{{Short description|2003 video game}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox video game |title=Downtown Run |image=Ps2 downtown run new.jpg |caption=PAL region PlayStation 2 cover art featuring the Saab 9-3 Cabrio (left), the Volkswagen New Beetle (middle), and the Audi TT (right) |developer=Ubi Soft Bucharest<br />Com2uS (Mobile) |publisher=Ubi Soft<br />Com2uS (Mobile) |released='''PlayStation 2''' and '''Microsoft Windows'''{{vgrelease|FRA/GER/NED|March 27, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Downtown Run'' sur PC |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/pc/00010495-downtown-run.htm |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=Jeuxvideo.com}}</ref>|UK|March 28, 2003|NA/RUS|June 30, 2003 (Windows)}}'''GameCube'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|April 29, 2003}}'''Mobile'''<br />{{vgrelease|WW|July 17, 2003}} |genre=Racing, vehicular combat |modes=Single-player, multiplayer |platforms= PlayStation 2, Windows, GameCube, Mobile }}
'''''Downtown Run''''', known in North America as '''''City Racer''''', is a racing vehicular combat game developed by Ubi Soft Bucharest and published in 2003 for PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, GameCube, and mobile phones.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/downtown-run/ |title=Gamespot: Downtown Run |access-date=2017-10-22 |archive-date=2017-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023012735/https://www.gamespot.com/downtown-run/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The game features many different cars, game modes and tracks. In most game modes, you can collect power-ups to maximise your chance of winning or slow down opponents.
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | NGC = true | PC = true | na = true | NP_NGC = 2.6/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=City Racer |magazine=Nintendo Power |volume=169 |date=June 2003 |page=138}}</ref> | PCGUS_PC = 79%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mahood |first=Andy |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/city_racer.html |title=City Racer |magazine=PC Gamer |date=July 2003 |page=84 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315140619/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/city_racer.html |archivedate=March 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref> | MC_NGC = 58/100<ref name=MCGC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/city-racer/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |title=City Racer for GameCube Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref> | MC_PC = 79/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/city-racer/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=City Racer for PC Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref> }}
The Windows version received "generally favorable reviews", while the GameCube version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.<ref name=MCGC/><ref name=MCPC/>
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