Its rare, but tracks can go indoors or under bridges where the overlying areas become transparent. Its all bright, colorful, eye catching and makes the game more fun.The soundtrack is diverse and good even if its generic, its all still fitting. At a yellow sand beach across a bridge that dips into the water. The wilds of Africa through a river next to hippos. These races all have themed environments and music. Its tough to avoid pile ups at the first turn. This is geared for the arcade, rather than realism. Any pile of cars becomes dangerous as they push right into you rather than dodge you. With the racers being mini, it becomes a feat to spin someone around rather than just pushing them. ![]() Ramming someone out of your way or spinning them with such tight quarters is always a joy that other racing games have forgotten about. While the game hardly has realistic physics, the dirty play physics are great. The cars feel heavy, you can ram someone and push them around. Faster vehicles can ram into you and turn you around before the first turn. With more aggressive racers, it can become hazardous to even start a race. You race against five other cars for most of the game, but you do start out against one, two then three competitors and so on. At two hours in, I haven’t completed all of the easy beginners championship races. The races do get longer as you proceed further into what feels like it could be a long game. I say brief, because they’re still a quick shot of fun and never overstays its welcome. The cups transition smooth from one to the next and you can play any previous race.Īs for the races themselves, they’re brief on closed circuit courses that are only around a minute for three or four laps. Of course some cups can last twelve races, so its not limited to four. When you come in third place or higher of all races in the cup, it will unlock the next cup for you. These difficulties have a series of cups, each cup has four races. You start on easy and then after a few cups, you’ll unlock the next difficulty. ![]() Mini Motor Racing has three difficulty campaigns. ![]() You can also pick up cash on the track as well. Nitro canisters always appear on the track at random to give you an extra nitro block as long as you’re under your maximum. Its total risk or reward with this nitro boost and you’ll need it to overtake other vehicles that outmatch yours. Press the nitro button once to use a block and this nitro cannons you forward at a reckless pace. Like the majority of racing games, you also have a nitro button and in this game, it feels a lot different. There’s also no reverse, but that’s the side effect of being able to turn your car without hitting the gas. There is no momentum in this game, unless you’re pushing the gas. Letting off the accelerator will put you at a dead stop almost immediately. Your vehicle can turn on a dime, and often you’re going so fast that you’ll leave skid marks with every turn. The driving does take a bit of time to get used to. They still have a more typical control scheme of left and right to steer, but pointing the stick plays a lot better, there’s no overshooting your vehicle’s angle. Point the analog stick the way you want to go, much like non racing games. The first controller feels alien, yet its so right. The game has two major control schemes, both of which play excellent with a controller or keyboard and mouse. Its also a game that uses its licenses admirably from games like Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 and to my amazement Fruit Ninja. Its tough to get anything more into this package, but Mini Motor goes the extra mile with a map editor and online or network multiplayer. ![]() Its a beautiful game with a lot of diverse locales, fitting music, fun and challenge all rolled into one. The title is apt and descriptive, because you’re driving around in miniature vehicles. Mini Motor Racing EVO is an overhead racing game that’s a kin to the single screen arcade racers of the 80s.
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