Ruined by greed
First, the good. The graphics are lovely and the controls intuitive. Handling, while basic, is fairly satisfying and consistent. This could be a lovely little top down racer. Sadly, greedy developers have made this hard to recommend. Microtransactions abound, as at every turn youre pestered to pay real money for something, whether thats the ability to keep playing after more than just eight short races or the additional tracks and cars - which would cost well over $100 to unlock, and you still wouldnt be free of the very short time restrictions. Objectively, this games content is not worth over $100 compared to what else is on the market. You can unlock most of the cars and tracks by playing through the game, but when you can only play for a few minutes at once then have to wait for 25 minutes, it doesnt exactly encourage you to invest much time. The premium currency costs an absurd amount, and although it can be accrued by playing, it does so extremely slowly - 5 gems at a time, with cars ranging from 550 gems to 2900, the full set of tracks at 1000, and a fuel tank that allows you to continue playing for another round 50. Gems are only awarded for watching advertisements once every twelve hours or for unlocking achievements, of which there are only a limited amount. In short, the only way to amass a useful quantity of gems is to pay real money or play for a very, very long time.
My final grievance is that the AI racers cheat horrendously, presumably in an effort to make it difficult to unlock the additional content without paying for it. Once you pass their cars, which isnt difficult, they suddenly have the ability to go much faster than you can in the same car, even if youve fully upgraded it. The only way to win is to bash them out of the way and block, although even thats difficult when you have four opponents that suddenly have twice the horsepower coming at you from all angles. Probably the worst rubber band AI Ive ever seen. Its a real shame, as theres the basis for a great little game here. Greed has ruined it and made it difficult to enjoy. I recommend looking elsewhere for your top down racer fix.
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