Driving the games vehicles is a pretty simple task. The left analogue stick controls your steering while the right analogue stick can be used to control the gas and brakes, the buttons on the face of the controller can also be used to control the gas, brakes and handbrake. The shoulder buttons can be used to swing the camera around your car and the L1 button is used for various actions like, turning your car over or Nitro for those really big jumps.

Stuntman looks great, the cars all look very nice and detailed, they look very convincing when they are flying across the screen. Your driver and pedestrians are all fairly simple and a bit lacking on detail but they get the job done. The scenery and environments are all very diverse from one level to another but they all have one good thing in common, loads of the scenery is breakable. When you do break something like a table for example, small pieces will explode and shatter all over the place. If you hit another car you will notice that the damage is very realistic. Everything that twists, bends and breaks looks very convincing. This all comes down to the games physics engine, which really does make the game very enjoyable and realistic. The game features loads of shading, so everything that has light shining on it will cast lovely shadows. Occasionally when a number of things happen on screen at the same time "slow down" can occur, this doesn't affect the game play as it is very slight and it only happens for a split second, but it is noticeable.

The music in the game is also based on the real life films that the game movies take their inspiration from. For example, A Whooping' and A Hollering' features typical banjo style country music that featured in the 80's series of Dukes of Hazard. The Scarab of the Lost Souls level has a theme song, which is almost identical to the real Indiana Jones theme.
The explosions, collisions and cars are all nice and believable sounds, but the main let down is the voice of the director yelling orders such as, "overtake to the right", Smash though the boxes" and "Through the gap", this can all get a bit too much at times and it contributes to the frustration factor.

Stuntman is an original game, which some people will love but unfortunately others will not enjoy because of the trial and error nature of the game play. This can be an extremely frustrating game, so much so that you may have to buy another controller after playing it for an hour or so. Alternatively when you do eventually complete the levels there is a lot of satisfaction in seeing yourself pulling off some brilliant stunts. The controls are good and it looks and sounds great, the levels are all very interesting and challenging the only down side is the frustration factor that could be just a touch too much for some players.

8 out of 10