## Description

Jack Hammer is a truck driver with a problem. A guy named Jorge planted a bomb
in his head and forces him to work for the Agency which requires him to kill
people. Granted, the guys he kills aren’t angels themselves but still Jack
isn’t very fond of working for Jorge so he tries to find a way to get back to
him.

The player takes over the role of Jack Hammer or more specifically his truck
either in a 3rd-person- or cockpit-view. The truck has the ability to
transform itself into to two configurations: combat mode and race mode. In
race mode the truck has access to it’s boosters, allowing it to speed up fast.
Once the player has installed the upgrade, he can also plant mines in race
mode. Combat mode instead activates the three weapons systems: main, secondary
and melee. By successfully completing the missions and also by earning gold
medals, the player unlocks additional upgrades for his truck. These can either
enhance his performance like better boosters, change his look or are
improvements like a rocket launcher or circular saws on the side for his
combat mode.

The game is divided into six episodes with several missions that either
advance the storyline or are just there to unlock new upgrades. The missions
themselves are roughly divided into twelve game modes although especially the
final missions of each episode often combine several game modes into one. Not
every game mode let’s the player drive his truck though. While there are
normal races, in which the player can also use his weapons to get rid of the
competition, or arena missions in which only survival counts – in
“Transporting” the player for example needs to take a really big truck and get
it from point A to B while in “Bomb Car” the player only drives a small
vehicle outfitted with a bomb.

The game also features a multiplayer-mode for up to eight players but limited
to LAN. In addition the only available game-modes in multiplayer are “Arena”
and “Race”.

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