Xenon Racer

Гра цікава, йде плавно. Але є одне неприємне "але" - брав її, щоб грати разом з дітьми на розділеномукрані. Виявилось, що гра не сприймає клавіатуру і неможливо грати на двох геймпадах - перший гравець (неважливо від того, який геймпад з моїх двох під'єднано), сприймається грою неправильно - в автоматі затискається "задній хід", або "газ" і йде постійний крен ліворуч. Якщо грати соло - обидва геймпади працюють нормалльно. У висновку - на одного гра чудова. Приємна та весела. В цілому діти задоволені. Але є неприємний осад, що вдвох у неї не пограєш. Брав по акції 90% скидки, тому не жалкую.

Gamenya seru banget, harga minimal kesenangan maksimal. gue mulai dari cons dulu: -grafis kebilang bapuk walaupn lu set mentok. -ga optimize di pc gua secara default gatau kenapa kurang smooth, yakali gua main FH6 aja lancar bgt. prosnya: -screamer low budget. -fast pace seru, gatau kalu lu rapih di tiap tikungan tu terasa statisfaying aja. -murah, seru maksimal. org bilang game ini punya learning curve, tp menurut gua game ini lebih ke momentum sama mekaniknya. sekali lu terbiasa sama mekanik ketika nikung, game ini nagih bgt. perlu satu lapp buat gua paham cara mainnya, tapi emang tiap org bakal beda beda belajarnya. overall, game ini bukan assetto corsa yg racing line adalah kunci. di game ini lu paham mekaniknya lu asik mainnya. buat gue ini rekomendasi. EDIT: oiya lupa, statistik mobil di game ini tu bukan omdo! ada yg jago lurusan, ada yg jago bgt drift ada juga yg bisa 22nya, ada juga yg kaya kuya. mungkin di situ letak learning curve nya nanti muncul!

On the positive side of things, Xenon Racer is a pure arcade experience, with drifting, boosting, and an authentic sense of speed. The tracks are engaging, with lots of technical elements and bright, popping colours, and the cars, whilst adorned with some rather tacky looking aero elements, are otherwise smartly designed. All of these things are tied together with solid graphics and performance, and a pretty decent soundtrack. So it's unfortunate that I can't recommend Xenon Racer, because all of those quality elements are undermined by core mechanics and physics that are just... off. The AI is [i]laughably[/i] bad; watching cars pile into a right angle corner for the first time is funny and then, after that (and particularly if you happen to be caught up with them), it's just annoying. those same racers will frequently catch up with you, in spite of their poor mastery of the steering wheel, and in some circumstances, exponentially blaze away from you into the distance if they get ahead. I honestly don't mind a little bit of overconfident rubber-banding in racing games; it keeps the pressure on and the race interesting, but in this game it feels [i]noticeably[/i] broken and can lead to races that are completely unwinnable off the grid, especially if you get wiped out by your opponents' crazy disregard for corners. And then there's the handling which, most of the time, just compounds the frustration. Initiating and holding drifts can be difficult and some cars seem outright adverse to it, with specs that make them outright useless in the game that is all about drifting. There are times when the car seems to not respond and the brakes seem to be useless in all circumstances. The UI on menus is pretty rough and there's some elements that I wish could be turned off (such as racer names over vehicles, and the location of some text pop-ups). I think a lot of other reviews have this one right: Xenon racer [i]can[/i] be fun, in fact I'd go so far as to say it [i]can[/i] even be excellent at times. But, all too frequently, it's just neither of those things, thanks to egregiously bad rubber banding, inconsistent and often immersion shattering AI behaviour, and unpredictable car handling.

