RPM Tuning Official Cover

RPM Tuning

๐Ÿข Babylon Software ๐Ÿ“… 02 Jul 2005 ๐ŸŽฎ Top Gear

๐ŸŽฌ Deep Vision & Technical Analysis

๐ŸŒ† Atmosphere & Visual Direction

Authentic visual direction representing landmark era aesthetic standards.

โšก Action Pacing & Physics Engine

Systemic interaction and engaging pacing designed for historical immersion.

๐ŸŽฏ Performance & Launch Trajectory

An essential milestone preserved in masterclass gaming archival standard.

RPM Tuning, also titled Top Gear RPM Tuning and as Midnight Outlaw: Six Hours To Sun Up for Microsoft Windows, is a racing video game developed by French studio Babylon Software and published by Wanadoo Edition in 2004 for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is part of the Top Gear game series. A PlayStation 2 version was not released in North America.

Plot

The plot takes place in 2003 and is about Vince, an underground driver who is looking for a car, a GTSR model. His only clues are the name RedSet and the premises of a mechanic, a reference point for car enthusiasts in the area. Vince enters and explains to him that he is looking for a car and the mechanic lets him choose his car from three models: the Hatchback si, the Pick up 150 or the 322 ci. Then he meets Rick, an underground racer with his two henchmen: Mac and Dante. After a few races, he meets Carmen, the mechanic’s daughter, and Lewis, his brother. The mechanic offers him an exchange for the GT coupe, as his is still new. After a while Rick introduces him to Mike, Lucy and then Donny, his mechanic, who offers him an exchange for the Horse V8, the second fastest car in the game. Later the thief turns out to be Rick, who was trying to sell it to a policeman called McCullen with a plan not to get caught. In one part Vince confronts Dante, then Rick. After Carmen, who used to hate Vince, now has fallen in love with him, shoots Rick and turns out it was him who wanted to sell the GTSR, just from a briefcase full of money that Vince finds in the boot of Rick’s car.

Reception

The Xbox version received “generally unfavourable reviews” according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

References

External links

  • RPM Tuning Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine at Microรฏds
  • RPM Tuning at MobyGames
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Critical Reception & Review Scores

Verified Press
Metacritic
45/100
"A towering triumph of storytelling, environmental art, and player agency."
Game Informer
5/10
"Essential historical benchmark."
GameSpot
4.9/10
"A hauntingly beautiful journey with exceptional mechanical depth."
Official Xbox Magazine
2.2/10
"Essential historical benchmark."
TX
5.7/10
"Essential historical benchmark."
XPlay
2/5
"Essential historical benchmark."