Getting back to the gameplay, the physics aren’t incredibly realistic but again the game is enjoyable. If you go off the deep end literally into water or crash into a tree you’ll get a message that you crashed and you’ll have to reset, costing you a little time. The tracks do have a lot of variety but they are completed rather quickly. Steering and acceleration vary depending on the truck you drive and I did find handling different when choosing a different truck.

Each race has a star requirement in order for you to unlock additional tracks – which adds to the replay factor. It may not be the best strategy to just come in first – you may be better off jumping through all those rings while airborne in order to get more stars.

Other gameplay modes include the Super Excite challenge when you finish the regular one; a gate challenge (duh), a ring challenge and a crush challenge. Some of these modes are just screaming for 4 player action, but alas it is not to be this time around. .

The sounds aren’t bad – however the audio leaves a little to be desired. It’s your standard generic racing soundtrack. The good news is that this is the first Wii game that allows you to play your own music; in order to do this you’ll need to have put MP3’s on an SD card. It’s a great idea, even if you’re limited 100 songs (despite the size of your memory card).

Excite Truck is a fun little game that probably would even be more enjoyable if the “excite” brand name wasn’t used. With the name, you are probably going to be expecting more than the game delivers. Take that out of the equation and you are still going to enjoy an arcadey-fun racing game that is absolutely worth a rental, if not a purchase.