Hmmm...I never played any of the Carmageddons...what were they like? You run over people and destroy the other cars for points. Who ever is left standing wins. But you can choose to race by going through all the checkpoints and making laps around the level. But its more fun to run people over. Carmageddon 2000 (Carmageddon 3) was terrible, one was good, but two was the ultimate. EDIT: Also, the game has these cool and ridiculous powerups and weapons like Moon Gravity, Jupiter Gravity, Nitro, Jelly suspension, and much much more. And the physics engine is very exagerrated so its uber fun to do cool stunts.