God this game was so much fun... I hope the new Flatout game "Wreckfest" will be so fun

Should remake dis bad boy 4 the ps4

1:12 WTC Twin Towers?

should also be mentioned that this game has an AMAZING soundtrack (dat intro theme

I remember this game being really difficult. I don't know if I ever won a race. I usually always ended up playing destruction derby mode. Those were pretty difficult too and over quickly. We need something new like this.

Can someone please tell me if this game works on the ps2 slim v14(7500)? Pleas help coz I really want this game

i saw this review went back looked for all my ps1 games now 2 days later i am still playing non-stop the nostalgia thanks mark

Ive been playing this with the PS2 Speedster 3 Wheel lately and its absolutely epic! So many memories when i was a kid too!

I still have my ps1 and this game. Got it for my birthday in 1998. The cover art work is awesome

one of the best, love the big bowl jumps

At last reviewing my best loved game on the PlayStation1! Thanks Mark!

I remember renting a PlayStation console from Jumbo Video and this game lol. Was a lot of fun back in the day!

I remember legendary Indy Car sportscaster Paul Page was in this game...his epic intros for the Indy 500 are etched in mind forever from my childhood. I wish he still did them for the recent Indy 500s.

Ah great memories, still sometimes play this one. I always liked blocking off the small one car lane in Chalk Canyon, causing the pilup and race on ahead...where the cars would still be waiting and I would have to push through them :)

Wow I remember playing this like it was yesterday. Was a lot of fun back then.

Good times, hope they'll bring it back

I was 15 yrs old and I loved this game!!!

destruction derby 1 & 2 was my childhood. true classics.

huge reviews dude

The game was published by Psygnosis, but mainly developed by Reflections. Of course Reflections went on to greater things with their Driver series; but I'd love it if they returned with a DD3 on the PSN store. They have a whole roster of hilarious characters, they could even make the game story-driven in some way. Tekken - on wheels. ;)

Man, I remember playing this for the first time with my best friend and having a blast, but I never could survive a race until one time where literally every other car in the race was totaled so I was left by myself to finish the race in 1st. It was a triumphant moment. :)

It is. Road redemption has been funded on kickstarter and is in currently in development.

My first destruction derby game was destruction derby arenas for the ps2. So many memories!

I LOVED this back in the day :D

You didn't mention the cool main menu music, it still gives me chills!

Utterly love Destruction Derby 2, one of the few car games I actually do like. I had sooo much fun with Destruction Derby 2 when me and my friend rented it. Psygnosis was one of the best if not the best publisher/producer (unsure of which really, I always pick wrong) of Sci-fi games back in the 90's up to the early 2000's and they were behind some pretty awesome games. One of my clear favorites along with Interplay.

I still have this game and a very nice little feature they had where you can pop open the cd and put your own song as a background song lol

My favourite all time driving game! I love Coluseum map

Brings me back, when I was a teen and my friends will come over to play this game.

Nice! Is the Negcon controller pretty good? I've never used one.

Oh the memories!

One of my favorite games on PS. Many memories of playing this game while listening to Reel Big Fish. Good times...

I remember this game fondly and I stilo have it. The music for it was awesome.

This game was always so tight on giving you points during wrecking races!

Loved this game when I had a PS1. LOVED IT. Memories...

Goddamn so many good memories from this game, i dont have it anymore, i lost it not so long ago, i remember playing this when i was 5, and when i was 16-17 (im 18now) this game was still going strong, i just used to have so much fun just killing as much cars as i could in wrecking racing xD who cares about graphics and quantity of content, along as what is in the game is good, it will hook people for life :D id still play it if i could, gta5 is boring now lol. good and simple, yet challenging. Ahhh i miss the old days when games were fun for hours upon hours on ps1 or like nintendo 64 nd stuff

used to love this , sooo good ! :D

destruction derby 2 was so cool because it was fast and had lots of chaos in it just pure fun.. i remember playing the demo forever

i miss this game SO MUCH

Used to play this game nonstop

If you're looking for a modern version of a game like this then check out 'Wreckfest'! Its a new game by Bugbear who made the Flatout games, but it is focused on banger racing and destruction derby's!

oh man I remember playing this on my dad's PS1, it was pretty fun

There’s actually a kickstarter for a new Roardrash, if I’m not mistaken. :)

Love this series, wish they did a new version of it X D

Watching the gameplay, the game seems really fun!

Man Ioved this game, it seemed way ahead of it's time back then.

Oh, i spent so many hours with this game. Incredible fun! =D

Que buen juego loco!!!! Que buenas épocas... me alquilaba la play1 por 48hs, con 20 juegos y le daba rosca con mis amigos todo el fin de semana.

