The road to demolition

Last chance saloon
The wet surface and slippery mud of this Rallycross track make it the most difficult, as the cars become skittish and unresponsive in the muck. The result is the most aggressive boot-to-bumper racing, as your mostly intelligent opponents try to shove you aside if you block their line. Just watch out for the shower of tires and body parts.

Rally big things
Moving like a greased tiger, the rally stages probably still look the finest of all. Unbelievably detailed backgrounds and ever-changing surfaces slide beneath your wheels, and you feel every bump through the slightly improved handling. The track design is better than in the past, with more interesting curves and climbs between the straights.

Fever switch
The Crossover races are taken from the real world of rally driving in which two racers go head-to-head on a concrete track over two laps. They probably aren’t the most exciting of the races on hand, since we’ve all seen them before in numerous other games, but they can still offer a serious challenge to any driver.

Fantastic CORR
These bumpy CORR buggies with their bouncy suspension and tendency to fly might make you think of MotorStorm. But while the other drivers are happy to test your seatbelts, if you roll the jeep no one will set you right again. It’s dangerous stuff as you can be bumped from first to last - but if you want fun, you’re in the right place.

Close but no Dakar
The Rally Raid levels show off the light effects, with the retina-burning sun reflecting off the cars and causing the plants and scenery to have a slight halo glow around them. And you get more time to look at the scenery here, as the long laps and slower speed of the trucks makes this a more considered form of racing.

Slope opera
Where some of the events are frantic, bumper-trashing affairs, the hill climbs are pure racing - just you versus the mountain. The track is the legendary Pike’s Peak, the car is a Montero and your knuckles are gradually turning a shade of white.