You’re still driving on loop-like tracks using accelerometer-based steering-acceleration is automatic, braking optional-but they now include jump ramps, secret alternate pathways, and numerous opportunities to charge up your boost meter and smash into competing cars for brief “tackles.” Your car can get damaged through tackles, on-course obstacles, and even explosive boxes that litter the tracks if you don’t find repair icons, you slow down considerably and will almost certainly lose the race. Though Raging Thunder felt like a Nintendo 64-quality version of Sega’s famous Daytona USA, Raging Thunder 2 has evolved into something more: a pocket-sized variation on Midway and Atari’s San Francisco RUSH titles. A free, one-track version called Raging Thunder 2 Lite is also available, offering a sample of the one-player and new multiplayer modes. Flash forward to this week’s release of Raging Thunder 2 ($5), which benefits from an additional year and a half of development time, improved iPhone and iPod touch hardware, and a lower price.

While Polarbit’s September, 2008 arcade-style racing game Raging Thunder for the iPhone had its moments, we weren’t totally blown away by the $8 package.

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