Hotshot Racing features 16 tracks set across the globe with sharp corners providing technical yet enjoyable challenges. Xbox One Game Pass subscribers have even more reason to be excited as Hotshot Racing will be available on the service from launch.įor the full breakdown of Hotshot Racing’s extensive features, check out the rundown below: Additionally, there are no microtransactions, and Sumo Nottingham and Lucky Mountain Games are already working on free post-release downloadable content in the guise of new tracks, a new championship and more! Further details on this exciting new content will be shared in the weeks ahead. Hotshot Racing’s recommended retail price is £15.99 / €19.99 / $19.99 USD but during the week of launch, prospective racers can purchase the game for 20% off that price. Thankfully though this arcade racer is easy on the wallet… Informed heavily by its Sega AM2 ancestors and the very finest of the best-in-class British arcade racers that followed in their slipstream – including Burnout and Split/Second – Hotshot Racing is extremely easy to pick and play but demands near-perfection when tackled at Expert difficultly.Developed by esteemed racing game veterans Sumo Nottingham ( Outrun 2, Sonic & SEGA All Star Racing, Team Sonic Racing and more) and Lucky Mountain Games, Hotshot Racing takes the colourful and iconic arcade racing formula of the 90s and updates it for the modern generation.įeaturing tracks in playfully reimagined locations from across the globe, drivers bursting with personality and an easy to pick up yet hard to master drift-centric gameplay, this new release is sure to be a winner with anyone who spent their formative years slinging coins into driving games at arcades. Boost is a potent way to catch opponents (although largely useless to shake them), and there’s a surprisingly powerful drafting mechanic that facilitates some furiously fast slingshot manoeuvres. The drifting is painless to trigger with a quick dab of brake, and it’s very easy to add or reduce drift angle throughout a slide to balance your speed for a perfect corner exit.

Cars feel planted on the road with a satisfying sense of weight that’s sometimes absent from pure arcade racers, but they’re still snappy and responsive enough to obey your inputs instantly as you hurl them into sweeping bends.

Arcade racers live and die on their driving dynamics, but Hotshot Racing boasts a very finely-honed handling model. “Better still, however, is the handling of most of the cars.

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