12/16/2023 0 Comments Daytona usa game review![]() A Modern Touchīut not everything is grounded in nostalgia, this is a game releasing in 2020 after all. Nothing too in depth but enough personalisation to give the player that little extra bit of attachment to invest deeper in the game itself. Within those selections, you get the option to pick a different coloured outfit for your racer. ![]() Now she’s carving out her own path – as a bona fide racer.” A pretty standard bio for anyone who has played basically any kind of game from the 90s and for me it’s a neat little touch that really helps the game capture that classic feeling of games from that period. As an example:Īlexa – “Everyone thought Alexa would end up a mechanic like her father. You have Alexa (USA), Aston (UK), Xing (China), Keiko (Japan), Marcus (Jamaica), Viktor (Russia), Mike (USA) and Toshiro (Japan). Hotshot Racing gives you a selection of 8 racers to choose from, from a variety of countries each with their own little bio. While selecting a car type based on their stats (with some colour variants) is nothing new, selecting a racer isn’t quite as common in this type of game. A victory is based not only on survival, but also finishing in first place which can be quite difficult.īoth of the above sit alongside Arcade mode within the Single Race umbrella but there are also online modes as well as offline. You have a life meter which depletes with each hit you take, but some life is restored as you hit checkpoints. It can get really intense and is a really unique take on the mode. There’s also an elimination mode called Drive and Explode where you need to maintain an increasing top speed without slowing down or crashing out. But even on the Normal Difficulty, the cops get quite aggressive and seem to be able to keep up quite easily. The game randomly chooses whether you start as a Cop or a Robber and in my experience it’s a bit harder to “win” as a cop than a robber because a robber’s job is first and foremost to survive, with money being the secondary goal. But there are some newer modes that have been added to the game that go beyond the traditional ones fans of the genre have come to expect.Īlongside the standard Grand Prix, Time Trial and Single Race, you have an infection style Cops and Robbers mode where the “Cop” cars have to take out the “Robbers” and convert them into cops until there’s no robbers left with the ultimate goal being to earn the most cash. This is a pure arcade racer through and through, which means, short, sharp and punchy. Keep It Simpleĭon’t expect the all of the options and modes you’d normally get from a sim racer, or even other modern arcade racers like Forza Horizon. This has also allowed for parity across all versions of the game. The visual style is unapologetically intentional, not only to tap into the obvious nostalgia, but also to allow for uncompromised performance, even in split screen – which is a welcome addition and not common in games these days. What you see is what you get here though. Where in Split/Second you use your driving skill to build a power meter, in Hotshot you build a turbo meter to get a boost on the competition. ![]() It even includes a very similar turbo building mechanic to Split/Second. But after spending some time with it, it definitely feels like it fits right in between Outrun and Split/Second. The drift model in Split/Second isn’t as twitchy or “light” as the 90s arcade racers which probably suits an analog stick better. Trevor Ley from Lucky Mountain has previously mentioned Split/Second as an inspiration for the handling model which is great to hear as it’s a personal all-time favourite of mine. It’s a drift based racing game which definitely leans towards Daytona USA and the more modern Horizon Chase Turbo, but it feels more like Outrun to me. It’s hard not to get nostalgic with both the visual presentation as well as how the game feels to play. Now for some this is an incredibly exciting combination (like me), others may not see the appeal, but Hotshot Racing is definitely one for the classic arcade racing fans that get their heart strings pulled when they see blue blue skies.Ī couple of the developers involved (the game was developed by Lucky Mountain Games in conjunction with Sumo Digital) directly referenced their inspirations as Virtua Racing, Willing Run and Hard Driving and all this inspiration is immediately apparent when you boot the game up. What if you took Virtua Racing, combined it with Daytona USA and added a splash of Split/Second? You’d get Hotshot Racing.
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