Pink means they're getting upset while bright red means they're livid. The intensity of the emotion is indicated by the richness of the color. Supposedly, a green triangle over the car means they're driving defensively and hogging the best line, blue means they're excessively confident and red means they're extremely aggressive. During any race, you can tap B to toggle on the Emotion Indicator to see what's going on in the minds of your opponents. The career mode ends up falling short because, simply put, the driver-emotion system doesn't lead to any consequences. All of those cars on the track helps make the experience real and they can even be used for strategic purposes when the traffic gets thick. Likewise you can interact with every driver on the track and elicit reactions and emotions out of them regardless of class. If you're lapped by the lead car and they complete the last lap, the race is over. You're only responsible for winning your class race, but the presence of the other, more powerful cars does make a difference. In any race there are 18 vehicles divided into three classes (GT, GTS and prototype) on the track. There are only a handful of tracks that you race in over and over, but they include real world venues like Hockenheim and Rockingham. Razorworks is the developer behind Total Immersion and they've included and handful of licensed auto manufacturers like BMW, Audi and Panoz, but you won't find the depth and breadth of makes and models that characterize most racing sims. Since this main gimmick ultimately doesn't help TIR stand out, the game ends up looking and playing like so many other racers. Opponents that act and react to each other's emotions and maneuvers during a race is supposed to be what sets Total Immersion apart from other racers, but this mechanic ends up being a lot more subtle than you'd expect.

There are standard two player splitscreen mode, single race, time trial and challenge game modes, but it's TIR's career mode that drives everything. The intent behind Total Immersion Racing, as the name implies, is to let players know what it's really like to compete week in and week out in a GT racing circuit.

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