Road Rash: Jailbreak
{{short description|2000 video game}}
{{other uses|Road rash (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Road Rash: Jailbreak
| image = Road Rash - Jailbreak coverart.png
| developer = EA Redwood Shores
Magic Pockets (GBA)
| publisher = Electronic Arts{{cite web |last=Curtiss |first=Aaron |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/96961345/the-los-angeles-times/ |title=Man Versus Tin Can:Test Your Metal |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=February 8, 2001 |page=151 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006013637/https://www.newspapers.com/article/96961345/the-los-angeles-times/ |archivedate=October 6, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=October 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}
| director =
| producer = Hunter Smith
| designer =
| programmer =
| artist = Daniel D. Wood
| writer =
| composer =
| series = Road Rash
| platforms = PlayStation, Game Boy Advance
| released = PlayStation
{{vgrelease|NA|February 4, 2000{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Chris |date=February 4, 2000 |url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/00_02/04_vg_roadrash/index.html |title=EA Ships Latest Road Rash |website=GameSpot |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000607114402/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/00_02/04_vg_roadrash/index.html |archivedate=June 7, 2000 |accessdate=October 6, 2023}}|EU|August 6, 2000}}Game Boy Advance
{{vgrelease|NA|September 15, 2003|EU|October 24, 2003{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=October 24, 2003 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news241003whatsnew |title=What's New |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324123051/https://www.eurogamer.net/news241003whatsnew |archivedate=March 24, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=June 12, 2023}}}}
| genre = Racing
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Road Rash: Jailbreak is a racing video game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the PlayStation and Magic Pockets for the Game Boy Advance, and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation in 2000 and for Game Boy Advance in 2003. It is the sixth and final game in the Road Rash series.
Gameplay
The game plays similarly to previous games developed in the Road Rash series, which involves the player racing their motorcycle against other motorcyclists. Gameplay favors an arcade-like style, with little emphasis on realism. While racing, the player has the option of punching, or using weapons to attack other opponents, to slow down their progress. The ultimate goal is to place first in the race in order to earn points to upgrade the player's weapon and nitro. Conversely, the worst outcome is to finish last, which earns no points, or be stopped by police officers, which loses points. Despite sharing many characteristics with past games in the series, Road Rash Jailbreak puts a stronger emphasis on the racing aspect of the game, and less on combat.
The individual courses for the game are pieced together from a larger system of interconnected grids of roads. Courses may overlap common segments of other tracks, but often have different start or end points, or have the player turning down alternate routes. The modes on Road Rash Jailbreak are: Jailbreak, Five-O, Time Trial, Cops and Robbers, Skull-to-skull, and Sidecar mode.
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
| GBA = true
| PS = true
| na = true
| GR_GBA = 56%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/gba/539990-road-rash-jailbreak/index.html |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak for Game Boy Advance |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430234410/https://www.gamerankings.com/gba/539990-road-rash-jailbreak/index.html |archivedate=April 30, 2019 |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}
| MC_GBA = 67/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/gba/roadrashjailbreak |title=Road Rash Jailbreak (gba: 2003): Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913091851/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/gba/roadrashjailbreak |archivedate=September 13, 2008 |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}
| Allgame_PS = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Scoleri III |first=Joseph |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20410&tab=review |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS) - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114230253/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20410&tab=review |archivedate=November 14, 2014 |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}
| EGM_PS = 7/10{{cite magazine |last1=Hager |first1=Dean |last2=Davison |first2=John |last3=Boyer |first3=Crispin |last4=Smith |first4=Shawn |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/3/30/EGM_US_128.pdf |title=Road Rash: Jail Break [sic] (PS) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=128 |date=March 2000 |page=145 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517031428/https://retrocdn.net/images/3/30/EGM_US_128.pdf |archivedate=May 17, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=October 6, 2023}}{{efn|Four critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation version each a score of 7.5/10, 8/10, 6.5/10, and 6/10.}}
| EPD_PS = 7/10{{cite web |last=Ham |first=Tom |date=February 23, 2000 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=2078&full=1 |title=Road Rash Jailbreak (PSX) |website=The Electric Playground |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030715005704/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=2078&full=1 |archivedate=July 15, 2003 |accessdate=October 6, 2023}}
