Don't Forget Split Second: Split Second Velocity Review [2021]

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Split Second Velocity was hugely unappreciated in its time. If you ask anyone who’s played it though, they’ll tell you just how awesome it is. The reviews back in 2010 also tell a story of a slick arcade racing game that delivered incredible thrills.
So what happened? We’re those original reviews paid for and is everyone simply remembering it through rose coloured glasses? And if it is as good as everyone says, why didn’t it sell?
This review of the game covers all the typical things a review should, such as gameplay, presentation and performance as well as recommending what the best way to play it in 2021 is. It also explains why it didn’t sell and why we're likely to never see a Split Second 2.
Most importantly this review is a reminder to all arcade racing game fans, don’t forget Split Second Velocity!
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00:00 Intro
01:35 Overview
05:55 Presentation
07:55 Why didn't it sell?
10:00 Best way to play it in 2021
11:50 Final thoughts
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@DxdEyez 3 года назад

I see people are slowly starting to remember this game, maybe if enough people talk about it we might get a sequel.

@goukigod 3 года назад

I’d be happy just to see combat racers make a comeback.

@asadboyd6466 3 года назад

All we can do now is hope for the best

@BuywithTyOMS 2 года назад

Even a remaster for current consoles would be better than nothing

@driz_zl Год назад

I completely agree, we need to do everything to talk about it more

@numbersbubble 6 месяцев назад

no no no, I don't want a sequel at all. remember Disney owns the ip. split/second(original star wars) split/second 2( star wars last jedi) microtransactions, pay to win. political messaging online only, no singleplayer. no thank you

@timstewart8204 3 года назад

I still play this game today. One of my favorite and am still disappointed in Disney's decision to shut the studio down. The ending left on a cliffhanger and can only imagine what a sequel today could bring.

@goukigod 3 года назад

There was so many different directions they could have gone with the sequels. Based on interviews with Black Rock they were gearing up to make loads of other games. Very disappointing.

@Otto_Pilate Год назад

Even Blackrock's Pure was amazing. I kept my ps3 only for these 2 games.

@timstewart8204 Год назад

@KenCohenDesigns I dont remember playing Pure, although I played a random assortment of ATV games. Checking out some gameplay, and it looks insanely fun and vaguely familiar(could be other atv games I'm remembering.) Sadly, I don't have a ps3 to play it. I just checked out PS5's store, and it wasn't available. It's a shame to just leave these to history and not expand on them.

@Enpatsu393 2 года назад

The adrenaline rush in this game was insane... I loved it so much.

@inkoinfinity2 3 года назад

The game has a small but very loyal cult fan base, I shared this in our discord.

@samurai_kenshin6169 3 года назад

yeah

@kskutty100 3 года назад

Good

@oscarfromsharktale3868 2 года назад

Yo can I get a invite to that discord tho?

@inkoinfinity2 2 года назад

@@oscarfromsharktale3868 ok

@inkoinfinity2 2 года назад

@@oscarfromsharktale3868 I tried sending it but RU-vid deletes over and over again

@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz 3 года назад

I played this gem on my PS3 a while back, it was amazing! It's a shame that a sequel/prequel set in the early 80's for this game was cancelled.

@goukigod 3 года назад

Yeah I’ve seen some concept art that looked pretty cool. A crying shame!

@eldiablo73077 3 года назад

YO MIDNIGHT CLUUUB!!!!

@gscindian5284 3 года назад

Played this game on Xbox 360, and PlayStation. It's an awesome game even when compared to today's racers. It's all action, not really simulation, but it's greatness.

@goukigod 3 года назад

Oh yeah. It’s about as far from sim racing as possible.

@Nickoboss29 3 года назад

Split/Second is so good that not even people who made it, know how to make it again.

@numbersbubble 6 месяцев назад

I bet it's like back for blood where only 2 of the original devs that worked for left for dead

@WallyMocco 2 года назад

Playing it on my series X right now !!!! Still in my top 3 racers of all time

@shocktrapproductions6332 Год назад

On my PS3, the only screen tearing was the glitch effects for the power plays. Other than that, the game runs like bread and butter.

