There was thought of becoming their own independent publisher but more information on that is unavailable at the moment. There was originally talk about making a Gearhead Garage 2 game, but according to sources within the company, no publishers were willing to put up the money for it. In 2002, it received an 'All Star Award' from Children's Software Review magazine in the 'Logic' category. Gearhead Garage's constructive, non-violent gameplay made it popular with parents and educators as well.

In all, the community contributed over 30 complete car models that can be downloaded from various 3rd party web sites dedicated to the game. The web site attracted a community of enthusiastic fans who eventually reverse-engineered the game file formats and began creating entirely new vehicles using tools such as 3D Studio Max.

It received generally excellent reviews, for example an average score of 4.5 out of 5 stars at and 9.5 out of 10 points at. Gearhead Garage sold surprisingly well given its unusual design.

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