Quick Look | Millennium Racer - Y2K Fighters (1999) Unique Obscure Space Racer
9Millennium Racer: Y2K Fighters is a 3D racing game set in the 3rd millennium. Race virtual bikes on multi-level tracks in a virtual world set in the Internet to a background of techno music.
Choose the player’s look including color and face type or use your own picture. There are eight different bike colors to choose from and four different engine types from fast with no grip to tight grip and good acceleration.
Arcade mode offers three tracks (at first) to race on each one having different levels on which to race with which the player has to jump up on to reach. The higher levels having a faster track called superconductor, which allows the player a boost in speed. The player's bikes are equipped with boosters, which are filled up by jumping through rings and can be activated at any time.
There are two different championship levels to choose from: 5 laps with four AI (Artificial Intelligence) players with average skills and professional and 7 laps with seven AI players with high skills. In each race the player receive points for coming in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd and even additional points for time distance between the player and the player in front. Each new track requires a certain point total to be unlocked.
After unlocking tracks in championship mode, the player may race on them in arcade or create a custom race by choosing laps (3, 5, or 7), number of AI opponents and the list of player profiles (Player Ghost – each player can record how they raced a particular track and mode and save it to a separate file. This can then be used as an opponent in a race). The player may race in the real life Internet with seven other players in multiplayer mode. - Mobygames