SPUDANKY!
Mon Dec 04 2017 SpudankyBest racing game on iOS. I’m an arcade racer nut! So dipping into more of a racer sim is a new experience for me. What a great experience! I like I can play when I want, without having to slog through a pay to win progression. Because I’m free from that type of over used progression model, it’s helped me to ease into this racer genre more easily. The game looks great, but some textures are still a little jank up close. The free DLC HD texture pack has failed for the inside of your car tho! But overall it is a beautiful looking game. The controls feel solid. When I mess up, I know it’s me, thanks to unforgivingly tight controls. I successfully use both tilt, and a wireless controller, but prefer to use the wireless controller exclusively on this one. Not true for other popular arcade racers, where I can’t control the car at all using a controller. With Grid, a wireless controller is a pleasure. CON: It makes my iPhone 7 hot fairly quickly. In terms of performance, it seems to run better than some people’s experience on latest iPhone. Performance is overall pretty good considering my dated phone, but I definitely will get minor frame rate issues at times. They can definitely do with better with optimization. PRO: Driving at high speeds down the streets of San Francisco. Definitely recommend as a great racing game, but also as refreshing old school approach to selling games. Respact!
PAIR A PS4 or XB1 controller first! THIS IS THE BEST AND GREATEST - BAR NONE
Sat Dec 25 2021 klickbeanI will preface this review by saying controls for this game outside of a paired physical controller are useless. SO PAIR ONE FIRST BEFORE PLAYING!
I don’t ever write reviews but what codemasters have done here is really something what a car enthusiast and driving enthusiast would appreciate in a mobile driving game. Variety of control options and the use of force touch is nice for throttle and brake control. Now this game has NO MICROTRANACTIONS and includes free dlc bonus cups and hd texture packs free! Now the real treat of this game is THE CARS! Every type of variety from so many different eras. E30, Mclaren F1, 1 Series M Coupe, RX-7, DC2 Type R, NSX R , a friggin HONDA HSV-010 GT CAR, it’s really ridiculous the awesome selection of cars and the crazy thing is you can try them all out from the start as they are all unlocked and ready for you to try in time trial and custom cup modes. I haven’t dived too deep into the career mode but judging from the small bit that I have played it feels like it is going to be long and very detailed one that would get anyone new to racing games build to a good understanding of the sport. Get this game, just pure awesome!
Love the pay once approach, hate the game..
Fri Dec 29 2017 Darkdusk87I love how this is a stand-alone game where you pay once and you play to your heart’s content, just like a true console game would be.. But wow... They claim that this is supposed to be more of a “simulator” style game, but I have driven many cars, and have never had so many issues just trying to drive in a straight line! NO car on earth drives like these in the game. It honestly feels as if you’re driving a boat with how slow the game responds to your attempts at turning, but it gets even more “fun” once your car starts to turns finally and suddenly it’s as if your whole car is driving on a solid ice patch with no traction whatsoever.. The cars control horribly. The graphics are okay, I wasn’t blown away by them, but I also wasn’t upset with them. Also, I haven’t seen a single option in the game for any kind of customization to the cars, or even any option to try to buy new cars. I may be wrong on that though, because after an hour of giving this game a chance, I just couldn’t bring myself to continue playing it. But I know that I never saw any options in there for it at all.. Overall, I love the fact that they are not trying to do the stupid in app purchase garbage, but playing this game felt like more of a job, than anything I would consider to be fun. I personally would not spend the money to buy it. The game itself gets 1 star from me, but I added another just because I like and respect the pay once aspect of it.
Best racing game out there!
Fri Oct 14 2022 S.s.StashGlassOk so I completely am satisfied with this game. It’s well worth the one time cost and I have very few complaints. The only complaint I can come up with, and it’s more of a suggestion than a complaint, is it would be really nice to have a better replay feature. Especially having a TV camera replay view. The only option for this is the view that toggles between multiple views. If would be much better imo with a stand alone TV broadcast camera view. Also it would be cool to have either a drone or helicopter aerial view as well.
Other than that I can’t really complain. It’s a perfect game and you can tell the Deb’s spent a ton of time on the details
One more suggestion, more options for the demo derby. This could include more tracks and car selections. The camera suggestions above would enhance the derby too imo. Tracks like a common figure 8, and even oval racing. additions to this could make this game even better.
Great, but could be better
Mon Jun 17 2019 nimo18rtrMy biggest complaint is the nearly 6 gigabytes this game takes up with the dlc’s, yet it still takes an eternity to load into a race. What is all of the 6gb doing if it isn’t already loaded? There is not nearly that much content in the game for it to be using that much storage. The graphics are ok, but, again, not 6 gigabytes good. All of the cars always sound like you’re riding up against a wall with the reverb sound, besides they sound pretty bad to begin with. Surprisingly though, the R35 sounds pretty accurate. I’ve noticed that it’s hard to make minuscule movements when steering and often my car is stuck in its own racing line at certain parts of the track. Just a few tweaks to the handling would be nice.
