PSX Longplay [246] Destruction Derby 2

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Played by: Mad-Matt
Another successful game although mainly because of the first game and not because this one is fun to play. For this sequel, they added a high speed game engine and large racing circuits but they forgot to transfer the gameplay over.
I play Stock Car racing mode as I find Wrecking Racing completely unplayable. The strategy from the first game no longer works. You cant race and try for damage points as the opponent cars fly around the track making it difficult to keep up with them, and if you try to bash them, you endup crashing yourself. So that leaves driving backwards and hitting on coming cars and hoping you gain enough points to beat the opponent cars before yours dies. The opponent cars rack up large points so its very annoying to have to try and keep up with them and re-race until you get enough points to continue by a stroke of luck.
So I played Stack Car mode instead which is just a race to first place finish. I just race...but its one of the most fierce games for 1st place I have played. the opponent cars don't just let you win especially as the championship progresses. You will still see some car smash-ups in this mode, but no need to worry about points. I take the pro car as the speed is very important and I wont be deliberately try to smash other cars.
Once the championship is completed I show the death bowls and replays to show these arenas as they are not played as part of stock car racing. This mode is badly broken and not fun at all. All the opponent cars are gunning for you so you don't get to try an knock the opponent cars about. not fun at all. This mode worked perfectly well in the first game.
I close the video with a quick go in Wreckin racing mode just to show how bad it can be. I then add a cheat to show the credits. I have no idea if it is possible to unlock these with normal play.
00:00:00 Stock Car Racing Championship
01:01:30 Destruction Derby Total Destruction (Bowl Arenas)
01:12:00 A quick go at Wrecking Racing mode followed by credits -
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[@ahmz1404]

This game was legendary.

[@MrVolksbeetle]

+ahmz1404 I forgot how good it is. Need to find a copy now.

[@vejaykaler3055]

MrVolksbeetle there a copy you can danload on android and ios

[@cabo3982]

is*

[@BL95K]

Like Flatout 2

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@BL95KLike Burnouts 1 to Paradise and Flatout 2 and Head On.

[@killermelga]

i remember that in the 2nd track, on that bottleneck, if you just placed your car sideways and let everyone crash into you, eventually all the cars would get stuck in that bottleneck. it was hilarious, and pretty much all i did when i was little xd

[@davidturbo8566]

Lol I wished I knew that , I always rented this from blockbuster it was awesome.

[@akimbojimbo6590]

On the map you are talking about, do you remember that little bump in the road on the right, right at the top of that big hill that leads down to that right turn that leads to the beginning and the pits and whatnot? Well I would always go as fast as I could on that little bump and it would send my car flying 300mph down that hill, smashing into other cars and absolutely destroying my own.

[@RR18475]

Absolutely. Was also a huge drawback, because now you couldn't get past the bottleneck once it was full of cars, but yeah, it was hella fun.

[@hbghgmnkn6466]

I used to put my car there too. The other place was to put the car at the top of the hill and the other cars were forced to go over the ramp and wreck there cars. It was so awesome I miss it

[@RJ-cq8dd]

Hbghg Mnkn Lol I'm going to try that!

[@JetNix]

DD2 had Liberty City before GTA. xD

[@TheAxelay]

1996 was a legendary time for gaming! That start up menu music almost brings a tear in my eye...What happened to gaming like this?! We've gotten so realistic via gaming that we've forgotten the fun element...Just like the mid 1980's to the early 90's. 32bit era in gaming will never be repeated again, I'm still waiting for something like this "feeling" with the current, boring trend of consoles we have now?! DLC and micro transactions are making me lose interest fast!!!

[@RJ-cq8dd]

Matthew Holyoake I don't have a ps4 anymore...got myself a Pi 3 instead. Retro heaven!

[@Sc0pee]

The PC indie scene is what you are looking for! And ofc you can always still play retro games, I do all the time! If you go for the emulation route for PS1 I recommend Beetle or PCSX on Retroarch for the best experience!

[@dean8553]

I'm using original hardware (scph- 1002) hooked up to a sony pvm. It's awesome!