@rusto_ 3 года назад

1:45 there still is an online multiplayer for console! if you play on PC, people use LAN programs like Radmin to still play online. Great video, you did a solid amount of research, there's some tiny corrections that I would give but it's often stuff that would take some digging to find out (like the fact that the game lies to you, the GT12 isn't the fastest car in the game). Very good video, thanks for casting light on my favorite game of all time :)

@goukigod 3 года назад

What is the fastest car if it isn't the GT12? It's not miles faster in terms of top speed but its acceleration is nuts!

@rusto_ 3 года назад

@@goukigod The Ryback Firestorm is faster overall, it keeps speed up way better in the corners. The GT12 has crazy accel but it has to slow down too much in corners, also its fragility certainly doesn't help either. The Firestorm wants to be drifted almost constantly, it's a hard car to drive but immensely fun once you've got a feel for it.

@rajiv85777 3 года назад

I went bat shit crazy about this game and couldn't belive at that time a racing game with environmental changes existed. Asphalt tried to do this in its Asphalt 9 race tracks, but SSV did it first and way back. I'm sure few of the developer individuals from SsV had something to do with it :)

@goukigod 3 года назад

It reminds me a little of the motorstorm series too.

@goukigod 3 года назад

I’m aware I said 627 instead of 672... bloody dyslexia! I also didn't cover the iOS version of the game because it's no longer available. It looks terrible though so I don't think it's a great loss. If you're looking for the game's community, this Reddit post is a great resource www.reddit.com/r/SplitSecond/

@SickAzzTonez Год назад

Still one, if not the best racing game ever made. Cheers!

@goukigod Год назад

💯

@inkoinfinity2 3 года назад

I played this for ten years (2011 to 2021) but I retired now.Good to see ss review.

@bernard6359 Год назад

Still playing this game today. Really good to play with someone.

@silhouettoofaman2935 Год назад

This game is a staple of my teenage years. I didn't play it back when it launched because I was just a little 10-year-old who owned neither an Xbox nor a PS3. But I won a 360 in a raffle at school in 2016, and Split/Second was the first game I got for it. It's not only a spectacle to watch with all the explosions and destruction and whatnot, it controls like a dream as well! Every power slide I pulled off felt dynamic and satisfying. Reaching top speed even on the slowest cars felt like going warp speed! The whole game was, by all accounts, a blood curdling action movie you could drive through.

@sichiweza9152 2 года назад

Am i the only one who think this game still looks beautiful graphically speaking, despite its age and fun fact the Ryback firestorm could possibly be the fastest car in the game assuming your good at drifting.

@SubhanshuMG 3 года назад

It's still one of my favourite & I still enjoy playing it with my friend in the split screen mode.. I wish the online multiplayer was there 💔

@goukigod 3 года назад

I never played it online but split-screen is still extremely fun

@SubhanshuMG 3 года назад

@@goukigod yeah it is ✨

@goukigod 3 года назад

Guess it depends where you live. There’s nothing happening in the Australian lobbies

@Nickoboss29 3 года назад

On xbox series x servers are still up

@bigmatcha 2 года назад

Back when i was a kid, i downloaded the psp demo off of the store since i couldn't afford the full game, and i played the same race almost everyday for months on end. I just fixed my old psp not too long ago, and got split second for it, it's just as good as i remember, and the full game is amazing. I can only imagine playing this today, with forza level graphics on a racing sim set up.

@goukigod 2 года назад

Yeah, how good would that be!

@bludangell 2 года назад

Only recently remembered this game and immediately went and bought it on Steam and for me it still holds up!

@shift_del3te249 3 года назад

Me and some other guys are trying to keep the game alive, they make their own videos from a channel Split/second revive 2020

@laseangames 2 года назад

DUDE I LOVE THE FACT THIS VIDEO WAS MADE!! I think that this game is so under appreciated I remember going to Walmart and going to the gaming section just to play this game’s demo over and over again. 😂😂

@goukigod 2 года назад

AND I LOVE YOU!

