Highway Crash Derby

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Highway Crash Derby is a single player casual racing game. It was developed by Koma Studios and was released on May 23, 2013. It received positive reviews from players.

Take your race car out on the highway and cause as much damage as you can!

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86%Audience ScoreBased on 1,500 reviews

graphics36 positive mentions

monetization27 negative mentions

Addictive and fun gameplay with a focus on causing crashes and destruction.
No intrusive ads and ability to enjoy the game without frequent interruptions.
Different vehicles with unique abilities add variety to the gameplay.

Grinding for coins to unlock new vehicles is slow and can be tedious.
Limited variety in maps, scenery, and objectives leads to repetitive gameplay.
Camera controls during crashes are awkward, limiting the viewing experience.

graphics
60 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
33%
7%
The game's graphics are generally praised as good, smooth, and nostalgic, enhancing the fun and addictive gameplay experience. However, users commonly request improvements such as more variety, higher resolution, better crash damage effects, additional vehicle and environment details, and enhanced camera functions to elevate the visual appeal and realism. Overall, while adequate for casual play, the graphics could benefit from updates to meet modern expectations.
- “This game seems easy and frankly boring at first but shortly becomes addictive with its fun achievements, variety of cars, and the best graphics in a racing game that doesn't lag on your phone. The fun racing with insane crashes makes this game the best I've played in this genre... Get it now!”
- “Really fun and good graphics/physics for the time it was released. When I first found this game again I was just hit with a wave of nostalgia because it was my favorite game like 7 years ago.”
- “Awesome graphics for such a small game. Sound effects superb. Waiting for an update with interesting cars like Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Mustang etc. Please bring it soon and it’s a 100 stars for sure.”
- “The graphics look like from a PS2 game, but I love Traffic Chaos.”
- “Game sucks... in this modern world game has no motion sensor, no sound, no animations, no levels, poor graphics... game extremely sucks!!!”
- “No clear graphics, no missions... it's just a waste of time!”
monetization
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
3%
79%
Users have mixed opinions on monetization, with many appreciating the lack or minimal presence of ads and optional, unobtrusive ad rewards, which enhance the experience. However, others find ads frequent, disruptive, and leading to game freezing, alongside frustrations with grindy progression and high in-game costs. Overall, while some enjoy the ad-free or low-ad approach, many feel that ad frequency and monetization choices could be better balanced.
- “No ads, just so amazing!”
- “I love this game and the fact that there are absolutely no ads makes it so much better.”
- “Not sure how they do it, but there are no ads!”
- “Full of ad pop-ups after every game.”
- “The ads are the revenue, so I don't understand why it costs so many coins for a car.”
- “Far too many ads plus it freezes a lot more.”
stability
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is frequently criticized for instability issues, with many users experiencing regular freezing, glitches, and crashes that disrupt gameplay. While still enjoyable to some, these persistent bugs and performance problems significantly hinder the overall experience.
- “Game freezes every single time I try to play for the last several years.”
- “It freezes on me and I have to take my battery out of my phone to get it working again; it exits out of the game and the car won't switch lanes all the time.”
- “This game would be much better without all of the glitches and freezing it has.”
humor
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users consistently praise the game's humor, highlighting its hilarious crashes, funny sound effects, and overall entertaining and lighthearted experience. Many find it highly amusing and enjoy playing it repeatedly for its comedic moments.
- “Great little game for wasting time and watching hilarious crashes.”
- “Fun to play and the sound effects are hilariously awesome.”
- “Other than needing some new sceneries, unbelievably fun and funny!”
music
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
55%
27%
Users generally find the background music irritating and express frustration over the lack of an option to disable the music separately from sound effects. They request more flexible audio settings to turn off the music without muting all game sounds.
- “Good game but could you make the sound settings a little more usable because I want the music off but not the SFX.”
- “It's fine, but would prefer if I could turn off the music, without turning off the SFX as well.”
- “Then it came back with the annoying music you can't turn off without muting the whole thing!”
- “Good game but could you make the sound setting a little more usable because I want the music off but not the SFX.”
- “Great game but I wish there was an option to just disable music and not the game audio.”
story
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
70%
30%
The story aspect is criticized for lacking clear missions, objectives, and progression, leading to a repetitive and grindy experience. Players express a desire for more structured challenges or mission modes that provide specific goals and variety. Overall, the game’s narrative and mission design are seen as minimal or absent, detracting from engagement.
- “And you can't open any other missions.”
- “Can't get any more missions/achievements; shows under trophies 'keep playing' to find out.”
- “I've completed all the missions or whatever, and all the others are 'hidden.' Why are they hidden?”
gameplay
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
30%
30%
Gameplay is generally enjoyable and challenging, featuring unique vehicle qualities and destructible environments that add variety. However, some users find certain mechanics, like automatic attack chopper triggers and costly vehicles, frustrating, and others feel the gameplay becomes repetitive and lacks rewarding progression. Overall, it offers fun physics and action but could benefit from more explosive elements and improved pacing.
- “Each vehicle you unlock has unique qualities which change up gameplay.”
- “Concept is pretty good, gameplay is challenging and enjoyable.”
- “Epic time waster, awesome graphics and physics, fun gameplay.”
- “Good game, but I hate that the attack chopper mechanic is triggered automatically when you get 3 rocket pickups.”
- “But cars are too expensive, crashes are useless if you don't get any money for them, power-up on second car is also useless, gameplay is too repetitive to make me collect coins one by one for next cars.”
- “Graphics are pretty enough but gameplay is awful.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game is considered quite repetitive, requiring players to play repeatedly to earn new cars and coins. While some appreciate the absence of ads, many suggest improvements like rewarding coins for causing more damage or crashes to make grinding feel more meaningful and less tedious. Overall, grinding can feel lengthy but is somewhat tolerated.
- “The game is really grindy, meaning you have to play it repeatedly just to get a new car.”
- “15 million damage equals 1500 coins; reducing grind this way would make huge crashes more meaningful rather than just completing missions that will run out.”
- “Coin grinding takes a long time; adding 1 coin per 100k points for crashes would incentivize causing more mayhem.”
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
75%
The game offers enjoyable replayability with a variety of vehicles, but players desire more playable cars and online features to enhance longevity. However, some feel the replay value diminishes once all achievements are earned.
- “Cool game to spend time with because it has lots of vehicles and is entertaining. It would be great to add more cars on the road and more playable vehicles too.”
- “More playable vehicles if at all possible and maybe, somehow, online play.”
- “Playing to get the achievement, but it may lose replayability once all achievements are unlocked.”
- “Playing to get the achievement but it will lose replayability as soon as I have got them all.”
- “Not a lot of replay value.”
- “More playable vehicles if at all possible and maybe, somehow, online.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game requires a specific phone model to run smoothly, indicating limited optimization across a broad range of devices.
- “Needs a specific phone for playable performance”

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Highway Crash Derby is a casual racing game.

Highway Crash Derby is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Highway Crash Derby was released on May 23, 2013.

Highway Crash Derby was developed by Koma Studios.

Highway Crash Derby has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Highway Crash Derby for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Highway Crash Derby is a single player game.

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