[@Enigmalake]

Lots of good games coming out now. But as someone else said. Look to the indie scene. Amazing games last and this year alone

[@PrinzWillowsKanal]

you only had one childhood. thats what happened.

[@dmonkeyluffy62]

Dat menu music...

[@highriskgunman4181]

Sounded alot like that one Sabbath song

[@brunofranco1357]

The soundtrack is amazing!

[@7thRoseHalo]

This game needs a remastered edition. -Featuring 20 online multi-player ranked matches. -either win by racing or destroy everyone else, and then recruit defeated opponents for your pit crew. -fully customized car creation garage, with lots of in-depth options. -Day and night cycle, and extreme weather conditions. Just a few ideas.

[@mostevilmorty.]

Imagine for ps5 and series x

[@DimZ_F1]

The soundtrack on this game was pure madness, just as the game was itself. Loved it!!

[@thex2thaz]

1:02:53. The moment we all came here for.

[@t.m.5004]

How did you know that lol

[@LunarMoogle]

This game is my childhood, soooo good

[@stefanobaggio1724]

😀

[@HowlingMad86]

Boobs 🤩

[@notyetskeletal4809]

this comment is on every PS1 game video.

[@EnduroStanis]

Old but gold. Soundtrack have never leave music library for all those years.

[@captainclaymoar8398]

The bowl arena levels were literally just every driver targets YOU

[@SkyddBot]

PS1 intro made me soil my pants.

[@davidturbo8566]

Pure nostalgia

[@Kyntteri]

The bowl mode is way too fast for it's own good. It's a clusterf*ck of insanity.

[@CEO100able]

This is a fantastic best-selling sequel! In fact, I have this game and I like playing it on my PlayStation 2. Nice walkthrough!

[@niklasthoren8500]

Watching this reminded me that I've pressing matters to attend up in the attic, there's treause to dig out.

[@በተሰበ]

A time a when the only way possible to listen to music during gameplay, was to listen to what was in the game. Result: Awesome racing rock music. I remember working my ass off during summers to pay $300 for this when it came out. I was 13 at the time it was released. Before that I had been playing on a Sega Gensis. Basic game structure. This system was a major game changer. I also remember for a while after PSX was released, not many games utilized the dual joysticks. I only remember playing one that did, a mech warrior style game. I'm not sure what engineering went into the built-in audio controller, but sometime play a CD on your Playstation, run a line out to a receiver with speaker towers, and crank the volume. It's amazing quality. It's right up there with my all-tube Panasonic receiver, and that's saying a lot. Favorites are "Crawl", "Pinnacle", and especially "Little Pig". And yes, I did used to just put this in my CD player and rock out to it. Major influence on getting me into harder rock.

[@MrMoon-59]

This, Test Drive: Off-Road 2 and Quake 2 are my favorites games with fantastic soundtracks

[@johnedwards6923]

Mr. Moon Amen! Driver as well!

[@thatelephant]

8:55 That hit tho. If that was a wrecking race ( points ) you hit the double max points for sure.

[@corymacsween9500]

The demolition derby mode was hilarious and I loved it haha

[@AndreEichstedt]

This is such a Classic Game on the PS1 !!!It was one of the first Games that I played on the PS1. Great Memories, Also I still got that Game in the BIG BOX in my Collection. ;-) Who else still got this great and fun Game???

[@OthellZethus]

Better car physics and car damage than Cyberpunk 2077. Man this game was awesome. Played it a lot with friends.

[@purwantiallan5089]

2023, Destruction Derby 2 still had best damage model that not even Race Driver Grid can match it.

[@davidturbo8566]

Man the ps1 had some fast load times I can remember it being that fast..

[@Quazi-moto]

I came here seeking to hear the soundtrack for this old gem. Forgot just HOW good it really was!

[@jpayne3616]

quazzie1 me too

[@TheGebs24]

Absolutely brilliant. Funnily enough we've been discussing DD2 today! Good job Matt. Gemma

[@ManilaChinchilla]

I remember playing this around 1999, and I would get really happy when the Learner Driver would finish, like, 7th, and not come last

[@ShabbahCore]

Oh man such great times, I made up whole stories in my head about the characters and even tried to help some during my races if I wanted to let them finish higher because I liked them more somehow... Living completely in my own fabricated world, it was such a blast!