It's been some time since I've played this, but I remember one thing about this game: It's not fun. I wanted to like this game and a prospect of a Ridge-Racer-style racer on PC is something I would want to see, but this game is not it. Sorry. The handling is not really fun. The game wants to focus on drifting, but the cars feel heavy and sluggish to drift with. Especially tight corners are an issue. Also AI likes to do some rubber banding and races really are decided mostly by the start. If you fall too behind, you won't be able to make it back up no matter the what and no matter the boost. Also, the game doesn't really know what it wants to be. It clearly wants to be a mix of Ridge Racer and Wipeout, but it can't decide. Cars can be damaged beyond repair and there is a health system of sorts, but I found out that destroying your car doesn't lead to elimination and DNF, but it just... Respawns you. What is the point of that system? Or there are speed pads of sorts on the tracks, but they are scarse and don't really add anything. It also can't decide if it wants to be a high speed drifter or be more technical like Wipeout... Campaign is not that fun to play through IMO, tracks don't really look distinct or feel any different to drive on. Presentation is also not all great. Like the MonsterCat music kinda blends into the background and doesn't sound any distinct, levels look pretty samey, cars look somewhat decent I guess, UI doesn't really feel all that interesting to look at. Kinda hurts to say since I don't think this game should have ended up like this and there was a potential, but I guess it is what it is. It's not all bad and it's not a worst racer I've ever played, but it's not great either. Kinda forgettable game when I think about it.

First of all, I'm not an everyday racer. When I play racing game it is always arcade one. Here is arcade racer (or it is supposed to be) with future cars and beautiful graphics. I bought without hesitation. And right after few races I must say that if you're casual racer like me, don't buy this game. It brings frustration. Of course, someone can say that I need practice, I need to try, to be better. Well, no, I don't have to. Why I play arcade racers? To have fun, to win sometimes, for God's sake. Here, to win you need many hours of practise, because even something so intuitive like drifting in games, here is complicated. For NFS:U f.ex. you need to use handbrake for drifting and it's natural. Well, not here. Here you have to use normal brake. Additionaly, you have to use it in right moment because car is always understeering. And if you'll have a close encounter with barrier, opponents won't have mercy and overtake you in miliseconds. What's more, opponents are using already tuned cars, but you have basic components because to unlock them you have to win. This is not arcade racer, XENON RACER will punish you imiediatelly. I understand when game is easy to learn but hard to master, but here learning curve is like Mt. Everest in winter. You wanna play arcade racer, get RISE: Race the future, Sega Rally, Ultimate Race Pro, Blur, Rollcage Stage or Grip. Stay away from this one. I didn't refund because maybe some day I'll be in bad mood and I'll get so angry about this game then I'll finally learn how to drive here. For the end: you can't drive with arrow keys, because game won't let you remap them. Left/right arrow is for looking, period. This is some serious cr@p.

its 'release and slam' throttle to drift. braking doesn't dirft, and always locks steering. cars takes too much damage from side wall collision and respawns when broken. that means you could "die" from wall riding. it looks like it could be fun, but i really dislike the braking. Like the other guy said, it IS better than Ridge Racer Unbounded but that game was terrible imo.

Давно была куплена, случайно её увидел в ролике стартовой линейке для какой-то ещё одной нинтенды, Тогда очень понравилась, подумал, неужели со времён 3DS завезли качественные гонки на консоль, наверное экслюзив. Каким же было моё удивление увидеть её тут в стиме. До покупки Steam Deck руки почему-то до игры не доходили, а тут раз и дошли. Очень рад, чувствуется, что разработчики отталкивались от Ridge Racer, но кроме этого я почему-то ощущаю присутствие концептуальной гонки Jacques Villeneuve's Racing Vision, не удивлюсь если к Xenon приложили руку эти ребята. Если да, то спасибо Вам за моё отрочество! По геймплею меня очень радует, будто бы взяли Ridge Racer и наконец-то доделали управление в заносе при включенном Нитро. Это аддиктивно и очень мне нравится, также хочу отметить систему тюнинга очень приятная. Отдельно хочу сказать про дизайн автомобилей он великолепен, а уж как некоторые трансформируются на скорости просто сказка, я можно сказать в первый раз вижу настолько проработанные футуристичные автомобили. Подошли с душой. Единственное наверно чего не хватает, так это повтора гонки в конце заезда. Во всём остальном, спасибо за чудесную игру!

I got the game virtually for free (the bundle containing it was cheaper than the game I wanted to buy alone), and if you get it under this condition, well, you can have a few hours of distraction. It's a very generic arcade racing game, strongly inspired by old Ridge Racer. If this is your thing, go ahead and buy it, but I wouldn't.

this game is very good, not run good on my potato notebook but the game is very good.

Good arcade racer for chilling to the music and at the same time stressing in the corners