Retro Drive Revamped Demo Review (Steam)
Retro Drive Revamped Demo Review, Welcome to the Retro Drive universe – a haven where the spirit of the 80s blazes with neon brilliance. Dash into a time-traveling vortex of neon lights and pulsating beats. Conquer the vibrant streets of the Retropolis. Whether it’s racing against the clock or evading the police, your skills will be put to the test. Turn the volume up, put the pedal to the metal, and race to catch up with your pals!
Retro Drive Revamped Demo Review Pros:
- Cool neon graphics.
- 857.04MB Download size.
- Full controller support.
- Graphics settings – resolution, window mode, quality, fps limit, v-sync, scan lines, and screen space reflections.
- Simple controls – accelerate, turbo, steer, and brake/reverse.
- Supports playing with a keyboard.
- One save slot.
- Still, art cutscenes mixed with VCR-filtered sequences.
- Racing gameplay.
- Excellent synthwave soundtrack.
- Two car types in your way – green cars can be pushed around whilst red cars cannot move.
- Collect point orbs on the track to use for upgrading your car.
- Recreational vans can be hit but they impair your vision and reaction time.
- The game takes place on lanes but you are not locked into a lane and can freely move around.
- Earn 1 to 3 stars based on performance.
- You are timed on each stage.
- Laser gates will spawn and they one hit kill you.
- Deaths restart the whole race.
- You start with a shield that can take one laser gate hit, you replenish it by scoring points.
- A lot of fun to play, it’s chilled out with enough going on to keep you engaged.
- Tutorial pop-ups as you play and key hints.
- World map level select.
- Turbo replenishes over time and goes faster if you hit green cars.
- Obstacles appear on the track like police helicopters and oil slicks.
- The music player lets you listen to any unlocked song.
- Collectible VHS tapes.
- Online leaderboards.
- You can change the color of your car and unlock a new one in the garage.
- A lot of content for a demo.
- Fast loading times.
- Not all events are just against the clock, sometimes you have the cops chasing you.
- Good looking locations.
Retro Drive Revamped Demo Review Cons:
- Cannot remap the controls.
- No Achievements but it is a demo.
- No skip cutscenes option just fast forward.
- The mouse cursor stays on the screen when using the controller.
- You cannot just press B to back out of a menu.
- Had the camera go crazy a few times.
- Can be hard to see the road ahead.
- It’s hard to see where the cursor is in the menu.
- Had text appear over other text.
- When crashing out the level just starts again.
- A lot of repeating the same level over and over just to get the car needed to finish the current level.
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Retro Drive Revamped Demo:
Developer: Retro Drive Studio
Publisher: Retro Drive Studio
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