symbol for the 'Flat-Out Worst Game' award from then on, but by 2005, a more generic logo was used.<ref name="gamespotaward">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/day3w_12.html|title=Flat-Out Worst Game|work=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2004|publisher=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> In 2009, the game was nominated for Worst Video Game of the Decade at the 2009 SAGY Awards by ''[[ScrewAttack]]'', losing to ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.<ref name="SA">{{cite web|url=http://screwattack.com/videos/SAGY-Awards-2009-Worst-Game-of-the-Decade-Winner |title=SAGY Awards 2009 Worst Game of the Decade Winner &#124; ScrewAttack - Metal Gear Ben Finale LATER TODAY! |publisher=ScrewAttack |date= |accessdate=2010-05-14}}</ref> In ''[[Skate 3]]'' for the [[Xbox 360]] and [[PlayStation 3]], the player can obtain an achievement or trophy entitled "You're Winner" if he or she wins an online match, a reference to ''Big Rigs''' "YOU'RE WINNER !" trophy. <ref>[http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/skate-3/achievement/38927-You%E2%80%99re-Winner-.html Xbox 360 Achievements: You're Winner!]</ref> Actual sales figures for the game are unknown, although GameSpot has stated that "perhaps most disgusting of all is that this game actually ''sold copies''. More copies, in fact, than more than half of our finalists in the Best Game No One Played category", the criteria for which is selling fewer than 20,000 copies of the game.<ref name="gamespotaward"/>
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<ref name="Ars Technica: Metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/ |title=What I learned playing Metacritic's all-time worst-scoring PC games |first=Steven |last=Strom |date=August 7, 2016 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911010402/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/what-i-learned-playing-metacritics-all-time-worst-scoring-pc-games/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of video games notable for negative reception]]


<ref name="Big Rigs: Credits">{{cite video game |title=Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing |developer=Stellar Stone |publisher=GameMill Publishing |date=November 20, 2003 |platform=[[Windows]] |scene=Credits}}</ref>
==References==
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<ref name="CD-Action: Matura">{{cite web |url=https://cdaction.pl/newsy/matura-2022-big-rigs-jedna-z-najgorszych-gier-wszech-czasow-na-egzaminie-z-angielskiego |title=Matura 2022: Big Rigs, jedna z najgorszych gier wszech czasów, na egzaminie z angielskiego |language=pl |trans-title=Matura 2022: Big Rigs, one of the worst games of all time, on the English exam |first=Jakub |last=Gańko |date=May 9, 2022 |website=[[CD-Action]] |access-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007144956/https://cdaction.pl/newsy/matura-2022-big-rigs-jedna-z-najgorszych-gier-wszech-czasow-na-egzaminie-z-angielskiego |url-status=live}}</ref>
==External links==

*{{GameFAQs|type=/computer/doswin|num=919220|name=''Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing''}}
<ref name="CVG: Worst">{{cite web |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407232/features/the-12-worst-games-of-all-time/ |title=The 21 worst games of all time |first=Iain |last=Wilson |date=May 25, 2013 |website=[[Computer and Video Games]] |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526192941/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/407232/features/the-12-worst-games-of-all-time/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing Metacritic review summary]

*[http://www.gamespot.com/video/919220/6086530/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing-video-review Big Rigs speechless GameSpot Review]
<ref name="G4: Never Buy">{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/484/Games_You_Should_Never_Buy.html |title=Games You Should Never Buy |first=Shane |last=Satterfield |date=March 23, 2004 |website=[[G4 (American TV network)|G4]] |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406001445/http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/484/Games_You_Should_Never_Buy.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[http://www.yourewinner.com/ Big Rigs Fansite]

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"Big Rigs" redirects here. For other uses, see Big Rig (disambiguation).

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Developer(s)Stellar Stone
Publisher(s)GameMill Publishing
Producer(s)Sergey Titov[1]
Designer(s)Artem Mironovsky[1]
Programmer(s)
  • Denis Julitov
  • Sergey Titov[1]
Artist(s)
  • Yaroslav Kulov
  • Svetlana Slavinskaya
  • Peter Jameson
  • Tim Maletsky[1]
Composer(s)Alex Burton[1]
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • NA: November 20, 2003
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a 2003 racing video game developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing. The player controls a semi-trailer truck (a "big rig") and races a stationary opponent through checkpoints on US truck routes. Stellar Stone, based in California, outsourced the game's development to Ukraine, and the game was released in an unfinished state on November 20, 2003. Due to a multitude of bugs and lack of proper gameplay, Big Rigs was critically panned, became the worst-rated game on review aggregator websites Metacritic and GameRankings, and has frequently been cited as one of the worst video games of all time by gaming publications.

