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Game entry

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

2003 · Action-adventure, Racing, Platformer · PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox · Vivendi Universal Games

GameForever voters place The Simpsons: Hit & Run no. 512 in the world ranking, with 1,690 ELO points and 65% of wins across 307 duels settled. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against Grand Theft Auto V: 2 wins to 5 across 7 duels. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 9 out of 126 (2003).

World rank

no. 512

ELO score

1,690

Wins

65%

Duels played

307

Join the debate · 33

About The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Strange wasp-shaped spy cameras, shady black vans lingering about, and a brand new flavor of Buzz Cola that everyone seems a bit too excited about. What could it all mean?

Find out as you take to the streets as America's most beloved dysfunctional animated family: The Simpsons! In this timeless action-adventure game, you can work to uncover the conspiracy taking place in Springfield while playing as these beloved characters.

As you progress through the game, you'll explore 3 unique areas of Springfield made up of many locations from the show. You can ride around in style with a memorable array of vehicles from the show or take a walk around on foot. You'll stumble into adrenaline-pumping story missions, take part in some fast paced street races and help out some of the townsfolk in bonus missions. Around every corner there's pesky wasps to be destroyed, collector cards to find and secret gags to uncover.

The community says

Handling feels stiff by today's standards, no doubt, but the mission variety and the way Springfield is laid out still hold up surprisingly well tbh

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,690 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Simpsons: Hit & Run sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 509 Donkey Kong Bananza 1,692
  2. 510 The Witcher 1,691
  3. 511 Spyro the Dragon 1,691
  4. 512 The Simpsons: Hit & Run 1,690
  5. 513 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm 1,690
  6. 514 Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence 1,689
  7. 515 Crash Team Racing 1,689

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The standing

Where The Simpsons: Hit & Run ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Simpsons: Hit & Run stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 9 out of 126 (2003).

Where The Simpsons: Hit & Run ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 512 5,110
Action-adventure 63 332
2000s 152 1,304
2003 9 126

The community

The debate

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  1. Katelyn_1985

    Handling feels stiff by today's standards, no doubt, but the mission variety and the way Springfield is laid out still hold up surprisingly well tbh

  2. Rowena_2009

    The nostalgia carries this one hard... I just wish people separated that from actual quality more often.

    Irma_76

    Same, minus the crashing part.

  3. CosmoSniper3

    Anyone else replay it just for the dialogue? (not the driving, god no)

    FrameRex2

    RC cars, sure, but nothing beats the go kart chaos honestly.

    CoopRider

    The dialogue holds up way better than the driving does, honestly it carries missions the handling alone never could

  4. GhostWolf1989

    Not sure it deserves this ranking against actual open world giants.

    Phyllis_73

    Replying to NeonKid94

    The nostalgia is real (mine too) but that doesn't fix the ranking

    NeonKid94

    Same energy here, my sister still brings up the donut shop crashes at family dinners.

  5. PixelOwl1997

    The vehicle handling was never great even for its time, and the missions repeat the same formula quickly. I still enjoyed my time with it, but I think people rank it on charm more than actual design quality.

    Lynn_2005

    Yeah, my kids agree, the missions do blur together fast (still their favorite though)

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