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| LEGO Racers: Reload | |
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Racing |
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PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 |
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LEGO Racers: Reload is a custom video game of Racers and Speed Champions themes. It was created by Shiva.
Gameplay
The player progresses through various levels of Story Mode, based on racing against other racers. Each completed level can be replayed in Free Play mode using cars, available for the player. Levels are scattered around World City, which returns from LEGO World City: Video Game as the game's main hub. Player can freely roam through the streets of the familiar city, with an opportunity of accepting various side missions or returning to their garage, where the player can buy a new car or upgrade an already bought one for money earned from races.
There are different challenges available to accept. Beginning from simple lap circuits and sprint races, player can also accept various challenges like drag races, drift challenges, police evasions. The player can also accept police missions with an opportunity of driving a cop car and catching street racers.
LEGO Racers: Street Showdown bears many differences from previous Racers game. If Racers: Reload had a setting of a sports events and didn't have an open world, Street Showdown is set in the world of illegal street racing, where there is a big possibility to get into police ambush during a race, which then turns into a chase, where the player has to evade police without stopping their current race. If police still manages to catch the player, they will be arrested and the race will stop. Also, while Reload had different kinds of vehicles to drive and different racers to play as, in Street Showdown the player can only drive cars and play as two characters: Ryan Rhoads, the street racer, and Jack Nitro, the police officer.
Plot
The game's storyline begins right after LEGO World City Video Game's ending.
A new person, a young man named Ryan Rhoads, arrives into World City in their small but obviously customized for racing car. He remembers his past of studying extreme driving and afterwards being hired by a businessman Vinnie Pappalardo to present him in a race in World City. That race, though, turned out to be an illegal street race with a driver from a notorious street racing club. Vinnie, who owns a rival club, wants Ryan to beat that driver in a race, so he could earn a lot of money from stakes placed on that driver. After successfully winning the race, Vinnie pays Ryan a big sum of money and tells him that if he wants to race on streets more, he should come back to World City and join one of the street racing clubs in there.
Flashback of Ryan's past ends, and he finally finds some street racers ready to race through the streets of World City. Ryan immediately joins them and once he comes first, all other racers, impressed with Ryan's skills, offer him a place in the Midnight Club, one of the biggest societies of World City street racers. Ryan, proud of himself, agrees to their offer.
In the clubhouse of Midnight Club, which looks like an abandoned building formerly used as a warehouse, Ryan meets Kira, a girl who introduces everything about Midnight Club to him. She shows him a wall with the list of club's fame where ten best racers of the club are shown in order from the worst of the best to the best of the best. #1 in this list is considered a de facto leader of Midnight Club, however current #1 is a pretty shady and mysterious person, who rarely speaks to anyone of the club, especially to those who aren't listed in the list of fame. Kira tells Ryan that if he wants to appear in this, he should challenge or be challenged by a racer, who is #10 on this list, and in order to progress through this list, he should challenge all of its drivers in a direct order from #10 to #1. After such explanation, Kira invites Ryan to compete in a friendly race with her and two other racers of the clubhouse. Ryan wins and thus interests DJ Web, #10 of the list of fame. Web is the main DJ of the clubhouse and is also coincidentally Kira's brother, so he is interested in Ryan's driving skills and challenges him for a head-to-head race. Ryan, hoping to appear in the list of fame after that race, accepts the challenge and, despite having to avoid police chase after their race, his name does indeed appear on that list. Although DJ Web is a bit disappointed to remove his name from the list at all, he befriends Ryan afterwards and tells him he can use his racing bus in races whenever he wants to. Web explains him that Midnight Club has such tradition: any racer of the list of fame is permitted to drive cars of any other racer from this list beaten by them in a race, even if that racer isn't on the list anymore.
Afterwards, DJ Web arranges an evening party in the clubhouse, for greeting the new driver in the list of fame. Almost every member of Midnight Club attends it, so Ryan meets all other racers of the list in there. One of them, Ed, tells him that Midnight Club is dragged into the huge debt to the rival street racing club, Night Shift. Some time prior to the current events, Ed was challenged by that club's drivers, so he raced one of them and lost, despite the fact that higher stakes were placed on him rather on that driver, however Midnight Club couldn't afford such a sum to pay Night Shift, that's why they're in a debt right now. Ryan remembers his past again and asks Ed about the owner of Night Shift, and Ed tells that owner of that club is a mobster going by the name of Vinnie Pappalardo. These words confirm Ryan's suspicions and he realizes he was the one to drag Midnight Club into that debt, but he keeps quiet about it and instead continues to enjoy the party.
