REVIEWS
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Developed by Dangerous Derk Interactive
Available now in Early Access:
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512080/DDI_Rally_Championship
DDI Rally is a love letter to retro arcade rally titles.
Currently in its early access stage, the bones of DDI Rally are solid, capturing the feel of those older much loved rally arcade titles such as Outrun and Sega Rally Championship.
In its current state, DDI Rally offers a handfull of modes to enjoy all set within the games current 5 stages; Forest, Desert, Mountain, Alpine and Lakeside. Each stage with its unique look and feel, all beautifully crafted with their own backdrops and carefully designed track layout, all blended together with those retro hard rock background tracks, completes the look and feel of burning rubber back in the 90s.
Championship mode sees you racing around the track against the clock, gaining precious seconds as you race through the tracks checkpoints. Time Trail challenges you to compete for the fastest lap. Practice mode simply gives you free reign to learn track layouts without having to compete against the clock, a suprise, but very appreciated mode in Playground. Here you are placed in a sandbox area, filled with bumps, jumps and open roads set for you to kick back, and just have fun.
As of the time of review, DDI offers 6 cars to use, all apparent in there visual design of famouse real world counterparts. All excellently designed and topped off with fresh liveries.
Online leaderboards are also present, for those competetive racers who strive for the place at the top of the podium.
As stated, DDI Rally is in active development, being constantly worked on by a developer who shows their passion and love for the Rally/Racing genre through the incredible work done to create the foundations of a title made to capture the feel and nostalgia of those beloved retro arcade racers.
We here at DK have loved our time with DDI Rally, although currently content is limited due to early access, we are certainly excited to see where development takes the project further.
A huge thank you to the devs for providing us with a review code, and we wish them all the best with future development!
Developed by New Star Games
Available now:
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2217580/New_Star_GP/
Playstation: https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/concept/10005857
Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-gb/games/store/new-star-gp/9pmzb1cf7f90
From the developers that brought us the much loved Retro Bowl and Retro Goal. New Star GP puts you in the driving seat of the F1. From its incredible depth throughout its career mode, perfectly balanced aspects of both arcade and simulation and beautiful Retro inspired visuals and soundtrack, fans of F1, and racers in general dont want to miss this one!
NSGP takes you on a thrilling ride through the decades of F1 history in its career mode, starting off in the 80's and progressing to the 2020's, experiencing tracks inspired by real world counterparts, along with ai drivers, you'll need to build up your car, crew and reputation in order to cement your name in the history books. Taking part in test drives, Checkpoint races and ofcourse the GP, you'll complete 10 GPs a season before progressing to the next decade, earning upgrades, crew perks and car customization items along the way
Manage your crew members morale to keep each individual happy, improving your relationship with your team and earning buffs to their specific perks. Mix and match staff and perks as you wish to create the ultimate F1 crew. Throughout the season, you will create rivalries with other ai drivers depending on your behavior to them on the tracks, a brilliant touch to keep things fresh throughout your career
Racing feels phenominal. With attention to tire wear, fuel capacity and changing weather conditions, planning how to take on the upcoming race, as well as when to enter the pits is vital to be the first to the checkered flag. Made a mistake in the race? The rewind feature is key for quickly retrying those corners, or avoiding a collision with the other competitors.
Well designed tracks and a fantastic mix of retro inspired visuals and soundtrack, its the perfect mix of that old school feel, with the addition of key features that change the way the tracks and cars feel to add a real feel of simulation. Take to the track with your friends with up to 4 player local play and earn the bragging rights of the MVP. Clearly the developers have poured their everything into crafting this incredible racer, with so much attention to detail to create an authentic F1 experience thats seems to tick every single box. We've had an absoloute blast with NSGP and are super excited to see what the future holds for this one. Its stunning, filled with deep mechanics, solid driving and track design and above all, Its fun. A hell of a lot of fun.
We here at DiRTKiCKERS would like to thank the developers at New Star Games for the early review codes and wish them the very best with NSGP.