Downhill Domination received good reviews from rating sites holding a 79 aggregate scores out of 100 on Metacritic, based on forty critic reviews,[1] a 79.24% aggregate scores on GameRankings, based on fifty-seven reviews,[2] and 8.0 aggregate scores on IGN.[3]
Metacritic's Play Magazine gave it a satisfying 91 score praising "Take everything you could possibly desire from a manic downhill assault and amplify it by 10." while Armchair Empire gave it a 88 score, criticizing about the games audio stating that " DD's biggest failing is the audio. There are four different types of musical sets you can listen to while racing. They’re all lame and performed by bands that are not known very well. ", being the biggest complaint stated by NTSC-uk who gave it a score of 40 saying "A game that in spite its solid design and adherence to the extreme sports game blueprint, just seems a bit too formulaic. What’s missing is that intangible ingredient, which keeps the player coming back for more