Developed by Swedish firm Pixelbite as well as released only the few days ago by EA and Polarbit, Reckless Racing is the game we’ve been following given it was well known as “Deliverace” early this year — and honestly, there was the spell where we’d left so prolonged but having heard anything about it that we’d kind of insincere a awesome-looking plan had been canceled. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case — it’s right away available on iPhone, iPad, as well as Android — so we motionless to take it for a quick turn. After all, top-down racers haven’t unequivocally made much noise since a heady days of R.C. Pro-Am and long-lived arcade favorite Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Super Off Road… and after personification Reckless Racing for just a few minutes, we’re not sure because which is.
Reckless Racing review (iPhone)

Put simply, these guys have put together a stellar diversion that right away puts the smile on your face from the moment you glow it up. The tongue-in-cheek hillbilly thesis (complete with bluegrass background music) is the good begin, though more importantly, a carryout and gameplay have been simple as well as right away engaging with really little ramp-up time. To suit particular tastes, Reckless Racing lets you select in between a little five dissimilar control styles: Standard (turning buttons on the left, gas as well as stop on a right), Tank (gas is applied automatically, turning buttons have been in possibly dilemma, Tilt, as well as both Half and Whole Wheel (drag the wheel to spin. We found we were quickest as well as many flexible in Tank mode, but your mileage may vary. You’ll probably outlay many of your time playing a single-player Dirt Rally mode where you contest opposite 5 CPU-controlled cars in 3 levels of worry (along with two levels of steering difficulty), though you additionally have Hot Lap as well as Delivery modes. Hot Lap is the straightforward solo mode where you’re just trying to set a most appropriate time, but Delivery is pretty interesting: a thought is to collect up packages around the march and deliver them to assorted destinations as fast as probable. It’s flattering interesting, as well as a special Delivery course is complex enough to keep you on your toes.

The graphics are pristine — they seriously look amazing on the iPhone’s arrangement — as well as it runs smooth as silk without the hiccup to be found, but we did have a couple of complaints. First off, there’s no Game Center await; that’s substantially partly due to a fact which it’s the cross-platform diversion as well as development started prior to Game Center was even announced, though Reckless Racing’s format unequivocally lends itself to Game Center’s multiplayer matchmaking capabilities as well as feat tracking (as it stands, the game has no achievements of any kind). Secondly, there’s no car repairs; if you get into a mutilate or you get stuck, you simply respawn on a course (and there’s a dedicated button in a upper right to respawn manually if you similar to. Considering the on-course obstacles as well as the ever-present danger of coming into hit with a competing cars, damage would be the fun snarl. Also, there aren’t any power-ups or upgrades — you kept seeking for Super Off Road-style nitro bottles, though no bones.

All that pronounced, Reckless has proven which a top-down format is shining upon a touchscreen phone’s arrangement. We’d adore to see more than five rally courses (ten, if you count a unlockable reverse courses) — but you guess that’s the great problem to have, since it only drives home the indicate that it’s already the gas to play. And at $2.99, it’s a take.

Note: The game’s been at the moment pulled from a Android Market interjection to multiplayer servers which have been stressed over their genius, though Polarbit expects it to be available again shortly.

Via Engadget