![]() If the energetic verve wears thin, music and gameplay sound can be tweaked separately for maximum aural pleasure. The game’s soundtrack is understandably limited for an indie title, featuring a handful of “hard rock” tracks. Some in-game sounds are oddly reminiscent of other popular titles – grabbing missiles, mines, or a turbo boost sounds akin to Gordon Freeman picking up health packs, whilst finishing a race is eerily reminiscent of doing the same in Mario Kart. The in-game sound effects capture the crunch of plastic against pavement and the high-pitched squeal of an RC car’s motor. On a desktop with an Nvidia GTX 260 and the latest Nvidia 310 drivers, the game runs smoothly with all the options at their highest in windowed and in fullscreen with TwinView still enabled.Īs always, your own mileage may vary. The title doesn’t tout itself as the next Gran Turismo and the low resolution textures and rough models are to be expected. But none of this takes away from the pure pleasure of racing RC cars without the interminable need to change batteries. …low resolution textures and rough models are to be expected The vehicles are light and any explosions or collisions can send you spiralling in the air.Ī “Steering Setup” mode lets you customise a vehicle if you find it too sensitive or slow to respond whilst ramming other vehicles or dodging mines.Ĭonsole gamers can also use a gamepad, but I found it much easier to control the sometimes finicky vehicles with the arrow keys. Racing feels more or less like a stripped down Mario Kart with the copious shells and power ups replaced by mines, missiles, and a turbo boost.Įach new game reminds you that ‘R’ resets your vehicle – something you’ll be doing often. ![]() That said, sporting the default truck with default trim doesn’t hamper the RC mayhem in the least. It takes $7.5 million of in-game currency to buy enough coins to afford one of these additional vehicles. As I could only net around $75,000 at most in a single circuit race, you may find it takes a fair few plays before you can afford that hot pink RC minivan of your dreams! It takes $7.5 million of in-game currency to buy enough coins to afford A cool sum of 150 coins unlocks one of the cheaper vehicles available in the “Car Store”. RC MINI RACERS CARS SOFTWAREWhilst this title carries a freemium model on other platforms, the $4.99 price tag in the Ubuntu Software Center does away with any actual purchases beyond the game itself and lets you trade $250,000 of in-game cash for 5 coins.Ĭars can be customised through the “Pimp Shop” with options to change wheel style, antenna colour, and body colour however, customising the body colour alone can cost as much as 100 coins. In-game purchases differ slightly from this title’s previous iterations on Android, iOS and OS X. Each of the four “circuits” in circuit and sprint racing mode have unlockable tracks for Easy, Medium, Hard, and Insanedifficulties, with competitors getting more aggressive with each successive level.Ĭustomising and buying more cars require coins “bought” through the in-app purchasing interface or found in the coin racing mode. This money can be used directly to unlock more tracks. ![]() You can earn money by hitting other players with well-placed mines, firing a barrage of missiles into their undercarriages, and racking up air time on the ramps and curbs scattered across the landscape. Though tracks feature helpful arrows to guide you toward the next checkpoint, you may find yourself weaving through the wrong backyards and backtracking to find a missed checkpoint. The tracks wind around a single neighbourhood in various configurations with enough variety to keep you entertained every few lazy afternoons. RC MINI RACERS CARS FREESprint races take place on similar tracks, but last only a few checkpoints.įinally, the misnamed “coin racing” does away with any actual racing and lets you roam free in the open, albeit small, world, collecting “coins” for in-app purchases. You and nine AI competitors fight it out in various 5-lap tracks through backyards and over roofs from checkpoint to checkpoint. ‘RC Mini Racers’ is a game with nothing but frenetic and explosive racing between missile-toting RC cars in mind.Ĭircuit races are the traditional checkpoint races found in other popular racing titles. RC MINI RACERS CARS MACHaving spent several weeks at the top spot of the Mac App Store’s ‘Top Free Games’ chart, as well as several months inside the top 10, this title offers Linux gamers another taste of the burgeoning interest in Linux as a gaming platform. ![]() ‘RC Mini Racers’ joins a procession of successful games making their way to Linux and the Ubuntu Software Center. ![]()
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