[@PastequeKazu]

@@ShabbahCore Exactly the same, it was so alive in my head, a real "drive to survive" show (and i was in love with The Goddess) The music, commentaries and the seasons/divisions system bring so much, i never felt that in an other racing game... Wreckfest is good but it's far from DD2 i was disappointed

[@giggidygoo17]

he's waàaay out in front

[@eddielippert45]

Nostalgia overload. Thank you for uploading this.

[@PredragReviews]

The game of my childhood!

[@danalong1237]

1:14:53: That song is so legendary and never gets old!

[@joe735]

Just the sound of that ps1 boot up takes me back over 15 years ago, to smells, and feels of the past, lol.

[@cmteorso]

My favorite game since 1997.. and my favorite songs

[@syeddanishanwer]

This was my first original PS game that my dad bought for me when buying PS in Jubail Saudi Arabia 1998. Spent hours enjoying this game. The transition from Mega Drive to this game was mindblowing for me. 10/10 for the fun element.

[@wellingtonlima698]

Carai... Essa entrada nostálgica do ps1. Minha infância era muito boa 😄

[@elijahrombana8647]

2:48 - "WHEN THE RACE'S START"

[@TalkanianRetrogaming]

Thats the kind of graphics i love. Not too good, not too bad! Awesome!

[@DanielLanducciSpotting]

That intro!!!!!!

[@dunner079]

Memory floods and painful euphoric nostalgia

[@Taco-bomb-GTA]

Destruction derby 2 ... Me : Total nostalgic Narrator : Total destruction

[@alagado666]

There's two "Arena" modes, one it's a "survivor" where everyone wants to kill you and the other is a DM where you're like everyone else and also make points, but to get on that mode you need to compete on the wreck racing and they are the last map of each season (I used to die fast on the wreck racings to get faster on the arena part). The real problem with that game is that the points are fixed, does not matter what the AI does on the track, he can die on the first second and still get 200 points.

[@Akunumbers]

So many years have passed, since i ve played this game...But I still remember main rule of survival on arena maps - always go backwards.)

[@purwantiallan5089]

2023, this Destruction Derby 2 PS1 is still legendary although the overall game difficulty is downright brutal!

[@johnlomuscio4521]

Incredible sequel

[@yurigagarin4974]

ohhhh! go easy on the paintwork..

[@LeShark75]

Loved this one, the crashes were awesome.

[@f.k.b.16]

I still have several songs from this game in a huge Playlist I listen to at work and want to head bang every time they come on! (And yeah... Seeing a bald 40 year old dude head bang is anything but cool and thus is why I said "want to" vs actually head banging lol!) This game was so much fun! This makes me want to play it again!

[@joshhollinshead2190]

christ I remember sitting down on my bedroom and front room floor with my new steering wheel controller just for this game.....the game of my fucking childhood, right up there with spiderman, Tony hawk pro skater 2 and worms...damn I miss these

[@redmarvandersluys9691]

I remember we were always trying to wreck as many cars as possible but at the cost of my own car being so wrecked that you lost two of your wheels so you couldnt finish anymore because your car was super slow but it was awesome to see all those wrecked cars on the track

[@toots666]

One of my favorite ps1 games! 😍🔥🔥🔥

[@Morni_]

Childhood memories come flooding back when I see this. 😍

[@B4RC0D3_YT]

"Wow! Total destruction!"

[@RR18475]

I found the best way to score many points was to just wait on the track side ways and let them hit you.

[@bradchristopher4293]

Man! I remember that Arena track from when I was a kid and if you were facing straight to the sky after hitting all the cars, there would be a circle and I always thought that was the middle of the CD lol

[@frankiebeans8055]

Took along time to get used to the driving, but when you do it’s so damn fun.

[@ukt000]

Man this game back then was looking so real

[@AuggyCatEmo]

dude that videogames so super cool and awesome of the races

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

Destruction Derby 2 and 1 are by far the best games in the whole series.

