Animal Race is a 3D racing game with some jump'n'run elements. The races take place in the microcosmic world of insects. Thus everyday objects like an shoe or an apple appear in gigantic size and the tracks lead lead around a puddle, across a sandbox or similar.

Every racer has its specialies:

The Beetle
digs its way under some obstacles

The Ant
can run very fast

The Spider
can swing around some obstacles

The Hopper
jumps over obstacles

The Locust
jumps over obstacles

At some places of the tracks are obstacles wich can only be crossed by some of the insects and enable those to shortcut. For example the spider may be able to swing across an abyss the other insects cannot cross. Well, maybe the grashopper could jump over it, but the others would have to use a bridge. Various dynamic objects invite to play around with or block the path for the chasers.
There are also some bonus items placed on the track. The racers encounter rocket boost items, bad drugs which confuse the controls, honey pots to throw sticky beads in the way of their chasers and even herbal surprise eggs which can have any item hidden inside.

The featured levels are:

The Picnic Site
The track first leads across the blanket around picnic stuff like wine, bread and similar. This is followed by a long run through the lush neighbouring grassland.

The Junk Yard
A short run at the border of a junk yard, through sewers (featuring a rat) and basements.

The Meadow
Autumnal Meadow near a forrest with short grass and lots of flowers. There are lots of fir cones and chestnuts to play with. Watch out for the toy train!

At the Lake Side
A nice run around a puddle at springtime. Scenic landscape.

The Playground
A nice Sandbox with lots of toys and a fine track. Perfect for a quick run.

The Arena
Special Feature. The different animal types play a ball game against each other. They have to push the chestnut ball into one of the goals of the opposing teams to score.

Here are the pictures of a run through The Picnic Site: