Final Apex Review (Xbox Series S)

by Jim Smale · August 11, 2023

For this Final Apex Review review, where we play an arcade racing game set in the near future. And get behind the wheel of 7 unique cars, each with its own stats, and handle a race at crazy speeds around 70 tracks across career and series game modes.

Final Apex Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
1.3GB download size.
Racing gameplay.
Three ways to play – Career, Series, and test drive.
Seven vehicles to unlock in career with two unlocked initially. Each has unique stats for power, speed, brake, and steering.
Three driving views – cockpit, close, and far.
Music volume button that can also turn the music off.
Banging techno-like soundtrack.
Familiar controls.
The career mode has 70 tracks/events to unlock.
Unlock new tracks and cars by scoring points in events.
Auto saves regularly.
The series race mode is set up of seven seasons and you have to finish one to unlock the next.
Every car has seven color choices.
In the series of race events, you stop the ever-moving cursor to see your grid position.
Neon font used in the game.
Test drive mode is just a case of picking any unlocked car and racing it on any unlocked race track/location.
Full stats screen on the main menu.
Nails the sense of speed.
The appeal is the difficulty.

Final Apex Review Cons:

No tutorials.
Hitting ANY part of the grass will have you basically stopping dead.
The handling is loose and takes a lot of getting used to.
No achievements.
Cannot rebind controls.
Boasts no settings at all.
No multiplayer.
The more corners the more the game shows its flaws.
Doesn’t have any online/local leaderboards.
The driving views are not brilliant with the cockpit one actually being a hindrance.
Cannot change the units used to its Kmh.

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