I love Auto Modellista. The graphics are simply awesome, the customization and cars are great, but here's the part that brings it down one whole star. Handling. It's absolutely terrible! But after a while you get used to it. The gameplay and graphics make up for it. And the announcer is really annoying.
Graphics-5
Audio-3
Handling-1
Cars/Customization-5
Overall-4

first off lemme say if that you don't like sliding around constantly, don't buy or rent this game. i played with the settings till i turned blue and the is no way to keep any car from getting tail happy. graphics are good, 4.5, kinda hard to mess up cel-shaded. sound 3.0. between the upbeat elevator music, the annoying announcer, and the mediocre engine sounds. it's lucky i gave it that. control 3.0. oi, talk about touchy, minor turns make any car start to drift plus rain and dirt tracks make it worse. hit a turn a little too fast and you'll be facing in the wrong direction real quick. but once you get use to it and establish a rythm you'll smoke everything. tip: stick with manual trans, if you use auto, you'll be in the wrong gear coming out of a turn every time. fun factor 3.0 this is one of the oddest physics setups i've ever seen. cars slide in every turn but at the start of the race when you red line it to go, you get a little bit of smoke and the engine bogs with 600hp?!? normally you'd be burning rubber for 3 gears down the front stretch. i gess capcom figured if they had cartoony graphics they might as well have a cartoony physics engine. the best part is that the AI cars don't get sideways too often. this game is more about decorating your garage than actual racing, the career mode is fairly short. i think they spent more time on the garage decoration and the 'email' thing that gives you tips on this that and the other thing that aren't really that useful. all the body mods don't improve anything performance wise, there's no difference between part manufacturers in terms of performance. the career mode is short and easy once you get use to drifting. sure you can customize paint, body style, and make lil stickers to put on your car. whup dee doo. how many other games let you do that.

This is the scariest racer I've ever seen. The cars act like their possessed. They bounce and weave all over the track. I couldn't drive in a straight line and the car spins around faster than Linda Blairs head in the Exorcist. I tried for hours to get the hang of it but nothing worked. I think half the time I was driving sideways. It was like driving in the Ice Capades. It's really too bad because it's such a cool looking cell shaded racer. I would love to see a sequel with more forgiving controls. I don't think the Xbox version is any better. Maybe they should let Sega take a shot at the next one.

Let's give credit to Capcom for coming up with the idea of making the first cel-shaded racing game on the market. But, what a BIG letdown this game is! To tell you the truth, I think Pole Position is a far better game in terms of handling. The only fun I had with Auto Modellista was the car customization option. It hooked me! But when you start the race, fun time is over. The sounds are repetitive, especially that annoying voice giving you advice. It sounds like a Sega Saturn game! This game is a great example that graphics only don't make a game. Here's hoping Capcom gets the handling right for AM2, if there's gonna be another!

Well, it is cartoony graphics but don't call it that, it has state of the art cel-shaded graphics! BURN RUBBER...ONLINE! Auto Modellista is a great racer. 3 modes to chose from. 1,Garage life which is 1 player simulation mode. 2, Arcade which is, arcade and last ONLINE!Race against people all over the nation. CEL-SHADED GREATNESS Auto Modellista's graphics are beauitful. It is really good. With also great controls, great sound with a lot of music tracks and a really fun game. There is also a lot of cars to chose from. Mazda,Dodge, Toyota, Ford, Suburu and much more! GRAN TURSIMO OR..AUTO MODELLISTA Well, I'm not saying that Auto Modellista is better than GT3. But this time I am. GT3 is not online and Auto Modellita is. This a game for racer fans everywhere. So get set and BURN RUBBER!!! Graphics:5.0 Cel-Shaded greatness. Beauitful graphics. Sound:4.5 Great sound but the music is good but can be better. Control:4.5 Great control. Fun Factor:5.0 SOOOO fun you wouldn't want to stop playing!

This game is BAD @$$!!! I dont know why people are giving this game such a low score. The graphics show what PS2 can do. Some of best car designs I've ever seen, you can custimize about every thing on your car!! The controls are a bit difficult, but you'll learn fast. I've been waiting for this game since the summer of 2002 and it was worth it!!!

It really took me a awhile to decide on getting this game. Should i get this game or wait for midnight club to FINALLY come out. I know it is going to be a close race one who's the best and mostly it will be midnight. I was kinda pissed at midnight for the massive delays so i picked up this game. The game itself has two main game modes and one other one, which is kinda useless (VJ mode). The first game mode is a career mode, where u choose a various of starting cars and SuP it up and race against the AI and get trophys and prizes. the prizes will help u boost ur car up from turbo engines to side mirrors. There are many many was to hook up ur car. You can paint it and even draw ur own logo and paste it in ur car. The other mode is the arcade mode where it similiar to career but u cant upgrade ur car here, you just select a default car or a customized car from the career mode. Arcade mode also lets u compete with other players on a 1 on 1 duel. Now the heart of the game here is the online option, which lets u go online and duel with others across states. One cool thing bout the online option is that it lets u have groups or clans, like in counter strike. The sound of the game is decent, nothing bad here, and it has all the different kinds of cars sound and so on. The graphics are above good, but not great. What can u expect, it is made by capcom. I mean its like street fighter graphics, which i like. The controls are the biggest flaw of this game or i would have easily gave this game a perfect 5. The controls for this game is not great. It will take lots of practice and getting use to. Also the cars turns are way to slippery, its like driving a rally race and cars lose control way too easily, but these flaws doesnt hurt this game much. i mean this game is still great. Overall, a good buy, a must rental. Graphics - 4 sound - 5 controls - 3 gameplay - 5 value - 4