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TLDR: This game has its flaws but its such a breath of fresh air in the world of racing games filled with nfs-like and forza-like. If you like racing games and want something different you gotta try it. The driving gameplay have all those little innovations that makes it fun and interesting instead of "just" finding the right curve. You turn the car with a joystick obviously but with the other you can control your drift should you want a sharper angle. The gearbox is automatic but if you press a button at the right time when you're about to gear up you gain a slight speed boost, so you have the feeling of driving a manual without actually worrying about the gears. Its a small thing but I think its genius for the immersion. On top of that the game have a boost and a strike mechanic to destroy your opponents. While I feel like the driving itself is already interesting enough, this does make the races more intense. The story would be mid if this was just an anime, but its enough to get me involved enough in the races. And a racing game with an actual decent story is so rare nowadays that I'll gladly take it. Don't get fooled by the trailer tho, those anime cutscenes are rare in the story mode (they put most of them near the end for the climax), probably because of lack of budget I'd assume. Instead you get those visual novels cutscenes between races to narrate most of the story. Something that i saw was criticized a lot was the dubbing. Every character speaks in their own language, and they all have somekind of universal translator (which is actually a relatively important element fort the plot). It took me a few cutscenes to get used to it but I personally like it. I feel like it makes the characters even more unique. I couldn't try the multiplayer because sadly it seems dead already. And the soundtrack is pure fire, I listen to that ♥♥♥♥ on repeat for a week now.

Controls are not it for a racing game

It was okay. I am giving this a thumbs up but I am giving it in a neutral way. The story was alright, the character choices could've been improved and that one character with Indian language did pissed me off because my language is 80% similar to it and it felt absolutely cringe when I listened to that. They stuff English words into every damn sentence and it was really unnecessary. (Not trying to spoil it tho but the story gets woke afterwards and races are stuff in between this... visual novel with rare animation sequences) Anyway, the game is meant to be played by controller and I played it by a keyboard... which was very janky but I customized the settings so it was no that bad. Driving was like as if I am playing a mobile arcade racing game in an emulator but with overhauled graphics. Oh, and speaking of graphics, the game sounds demanding but it isn't. It is made in Unreal Engine crap but it works really well. Despite the hype at the beginning, the game seems to be already dead. The multiplayer lobbies are empty and I spent about 10 minutes in a matchmaking queue. Not even a single game was found. So, about the multiplayer, I don't care. Finally, to sum up in a score, i give this a 6/10.

Do it for the doggy

this game looks great, runs well, car designs are cool but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ im so sick of boosting or striking a car and just coming to a complete stop on some random bit of geometry. the story was honestly so boring that after about 15 minutes of dailogue i was just skipping every interaction just so i could have access to cars and maps, could not care less

yeah

Immaculate vibes