Race Arcade

Race Online is a nice looking retro racer from top down perspective and is somewhat fun to play but if you're looking similar gameplay than in legendary Slicks 'n' Slide or Turbosliders you will be disappointed. The car handling is quite different and isn't what you would expect for a car as they move and handle like solid blocks, get stuck easily and you can't reverse you way out. There's not much difference between how cars (sports car, formula, tractor, etc.) handle and move. Also seems that track obstacle's or car's collision model isn't quite what the graphics show. Overall the game feels ready and I didn't experience any bugs although the game crashed couple of times. The tracks are a mixed bunch, some are nice to race but often tracks are a bit annoying (due AI & collision model) and track profile isn't "professional" style. Some tracks look unfinished. The career mode is quite easy as the only difficulty is to get pass the AI cars after start and not to get stuck to them or pushed. Even on harder difficulty levels the difficulty comes from getting stuck to obstacles as the track is narrow and you can't pass or you crash to AI cars which are stuck. Also the grinding part of getting new cars and upgrading their parts feels artificial. The game ran quite nicely on my Macbook Pro (late 2013). As the game is still in early access I hope the developers will enhance car physics and model before the release. They could take some example from e.g. Turbosliders which is fun to play but still competitive. Or maybe developers have played Turbosliders as the graphics and some of the tracks look similar. Will be interesting to see how the multiplayer works when it's released. In this development state I can't recommend this game. I hope the game gets better but I doubt it as the car physics are a big issue for games like these to change later on.

Neat little top down retro racer, with a lot of variety and a track editor. The soundtrack gets you in the mood for racing as well with a good number of uptempo tunes. Takes some skill as the AI is fairly unforgiving and quite aggressive. The cars have solid physics also. Watch those drifts, a drunk driving simulator this isn't!! A better than decent time waster and a really playable product considering it's early access. In fact, looks not too far off from being finished to me, Very polished. Can only get better with time, Especially once multiplayer is in place. For now, im going to score this a well deserved 8/10.

No. Competition is stiff and there is still the grand ol daddy of Slicks'n'Slide that shows how this is done. I was hoping this could be a modern day replacement for it but alas it is not to be. To start with the bugs need to be addressed. ex. multiplayer problems, campaigns finishing prematurely which leads to player unlocking everything by doing just one race which finishes the season. So this game gets close to being a decent light version of the old fun games but bugs prevent it from reaching that. Game looks better on video and screenshots so unless something changes it's a narrow 'No' for me.

[b]У этого [strike]дерьма eбaного[/strike] шедевра игровой индустрии есть множество плюсов, например красивая обложка игры и низкая цена Вообщем игра классная, если её не запускать, ставлю игре 10 скуфов из 10[/b]

This game has all sorts of potential. We've got an overhead racing game with 6 unique vehicles and their handling characteristics.... tons of tracks, customizeable.... this game could be perfect! But it's really just not worth the money and not anywhere near worth release right now. If this were still an early access game, I'd be obsessed with this. But apparently, this version was considered good enough to release. I literally ran a career race against 9 other CPU players, where none of them had quality-enough AI to even finish the race. They were just stuck trying to drive through rocks. That's probably not a good sign of a finished product. This game has fun-factor through the roof and so much potential... I honestly have a lot of fun playing this game, with certain vehicles, certain tracks, etc!... but as I'm writing this, this game is not close to polished enough for a real release, which makes this whole thing upsetting. This game has so much fun factor, etc. that this could be a fantastic game. Overall lack of polish really makes it hard to recommend though.

Finally updated! This sympathetic little game is now better than ever. One click and once again you're ready to compete against your friends (locally or online) or AI drivers. Still AI won't let you win so easily and you should not be too self-confident because new and updated levels will test your skills - that one last corner can ruin everything! This is your game if top-down racing games are your thing and you're ready to prove your skills.

[h1] Довольно своеобразная гонка с видом сверху и довольно сложным игровым процессом [/h1] Хотя игровой процесс попросту нудный. Особенно с учётом довольно внушительной сложности и корявой физики. Нужно зубрить трассу и привыкать к физике, а также брыкаться со всеми соперниками. Так что гонка так себе, либо просто на любителя таких гонок а-ля первая GTA. Графически игра невыразительна, звуковая часть вроде бодрая относительно. Есть поддержка игропульта. Но ездить неприятно и удовольствия нет. Удивительно, что у такой ерунды есть облачное сохранения и достижения, а у действительно достойных игр такого нет.

Ich habe solange nach einen klasse Top-Down-Racer gesucht und endlich habe ich ihn gefunden. Die Strecken sehen sehr gut aus und die Steuerung ist einfach Klasse. Ich habe, gleichzeitig mit diesem Spiel, 3 andere Top-Down-Racer gekauft und die anderen 3 sind einfach so viel schlechter zu steuern. Aber hier geht es perfekt - mein Auto reagiert sofort auf jede Lenkbewegung genau so wie man es erwartet. Und endlich ein Spiel bei dem man einfach mehrere Rennen hintereinander mit einer Gesamtpunktewertung fahren kann - etwas das bei 9 von 10 Autorennspielen nicht möglich ist. Ich habe jahrelang auf einen Top-Down-Racer gewartet der mir so viel Spaß macht - einfach super. Ich bin begeistert.

Well, basically a good nice little 2d arcade racing game with good gameplay and lots of potential. But it is abandoned by its developers... leaving a lot of bugs and room for improvements. Online Multiplayer would be fun... but is dead. Would appreciate an open source version of this game. For the current price of 12€ i can not recommend to buy this game!

Race Arcade is a fun top-down racer but with some more polishing it could have been a much greater game! On the plus side is nice old school graphics (if you like that sort of thing), car handling, lots of tracks and a track editor. The down side is that the main game element, the carrer mode, doesn't last long at all. I finished the carrer mode in just over one hour. Once you've finished carrer mode, you only have single races, time trials and online mode. Single races and time trials can be pretty fun but are far less engaging compared to the carrer mode. I can't say much about the online mode since I never found anyone to race against. Note that the AI is pretty weak and the entire carrer mode is easily won using the standard car. In my mind the game would have been so much better if the developers had just put some more effort into it. E.g. * Configurable single races, like number of laps and number of opponents * More carrer races, like randomized cup races (just randomize what tracks to include in the cup) * Car mods to improve your car, like in the old game Indy Heat Overall I recommend this game if you like the top-down genre especially if you can pick it up at a sale.