 GameFan 's Levi Buchanan praised Destruction Derby 64 as " the best racer for the Nintendo 64 this year " , and he lauded its " simplistic control " as a remedy for the complex controls that he believed had " ruined the PlayStation versions " . He liked its graphics but wrote that its music " isn ’ t too hot " . Buchanan enjoyed its multiplayer component and wrote that " the slowdown when all four join in is minima [ l ] — nice programming on the part of Looking Glass " . Although he complained that the game 's vehicle damage is not " segmented throughout your car " , he concluded by calling the game " pure , unadulterated fun [ that ] has enough tracks and hidden vehicles to keep you playing for a very long time " . Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot wrote , " Graphically , Destruction Derby 64 surpasses the old PlayStation games by quite a bit - not that that is a particularly hard thing to do " . He found that its framerate was adequate even in split @-@ screen mode , and concluded that it was " a better game than its PlayStation counterparts " . He finished , " Give it a rent next time you 're rounding up the posse for a day of gaming . " 
