Racing Gears Advance is a combat racing game for the Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

 system released in 2004 and includes licensed vehicles from GM, Dodge

Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....

, Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi

The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...

 and Lotus Cars

Lotus Cars

Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics...

. It was the breakout game for Orbital Media Inc.

Orbital Media Inc.

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 and received high ratings from the likes of GameSpot

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 and IGN

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, staying in the top 5 GBA games for 2005.

The soundtrack is notable for having been composed by Neil D. Voss

Neil D. Voss

Neil D. Voss is a critically acclaimed composer who writes soundtracks for Nintendo video games.Voss' first recognized work was on Tetrisphere for Nintendo 64 in 1997, an acclaimed effort that earned him a "Best Soundtrack" award from Nintendo Power for that year. Later he composed tracks for The...

, known for his prior work on Tetrisphere

Tetrisphere

Tetrisphere is a falling block puzzle video game for the Nintendo 64 console. Developed by Canadian company H2O Entertainment, a nearly-complete version of the game was originally slated for release on the Atari Jaguar in early 1995...

 and The New Tetris

The New Tetris

The New Tetris is a puzzle video game for the Nintendo 64. The game was developed by H2O Entertainment and published by Nintendo, based on the latter's popular Tetris series...

.

This game may be conceived as a mix between Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo (series)

is a popular and critically acclaimed series of racing simulation video games developed by Polyphony Digital.Developed exclusively for PlayStation systems, Gran Turismo games are intended to simulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed...

(for the sim racing part) and Impact Racing (because it uses weapons in the game). All circuit cups (there are five total) take the name of letters from the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Omega), with each cup having five tracks (so 25 tracks total).

Characters such as Spacewave, Jack Speed, Throttle, etc., drive the following cars:

• Cadillac Escalade
• Chevrolet Corvette
• Chevrolet SSR
• Dodge Viper
• Dodge Magnum
• Hummer H2
• Lotus Esprit
• Lotus Exige
• Lotus Elise
• Lotus 340R
• Mitsubishi Lancer

Due to its success, a sequel was announced for Nintendo DS under the working title Racing Gears DS.