Cops and Robbers does what it says on the tin, with half the racers starting as cops and more and more people are eliminated until one non-cop racer is left. Outside of the normal racing modes, there’s a couple of novelty modes which work at varying levels of success. The story mode gives you the incentive to play through everyone, with everyone having four different cars as well. Alexa wants to show she’s not just a mechanic like her father, Keiko drives like it’s art, Marcus was an athlete, he beat them and now wants to be the fastest on wheels. The stories are interesting if not a bit stereotypical. Even if your opponents do take you out, you’ve always got a chance to get back into the mix with a boost system to help you along.Įach of the game’s characters has a story, the characters will give snippets of their personality as they race, and when you finish a cup, you’ll see how the win affected them. There’s no way you’re getting out to a lead and just sitting there as the game uses some good old fashioned rubber banding. However, the game’s CPU is fairly aggressive no matter what difficulty you chose. The single-player is a Grand Prix with several cups, each with three levels of difficulty.

With one player the game runs at perfect 60 FPS not only that, the game is crisp and the bright textureless colours look great on the TV and in handheld. You’ve got a full single-player mode with cups, there are time trials, online and local play. Hotshot Racing ticks all the arcade racing boxes, but it also ticks all the 90s arcade racing boxes. Games like Daytona USA, Virtual Racing, or Outrun. Hotshot Racing is a modern take (but still retro-looking) on the 90s arcade racing games of the past. Hotshot Racing began it’s life a long time ago as Racing Apex, now that game (with the weapons removed) has evolved into this. Now the small team at Lucky Mountain Game and some of the racing smarties from Sumo Digital have finally got Hotshot Racing over the line.

Real arcade racing games are few and far between these days.

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