<s>
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Reflections	O
Interactive	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
to	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
,	O
players	O
race	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
earning	O
points	O
by	O
damaging	O
opponent	O
cars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modes	O
are	O
Wrecking	O
Racing	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
earn	O
points	O
by	O
destroying	O
or	O
spinning	O
the	O
other	O
competitors	O
during	O
the	O
race	O
;	O
Stock	O
Car	O
,	O
a	O
typical	O
race	O
during	O
which	O
cars	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
damaged	O
or	O
destroyed	O
;	O
and	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
,	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
crash	O
arenas	O
instead	O
of	O
race	O
tracks	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
inflict	O
as	O
much	O
damage	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Championship	O
,	O
players	O
compete	O
in	O
a	O
league	O
of	O
seasons	O
consisting	O
of	O
four	O
races	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
Wrecking	O
Racing	O
,	O
a	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
match	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
supports	O
Namco	O
's	O
NeGcon	B-Device
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
seven	O
months	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
design	O
flaws	O
and	O
the	O
cutting	O
of	O
several	O
ideas	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
implemented	O
within	O
that	O
time	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
producer	O
Martin	O
Edmondson	O
,	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
the	O
2D	O
collision	O
algorithms	O
remaining	O
intact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edmondson	O
stated	O
that	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
felt	O
like	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
rather	O
than	O
merely	O
a	O
sequel	O
with	O
more	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
the	O
cars	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
resemble	O
the	O
stock	O
cars	O
used	O
in	O
NASCAR	B-Application
racing	I-Application
,	O
while	O
all	O
the	O
tracks	O
were	O
situated	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tracks	O
were	O
constructed	O
in	O
Softimage	B-Device
3D	I-Device
and	O
converted	O
to	O
PlayStation	B-Device
format	O
mesh	O
data	O
using	O
a	O
custom	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
common	O
criticism	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
,	O
the	O
tracks	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
larger	O
and	O
less	O
narrow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
mode	O
,	O
more	O
varied	O
arenas	O
were	O
implemented	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
physics	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
Reflections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
November	O
1996	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
18	O
January	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Destruction	B-Device
Derby	I-Device
Raw	I-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
Collins	O
of	O
the	O
Official	O
UK	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Magazine	O
believed	O
the	O
features	O
are	O
"	O
massively	O
improved	O
"	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
its	O
"	O
superbly	O
polished	O
"	O
gameplay	O
made	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
PlayStation	B-Device
racing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
main	O
criticism	O
was	O
that	O
he	O
thought	O
the	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
Practice	O
mode	O
can	O
make	O
players	O
complacent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnny	O
Ballgame	O
of	O
GamePro	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
original	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
looks	O
like	O
a	O
mere	O
hubcap	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
gold-rimmed	O
gameplay	O
and	O
trunkful	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
of	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ed	O
Lomag	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
lauded	O
the	O
improved	O
car	O
mechanics	O
and	O
track	O
design	O
and	O
also	O
liked	O
that	O
the	O
UK	O
PAL	O
version	O
runs	O
in	O
full	O
screen	O
at	O
a	O
full	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
thus	O
proving	O
British	O
developers	O
could	O
make	O
decent	O
British	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
engine	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
impressive	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
link-up	B-Device
multiplayer	O
mode	O
was	O
criticised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
As	O
with	O
most	O
ground-breaking	O
titles	O
...	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
created	O
as	O
many	O
new	O
problems	O
as	O
solutions	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
have	O
done	O
an	O
extremely	O
nice	O
job	O
of	O
correcting	O
these	O
faults	O
with	O
a	O
much	O
improved	O
sequel.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Absolute	O
PlayStation	B-Device
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
vast	O
improvement	O
"	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
identical	O
and	O
"	O
rather	O
shallow	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
compensates	O
too	O
much	O
for	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
difficulty	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
through	O
an	O
overly	O
aggressive	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
by	O
making	O
it	O
"	O
impossible	O
"	O
to	O
catch	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
cars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Kitts	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
extensively	O
praised	O
the	O
improved	O
crashes	O
and	O
new	O
tracks	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
winding	O
,	O
narrow	O
,	O
claustrophobic	O
roadways	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
have	O
been	O
replaced	O
with	O
huge	O
,	O
wide	O
superspeedways	O
worthy	O
of	O
games	O
like	O
NASCAR	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
and	O
The	O
Need	O
for	O
Speed.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Frederick	O
Claude	O
of	O
Coming	O
Soon	O
Magazine	O
compared	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
and	O
believed	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
support	O
via	O
DirectPlay	B-Protocol
to	O
be	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
he	O
described	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
as	O
"	O
far	O
more	O
beautiful	O
"	O
than	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
and	O
criticised	O
the	O
SVGA	O
graphics	O
mode	O
for	O
its	O
high	O
system	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Soete	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
described	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
as	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
described	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
as	O
"	O
an	O
average	O
game	O
that	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
an	O
excellent	O
title	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