Characters
Playable Characters
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| Ryan Rhoads | Fast as star, Ryan always dreamed to become a racer. Being new to World City, he finally accomplishes his long dream by joining Midnight Club, an illegal club of street racers, and proceeding through its list of fame, climbing up its ranks to the top. | 
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| Officer Jack Nitro | Officer Nitro is a former street racer, who turned into the law after being arrested. He has a super-fast highly upgraded police car, which, along with his amazing driving skills, helps him catching street racers. Jack's prime target is Midnight Club, as he wants to catch #1 in its list of fame: that mysterious #1 is somehow connected with various car stealing throughout World City and with a disappearing of a police officer. | 
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Non-playable Characters
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| Kira | Kira is one of the racers from Midnight Club. Although she is a skillful driver, she is not ranked in the list of fame, unlike her brother DJ Web. Throughout the storyline, Kira serves as a guide to the player, later becoming Ryan's girlfriend. | 
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| DJ Web | Web is #10 in the list of fame. Ryan beats him in the race during the second mission and takes his place in the list, thus removing Web from there at all. However, instead of being rivals after that, they instead became best friends with Web giving Ryan several useful hints and tips. Also DJ Web serves as the main dj for Midnight Club racers, providing them with different songs for racers. Because of that, player can buy various songs from game's soundtrack to play during races. Kira is Web's sister. | 
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| Alex Boost | Returning from Racers: Reload, where Alex and his Team S lost to Turbo Charger and Team Charger, he decided to leave legal autosport at all and become a street racer in World City. Boost is #9 in the list of fame and proves to be pretty aggressive driver. After he is beaten in a race and Ryan takes his place, Alex can be met later in other races appearing as a simple rival racer. | 
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| Junior | It is unknown, how he still manages to stay #8 in the list of fame. Junior proves to be an unexperienced driver being not too skillful and courageous for driving. Once Ryan takes his place, Junior gets arrested by officer Nitro a bit later in the game. | 
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| Bad Brad | Brad, often called Bad Brad in Midnight Club, is #7 in the list. He spends his time either racing or playing street basketball with his friends, considering this a lifestyle he has always dreamed of. Brad appears to be a very kind person, becoming Ryan's good friend after his loss to him, however officer Nitro arrests him later in the plot. | 
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| Helena | While looking like a lady who barely knows how to drive, Helena actually appears to be a pretty experienced street racer and #6 in the list of fame. Besides being a good driver, her secret of winning is also in fooling her rivals with her "sweet looks" towards them. This, however, doesn't work on Ryan, who soon beats her in a race and takes her place in the list. | 
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| Ed | #5 in the list of fame, a bodybuilder obsessed with money. He once was presenting Midnight Club during a race against a racer from the rival club called Night Shift, where he lost and grabbed Midnight Club into huge debt to Night Shift. | 
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| Nick | Nick is a professional highly skilled driver, formerly working in taxi and being fired because of scaring clients away due to delivering them way too fast. Just like Ryan, he climbs his way to the top of the list in a fast manner, currently being #4. | 
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| Cam | Cam is crazy and a very aggressive driver. Being #3 in the list of fame, she attempts to beat her way straight to the top and be the ultimate winner. Her main goal is to win everywhere she competes in. |   |
| Bill | Bill was once a street thug later becoming a getaway driver for hire. Because of that, he surely knows how to handle a car in a police chase and how to behave under pressure. Before being challenged by the player, he tasks Ryan with proving him that Ryan can also perfectly evade the police as well. | 
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| Vinnie Pappalardo | Expanding his business to World City, in both legal and illegal ways, Pappalardo decides to organize an illegal street racing business by building Night Shift, main rival street racing club of Midnight Club. During one competitive race between Midnight Club and Night Shift, high stakes were placed on Ed, who was representing Midnight CLub, however he lost to a racer from Night Shift. That is why Midnight Club owes a big sum of money to Pappalardo and his club. At one point of the story, Vinnie hires Ryan to do some jobs for him connected with racing, so he may reduce a debt owed to him from Midnight Club. | 
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| Rex McLaren | Mysterious person, being #1 in the list of fame in Midnight Club. No one in a club does know about him something else but his name. Officer Nitro has been searching for him for quite long time, arresting other racers from Midnight Club to catch Rex. | 
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Cars
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| Street Racer | Top Speed: 2/10 Acceleration: 4/10 Handling: 2/10 Unlocks at: by default |
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| Flame Glider | Top Speed: 3/10 Acceleration: 5/10 Handling: 2/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 2,000 studs |
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| Monster Crusher | Top Speed: 2/10 Acceleration: 4/10 Handling: 3/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 2,000 studs |
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| Power Cruiser | Top Speed: 1/10 Acceleration: 3/10 Handling: 4/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 2,000 studs |
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| Street Maniac | Top Speed: 3/10 Acceleration: 5/10 Handling: 1/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 2,000 studs |
