The box of
Big Rigs states that the player may "race trucks across the country, with
cops chasing [him]."
GameSpot considered this description of the game to be nothing more than "horrible, horrible lies"
[1] since there is no police presence in the game. Additionally, they pointed out, the computer-controlled opponent vehicles have no
AI and never move from the starting position, making even the description of the gameplay as a "race" questionable.
There technically are no obstacles for the player to negotiate in
Big Rigs, as the truck may freely be driven on and off roads without any loss of traction, straight up 90° inclines, through structures (there is no
collision detection whatsoever), and even out of the boundaries of the map. When the truck drives out of the boundaries, it enters an endless, grey void. Furthermore, as the truck approaches a
bridge, the truck simply falls right through. When the player's truck is put into reverse, it has no peak velocity; as the reverse key is held, the truck will accelerate infinitely. However, the truck will halt instantly when the reverse key is released.
Upon completion of the race, the player is presented with a large, on-screen
trophy cup overlaid with the text "YOU'RE WINNER !" Due to a developer oversight, the game occasionally fails to distinguish between whether the player is starting or finishing the race when they pass through the starting checkpoint, and so this screen may appear to end the race before it even begins. In addition, one of the game's five maps causes the game to crash altogether when accessed.
[2]
Stellar Stone released a patch that fixes some of the game's glitches. With the patch, the opponent does participate in the race, but stops before it reaches the finish line. The fifth map that caused the game to crash when selected was also fixed. However, the patch replaced the broken track with a mirror image of the first track, without changing the corresponding preview image or name.
Despite all these issues,
Big Rigs outsold three of the five games in GameSpot's "Best Game No One Played" category, the criteria of that category being that each game sold fewer than 20,000 units in North America.
[3]
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