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D-pad | Steer |
|---|---|
X | Accelerate |
Square | Brake or reverse |
Control details can vary by regional release or control configuration.
How it plays
Races take place on closed circuits, while demolition events use enclosed arenas. The objective varies between finishing ahead of rivals and earning success through damaging or outlasting them.
Players steer, accelerate, brake, and position their cars to avoid or deliver impacts. Damage affects the vehicle during an event, so reckless contact can reduce performance or end a run. Progression is based on completing the available events rather than on character development.
Plan your run
Learn the track layouts before attempting aggressive overtakes. In circuit races, preserve speed through corners and use safer lines instead of repeatedly trading paint.
In demolition events, attack vulnerable angles such as the rear or side of a rival, then keep moving to avoid being surrounded. Protecting your own damaged areas is often more useful than chasing every collision.
Before you begin
Use controlled impacts rather than head-on crashes whenever possible.
In arena events, maintain room to accelerate away from groups of cars.
Monitor damage and avoid unnecessary collisions late in an event.
Destruction Derby is a 1995 PlayStation racing game developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Psygnosis. It combines conventional circuit racing with demolition-derby arenas, where collisions are not merely hazards but a central part of the competition. Players choose from stock-car-style vehicles and compete in events that reward speed, controlled impacts, and survival. The game is presented from a behind-the-car perspective and emphasizes heavy crashes, vehicle damage, and chaotic group driving. Its technical collision effects and aggressive tone made it a distinctive early console racer, although its handling and damage-focused format received mixed reactions. It later became the first entry in a short-lived series.
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