ThunderWheels

I've only had this game for a short while, but it's turned out to be everything I'd hoped for. Anyone who has played the dubiously named "Skidmarks" on the Amiga will know what to expect. The physics are very dodgy indeed - as they should be in this type of game - and under my control the poor cars go flying off in all directions. So far I've had around five races on the easy level and have come last in every one of them - but that's because I'm useless at this type of game and not the game's fault! I'm sure there are people around who would be able to ramp up the difficulty level and still win every time - but personally, I'm still having fun rolling my vehicle all over the place and coming last. Right - I'm going to stop writing, switch the difficulty level down to "very easy" and have another go. In the meantime, do yourself a nostalgic favour and click "Buy Now"!!!

I've only played for an hour so far but I already recommend this game. It brought me back in time to the arcade where I used to play "Ironman Super Off Road" and "Super Sprint". The gameplay and physics of the cars are really well balanced, AI seems difficult to beat on the first races but is trully challenging and you can see that it's fair, for instance you can crash into the AI (and you will) and the AI can crash into your car and you can see that the AI has no advantage whatsoever. The game is still in early access and you can see that there's a lack of content to extend the life of the game but is something I hope will come with the time before it is released. It will be nice to have items in the line of the avobe mentioned arcade games (oil puddles, spanners, etc.). Maybe some kind of challenge system will be also nice to have. ---- Con lo poco que llevo jugado ya puedo decir que recomiendo el juego, me a transportado de vuelta al salón recreativo donde jugaba al "Ironman Super Off Road" y al "Super Sprint". La jugabilidad y las físicas de los coches están muy bien ajustadas, puedes chocar contra la IA (o ella a tí) y se nota que no tiene ventaja en ningún momento lo cual se agradece. De primeras parece dificil ganar a la IA pero la verdad que se convierte en un reto interesante. Al juego todavía le falta contenido para darle una vida más larga pero todavía esta en early access asi que soy optimista. Estaría bien tener algún item como en los mencionados juegos de arcade. Algún sistema de desafíos para darle más longevidad tambien sería interesante.

A must have for any Steam Library! This is my goto game for a quick play with friends. This game is a lot of fun. First races are quite hard, but you learn how to drive your vehicle fast and in no time you will be winning some races, but don't expect to make it to the top of a season without a lot of trainning. The driving is well calibrated, making the control quite easy once you are used to the physics of your vehicle, but mastering each car takes a long time. AI is good enough to make every race challenging but not impossible (I haven't tried the Hard Mode, not there yet with my driving). The game is still in early access, but I haven't found any bug so far, although, I wish it gets updated with more tracks soon. I can´t wait for the Online to be available.

+ Cars are sluggish. + Xbone controller's analog stick understeers loads, dpad oversteers load. + Menus are awful to navigate. + Couldn't quit my last race, had to finish. + Snow/green/mud/sand doesn't seem to make much of a difference. + Music was way too loud. No individual sound sliders. In short: not as fun as "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road

A lot like Skidmarks in good old amiga times.

Great game. Obviously a modern version of Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road. The workshop and ongoing support makes me feel like this game will only get better. Relatively simple, but fair racing.

This game for those that remember is heavily based on the Amiga game Skidmarks. Back in the day this was one of my favourite racing games and at the time was one of the best arcade racers. Thunder Wheels recreates this beautifully and is a really fun game to play. I look forward to seeing how it develops further as it goes through development.

Decent 80's arcade racer which a huge nostalgia factor. https://youtu.be/jpbhvMf4NgE I remember when I was playing Super Off Road in a mall. I asked my grand-parents for some coins which I mostly got. The game was so unforgiving that I never really understood it, that I was too late at the steering wheel, that I did not find my racer on the screen... so yeah, not the best memories about Super Off Road or similar top-down racer. But I was very young. ThunderWheels is a decent representative of this genre. So definitely interesting for fans. Music however is extremely annoying and the controls could be a bit more precise. Good for fans of the genre. :)

Honestly I was hoping for a Super Off-Road or Driiftmania experience and then I was surprised in a bad way. I bought this game and made it a star in a party here in my house. I invited a lot of friends for a party play. Started a 6 players game and I was very frustated. The controls are not responsive at all. At first I thought that the problem was the type of car that we got, and everyone changed to another one. It didn't change enough the gameplay... the turning was still bad. I even tried to play solo thinking it was a input lag issue, but it wasn't. Because of that the game is not fun at all. I was really embarrassed because I gave a party for my friends with that game being the main attraction. I thought I would experience the same good memories from other games of the same genre but not. Hopefully the team behind this game can play the Super Off-Road / Ironman (Genesis / Mega Drive / SNES / DOS) and Driiftmania (Wii) to understand how smooth the controls must be in this kind of game and then improve. For the first time I'm asking for a refund. That's sad.

I've only played Thunderwheels for a half hour at the time of writing this. I'm hooked already. This is top-down racing at its finest. Everything feels just right. The tracks are fun, the vehicles feel weighty and are just the right amount of tricky to drive. The graphics are crisp and beautiful. The sound track is awesome too. Throwback to the 80s. Currently there is only local multiplayer, but there are online run championships which I'm looking forward to competing in. This one is a real gem and has a bright future if the devs keep it up.