@laseangames 2 года назад

@@goukigod AYE!! You too bro 😂🤙🏾

@iisig 2 года назад

Me and my brother did the same at a manor whenever my mother had to go buy some stuff. She went to some shops and instead of having to walk around the city we could play this game. Got a copy of it a bit later on.

@saifmar8074 3 года назад

Man your reviews are incredible , I really admire to hard work you put in your videos , you will definitely go big no matter what happens because you content exceed the big channels out there .

@goukigod 3 года назад

Glad you like em! I think the quality of my videos has improved of late but there’s still heaps more I can work on.

@ARWINGx1 Год назад

11:03 Example: at the Airport track, when using a Lv2 PP to topple an ATC Tower, it'd start off like normal, but after only a second or 2, it's suddenly on the ground already.

@debauchenickyoo 3 года назад

Im really happy to see another great review on this game, i hope these sorta videos bring newer and older players back to the game. Ps3 and xbox still have online capabilities and theres a PLan for pc players :)

@2pacaveli257 4 месяца назад

This game never never get old , classic 👌 💎

@ObieJrBafour 2 года назад

I play this on ps3 multiplayer till this very day. I'm a truck driver and this game makes sense, ahead of it's time.

@goukigod 2 года назад

both ahead of it's time and languishing in the past

@eldiablo73077 3 года назад

I have brought XBOX 360 with Freeboot yeet lol. And I played a PC, PSP and Xbox 360 rn. I wish Disney have made more advertisments for Split/Second or maybe Collaborate with CARS lol

@goukigod 3 года назад

indeed

@NebulousFumes 2 года назад

Super underrated game and super unlucky release date as well. I genuinely think it could have been a worthy competitor to games like NFS.

@XAzzuroX 2 года назад

Great review Ive been thinking a lot about this game. Its awesome !

@goukigod 2 года назад

It really is! I'm playing through Blur at the moment and I'm surprised how different they are.

@deleteduser2031 3 года назад

Love the Xbox Series X/S version loading times are nonexistent because of the SSD plus there are always full public lobbies going on no matter what time of day/night not to mention the private lobbies too this also goes for the Xbox One & Xbox 360 console, graphics still look beautiful to this day, what a game!

@goukigod 3 года назад

Good to hear it’s still possible to find lobbies. Would be curious to know if playing it in 60FPS on Xbox series X/S has any negative impact like it does on PC.

@joelbrown6411 Год назад

Great job ! Split second is a great game!

@davegrams1438 2 года назад

I would pay a shit ton of money for a good sequel of this game. I go back to it like every year or so.

@goukigod 2 года назад

So would I, so would I.

@NeonShark32 Год назад

As much as I understand that Split/Second on the PSP is very different from the PC/XBOX/PS3 port, my brothers actually discovered Split/Second through PSP. So it was surprising what split/second actually looked like on PC. *chefs kiss on the graphics! A split second renaissance, if were lucky, some random popular streamer, or heck someone in the movie industry who knows split/second could make a movie, and finally get the darn sequel!

@goukigod Год назад

We can only hope!

@ghytseries5101 Год назад

Since this is a DISNEY game, imagine if Disney's (And Pixar too) all star characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Snow White, Cinderella, Elsa, Mulan, Moana, Peter Pan, Sulley, Lightning McQueen, Hiro Hamada, Ralph, Vanellope, Sora (Yes, i will include Kingdom Hearts chars too), Star Butterfly, Anne Boonchuy, Molly McGee, Luz Noceda, Amity Blight (YES, also include The Owl House), etc. are invited to participate in this amazingly destructive Reality TV show, and see their reactions to when they supposedly use Magic and Techniques to slow each other down, instead they are treated with an On-Sight Plane crashing, Observation tower tumbling over, Freight Train and Bridge exploding, Cruise Ferry crashing on Shore, Helicopters shooting Missiles, Semi-Trucks dropping bom-barrels, Dam collapsing, etc! The ONLY criticism i have is that this game doesn't have NITROUS BOOST. Also this game is basically Real Life Slaughter Race (Which is a fictional parody mashup of GTA and this very game (Along with Twisted Metal) in the 2018 atrocious sequel movie Ralph Breaks The Internet)

@ghostknight1865 6 месяцев назад

I remember the release, I bought both Blur and Split Second. Both games failed as (among other things) they both cannibalized each others' sales.

