Mantis Burn Racing®

The game runs decently well and looks good visually (for the most part), but I can't really recommend it because of how thin it seems to be contentwise. Career Mode feels like repeating the same ~4 tracks over and over again. You unlock vehicle upgrades which don't seem to change much. Car physics are very floaty. Sound design is mediocre at best and the music is repetitive. After 3 hours in the game I'm already bored and feel like I've seen everything the game has to offer. I think the market has room for a good old school racing game that doesn't try to be interactive Fast and Furious movie or something. Unfortunately Mantis Burn doesn't quite fit that bill it seems.

This is, in my opinion, one of the best top-down racers I ever played. It controls so well, has great physics and it's pure eye-candy to look at. It is also quite challenging, and definitely takes practice to master. It features an extensive campaign, so much so, that I haven't finished it yet. I have to say tho, that the game is missing some basic settings such as keybindings, but on the other hand, it offers some surprisingly good cutting corners mechanics. And yes, it is definitely grindy, you will find yourself replaying through races you already won just to reach that extra money (or gears) so can buy the next sub-class vehicle or meet the requirements of gears to progress to the tournament. That grinding, tho, can be also seen as practicing. Indeed, you play a lot of races, you unlock a lot of cars, upgrades, and classes and you even upgrade the upgrades. And if you have the Battle cars and Elite class DLCs you will need to play a lot before you unlock them. Looks like you just got to earn them. So, it's fun to play, but if you play it too much in a row it can get repetitive quite fast because it only offers 12 beautiful tracks to race. Hardware-wise I'd say it is a bit demanding. I couldn't play it perfectly smooth with my previous GPU, GTX 750, 1GB, unless I put it on a low graphics setting. Now with 1050ti 4GB, it plays on max (almost) without any problems on 120 fps. I get some fps drops on the snow levels, precisely when I exit the moutain and there is that jump. But that of course also depends on your whole setup. A friendly advice: do turn off the bloom if you value your eyes :) In conclusion, despite its quite a few flaws, I think it's a great game and I definitely recommend it!

洋ゲーでちょくちょく見かける、俯瞰視点のレースゲームです。その中でもグラフィックや操作性など良好で、かなり遊びやすい方だと思います。 マイカーの購入、グレードアップなどの要素もあり意外と長く楽しめそうです。 何気に日本語もサポートされていますので、安心して購入できます。

The game is not bad for a short-term blast but does not quite compete for quality over similar games such as the more polished top-down racers such as Reckless Racing, Circuit Superstars or Bang Bang Racing. Little Racers Street and Blaze Rush are also better value in my opinion. The game is well-presented, driving feels fluid and is generally enjoyable, AI is well implemented, it does not suffer from any noticeable bugs and the progress system is well paced overall. It also has a good upgrade system for your roster of four cars. Its main downside apart from the painfully slow load-times when accessing menus from the main title page or simply starting (a single-player!) race... is the lack of a time-trail / hot-lap mode with ghost car feature (made brilliantly by Little Racers Street and Reckless Racing). Additionally there is a very strange driving assist mechanic going on under-the-hood when you go round corners that is kinda like an invisible force pushing you round as you go. It just feels odd. So yeh, not a terrible game by any means... but you really need a time trial / hot-lap mode (with ghost cars of personal best times), along with near-instant load-screens, for a top-down racer to be anywhere near decent.

Excellent Top-Down Racer! For those who remember the old days, I'm a fan of Supercars 1 and 2 on Amiga (yeah, like 30 years ago) and its the best game of the genre that I've played since and I've played a lot of them. Good driving, good physics, beautiful graphics, this game absolutely deserves more audience! buy now and join!

The cars seem to handle like they are on ice... uninstalled after the first race

I have mixed feeling with this one. First and foremost I like the gameplay, campaigns and different driving style of the 3 vehicles class. However I have a few serious issue that lower my enjoyment. - Long loading time, even when yo replay the same map. - The gfx are too dark and drab, making the action unnecessarily hard to follow on some map (not all) - Sometime the game hang up while loading a map, It seems to be related to server access. With a few minor upgrades I could see this game becoming a favorite of mine. But those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reduce my rating.