| GI_GBA = 4.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak (GBA) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |issue=124 |date=August 2003 |page=104}}
| GI_PS = 7/10{{cite magazine |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=83 |date=March 2000}}
| GameFan_PS = 71%{{cite magazine |last=Higgins |first=Geoff "The Judge" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_02 |title=Road Rash: Jail Break [sic] (PS) |magazine=GameFan |publisher=Shinno Media |volume=8 |issue=2 |date=February 2000 |page=[https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_02/page/n33/mode/2up 33] |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}
| GameRev_PS = B−{{cite web |author=Brian |date=March 2000 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34123-road-rash-jailbreak-review |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak Review (PS) |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912233810/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/road-rash-jailbreak |archivedate=September 12, 2015 |url-status=live |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}
| GSpot_GBA = 7.3/10{{cite web |last=Provo |first=Frank |date=November 10, 2003 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/road-rash-jailbreak-review/1900-6081683/ |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak Review (GBA) |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505164759/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/road-rash-jailbreak-review/1900-6081683/ |archivedate=May 5, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=June 12, 2023}}
| IGN_GBA = 7.9/10{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=September 23, 2003 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/23/road-rash-jailbreak |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak (GBA) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425191244/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/23/road-rash-jailbreak |archivedate=April 25, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=October 6, 2023}}
| NGen_PS = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Trueman |first=Doug |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen65May2000 |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS) |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=65 |date=May 2000 |page=[https://archive.org/details/NextGen65May2000/page/n101/mode/2up 100] |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}
| NP_GBA = 2.9/5{{cite magazine |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=172 |date=October 2003 |page=141}}
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Rybicki |first=Joe |url=https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-2000-03 |title=Road Rash: Jail Break [sic] |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |volume=3 |issue=6 |date=March 2000 |page=[https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-2000-03/page/n99/mode/2up 100] |accessdate=November 8, 2020}}
| rev1 = The Cincinnati Enquirer
| rev1_PS = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last=Braxton-Brown |first=Justin |date=March 29, 2000 |url=http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/roadrash.html |title=Road Rash revs up with Jailbreak (PS) |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |publisher=Gannett Company |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010701224631/http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/roadrash.html |archivedate=July 1, 2001 |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}
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The Game Boy Advance version of Road Rash: Jailbreak received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Game Informer gave it an unfavorable review, over a month before it was released. Doug Trueman of NextGen said in his bottom line that the first Road Rash was still better than the PlayStation version. Air Hendrix of GamePro reviewed the PlayStation version, praising its "well-tuned" gameplay and an "engaging" variety of modes, and called the best Road Rash for that platform, but noted that the game will attract only the fans of franchise, while others will rent it.{{cite magazine |author=Air Hendrix |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/3/3a/GamePro_US_138.pdf |title=Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS) |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |issue=138 |date=March 2000 |page=90 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119030357/https://retrocdn.net/images/3/3a/GamePro_US_138.pdf |archivedate=November 19, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=October 6, 2023}}{{efn|GamePro gave the PlayStation version three 4.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, and fun factor, and 4/5 for control in one review.}} In another review, however, The D-Pad Destroyer called it "a fast, brutal and gritty game", but noted its "dirty" graphics and the "harsh" difficulty.{{cite magazine |author=The D-Pad Destroyer |year=2000 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/4485.shtml |title=Road Rash Jailbreak Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826083957/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/4485.shtml |archivedate=August 26, 2004 |accessdate=May 22, 2020}}{{efn|GamePro gave the PlayStation version 3/5 for graphics, two 3.5/5 scores for sound and fun factor, and 4/5 for control in another review.}}
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