@malacath5424 2 года назад

This game was AMAZING ❤️

@goukigod 2 года назад

This game still IS amazing!

@Franklin_Johanessan 2 месяца назад

I think there is a spiritual successor, called CloseCall, and is currently in development

@goukigod 2 месяца назад

I've only seen the early stuff on Steam but it's looking pretty good so far.

@Bluebrain 3 года назад

2021: I just bought two used PS3s to play it again. This time with my son. I never ever had so much fun playing a game again!

@goukigod 3 года назад

I never played it back in the day but it must have been incredible because it holds up so well.

@Bluebrain 3 года назад

@@goukigod A friend of me and I are in no way hardcore gamers, but we were totally hooked on this game. It's just so much fun to play. Give it a try! There is a free demo available for PC.

@goukigod 3 года назад

Maybe I will

@ProtomanEX868 2 года назад

Man i miss this game

@R-XI_Sulla Год назад

The elite 440 was my favourite car

@lazww Год назад

There’s a brand new PC 60fps fix and the DLC has been ported across from console. The game now work’s incredibly 30 fps just hurt :( greatest and most fun 2 player split screen racer ever. ❤❤❤

@goukigod Год назад

Is this a community fix/port?

@lazww Год назад

@@goukigod community it’s listed on steam as split second ultimate

@goukigod Год назад

@@lazww Oh nice. Thanks for the update!

@PSIClipse 3 года назад

Your reviews give me big hit abc show GGSP vibes, keep up the work, unlike your akuma 😳

@goukigod 3 года назад

Bro. Rematch! I demand satisfaction!!!

@leogolive 2 года назад

Split/Second For Life!!!

@goukigod 2 года назад

Indeed!

@MrInuhanyou123 6 месяцев назад

Just a note on the series consoles definitely do not play this at 60fps or 4k. Its still 30fps and 720p. Unfortunately the game was never enhanced for xbox one x or the series consoles.

@WAGAKO19 Год назад

This and MS Apocalypse was my favorite disaster scenario racer

@goukigod Год назад

"Disaster scenario racer" Now there's a category that needs to officially exist!

@samurai_kenshin6169 3 года назад

very nexy day june 14th bought the game :D this game is so epic the crash cam is WOOOOO AMAZING

@goukigod 3 года назад

Ha ha, enjoy!

@samurai_kenshin6169 3 года назад

@@goukigod yeah im on episode 12 now yeahhh im adicted

@speedtracker9556 Год назад

It sounds like you're persuading me to not forget about Split/Second. When in actuality, I AM NOT FORGETTING ABOUT IT.

@goukigod Год назад

plz don't forget

@speedtracker9556 Год назад

@@goukigod look, I am NOT forgetting about it, okay?

@EthanWolfCat Год назад

Could you imagine how crazy it would be in VR?

@goukigod Год назад

Vomit making.

@MyurrDurr Год назад

My favourite car is always the GT RS

@aniconic2510 2 года назад

The Xbox Live servers aren’t down yet and people do still play online. If you want to win online though, you better complete the season with every event in first. The final car you unlock, the Ryback Firestorm, is one of the only cars that accelerates as you drift, and it is unironically the fastest car in the game if you can sustain drifts

@xxx.nightmare.xxxloli6123 2 года назад

The psp version is pretty decent tbh with you it's basically split second on a ps2 portable lol and do you know that there is exclusive tracks and modes in the psp version?

@Domo8186 Год назад

It's a shame the timing of this release was so bad. They would've had to pour 90% of their budget into out marketing Forza and NFS. I just discovered this game in 2023 and I'm blown away by how good it is.

@goukigod Год назад

I think even with a massive marketing budget it would have been hard for a new IP to compete with the big franchises.

