NEOSprint Review (Steam)

Rating: 7.4
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · July 2, 2024

NEOSprint Review, The exhilarating Atari racing classic “Sprint” series returns! NeoSprint zooms back to life as a single-screen arcade racer for up to 8 players, paired with a robust track builder and intuitive sharing tools, ensuring a racing experience that satisfies speed demons and architects alike.

NEOSprint Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
4.87GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Own in-game achievements are the same as the Steam achievements list.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – quality level, resolution, v-sync, and fullscreen.
Single-player camera style – focus on the track and focus on the car, which can be changed in the pause menu.
Accessibility options – vibration, and car location marker.
Can remap controls.
Driving gameplay.
Isometric view of the track.
Optional tutorial.
The player profile shows your Steam avatar, name, time played, favorite car, campaign progress, races entered, victories, tracks created, top speed, distance driven, jumps completed, and longest jump.
Full-track editor and creator.
Supports up to 8 players locally.
Single player has five modes – campaign, Grand Prix, free race, obstacle course, and time trial.
Nine cars to drive each with unique stats, you can spray them and adjust steering sensitivity.
In the campaign, you get three retries.
You can draft players to give you an overtake speed boost.
The campaign has final boss-like races complete with interactions.
After finishing a cup tournament you get a chest with random unlock-like new colours for your car and driver.
Really good track design.
The campaign has three championships with a handful of races in each.
Grand Prix mode lets you play any events you have unlocked or create your own.
You can download and share race track creations.
Free race lets you play any created track or the original built-in tracks.
Three driver difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
Hazards can be turned on and off for events.
Three driving condition choices – morning, afternoon, and nighttime.
You have a collection percentage and menu that shows what you have and haven’t unlocked for car sprays, track pieces, buildings, hazards, and miscellaneous.
Local multiplayer lets you do a free race or Grand Prix.

NEOSprint Review Cons:

The remap controls menu is fiddly and not that user-friendly.
Basic settings for accessibility and graphics.
No Colourblind support.
Cannot change the metrics used so it is kmh not mph.
You have to unlock new track pieces for the builder.
Famous Atari brands are just plastered everywhere in random places in a kind of don’t forget about me way.
No voice work on the characters.
The colours of the track and cars can clash making it hard to see them.
You don’t get feedback for things like speed.
Hitting the barriers is overly punishing.
Overall the atmosphere just feels kind of flat.
No online racing.
You can only race on tracks you have unlocked in campaign mode.