Review: Kart Rider Plus (Android)

Whether it’s chasing glory as a lone racer or rising to the top of the leaderboards as a team, it’s you who will decide your own path. Select from a variety of gameplay modes that will pave your way to victory.

Pros:

• Console quality cartoon graphics.
• 1.8gb download size.
• Touchscreen controls–two layouts and a custom one.
• Sign in options–Facebook/Google Play/Apple/Guest.
• Opening race tutorial with pop-ups. Then it takes you into certain modes and menus.
• Repair game options-Clear cache/auto repair/upload logs.
• Five modes-speed race/Arcade/Ranked/Time Trial/story mode.
• Can save race results.
• A smart helmet is applied to use like an assisted thing. You can have protection rings, arrow showing direction, drift zone, etc.
• Graphics-High FPS/Quality preset/HD textures/power saving/motion blur/rear view/lighting effects.
• Daily quests and rewards.
• Voiced animated cutscenes.
• Property-you have a house and garden area you can upgrade, customize, invite friends over, park cars to show off, and play mini-games.
• Can watch top player replays.
• Licence tests-do a set amount of tasks and earn a license to unlock higher race types.
• Features/events unlock as you level up.
• Earn EXP level up and earn cars/events/modes etc.
• Story mode-each race has tasks with one required and the rest optional.
• Arcade-team/solo variations of the race types-item/replay/infinite boost/lucci runner race.
• Badges-earn them and wear one for buffs.
• Fast loading times.
• Many customizable options and the game feeds this with many items to buy, share, and edit.
• Mentorship-hire or become a mentor to help other players.
• Season pass-both free and paid-for tiers with rewards.
• Pet-can upgrades them and gets buffs for races.
• Club-works like a clan and has club events, own set of tasks, and rewards.
• Potential-spend in-game gold on improving your stats and abilities.
• Racing-you needs to learn about drifting as that’s the main part of the game.
• Characters that are ready to jump straight into a kid’s TV show.
• Many seasonal events and community events.
• The ranked mode has team and solo variations.
• Happy bouncy soundtrack.
• Good levels with some having secret routes.
• Plays like Mario Kart.
• Training area where you can look at how to do moves and tricks.

Cons:

• A lot of currency to learn as it feels like every upgrade has its own currency.
• The initial learning curve with the controls.
• A lot of flashing menus and notifications especially early on its very overwhelming.
• Forced into matches initially so if you needed to change graphics for example this wouldn’t be possible until after.
• The text doesn’t always line up or overlaps each other.
• No Google Play achievements.
• A lot of in-app purchases for all the currency types, season passes, etc.
• Ranked is at certain times and not times convenient for our timezone.
• Cannot shoot items behind us.
• Cannot look behind.
• Daily login refresh again is not set to our time zone per se.