Wipeout 2097 (1996)
Wipeout 2097 is a 1996 racing video game made by SCE Studio Liverpool.
Wipeout 2097 turns the anti-gravity racing circuit into a weapon. Craft from eight teams, each with distinct handling and top-end speed, tear through courses like Gare d'Europa and Valparaiso at speeds where the track barely stays visible. The sequel to the original WipEout sharpens everything: tighter weapon balance, steeper difficulty curves, and a Chemical Brothers and Prodigy soundtrack that feels inseparable from the blur on screen. This is where the series found its identity, cold and precise, designed to punish the uncommitted.
Quick answers
What is Wipeout 2097 about?
Wipeout 2097 turns the anti-gravity racing circuit into a weapon. Craft from eight teams, each with distinct handling and top-end speed, tear through courses like Gare d'Europa and Valparaiso at speeds where the track barely stays visible. The sequel to the original WipEout sharpens everything: tighter weapon balance, steeper difficulty curves, and a Chemical Brothers and Prodigy soundtrack that feels inseparable from the blur on screen. This is where the series found its identity, cold and precise, designed to punish the uncommitted.
When was Wipeout 2097 released?
Wipeout 2097 was released on 30 September 1996.
Who made Wipeout 2097?
Wipeout 2097 was made by SCE Studio Liverpool.
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A few thoughts on Wipeout 2097
If the machine-tooled brutality here appeals, Burnout Paradise delivers the same high-velocity recklessness from a different angle, trading the clinical future-sport feel for open-world chaos. Both games treat the crash as part of the spectacle.
Pure speed racing
Anti-gravity craft pushed to the limit, weapons as part of the race strategy, tracks that punish any loss of focus. These games share that same no-mercy velocity.
Street-level adrenaline
When the setting shifts from space to asphalt, the same obsession with speed and illegal competition carries over. Neon-soaked, bass-heavy, built for the night.