Fuel review (PC)  CNET Editors' Rating  3.0 stars Good Review
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This expansive arcade racer may be ambitious, but it doesn't
nail all of the basics.  Fuel is an ambitious game that tries to
do a lot, but it doesn't deliver where it counts. There's a lot
to like in this postapocalyptic, open-world driving game. Some
of the races are cool and clever, there are a mind-boggling
number of different courses and dozens upon dozens of different
vehicles to drive, and the atmospheric environmental effects
make for some fun moments. Yet by focusing on the bigger
picture, developer Asobo Studios didn't nail down some of the
basics that make for fun driving. The racing doesn't feel as
thrilling as it should, the artificial intelligence is
fundamentally flawed, and the enormous world gives you precious
little to do in it. There's a great game struggling to emerge
here, but Fuel's strengths are too often overshadowed by its
shortcomings.  Fuel's greatest asset