Toybox Turbos

2014 video game

2014 video game

Toybox Turbos

Developer(s)| Codemasters
Publisher(s)| Codemasters Racing
Composer(s)| Mark Knight
Platform(s)|

* Windows
* PlayStation 3
* Xbox 360

Release| Windows
11 November 2014
PlayStation 3

* PAL: 12 November 2014
* NA: 14 November 2014

Xbox 360
14 November 2014
Genre(s)| Racing
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

Toybox Turbos is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. It was released in November 2014.

## Gameplay

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Toybox Turbos is a racing video game with gameplay similar to the Micro Machines video game series.[1] The game features 18 circuits and 35 vehicles.[1] The game supports local and online multiplayer.[1]

## Reception and reviews

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Reception

Aggregate scoreAggregator| Score

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Metacritic| (PS3) 78/100[2]
(PC) 69/100[3]
(X360) 65/100[4]
Review scoresPublication| Score

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4Players| (PC) 67%[5]
Eurogamer| (PC) 7/10[6]
GamesRadar+| (PS3) [7]
GamesTM| (PC) 6/10[8]
MeriStation| 7/10[9]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK| (PS3) 8/10[10]
Official Xbox Magazine (UK)| (X360) 6/10[11]
Retro Gamer| (PC) 72%[12]
Metro| (X360) 7/10[13]

The PlayStation 3 version received "generally favorable reviews", while the PC and Xbox 360 versions received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3][4]

GamesRadar+ said of the PS3 version, "There is something fundamentally fun about racing tiny cars across a breakfast table and pushing your best mate off it onto the floor...[it] offers immediate multiplayer fun thanks to its mix of racing, weapons and forgiving handling...[but] the single-player mode is not as entertaining."[7]

Eurogamer said that the "handling is appropriately chunky, with enough bounce to be fun, but enough traction that you don't feel out of control...the tracks and race types certainly don't offer enough variation that the decision to favour speed over handling, or vice versa, has any real tactical merit...[but] as a budget-priced reminder of simpler times, Toybox Turbos does everything it needed to, but sadly not much more."[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Yin-Poole, Wesley (24 October 2014). "Codemasters making a Micro Machines-style racer called Toybox Turbos". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
2. ^ a b "Toybox Turbos for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
3. ^ a b "Toybox Turbos for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
4. ^ a b "Toybox Turbos for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
5. ^ Cramer, Eike (12 November 2014). "Test: Toybox Turbos (PC)". 4Players (in German). 4Players GmbH. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
6. ^ a b Whitehead, Dan (14 November 2014). "Toybox Turbos review (PC)". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
7. ^ a b Towell, Justin (12 November 2014). "Toybox Turbos review (PS3)". GamesRadar+. Future plc.
8. ^ "Toybox Turbos review (PC)". GamesTM. Future plc. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
9. ^ Ciuraneta, Cristian (12 November 2014). "Toybox Turbos". MeriStation (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
10. ^ "Toybox Turbos". PlayStation Official Magazine – UK. Future plc. Christmas 2014. p. 88.
11. ^ "Toybox Turbos". Official Xbox Magazine UK. Future plc. January 2015. p. 89.
12. ^ Jones, Darren (4 December 2014). "Toybox Turbos (PC)". Retro Gamer. No. 136\. Imagine Publishing. pp. 100–1. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
13. ^ Hargreaves, Roger (12 November 2014). "Toybox Turbos review – Micro Machines V5 (X360)". Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

## External links

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* Official website
* Toybox Turbos at MobyGames