As far as content, I’d love to see some LMP cars, (Porsche 919, etc.), and some LMGTE cars such as my favorite modern race car, the 2016 Ford GT LMGTE PRO. Obviously I’d love Le Mans Circuit, Nüburgring Nordschleife, but it seems as if the content additions are done, especially since the game is entirely free after initial purchase.
Overall, great game, console quality is a bit of an ambitious statement, unless you’re comparing to PlayStation 3, but still the best racing simulator for mobile.
This is a PC game on an iPhone
Wed Sep 27 2023 Mickey1045This game looks like it was made for a PC, runs like it was made for a console, and somehow plays on an iPhone. I thought this would look worse plugged into an external monitor, but somehow it genuinely looked like I was playing on my PC. I showed a friend without telling them it was my iPhone and they said it looked sick thinking it was a PC. ON A PHONE?!?! I would pay for this game a second time just to keep playing it… I literally love this game. Also on top of that they have a pay once play forever model, which is rare in these days and telling of not only how incredible their game is, but how honest their developers are. I wish there was a way to donate money to this game and to their developers. If you add such a function, I will gladly do so. I hope whoever developed this is this reading this. Thank you so much for making such an incredible game, I don’t know how you do it but we appreciate you.
This is an amazing game....
Wed May 06 2020 SqueeeeeeeeeepsSweet *ss game folks! It has stuff no other mobile games do! And like cars themselves, every vehicle is different and even if 2 vehicles of the same make & model, and year are identical, they are still usually miles apart when they are modified for 2 different racers...modern cars are precisely built for 1 driver, and even for 1 track, and even built and setup for certain weather conditions? Take this into account before you blame the game for poor control and handling? LEARN TO CHANGE YOUR STYLE AND ADAPT to whatever conditions you and your car are surrounded by? Do that and your driving skills will progress very quickly! Complaining is only wasted time you could have been using to practice! (For those who are requesting a refund, would you buy a car without a test drive or or atleast watch videos of others test drives etc? Be a smart consumer, it will benefit you GREATLY! ✌🏻)
controls are frustrating
Sun Jun 23 2019 KaffeyerrTilt control has always been a part of mobile racing games which is surprising to me because it’s a concept that doesn’t work well. So I was hoping that the arrow controls could fix that and help me enjoy the game. However the arrow controls are a mess. The game won’t let you accalorate by yourself, and braking is very frustrating as you have to reach for the middle of the screen which could really send you into the grass on tight turns. The fact that the game doesn’t even give you the option to change the layout of the arrows and maybe also add an acceleration button is beyond me on a $10 racing game. Other than that the game is alright but I would still have to give it 2 stars because controlling the car is about 80% of a racing game. I really hope to see the re arranging option in an upcoming update.
Edit:
what a joke of a developer response. The fact that they try to put a bandaid over this joke of an overpriced game by writing “thank you for your purchase” like they have done on so many other 2 and 1 star reviews makes it feel like they are laughing behind their screens and tells me that there will not be any promising updates in the future.
Graphics are detailed but experience is not
Tue Nov 28 2017 ZipMtbI wont repeat what others have said about the graphics because they are amazing and the pay once price is the best bargain in the App Store. Also, I actually like the tilt controls on my 12 inch iPad Pro. It seems pretty direct and more like a real driving experience.
What I I don’t like and am very surprised is missing are a few details that would help. First there are no useable rear view or side view mirrors. How can you find out who is behind you or beside you when overtaking. There is on view that kind of give you mirrors but they are obscured and not useable. This is probably my biggest complaint. Second, is there are NO DRIVERS! It’s kind of surprising and kind of freaky to see cars go around the track with no drivers. Given the level of detail in all other aspects I can’t figure out why this detail is missing.
Either way it is the best game in the App Store but would really like to be able to see around me when driving not just ahead of me.
Great game
Sun Jun 23 2019 CcgoergesI’m loving the game so far. (Just by virtue of not being a wretched “freemium” game it probably deserves 5 stars.)
The game play is fun. Really this is the spiritual successor to Real Racing 2 which I loved.
I’d call the following comments rather than criticisms, but they’re worth knowing if you’re considering the game. (I’m only a dozen seasons in, so take it with a grain of salt, I’ve got a lot left to learn.)
-I didn’t even know that there was qualifying until I was about six seasons in. I had expected that if there was quali, it would have taken me there first. Not every race has it, but now I know to check. (There’s practice as well, use it)
-I’m happy that car setup is available, but it’s going to take you a long time to figure out exactly how all of the settings interact. Which is as it should be for a game of this type.
-There is a pretty large jump in difficulty from one level to the next. The nice lady tells me it’s too easy on “professional” but I can’t break the top 8 on expert. I haven’t experimented with the custom difficulty options yet, so know that you’ll need to explore that as well.
-I sort of wish the bumper camera view was more like a “grill” view. Meaning it’s really low, and it can be tough to see anything in traffic. If you prefer the other styles of view, it won’t be a problem.
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