Pocket Cars Preview (Steam Early Access)

by Jim Smale · March 7, 2024

Pocket Cars Preview, Explore Pocket Cars, the thrilling arcade combat-racing game! Race RC cars through dynamic tracks, tackling real-life obstacles with precision. With realistic vehicles featuring impressive off-road capabilities and high-speed boosts, get ready for an exhilarating racing experience unlike any other.

Pocket Cars Preview Pros:

Decent graphics.
7.65GB download size.
Full controller support.
Can remap controls for each player.
Four-player local split-screen support.
Graphics settings – resolution, fullscreen, v-sync, max fps, graphics preset, texture, shadow, environment, grass, atmosphere, anti-aliasing, ambient occlusion, bloom, motion blur, and real-time reflections.
Does support playing with a keyboard.
Gameplay-style slider going from simulation to arcade.
Can use your custom soundtrack by dropping songs into the specific game folder.
RC driving gameplay.
Three game modes – seasons, online, and local.
Five camera views.
Set the split-screen type – vertical or horizontal.
Two season difficulties – Easy and hard.
Car setting for torque assistant, steering assist, and stability assisted.
Online are three ways to play – quick game, join the game, and create a game. You can change the server location to Europe, USA, or Asia.
Local mode lets you set up the game with – game type, map, track, laps, players, enemies, cars, tires, and weapons, and unlock everything.
Four race types – practice, time attack, race, and stunt arena.
Five maps – ruins, harbor, neighborhood, museum, and western.
Seasons is a career mode where you have a set of objectives to earn stars. Stars will unlock new events and tracks.
15 cars that include buggies, cars, trucks, and F1 cars. You get one unlocked initially then you need to earn stars and progress in seasons to unlock more.
Each car has unique stats for – power, boost, handling, and weight.
Liveries – you can cycle through unlocked ones or edit them with unlocked livery elements.
When entering an event you choose your vehicle, tyres which affect stats, and then left and right weapons.
Opening tutorial race in career mode.
Tight responsive controls.
Each car has a healthy weighty feel to it and they all feel different.
Collect weapon caches to use your selected weapons and pick up NOS for turbo.
A lot of ramps and wide tracks.
Excellent camera that follows you well and reacts fast to turning and reversing.
Feels good to play.
Has a full stats screen on your profile.
Uses its in-game achievements like a system.

Pocket Cars Preview Cons:

No sensitivity sliders.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen even when using a controller.
Doesn’t have Steam achievements.
The respawn back on track is very slow and not ideal.
Hard to get used to weapon aiming.
the AI can be a bit cheap, especially with amazing aim and hitting on the corners.
Some of the locations look too bland and uneventful.

Pocket Cars:

Official website.

Developer: Gen90Software

Publisher: Gen90Software

Store Links –

Steam Early Access