84
Excite Truck is a very fun, fast, and – dare I say it – exciting return to grass roots arcade style racing. There no tuning to worry about, no license tests, and no underground street cred here. All of those things can be found elsewhere. Excite Truck is just about racing, and it excels in this regard.
70
As undeniably fun as this game is, its downfall is its lack of depth. You can burn through the initial difficulty setting in the career mode in a couple hours.
68
Ultimately, Excite Truck feels more like a tech demo than a full-fledged game.
8
Excite Truck on the original Wii is an unexpectedly timeless arcade racer. It caught me completely off guard. I tend to judge people by the arcade racers they love — mine include Burnout, Ridge Racer Type 4, Cruis’n Blast, Super Hang-On, Rumble Racing, and Sega Rally. And now, right next to them, sits Excite **** an early Wii title, the game achieves something I once expected from MotorStorm: terrain that morphs on the fly, jumps and routes reshaping mid-race, full air control, tricks, and a surprisingly smooth, intuitive arcade physics model.I usually dislike gimmick games — titles built around hardware tricks. But Excite Truck might be one of the best uses of the Wii’s motion steering. It’s fast, light, immediate, and genuinely fun to control.Sure, the OST is awful. Sure, the presentation lacks polish. But none of that matters. This is pure, light, high-speed arcade joy, and one of the most underrated titles on the **** you enjoy breezy, explosive racers, Excite Truck deserves a place on your list. It’s far better than anyone remembers.
6
This game is alright. I like the graphics and gameplay but the motion controls to me are pretty doo doo
7
Decent enough arcade racer with crazy jumps and lots of jostling vehicles, rather like a prototype version of Motorstorm. The controls are a little slack but it's a good enough excuse to wave your Wii racing wheel around.
Excite Truck
Wii
Released On:
Nov 19, 2006
Metascore
Mixed or Average
72
User score
Generally Favorable
7.7
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90
A lightening fast and frantic thrill ride from beginning to end, and well worth a purchase.
80
Our advice is this - snap up this underrated little racer, because you won't regret it. It might not offer a billion options and a trillion tracks, but for the time it lasts you'll be playing with a ruddy great big grin on your face.
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55% Positive
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2 Ratings
Jan 2, 2014
9
Very good racer. The controls are near perfect, the graphics are beautiful for a Wii game and it let's you listen to your own music (MP3's on SD-Card). The only reason I'm no giving this game a 10 is the splitscreen 2player mode which is sperated by a vertical line and this makes playing with a friend more difficult than it should be. Still I have to say the 2player mode is good enough to be worth your time. If you own a Wii and you're into arcade-style-racing you should definitly get this
Mar 3, 2012
9
this game is freaking awesome you go freaking like 100 miles an hour making jumps that are like 1000 off of the ground with awesome levels and cars this one of the best games on the wii period
77
A skimpy package that you'll probably finish in record time. Definitely exciting, but also a great advertisement for videogame rentals. [Feb 2007, p.54]
75
Although not super deep, Excite Truck is a fun little Wii game. I’m most disappointed by the lack of four-player split-screen.
70
Don’t expect a lot of “play” out of it the first time through as you probably won’t want to work so hard to reach the coveted “S” ranking.
61
The only multiplayer is a two-player split screen. Four players is too much apparently and going online is out of the question. Not a great system seller in this regard.
50
It’s a fun game with great control, a portent of good things to come, but sports a bargain title’s worth of content while asking for a full price.
Nov 24, 2025
8
Excite Truck on the original Wii is an unexpectedly timeless arcade racer. It caught me completely off guard. I tend to judge people by the arcade racers they love — mine include Burnout, Ridge Racer Type 4, Cruis’n Blast, Super Hang-On, Rumble Racing, and Sega Rally. And now, right next to them, sits Excite **** an early Wii title, the game achieves something I once expected from MotorStorm: terrain that morphs on the fly, jumps and routes reshaping mid-race, full air control, tricks, and a surprisingly smooth, intuitive arcade physics model.I usually dislike gimmick games — titles built around hardware tricks. But Excite Truck might be one of the best uses of the Wii’s motion steering. It’s fast, light, immediate, and genuinely fun to control.Sure, the OST is awful. Sure, the presentation lacks polish. But none of that matters. This is pure, light, high-speed arcade joy, and one of the most underrated titles on the **** you enjoy breezy, explosive racers, Excite Truck deserves a place on your list. It’s far better than anyone remembers.
Jan 11, 2023
7
Decent enough arcade racer with crazy jumps and lots of jostling vehicles, rather like a prototype version of Motorstorm. The controls are a little slack but it's a good enough excuse to wave your Wii racing wheel around.
Sep 7, 2025
6
This game is alright. I like the graphics and gameplay but the motion controls to me are pretty doo doo
Jan 11, 2019
6
It's a fine game. The graphics are subpar (even for Wii), and the music is super generic rock to the point that I turned it way down. But other than that, it's a solid and fun arcade racer. ...that is, if it wasn't for the controls. The WiiMote just isn't cut out for steering. It's imprecise and even frustrating at times. I wish I could play this with a normal controller.
Aug 8, 2022
3
The motion controls are fine, but unless you have the patience to play through the unskippable tutorials, then I say you should just skip this game.
SummaryIn the grand racing tradition of Excitebike, get ready for a big-air experience like no other as players rocket their trucks across dynamically changing terrain. Remember tilting your arms while playing Excitebike to try to make your character land a huge jump? Well, that experience is finally a reality with Excite Truck, a wild, off-roa... Read More
Rated Efor Everyone
