The drifting itself takes its cues from Split/Second, with cars quick to break traction and just as happy to snap back into line in what's a very approachable brand of arcade racing. There's a touch more Sega beneath those visuals - a dash of Scud Race in its garage that takes inspiration from real-life legends, a little OutRun in its drifting and drafting, both of which are then used to fill up a multi-stage boost bar that's pure Burnout. They're upbeat fantasy worlds, presided over by gargantuan statues and speeding under blue, blue skies.
And this really is a striking thing, both in stills and in motion: commendably, it's 60fps across all platforms, that slickness doing justice to colourful, overstated worlds that feel like the developers have had some of whatever Sega was drinking in its mid-90s heyday.
There's some of Virtua Racing, Winning Run and those other early 3D pioneers in Hotshot Racing, withs its lo-polygon look that's so sharp you could slice your finger on its hard edges.
Availability: Out on September 10th on PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch. Developer: Lucky Mountain Games/Sumo Nottingham. Apologies for opening on such a banality, but honestly it's true - and that's partly because there's a little bit of every arcade racer of note in Lucky Mountain Games and Sumo Digital's enjoyable, knockabout medley of all that's great and good about the genre. If you've ever enjoyed an arcade racer, I can pretty much guarantee you'll find something to enjoy in Hotshot Racing. "Developed by racing game veterans SUMO Nottingham and Lucky Mountain Games, Hotshot Racing is an all-new driving experience which revives the classic arcade gameplay of the 90s and thrusts it into the modern era.An enjoyable and detailed racer successfully invokes the spirit of the 90s arcade, even if it doesn't quite have a spark of its own. " Hotshot Racing is a blisteringly fast arcade-style racing game fusing drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals and an incredible sense of speed to create an exhilarating driving experiencem," reads the game's official description on Steam. "Mostly Positive" is the third highest rating a game can earn, below "Very Positive" and "Overwhelmingly Positive." Whatever the case, on Steam itself the game has a "Mostly Positive" rating with 77 percent of 803 users review rating the game positively. The PC version specifically is at the bottom of this range, though it's unclear why this is. On Metacritic, it boasts scores ranging from 71 to 79, depending on the platform. Developed by both Sumo Digital and Lucky Mountain Games - and published by Curve Games - Hotshot Racing debuted back in 2020.
0 kommentar(er)
