No Test Drive Here...

You can find five vehicles per level. Some are attained via story or bonus missions, and others can be purchased, frequently from ol' Gil. You can also get a car in each level by winning three DMV sponsored races run by Milhouse, Nelson, and Ralph Wiggum (and supervised by Marge's delightful sisters). When you aren't recreating chase scenes from Ronin or The Matrix Reloaded you can adventure on foot and collect items, locate
gags, or attack the wasp cameras that have appeared all over Springfield. There are seven collector cards per level that open up racetracks in the multiplayer bonus game styled after Off Road (Bart says: "it's like a game within a game!").

Breakdown

Apu can't drive

Dad, there's a skeleton on the sofa

3D is fun for the whole family! The Simpsons family, at least.

Hit & Run manages a very cartoonish feel for such a thoroughly 3D game. Simpsons purists will no doubt find fault with the appearance of Springfield and co., but I think anyone with an open mind will find it to be a generally pleasing translation... even if Lisa's hair is a bit wacky in the third dimension. Each level has several outfits you can buy for your character, including the Bartman costume and "casual" Homer in underwear only. Unfortunately, the characters' mouths are not synced with their speech, and this can be very jarring initially. You hear Homer. You see Homer. But it doesn't look like the Homer you see and the Homer you hear are one and the same. After enough playing it's easy to habituate to this unseemly design issue, but it really is too bad that Radical Entertainment didn't at least fix this for the in-game cutscenes.

A quiet night-time drive

Bart in the observatory

Where'd you get your license?