Destruction Derby 's game engine supports up to twenty cars on screen simultaneously, which no console racing game, other than Daytona USA, had achieved until that time. Performance was also improved by optimising the game's graphics, and by reducing the level of detail of objects in the distance. Producer Tony Parks noted that the physics were simplified to improve performance and to compensate for the PlayStation's digital controller, and that the team sought a balance between 'realism and playability'. Director Martin Edmondson believed that the game would otherwise be 'completely unplayable', as with ' pool when the collisions are all off'. To make the results of car collisions easier to predict, Reflections implemented simulated physics into Destruction Derby. Writers for Edge and Next Generation commented that the game could 'trounce' Ridge Racer upon the PlayStation's release. The game debuted at the May 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo, and its initial title was variously reported as Demolition Derby and Demolish 'em Derby. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment's Psygnosis branch, which allowed Reflections to receive PlayStation development kits long before that console's release. The British development studio Reflections Interactive began creating Destruction Derby for the PlayStation in late 1994. The PlayStation version features system link play for two players, while the MS-DOS version has an online multiplayer mode. Wreckin' Racing is a hybrid of the two, in which the player earns points both by winning the race and by destroying other cars. In Destruction Derby, the player earns points by destroying other cars in a large, trackless arena called The Bowl in Stock Car Racing, the player must finish in first place, and no points are awarded for destroying cars. Four game modes are available: Destruction Derby, Wreckin' Racing, Stock Car Racing and Time Trial. Frontal collisions risk damage to the car's radiator, which causes the car to overheat and stop running.

Collisions in the game affect the controls of each car, limiting their steering and maximum speed. The player engages in a Destruction Derby contest at The Bowl.ĭestruction Derby is a vehicular combat racing video game based on the sport of demolition derby.

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