![]() ![]() As you earn points from winning events you’ll eventually be able to participate in the Finals of the league where a win allows you to move up into the next tier. The early events won’t cost anything to enter, but the closer events get to the finals the more the entry cost becomes, though so does the rewards you can earn for winning. It’s important to differentiate these two main types of events, as the physics are completely different in both, which takes some getting used to, but more on that shortly. You have your typical races, drag races and then destruction and freestyle events. ![]() There are over 25 arenas for the different event types, some indoors and others out, but they all blend together, none really standing out from the others.Įach of the three leagues are broken into different events, with each event then consisting of two to five individual races or destruction modes. As you win events you’ll earn points and money, allowing you to eventually move up the ranks and into the bigger leagues. You start your Monster Truck career with a basic truck with basically no stats in the lowest League possible. The majority of your time is going to be spent in the Career Mode, and while there is an online component, there’s little to no reason to play it, which I’ll get into shortly. Sadly Monster Truck Championship isn’t licensed at all, so don’t expect to see any real life counterparts in the game. Now on one hand, if a game is being touted as a simulator, I would expect it to reflect the sport as accurately as possible, which meant I was excited to see the classic and best known trucks there are such as Bigfoot and Gravedigger. While there’s been a handful of Monster Truck games in the past, they were usually always very arcade-y, so I was curious to see what a simulation take would be. What initially intrigued me about Monster Truck Championship, developed by NACON and TEYON, is that it touts itself on being the first Monster Truck “simulator”. Monster Trucks, before the world is in the situation it’s in these days, were so popular that they were able to fill arenas full of fans wanting to watch these machines do what they do best. ![]() The tricks Monster Trucks can do now these days is absolutely insane, and I can’t even imagine having the power of nearly 2000 horses at your disposal to crush anything in front of you. Also, much of this Monster Truck Championship review will have content from my original review that pertains to the base game, as nothing substantial on that front hasn’t changed aside from the fresh coat of paint. Full disclosure we were provided a code for Monster Truck Championship at its initial launch for Xbox One and for Monster Truck Championship for Xbox Series X. That being said, I wish this next-gen version was the version I initially reviewed, as it’s a much smoother experience overall. It should also be noted that this isn’t a free upgrade/patch like how many titles are doing if you bought last-gen versions that upgrade to Series X, so if you’ve previously bought Monster Truck Championship for Xbox One and want it for Series X, it’s going to cost you another rebuy unfortunately, which is quite disappointing. To be honest, I expected to be given the option of a Quality or Performance mode like how most next-gen titles are doing, but that isn’t the case here, as you simply get a smoother experience overall. Now boasting 4K 60FPS, Monster Truck Championship on Xbox Series X fixes many of the issues I had with its original release on last gen. It seems they’ve taken feedback to heart and have made some improvements for the new consoles, releasing a version specifically for Xbox Series X/S. I actually ended up reviewing the original Monster Truck Championship on an Xbox One X as it was just before the new console launch, and while I appreciated a new take on the monster truck genre, it had a slew of issues with its visual fidelity, framerate drops and draw distance which took away from the experience as a whole. Back in October 2020, Monster Truck Championship released, touted as being the first monster truck simulator as opposed to the typical arcade experience you get with these types of games.
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