Gameplay

A big rig climbing a steep mountain

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a racing video game.[2][3] Although the game's packaging states the objective as racing over US truck routes to be the first to deliver cargo and avoid arrest by the police, the game features no law enforcement. The player chooses from four playable semi-trailer trucks ("big rigs") and five truck routes, although selecting the fourth route will cause the game to crash. Once selected, the player navigates their truck through checkpoints using the arrow keys. Driving in reverse allows the truck to accelerate indefinitely, while releasing the associated key will instantly halt it.[2][4]

There is no time limit to complete a race, and the opponent does not move.[a] The player's truck can pass through the opponent and all objects placed on the route due to a lack of collision detection. Off-roading bears no traction penalty, hills can be ascended and descended without affecting the truck's speed, and traversal is possible in the void outside the game map. Completing a race rewards the player with an image of a trophy bearing the grammatically incorrect phrase "You're winner !" [sic].[2][4]

Development and release

The development of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was commissioned by Stellar Stone, a company based in Santa Monica, California, and founded in late 2000 that outsourced game development to Eastern European countries like Russia.[2][6] Sergey Titov, the chief executive officer of TS Group Entertainment, licensed his Eternity game engine to Stellar Stone in exchange for a "large chunk of the company".[7][8] According to him, Big Rigs was developed by a team in Ukraine.[7] Although Titov is credited as the producer and co-programmer of the game, he claimed that he had neither much input on the development, nor the possibility to halt the game's release.[1][7] He stated that publisher GameMill Publishing initially sought to release one racing game stock keeping unit but later decided to split it in two—Big Rigs and Midnight Race Club—and shipped Big Rigs in what Titov believed was a pre-alpha state.[7] The game was released on November 20, 2003, for Windows and distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart stores.[2][9][10] Titov later offered to replace the game with any Activision Value title for buyers sending him their game copy, sales receipt, and registration card, which twenty people did.[2]

Reception

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing received "overwhelming dislike", according to the review aggregator website Metacritic.[11] Based on five critic reviews, the site calculated a weighted average rating of 8/100, its lowest ever.[2][11] The game also stood as the all-time worst game on GameRankings.[12] Big Rigs has been cited as one of the worst video games of all time by GameSpot (2004),[13] PC Gamer (2010 and 2019),[14][15] Kotaku (2012 and 2015),[16][17] Computer and Video Games (2013),[18] Hardcore Gamer (2014),[19] The Guardian (2015),[20] and GamesRadar+ (2017).[21] On X-Play's March 2004 "Games You Should Never Buy" segment, co-host Morgan Webb described Big Rigs as "the worst game ever made" and refused to score it, as the program's rating system did not allow for a zero score.[22][23] Steve Haske of GameZone regarded it as the "most abysmal" racing game in 2011.[3]

Alex Navarro reviewed Big Rigs for GameSpot in January 2004 and criticized the game's high number of bugs (including the absence of collision detection, enemy movement, and game physics), lack of proper gameplay, and poor truck controls.[4] Additionally, he labeled the game as "easily one of the worst-looking PC games released in years" and "almost completely broken and blatantly unfinished in nearly every way", declaring that Big Rigs was "as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend".[4] Navarro rated the game a 1/10 (described as "abysmal"), the lowest score GameSpot allowed and had up to that point.[4][24] He later argued that GameSpot should have introduced a 0/10 rating for Big Rigs.[24] The game remained the only one to have received a 1/10 rating from GameSpot until 2013's Ride to Hell: Retribution.[10] In the site's 2004 year-end accolades, Big Rigs was named the "Flat-Out Worst Game" and the editors stated that they would henceforth use the game's winning trophy to represent the award.[13]

In 2014, Alex Carlson of Hardcore Gamer remarked that, because Big Rigs lacked a challenge, incentive to play, and ability to lose, it could not be accurately described as a game.[19] According to Steven Strom of Ars Technica, "Big Rigs isn't just a failure of programming (thanks to numerous bugs and crashes). It's a failure of creativity."[25] Hardcore Gaming 101's Paul Chenevert was torn between calling Big Rigs "hilariously campy or just shamefully terrible".[2]

Legacy

Jason Schreier, writing for Kotaku in 2012, opined that the humorous video accompanying Navarro's Big Rigs review "immortalized" the game.[16] A satirical review on Angry Video Game Nerd significantly contributed to the game's popularity.[26] Big Rigs has attracted a cult following, with yourewinner.com forming a dedicated fansite.[2] David Houghton of GamesRadar attributed the game's notoriety to its bugs, saying that, otherwise, "Big Rigs would simply be an unremarkable, long-forgotten racing also-ran, rather than the festival of hilarity it currently stands as".[27] Titov went on to work for Riot Games on League of Legends before releasing The War Z in December 2012.[16] In September 2008, he stated that he was still in possession of the source code for Big Rigs and Eternity, but could not release the former because the game was still owned by Stellar Stone and GameMill.[7]

The NYU Game Center exhibited Big Rigs as part of its Bad Is Beautiful: An Exhibition Exploring Fascinatingly Bad Games at the NYU Game Center in April 2012.[28] In January 2015, Navarro performed a speedrun of the game for the Awesome Games Done Quick charity event.[17][29] The English test of the 2022 Polish Matura featured an excerpt from a Big Rigs review.[26]

Notes

  1. ^ With a "1.0" patch dated November 2003, the opponent starts driving along the road but stops before the finish line.[2][5]

References

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  8. ^ Titov, Sergey (March 3, 2000). "Eternity 3D Engine". TS Group Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 3, 2003.
  9. ^ "Week of 11/16/2003". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003.
  10. ^ a b Gerstmann, Jeff; O'Dwyer, Danny; VanOrd, Kevin; Watters, Chris; Mihoerck, Dan; Tay, Erick; Kish, Mary; Shaw, Josh (February 11, 2015). 1 out of 10: The Worst Games Ever Reviewed on GameSpot. GameSpot. Event occurs at 2:24–5:03. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
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  19. ^ a b Carlson, Alex (January 2, 2014). "How the Worst Game of 2013 Is Actually Better Than Big Rigs". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  20. ^ Stuart, Keith; Kelly, Andy; Parkin, Simon (October 15, 2015). "The 30 worst video games of all time – part one". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
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