I grew up with Carmageddon TDR 2000 (not the first game). This was my favorite game for a long time. I upgraded my car to the maximum and bought every car before I finished the game. I think it won't be an overstatement if I say I had this game on my PC for at least five years. I would record all the races and watch them in slow-mo.
Wow, i'm amazed. TDR was generally considered as really crap and not enough like the original 2 games (from what i understand, at least)
I played carma2, and i've never played the first one. From what i understand, 2 was better in every way however, so I don't feel compelled to go back to the first one.
Yeah, TDR is considered as a pile of shit by hardcore Carmageddon fans. I don't know why. Most people complain about the time limit but that was one of the things I liked in the game. You always had to be on the move and it was challenging. Races were very easy though. Just waste a car and you have plenty of time to do anything you want. The only thing I hated about the game was cars not taking damage if you smash them in the side. You had to hit them in the front or the rear.
Also, killing peds doesn't yield much time bonus but that's okay I guess. In the game you have 3 ways to complete at race: Waste all the cars, kill all the peds, complete the race. I attempted to kill all the peds once. Man, that took a long time and it was challenging. I managed to do it though.
I didn't play any other Carmageddon games so if the people who played first both games are saying TDR is crap, they probably know something or maybe it's just the nostalgia effect.
Talking about nostalgia effect, I may give TDR a try again if I manage to find the CD... in one piece.