Here in America too. My older brother had a lot of cool games from them.

This is the version I grow up with. I use to play this non-stop with Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 and Jet Moto 3.

The first game I got on my PS back in '97. But why no mention on the soundtrack? It kicks ass!

Why is there no damage to the cars? Isn't this Destruction Derby? I remember the first one showed dents and smoke at least.

This game has such an awesome soundtrack! :)

Many good memories of the PC version, but this looks almost exactly the same which is good. And yes the music is great but why can I barely hear it in this version?

ill never forget "MACrSPOO" lmaooo

I remember being blown away by these graphics when I was 10 and got a PS1 for christmas, how far we have come

I'd like to see your review of Carmageddon [1997] for PC :)

my god the memories!

do a review for wipeout fusion for ps2

Demolition Derby was also an excellent one in a similar vein. You should review that one if you can get hold of a copy.

Man I loved this game!

one of my favorite

Ciao Alex di dove 6?

There was a certain high-bank turn that the pack of cars took at high speed on this game where I would troll. Their traction was really poor through there. All they needed was a little nudge from someone lying in wait for the lead car. The lead car spin-out would cause a domino effect of carnage. Four laps of this - and the competition are all busted up, smokin'...THEN I'd race.

As a fan of "Destruction Derby 3: Raw", I just picked this game at the mall, along with "Army Men: World War", and "Namco Museum Vol. 3"

this is one of my fav games for PS1.

This game was amazing at the time. So fast and smooth. And the car physics were nice. And the track designs. Pretty perfect really.

You rock Mark Bussler! If I ever come to pittsburgh, we should drink a beer together!

My favourite racing game for the PS1. Destruction Derby Arenas for the PS2 was up there as well. Shame that they didn't continue the series for the PS3.

I loved this game, and I used to love how bright and colourful the disk was

I remember playing this game back on the PS1 but since the CD is broken, i played it on my PSP :P good old times

Such a rad game. I LOVED the first game and totally dug this one when it came out. Car carnage to the Max.

Ahh the triangle polygons from the car debris.

PLayed this on arcade. Was pretty awesome.

jet moto needs to come back too. jet moto 2, need for speed 2 and this game are some of my all time favorite racing games.

Destruction Derby 2 is still very "the heart" of the series! The menu music brings tears to my eyes nowadays. No other game really came close, RAW almost nailed it but something was not quite right about it. It felt close but something was missing though but I think the late Demolition Racing was the 'true' sucessor to DD2 even though it never used the name, it feels real close to DD2!! Long live the DD franchise and mid 90's gaming in general!!...

I wonder if he'll eventually review Thunder Truck Rally (PS1), also made by Psygnosis.

Correction: Destruction Derby was developed by Reflections, it was only published by Psygnosis

Awesome game! Psygnosis did some great ps1 games back in the day! With games like this its no wonder the play station did so well!

Caddicarus recently did a review on this too. :)

Psygnosis is also well known for the great games they made for the Commodore Amiga like Shadow of the Beast, Obitus Baal and Killing Game Show.

after gran turismo 2 this is the most memorable game for me.

Good old Destruction Derby 2. Need to find a copy..

As a child I always finished 19th or 20th. Much later in 2010 I pushed hard to beat the stock mode, and I did! Man, than needed lots of concentration, precision and caution. The game is hard, but still I love this game, despite I prefer games with easy option.

love that game

Had to look this up because my childhood randomly popped in my head hanging around the house lol ROADKILL

the soundtrack is awesome i used to play the pc version

still favorite game on ps1!

I absolutely loved this game. I would drive in reverse on the course or stop in front of the jumps to see how big of a pileup i could cause.

I just watched Caddicarus' review of this game not two days ago.

I remember this game it was fun

This actually seems faster than Motorstorm :P And I'm glad that the car doesn't stop for 5 minutes after being hit like it does on more recent games of this style. I hope DB RAW is even better.

I played this demo so much that I wore the PC Gamer demo disc out completely.

One of my favourite PS1 racing games alongside NFS III & IV :) They need to make a new destruction derby game!

I loved the demolition derby mode and it was the only mode I really played, lol. Though I recall that mode being better in the first game. Looking back, Destruction Derby was the precursor to the Burnout series.

i enjoyed this game as a child

The fucking soundtrack kicks fucking ass the most 90s sounding music ever fucking radical fucking wicked

"Total Carnage! I love it" Smash TV. Good times, miss my childhood.

Funny thing about Liberty City, is that Psygnosis published games by DMA Design, who made the first three Grand Theft Auto games before they were renamed as Rockstar North, so we juuuust might be talking about the same Liberty City.

I LOVE THIS GAME