I never thought about that. You are right, this is basically rocket league in First Person view.

I think a big problem this game had was its pedigree. It was "cool" to crap on anything 3DO related at the time. Those same magazines that attacked this as lacking had complaints about other 3DO titles that were ported. Gex, Off World Interceptor, Shock Wave, Need for Speed, Road Rash, and more all got pulled over the coals for one reason or another - even though there was little competition, let alone games that did it better at the time.

Sure, with Need for Speed and Road Rash, fans had already been spoiled with Ridge Racer, Daytona, Wiepout, etc. The rest though? There simply were no comparable PSOne or Saturn games to best them. Looking back now, sure, there are tons of games that are better in many ways but back then, not so much. At least on the platforms they were ported to.

That is why I say it was "cool" to crap on anything 3DO related. I cannot pinpoint any other reason for the hate the better games got in the press.