[@BLACKFURRYRAT]

had so much fun playing this game it was great fun

[@baro89empire]

Long time has been necessary, but I found out that crashing the first three leading cars gives you MORE points. That's how the crash mode works!

[@sontelena8818]

Love the boot up of the PS!!

[@-darquise-6434]

Childhood ♡

[@jonathanrandise5073]

Great sound track and series.

[@luislopez3726]

I recalled one of the racetracks was named "SCA" 14:26 Never mind, there it is.

[@idamoeninetyone]

The legend before Bugbear and Wreckfest was born

[@jamesleason4004]

this game had the best music of the era hands down. Psygnosis was one of the top developers back in the day.

[@eazypeazy]

PSX 4ever!

[@dustmighte]

The rubberbanding in this game was staggeringly bad, which is a shame because the racing and physics were so much fun.

[@SuperBoomshack]

I don't think I ever played a bad Psygnosis game

[@TheAziMax]

What a victory in Chalk Canyon in Race 2!! And a fantastic one at 36:20

[@HiAdrian]

Had this for the PC, good fun.

[@ironsharkpa1026]

I loved this game as a kid. Good old times! Wreckfest is the closest to this today.

[@tumulovermelho93]

This was Burnout before Burnout existed.

[@gameboyadvancedsp6727]

I see where you're coming from, but Burnout is more like Bumper Cars, and less like Derby. I'd say FlatOut.

[@stefanobaggio1724]

che ricordo ! 😍🙏🏻

[@marthastubbs8321]

Best racing game ai ever. So fun

[@MatthewDaSmitdog]

One cool little tidbit on this game: Paul Page did the announcing.

[@iri989]

Yes, he announcing on Indycar Racing 2 intro too

[@scooterdescooter4018]

goddamn i love this game. the music is so good.

[@BackyardEpicMovies]

My favourite in the series.

[@karolis.burzinskas]

Still one of the best. It's fun as hell. 🙂

[@storyteller]

so many memories

[@johntrevy1]

Does anyone know why DD2 had only 6 damage zones on the car HUD as opposed to DD1's 10 damage zones?

[@ScarecrOmega]

This was a really cool racing game but I really liked getting points from crashing other cars from the first one. Also all the bowl destruction "races" are everyone coming after you so the race doesn't last very long.

[@Cykelpump33]

My copy of the game sadly got damaged overtime. Still i remember this being a really fun game with my big brother.

[@Sl1kz]

the yellow car is iconic!

[@guycohenhanoch7721]

I always knew that in the arenas all the cars are coming after you!

[@Janos86]

Only in Total Destruction mode.

[@michaelbarajas3801]

"You wrecked your car!"

[@gameboyadvancedsp6727]

As a FlatOut fan, this looks very interesting! Hope to play it one day.

[@stephane-93]

Good play

[@xXTheBl4ckC4tXx]

I want that game back

[@mountainbearoutdoors]

on the red pike arena if you turn hard left just as all the cars connect at the start of the race you fly right up into the air and cause the graphics to glitch out. loved this game even if I was terrible at it.

[@postface03]

love the paybacktime Haha

[@jpayne3616]

I played the hell out of this game when I was a kid. be awesome if there was a soundtrack to listen to.

[@andrewscalf]

Such a blast to play but I swear the single player modes are impossibly difficult lol

[@user-od4xk9rl8h]

long live ps1

[@tthomaselli2]

7:19-7:26.; I call "Bull-crap!" on that last part!... You clearly knocked that car out of the race.

[@Wheapon]

They are 2 different cars, take a look on bumpers

[@RoadT123]

That's really weird to watch this after playing Wreckfest whole day. On the other hand, DD2 is really great, I feel like I played it yesterday... not 20+ years ago.

[@toughguyver1376]

Studio 33, GT Interactive: Greatest game developers ever! I hope they will come all together some day like R8 Games to create a spiritual successor or even a true sequel!

[@esteniocordeiro848]

Best soundtrack ever

[@albertogonzalezplacencia8122]

the best destruction derby game

[@jackbill1672]

Nice driving mush