The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3][4] Many reviewers gave the PlayStation 2 version mixed or unfavorable reviews, months before it was released Stateside.[6][7][9][19][21][24] In Japan, where the PS2 version was ported and published by Psikyo under the name Buggy Grand Prix: Kattobi! Dai-Sakusen (バギーグランプリ 〜かっとび!大作戦〜, Bagī Guran Puri 〜Kattobi! Dai-Sakusen〜) on November 20, 2003, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40.[8]
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