Turbo Boost Racing Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · September 30, 2024

Turbo Boost Racing Review, Race your friends and family in the fun, fast-paced arcade-style driving game. Choose from 16 cars and select one of 4 exciting game modes as you race your friends in local multiplayer on one of 12 available tracks. Power up your booster to steal the advantage, and take the lead.

Turbo Boost Racing Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
346MB download size.
Graphics settings – 30 or 60 fps (classed as power save), detail, shadows, view distance, and resolution slider.
Full gyro control support with gyro sensitivity slider.
Rumble can be set to off, soft, or hard.
Four game modes – Tournament, race, time trial, and hot seat.
Daily missions with an option to spend in-game credits for real rolls.
Overall player rank and exp bar progress.
The boost shop lets you buy things like – bribed referees, illegal bets, XP boosts, high stakes, overclock, and so much more. Uses in-game currency.
16 cars to unlock and buy with each having unique baseline stats for top speed, acceleration, brakes, nitro capacity, and drive train and gears.
Racing gameplay.
You can test drive cars.
The My Cars menu lets you – upgrade performance, change rims, tune the car, paint your car, and add stickers.
Your profile shows stats, favorite vehicle, name, player level, and an avatar that can be changed.
Arcade presentation.
Simple controls with a boost button.
It’s refreshing to see and have so many graphic options.
Different event types from time trials, and racing.
Race mode lets you pick a car and track.

Turbo Boost Racing Review Cons:

Very loose handling, even simple corners are hard to navigate so expect a lot of wall-hitting.
You need to spend a lot of I’m game cash to get the car to the point where it’s somewhat better to drive but it never feels right.
No in-game achievements system.
The handbrake is no good and the base brakes are ineffective.
Physics goes a bit all over the place when you hot debris, barrels, etc.
Generic rock music which is fine but it all sounds the same.
Only one driving view (aerial view).
You cannot look behind you or anywhere else actually.
The mini-map is very small and tucked away.
It’s a very grind-heavy game, everything is rather expensive and the cash rewards are small.
The AI is all over the place.
No online multiplayer.
Quitting a race in the tournament actually kicks you out of the whole tournament which is never mentioned.
Cannot see or edit the controls.
No way to earn back a boost in an event.
There is no game mode for power-ups, all events are just plain.
No difficulty options for any of the modes.
Despite all the options you still get a lot of pop-ups happening.