I have been playing this game on xbox one for the past 2 weeks and it's amazing. Pure 90's arcade racing fun. It's inspired by the Top Gear franchise but borrows from other retro racers such as Outrun (There is a straight up Outrun like dlc out on some platform already). It also looks incredible with the low poly design and vibrant colors. The tracks are really varied with different settings, weather, night/day cycle. It's a pretty lengthy game also with tons of content. I am 30 hours in and still have a lot to do. Don't sleep on it arcade racer fans. It's available on every current gen platforms.
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People who have been asking for arcades racers: Have you played Horizon Chase Turbo?
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Yes, I got it via PS+
It's huge fun, looks crispy & smooth and does what it says on the tin.
Anyone looking for customisation & so on needs to look elsewhere but for straightforward arcade racing it's great.
Just checked and confirmed it's 4K60 on the Pro, which explains why it looks so good.
It's huge fun, looks crispy & smooth and does what it says on the tin.
Anyone looking for customisation & so on needs to look elsewhere but for straightforward arcade racing it's great.
Just checked and confirmed it's 4K60 on the Pro, which explains why it looks so good.
I think Horizon Chase is easily the best racing game of the last few years on both mobile and other platforms, but I love Top Gear (SNES).
I don't much care for the coin collection, though.
I don't much care for the coin collection, though.
Yep it's great. It doesn't QUITE scratch the itch properly for me like a Scud Race port would, but it's still really good.
It adds some challenge to the races as they are not that hard to get 1st place in.
Top Gear on the SNES is one of my favorite games ever, and I still play it to this day.
So damn right I played Horizon Chase. It's literally a love letter to Top Gear. Loved every second of it, and the fact they brought back the original Top Gear composer was just amazing.
So damn right I played Horizon Chase. It's literally a love letter to Top Gear. Loved every second of it, and the fact they brought back the original Top Gear composer was just amazing.
Yes the first driver always tries to block you from passing it and will insta boost at the last min lol
Hell yes! I loved games like Out Run and Top Gear back in the day, so I gave this a try when it came to PS+ a month or two ago and it's fantastic. Way better than I expected. It's also been a great game for my son and I to play together where we try to beat each other's times. I thought the Top Gear-esque driver quips (via speech bubbles) were a nice touch.
Yes I did and I loved it. It's a great game and I was super eager to support it that I double dipped on switch due to the fact that the dev team is Brazilian.
Sadly I had some issues with the switch version, I sent an email to the devs about it but I don't think they're going to patch the bugs.
Sadly I had some issues with the switch version, I sent an email to the devs about it but I don't think they're going to patch the bugs.
Dont know how far you are in the game but they put some cool easter eggs.
You can unlock a car similar to the bat mobile, a fast and furious car called Walker X (a reference to Paul Walker) and if you turn the globe in world tour mode you wil see a structure in Antartica. It's the ship that transports your car in Top Gear 3000
What issues did you have? The only one I had was after hitting a static object I could not steer my car anymore. I had to restart the race. It happened a couple of times.
I did not know about this one. Is it only on 3ds? I dont have one sadly.
I can vouch for this game, my friends and I 100%'d it on the Switch and loved every moment of it. It's totally my fav racer in years.
Had quite a few, but from what I remember the worst one was when two friends were playing split screen and the game just froze, had to turn off the switch to be able to get out of the game. Had another time where I placed first in a tournament but the game placed the CPU ahead of me in the podium even though the rankings showing I had more points. When it went back to the menu the congrats screen appeared saying I unlocked something but it wouldn't go away so I had to close the game to be able to continue. Bunch of weird technical bugs like that.
Also, in regards to what the other poster said, 80s overdrive is exclusive to the 3ds unfortunately but it's also an amazing game. Pulls more from lotus race on SNES but it's still a great gem.
It plays just like the old SNES Top Gear games to me so it definitely doesn't feel like a mobile game imo.
I think it's an homage to the Top Gear snes franchise in general not specifically 1. It plays more like Top Gear 2. The soundtrack is closer to Top Gear 1 and they put some easter egg for Top Gear 3000.
It plays a lot like the Top Gear games but adds a lot of variety in terms of tracks, settings and weather. It's also pack with content. There is a world tour mode where you travel to different countries to race and get first place. In each race there are tokens to collect and if you collect them all and get 1st place you get a super trophy. There's also a tournament mode where you compete in a set of races and accumulate points, an endurance mode with random tracks and a playground mode with different challenges such as mirrowed tracks. They recently released a summer pack with a mode similar to outrun but only on some platforms (I think pc and ps4). It's coming later for the others. There are 32 vehicules, some have to be unlocked. In terms of car customization you are limited to a few colors, nothing fancy.
Yep! Bought the game the day it released on PS4. Very nice game.
I always thought the title screen would have made a great theme.
I always thought the title screen would have made a great theme.
Been playing it on and off since I got it on ps4. I played it on mobile and enjoyed it so I thought why not give it another go. This time I'm actually trying and getting all the super trophies. Been a lot of damn fun.
I also remember playing it at PSX when it came to SF so it's nice to see the final game
I also remember playing it at PSX when it came to SF so it's nice to see the final game
Nope. It's inspired by Top Gear which came out on snes on the 90's. The devs even had the composer for Top Gear making the soundtrack. It also plays like Top Gear and not like Outrun. There is no timer and you race against other cars.
I like it a lot and just finished World Tour Mode yesterday. I think I've put 5 hours into it and got gold on all races on my first try, so I'd say it's a bit on the easy side. I need to redo about 10 races to get the super trophy. I need to know what the secret unlock is.
I unlocked Tournament and Endurance mode. Is there anything special about those? To me it looks like Tournament mode is 4 stages and Endurance mode is 12 stages on the easiest, but it's not split up like Tournament mode, so maybe it's 12 stages in succession?
I unlocked Tournament and Endurance mode. Is there anything special about those? To me it looks like Tournament mode is 4 stages and Endurance mode is 12 stages on the easiest, but it's not split up like Tournament mode, so maybe it's 12 stages in succession?
Yup! It would be pretty awesome though if a proper Out Run mode was added where you race against the timer instead of other cars and the road splits in two before each checkpoint.
Perhaps in a sequel...
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I have. While I greatly enjoyed it, it isn't exactly what I mean when I say I want more arcade racers. They don't really make the types of arcade racers I'm looking for... think a modern version of San Francisco Rush. I'm not expecting something like that out of a small/indie team.
Finishing 1st without taking the tokens is the easy mode basically. Grabbing all the tokens is the challenging part. It reminds me a bit of Diddy Kong racing.
Tournament mode is your regular race for points mode and racer with the most points win the tournament.
Endurance mode is a bunch of random tracks in which you have to race and you cant quit or restart. You have to do it in one sitting.
Lack of the pitstop mechanic is the one thing I feel the game is missing. Collecting the fuel on the track really shows that it was a mobile game first. That and the tokens, but at least the tokens add some replayability and challenge to it, changing how refueling works just made the game less strategic.
This game was not made by Sega so ask Sega lol. Especially when they said they would like to expand their sega ages library. Now is the perfect time. You are beating on the wrong horse.
I was going to play it when it was free on PS+ until I realised that it had no online mode. Can't believe a game like this releases in 2018 with no online play.
I would say check out 90s Super GP, but that would be cruel of me. I'm expecting it to get cancelled any day now.
I love it. The moment I booted up into my first race and heard the music I got a Top Gear nostalgia blast.