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| Thrasher Bus | Top Speed: 3/10 Acceleration: 5/10 Handling: 4/10 Unlocks at: after beating DJ Web Boss Race |
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| RX-Sprinter | Top Speed: 3/10 Acceleration: 5/10 Handling: 2/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 3,500 studs |
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| F6 Truck | Top Speed: 2/10 Acceleration: 4/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 3,500 studs |
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| ATR 4 | Top Speed: 3/10 Acceleration: 4/10 Handling: 4/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 3,500 studs |
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| Big Bling Wheelie | Top Speed: 2/10 Acceleration: 5/10 Handling: 3/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 3,500 studs |
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| Carbon Star | Top Speed: 4/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 3/10 Unlocks at: after beating Alex Boost Boss Race |
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| Blue Renegade | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 5,000 studs |
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| Fat Trax | Top Speed: 3/10 Acceleration: 5/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 5,000 studs |
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| Road Hero | Top Speed: 6/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 2/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 5,000 studs |
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| Tuner X | Top Speed: 4/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: after beating Junior Boss Race |
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| EZ-Roadster | Top Speed: 6/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 4/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 7,500 studs |
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| Midnight Streak | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 7/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 7,500 studs |
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| ZX Turbo | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 3/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 7,500 studs |
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| Adrift Sport | Top Speed: 4/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 7/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 7,500 studs |
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| Raceway Rider | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 6/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 10,000 studs |
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| Night Driver | Top Speed: 6/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 7/10 Unlocks at: after beating Bad Brad Boss Race |
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| Rally Sprinter | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 6/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 20,000 studs |
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| Desert Viper | Top Speed: 4/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 7/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 20,000 studs |
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| Thunder Racer | Top Speed: 6/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 4/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 20,000 studs |
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| Track Marshal | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 6/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 20,000 studs |
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| Night Racer | Top Speed: 6/10 Acceleration: 8/10 Handling: 6/10 Unlocks at: after beating Helena Boss Race |
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| Red Bull | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 4/10 Unlocks at: after completing first Monster Truck Arena trial |
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| Flaming Tow | Top Speed: 6/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 3/10 Unlocks at: after completing first Monster Truck Arena trial |
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| Jumping Baby | Top Speed: 4/10 Acceleration: 5/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: after completing first Monster Truck Arena trial |
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| Green Destroyer | Top Speed: 4/10 Acceleration: 6/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: after completing first Monster Truck Arena trial |
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| Red Maniac | Top Speed: 6/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 7/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 32,000 studs |
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| Exo Raider | Top Speed: 7/10 Acceleration: 8/10 Handling: 6/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 32,000 studs |
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| Hot Buster | Top Speed: 7/10 Acceleration: 9/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 32,000 studs |
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| Slammer Rhino | Top Speed: 5/10 Acceleration: 7/10 Handling: 9/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 32,000 studs |
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| Dodge Charger R/T | Top Speed: 7/10 Acceleration: 9/10 Handling: 5/10 Unlocks at: after beating Ed Boss Race |
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| Ford Mustang GT | Top Speed: 7/10 Acceleration: 8/10 Handling: 9/10 Unlocks at: after beating Nick Boss Race |
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| Chevrolette Corvette Z06 | Top Speed: 8/10 Acceleration: 9/10 Handling: 8/10 Unlocks at: after beating Cam Boss Race |
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| Nitro Muscle | Top Speed: 7/10 Acceleration: 8/10 Handling: 10/10 Unlocks at: after beating Bill Boss Race |
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| Nitro Menace | Top Speed: 8/10 Acceleration: 8/10 Handling: 9/10 Unlocks at: can be bought at shop for 55,000 studs |
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| McLaren P1 | Top Speed: 9/10 Acceleration: 10/10 Handling: 7/10 Unlocks at: after beating Rex McLaren Boss Race |
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