Pulse Racer
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Biological Fuel & High-Stakes Sci-Fi Racing
Set in a sci-fi world in the year 2024, Pulse Racer puts players in control of futuristic vehicles that resemble karts. The competition abandons standard fuel tanks entirely, instead establishing a direct biological connection between each machine and its pilot. To gain speed and surge ahead of rival racers, drivers channel their own character's life energy. Managing this biological toll is essential during competition: utilizing the vehicle's unlimited speed boost continuously drives up heart rate and stresses the racer's body.
Overworking the system carries immediate tactical consequences. If a racer continues boosting without caution, the character suffers a heart attack and flatlines on the circuit. This medical breakdown forces the vehicle to stop for a short recovery moment before resuming the race, creating a tense balance between pushing for higher velocity and avoiding debilitating downtime.
Leaning Physics, Energy Beams & Trackside Combat
Handling these futuristic karts relies on distinctive physical maneuvers. Characters remain fully visible inside the cockpits, and steering involves having the characters lean to execute most turns. In addition to manual body leaning, players can pull the characters to fire energy beams directly at trackside orbs. By latching onto these orbs and surrounding poles, racers can whip their vehicles forward with sudden propulsion or carve through sharp corners with tighter lines.
Alongside high-speed maneuvering, tactical track combat plays a central role. Racers pick up offensive weaponry power-ups scattered across the raceway, unleashing plasma beams, launching tracking missiles, or deploying mines to trip up pursuing vehicles and disrupt opposing racing lines.
Vehicles, Core Modes & the INFINITRAX System
Drivers can choose from nine distinct vehicles and take to fifteen different tracks across multiple game configurations. The title delivers several ways to play, featuring a structured single-player career mode, standalone quick race events, and time trial challenges tailored for refining lap technique and precision speed runs.
For ongoing progression and course customization, the game incorporates the INFINITRAX system to dynamically generate custom racing tracks. As players advance through the campaign, the game unlocks more configuration sliders that grant deeper, heavier customization over created course layouts. Custom tracks built with the system can be saved directly onto an Xbox hard disk or memory unit for future competitions.
Split-Screen Multiplayer Options
Multiplayer matches offer head-to-head racing on the same console, allowing one to four players to compete offline in split-screen competition. Offline matchups can be populated with bot opponents and configured for free-for-all tournaments or one-on-one versus clashes.
More game data: releases, identifiers & technical details
Regional release records and identifiers for Pulse Racer | Xbox.
Release and technical facts
| Fact | Value | Release / platform | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published by | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | United States | MobyGames |
| Developed by | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | United States | MobyGames |
| Developed by | Ketsujin Russian Studio | United States | MobyGames |
| Music by | Soundelux Design Music Group | United States | MobyGames |
| Additional Sound by | Soundelux Design Music Group | United States | MobyGames |
| Media Type | DVD-ROM | Xbox | MobyGames |
| Multiplayer Options | Same/Split-Screen | Xbox | MobyGames |
| Multiplayer Game Modes | Bots | Xbox | MobyGames |
| Multiplayer Game Modes | Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS) | Xbox | MobyGames |
| Number of Offline Players | 1-4 Players | Xbox | MobyGames |
| Miscellaneous Attributes | Memory Unit | Xbox | MobyGames |
| Original game disc count | 1 | North America | MobyGames |
| Genre | Racing | North America | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | North America | PriceCharting |
| ESRB rating | Everyone | North America | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player | North America | PriceCharting |
| Publisher | Jaleco | North America | PriceCharting |
Regional releases
| Release date | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2002-12 | United States | MobyGames |
| 2003-01-02 | North America | PriceCharting |
| January 2, 2003 | North America | PriceCharting |
Catalog identifiers by release
| Identifier | Code | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPC-A | 032264141014 | United States | MobyGames |
| ASIN | B00005EB8A | United States | MobyGames |
| eBay Product ID | 10118 | United States | MobyGames |
| upc | 032264141014 | North America | PriceCharting |
| asin | B00005EB8A | North America | PriceCharting |
| epid | 10118 | North America | PriceCharting |
Data by MobyGames.com · Catalog data: PriceCharting
