arcade racer

From Lucky Mountain Games (aka Trevor Ley) in conjunction with Sumo Nottingham, published by Curve Digital, comes Hotshot Racing. Formerly known as Racing Apex and some ten years in the making, initially being intended as an iOS release. For anyone as long in the tooth as we are, it’s pretty […]

Hotshot Racing – PS4 Review

September 9, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged am2 / arcade racer / blue skies in gaming / hotshot racing / racing apex by Ian

From Hampshire based developer Three Fields Entertainment, a mere seven-person core team, comes Dangerous Driving. TFE take great pride in having been the original developers who brought us the Burnout series as Criterion, their four releases to date (Dangerous Golf, Danger Zone and Danger Zone 2 plus Lethal VR) all […]

Dangerous Driving – PS4 Review

April 9, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade racer / burnout / dangerous driving / takedown / three fields by Ian

Looking to harken back to an age of unlicensed rally games, Kylotonns have been released from the shackles of the WRC license to work on V-Rally 4, a throwback by name and design which, unfortunately, is not what you probably want. I missed the boat on the series so maybe […]

V-Rally 4 – PS4 Review

September 11, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade racer / gymkhana / kylotonns / rallying / v-rally 4 by Mike

Coming from Different Cloth, Drive!Drive!Drive‘s basic premise provides much intrigue. It’s a racing game with the twist being you race on multiple tracks at the same time. When I heard of this concept, I wondered just how this could be achieved. In short, you race on one level whilst having the […]

Drive!Drive!Drive! – PS4 Review

December 17, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade racer / different cloth / drifting / drive!drive!drive! / futuristic by Mike

Ironically, with the actual championship drawing to a close, this year’s officially licensed game slips into gear in an effort to give rally fans with a Playstation 4 something to cheer. Can Kylotonn’s second outing improve over last year’s a somewhat lacklustre showing? At first glance, WRC 6: FIA World […]

WRC 6: FIA World Rally Championship – PS4 Review

October 30, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade racer / kylotonns / racing / rally / wrc 6 by Mike

Super Toy Cars is an arcade racing game with tracks based, apparently, in my childhood. When I was a kid I used to love playing with my toy cars, building extravagant tracks using books and video cases to lay out the track, Super Toy Cars aims to recreate this. As […]

Super Toy Cars – PS4 Review

January 7, 2016 in PS4 tagged arcade racer / brum brum / drift / slow down / toys by Steven

If Project CARS has taught me anything, it’s that karting in reality is probably the least fun discipline of motorsport. Skitting around on tarmac whilst being surrounded by teenagers who their fathers’ are living their lives through is not fun. What we need is some kind of break from reality. […]

Beach Buggy Racing – PS4 Review

June 4, 2015 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade racer / beach buggy racing / karts / racing / tropical by Mike