Auto Modellista

Cell shaded licensed cars look really cool, but unfortunately the handling in this game is terrible to the point of being almost unplayable.

Still though, this game can be had now for a few dollars at most and I think the visuals are at least worth that. Really cannot overstate how great they look.

A good way to describe Auto Modellista is if Capcom had an undisclosed peek at Gran Turismo 2 and thought "pfft, we could do better than that".
Being a PS2 game that's edging near 15 years old as of this review, the online component has been long abandoned, so your content now sticks with the singleplayer component. In the Singleplayer mode, there is a "Career" option, which allows you to pick a choice of your first car. Given how unrecognized the game and the company behind it, the selection of cars is surprisingly meager, limited to car brands close to Japan, which a different Tokyo Extreme Racer series had done far better. After picking your car, you get dropped into an empty garage with a menu, including the option to begin a race or enter a tournament. No major gripes here, other than the menu flicking being slower than most.

As with any Car Racing game, the whole meat chunks are in the Gameplay, where Auto Modellista noticeably tumbles in quality. When you first start the game up, it just hits you with bags of soapy sludge. The car physics are horrible. Maintaining a straight line is impossible, and the slightest nudge of the controller will either send you 2-6 pixels left or right, or will set you veering and 'drifting' into a corner.

If you're looking for a distinctly 'Japanese' or 'foreign' Racing game, I would much rather recommend a person that Tokyo Extreme Racer series, whose also wonky physics aren't so nail-tearingly irredeemable.