Review: Rally Racers (Steam)

Rally Racers is a cartoon based Family Fun Car Racing Game with “Wacky Racer Rees” and his gang battling with his evil brother, “Droog and his henchmen”.

Pros:

  • Ok graphics.
  • 567MB Download size.
  • Steam achievements.
  • Trading cards.
  • Controller support.
  • Graphics options-Resolution, Screen tilt, Lens effects, and auto adjust.
  • Online Leaderboards.
  • Five cars each with unique stats.
  • 8 drivers to unlock.
  • Opening tutorial races.
  • Can replay levels.
  • World map level select.
  • Three trophies to earn in each race for position, stunt score and collecting all oranges.
  • Can upgrade the car and respray it.
  • Earn gems and coins in the game.
  • When you unlock drivers, They stop attacking you.
  • Boost- Earn boost from pickups, Collecting oranges, smashing crates and doing stunts.
  • Easy to use stunt system using the right stick.
  • Companions give bonuses to your driver like more boost etc.
  • Easy enough control system.
  • Mario Kart inspired gameplay.
  • 8 companions to unlock.
  • Fast loading times.
  • Boss battles.

Cons:

  • Bad hit detection.
  • Has in-app purchases for buying coins.
  • Repetitive.
  • Little level variety.
  • Go too high or take a corner too wide and you get a reset to track pop up and it’s a short 3-second timer.
  • Uninspiring items go for the usual culprits like boost, rocket launchers etc.
  • Cheap AI.
  • Looks bland and basic.
  • Only a few songs on constant loop.
  • Boring boss fights. Just a case of chasing bosses down.
  • Some bad level design like bridges where you cannot take a jump and land comfortably instead giving you a brick wall.
  • Ugly looking characters.
  • Takes so long to earn money and feels intentional in order to sell the IAP bundles.
  • Cannot move to a new race until you have earned all 3 trophies.
  • Just not that fun.
  • Some input lag.
  • An expensive price point for what you get.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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