In true old-school fashion you can race them in mirror mode too. The game comes with 16 gorgeous tracks that definitely feel like throwbacks to Virtua Racing’s coastal tracks, Need for Speed’s tracks and more. Split-screen is a load of fun and the game offers online modes as well, and with Game Pass putting this game in the hands of so many people, it shouldn’t be too tough to convince your pals to hook up for some online fun. There are 3 modes in total: Racing, Cops & Robbers and a Survival mode that requires you to keep up your health while also keeping up with a constantly rising minimum speed. In normal racing modes, slipstreaming/drafting is everything, and also offers a great way to keep the pack together as you constantly hunt down the cool little wind effects around cars to get sucked into their draft. The gameplay is fast, easy to pick up and relies mostly on drifting to build up boost… and then well, boosting. It carries so much spirit of the games it draws from that there’s no doubt that this team (who brought you the newer Outrun games last generation) really have passion and deep knowledge of the genre. It’s so on-the-money that you’re playing something brand new and yet you feel like you’ve maybe seen the tracks before somewhere, or selected that driver-character in another game. It also really helps that it runs smooth as butter even on a launch Xbox One. The low-polygon graphics manage to somehow look old and retro, and yet the visuals are stunningly vibrant and crisp. As one of the best love letters to old-school racers like Outrun, Virtua Racer, Ridge Racer and even Need for Speed 2 + 3, it’s unbelievable how well they’ve captured the essence of everything that made those games great. This past week saw the release of Hotshot Racing on Game Pass, and boy, oh boy… it’s so damn awesome. Review – Available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows We absolutely recommend that you check it out! It’s fun, smooth and offers up some good content to keep you busy for ages. Hotshot Racing captures almost everything I ever loved about playing racing games back in the day.
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