{"id":26116,"date":"2025-10-06T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26116"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:07:54","slug":"garfield-kart-2-all-you-can-drift-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/06\/garfield-kart-2-all-you-can-drift-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I was a kid in the 80s, Garfield was huge!\u00a0 Newspaper comics strips were a popular form of entertainment for all ages back then, and the fat orange cat was right at the forefront.\u00a0 Not only that, but he had countless merchandise, Emmy award winning TV specials and a Saturday morning cartoon!\u00a0 So yeah, Garfield was a big part of my childhood.\u00a0 So good or bad, I\u2019m always happy to review a Garfield video game.\u00a0 So here comes Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift, a typical cartoony kart racer featuring the fat cat and his friends.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never played the first one, so I don\u2019t know if this one improves anything in any way, but the sequel is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

The first thing you\u2019ll do is pick your character.\u00a0 Unfortunately there are only 8 racers.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got Garfield, Odie, Nermal, Arlene, Jon, Liz, Squeak the mouse, and the Big Dog.\u00a0 I think the game could\u2019ve used more characters.\u00a0 Why not the rest of Jon\u2019s farm family?\u00a0 Or heck, even the gang from U.S. Acres.\u00a0 Even better, bring back Lyman!\u00a0 Then you pick your car and choose its color, paint job, hats, and other parts.\u00a0 You unlock more as you play and earn trophies.<\/p>\n

There are single player and multiplayer modes for up to four racers.\u00a0 In single player you can do a cup race where you do four tracks and earn points as you place.\u00a0 The tracks are grouped by themes.\u00a0 There are city tracks, pirate tracks, and western tracks for each cup.\u00a0 You can also do a quick single race or time trials for each track.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve played a kart racer before, you\u2019ll feel right at home here.\u00a0 A button to go and B to brake.\u00a0 The right shoulder button makes you jump and the left shoulder button lets you use an item.\u00a0 These are typical kart racing fare, and include speed boosts, homing projectiles, and more.\u00a0 If you jump and then turn, you can do a power-slide similar to how it\u2019s done in Mario Kart.<\/p>\n

As a big Garfield fan, I hate to give this game a bad review, but I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m going to have to.\u00a0 The biggest problem is the difficulty.\u00a0 I had the game on the easiest setting and still could barely get above 7th<\/sup> place!\u00a0 And I\u2019m pretty good at Mario Kart!\u00a0 Also the tracks are uninspired and the visuals look worse than some GameCube games!\u00a0 And the characters don\u2019t even have voices, just grunts and noises that don\u2019t even sound like them!\u00a0 There are so many much better kart racers out now or soon that you can get instead.<\/p>\n

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Nothing too violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 You can hit other racers with silly weapons but they just tumble around with dizzy stars above their heads and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but younger gamers may find it too difficult.\u00a0 Garfield Kart 2 is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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