@danteshakespeare188 14 дней назад

So good this game

@johnstockton8138 2 года назад

Online still works

@ARWINGx1 Год назад

11:10 was kind of forced to get the Steam Version, 'cause I *had* the PS3 version... but no more.

@goukigod Год назад

Bummer dude

@gymzilla12 Год назад

I loved the psp version 😂 that’s all I played and it was awesome 😂

@goukigod Год назад

Fair enough. I clearly didn’t give it enough credit. Seems to be a lot of love for it from the people who played it back in the day.

@uberschnilthegreat22 Год назад

0:58 has nobody ever noticed that the F-14's wings are folded vertically like an F-18 even though that's not how they work lmao jokes aside I really, really loved this game, and since I bought a refurbished 360 a couple months back I can put my copy of Split/Second to use again!

@goukigod Год назад

Original hardware for the win!

@uberschnilthegreat22 Год назад

Sorry GG had to make a misspell fix and because of youtube's glorious system that unhearts the comment

@uberschnilthegreat22 Год назад

@@goukigod I had actually bought the 360 originally for NFS: Prostreet but I had actually forgotten I still had my copy of S/S while I was going through my old game collection

@grigorione7824 2 года назад

I remember playing this online ... And many people were saying stuff like ' This is too hard '. I think maybe that is why it ' failed ' to make big money.

@goukigod 2 года назад

I've heard that sentiment echoed in plenty of reviews too. I agree that about halfway through, the difficulty spikes, but once you overcome it it's an immensely rewarding racer!

@user-fx6ey6oo3y Год назад

What was the backround music on the intro?

@goukigod Год назад

All the music in the video comes from the game's OST

@rafffalsky Год назад

it doesnt run 60fps on XSX, but still - great game

@goukigod Год назад

Yes I had bad info that FPS boost was compatible

@gab.4252 Год назад

Omg I played this on phone

@rosaria8384 2 года назад

A sequel is really badly needed. Imagine it having artificial weather alterations like heavy windstorms or even an earthquake from explosives, and more biomes to break like rainforests...

@goukigod 2 года назад

It would be incredible for sure. Dynamic weather, more destructible environments, more detailed car damage models, larger more elaborate tracks, more cars on the track etc etc

@JacobDrosdick Год назад

Also less predictable destruction, that would be awesome

@thedefinitive4083 Год назад

Does split second and split second velocity have the same saved file anybody knows? I had the digital rhen got the physical but it wont load

@goukigod Год назад

It could be a save state incompatibility across pal and ntsc versions.

@thedefinitive4083 Год назад

@@goukigod could be then thanks for the response 👍

@rcmoyo8688 3 года назад

It's an awesome game!

@goukigod 3 года назад

It is

@gamingknight04 2 года назад

The one thing that upsets me is that it's not available for ps4

@goukigod 2 года назад

Maybe PS5 will get PS3 emulation at some point... I doubt it, but it could happen.

@ChaseMC215 2 года назад

"Maybe someone will make a spiritual successor one day" You're in luck, there is. Detonation Racing was released to Apple Arcade and was developed by some of the same people of Split/Second. And somehow, idiots who seen game footage and the trailer call it a Split/Second rip off despite the fact it was done by the same developers. Talk about humble pie. Also, I did kinda do a review on this game for my show The Uncanny Gamer, even it's PSP and J2ME ports, but they were poorly made. I might do a proper review of the game once I make a new channel strictly for reviews.

@goukigod 2 года назад

Cool, I 'll have to check that out

@MrtheChief1 2 года назад

Loved this game, played it to death. Along with Blur and burnout revenge.

@goukigod 2 года назад

I still haven't played Blur. It's not super cheap, at least in Pal regions but I might just have to stop being a tight-ass! I think both Burnout Revenge and Dominator are hugely under appreciated. Takedown is always the top of everyones list but I think those games offer a more refined experience.

@MrtheChief1 2 года назад

@@goukigod it’s been nearly 10 years since I played Blur it must be cheap enough now 😂