Drift Runners 3D
The newest installment of the racing series by LongAnimals and Biscuit Locker is out, and that means it's time to strap on your seatbelt, pretend your automatic is a stick shift, and start doing donuts in the supermarket parking lot. Or you could just sit within the safe confinues of your comfy home office with the speakers turned up and enjoy the virtual fun.
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I'm sorry but the drifting mechanic has been ruined. Original drift runners was a neat little physics game where the main goal was to drive and drifting was an obstacle. Sometimes it even paid to go slower and let all the other cars crash while you take a short curve. But this was just pole position with combo bar.
I am disappointed. 3/5
The visuals really wanted me to back in time and play Outrun in the arcades again. The inspiration by Sega's AM2 division is pretty clear.
However, the gameplay itself was disappointing: hold down Up, hit whenever the game prompts you to (really!), and you only need Left/Right to make minor corrections. Also, even though this is an arcade racer, the concept of building up turbo/boost by doing some arbitrary action (in this case, drifting) has always annoyed me.
Drop the drift mechanic and put out a "traditional" race game with this game engine, and it'll be awesome.
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