It's questionable, in fact, whether Table Top Racer is a true indie game, since it was created by the developers of WipeOut. On the other hand, there's no denying it's a cell phone port, with decent controls on the Vita, but with microtransactions intact.
The microtransactions aren't intrusive, though, earning game money through racing is adequate for progress in the game. I did get impatient enough at one point to trade real money for game coins to get car upgrades I wanted. Racing viewpoints include the traditional Choro-Q game view behind the car at two different view distances, and an overhead Micro Machines -like view is also available. Upgrades for the cars are available with game money.
Tracks and cars are colorful and attractive, gameplay and control is smooth and predictable. The modes vary in track pickups available, from none, to boost or weapons, or both.
The racing is exciting, the cars are cute, weaving through household items is fun, progress and unlocks are rapid, and the game is in general very enjoyable.
For an inexpensive downloadable cell phone port, this one is a winner, well worth the minimal outlay. I don't like kart racers. They are unrealistic, steering games with no concept of real-world physics, and dependent on power-ups or ludicrous game mechanics. There are a few kart racers that I find tolerable, more for the idea than the game itself, Ape Escape Racing for the concept of racing with monkeys, Crash Tag Team Racing for the combination of racing and platforming, and Sonic All Stars for the selection of tracks modelled after old favorite Sega games from the common to the obscure.
There's just something about bouncing off the deck of the Afterburner aircraft carrier, hoping for lucky breaks in the Sonic Casino Stage, weaving between sombrero-wearing maraca monkeys in Samba Amigo , dodging Skies of Arcadia airships, threading through rings in Night Into Dreams , and braving the inferno in Burning Rangers ; as just a small sample of the game tributes included.
The selection of fanciful tracks is matched by the weird and wacky kart designs driven by Sega heroes and even a guest appearance by an avatar of real life racer Danica Patrick. Karts transform and take to the air as planes, splash into oceans, lakes, and underground lava streams as boats, and transform back to karts on dry land.
Winning, to a large extent, relies on hitting boost arrows on the tracks or passing through boost gates in the sky or water. To keep things interesting, some tracks dynamically change from lap to lap, possibly adding a water stage or a flying stage, possibly changing obstacles. Many hidden shortcuts can be found, some with added boost arrows. Like other kart racers, you can find weapon pickups to fire at other racers, a tornado that scrambles controls, a drone vehicle that tracks and explodes, a swarm of wasps that lies in wait for racers, a catcher's glove that catches attacks aimed at you, a blowfish that attacks racers behind you.
The most frustrating weapon to be hit by is the tornado, which can cause you to drive off the track. The other racers tend to be faster than you regardless of statistics, so hittlng all the boost icons and gates is important, as are the modifiable statistics of your kart. This is another game where you earn stars in career mode to unlock tracks, characters, and upgrades, and your driver also earns skill points by racing to unlock enhancements for their kart.
Upgrading your kart as possible is important so you can avoid falling too far behind while hunting boost icons and gates. The colorful tracks drawn from favorite Sega games, the transformations from kart to plane to boat, and the challenge of earnng stars to unlock more tracks, karts, and upgrades, will keep you going. What you might intend as a short play session can easily extend as you make just one more try at earning another star or two, or another few hundred experience points to advance your driver, or just to see what a track themed after a half-remembered old Sega game looks like.
Lots to see and do makes this one of my favorite racers. Formula One racers are typically very technical, with a steep learning curve and extreme difficulty.
F1 , surprisingly, is easy to approach, very smooth and controllable, and fun from the beginning. With a large selection of race types, from Quick Race, a single Grand Prix race, a Championship season, a Career mode, and a Challenge mode, there is a wide variety of choices of races.
Similarly, there are many choices of teams and drivers. Practice and qualifying sessions are available before races, to become accustomed to the track. Five camera views, nose, cockpit close, cockpit far, behind close, behind far, are available. The cockpit far view seemed to allow me the best judgment for cornering. I liked the nose view but it was a bit low to the track, and the close cockpit blocked a lot of the forward view.
The tracks and backgrounds are nicely detailed, and the cars look good. The team manager's voice on the radio provides encouragement and criticism. Driving aids are available, for traction control, braking help, a visual racing line on the track with speed cues, and automatic shifting.
The cockpit detail is really nice, the driver's hands moving the steering wheel, the front wheels turning, the detail of the instrumentation in the steering wheel hub. Stands, trees, advertising signs, barriers, fences, rubber marks on the pavement, add to the realism of the track graphics. With the variety of race modes, there's always something to do, from progressing in Career mode to running the brief tests in Challenge mode. Challenge mode is similar to the license tests in Gran Turismo , with tasks ranging from a slalom-type lap to passing a certain number of cars, to completing a brief race.
Good for a few moments of play, or for an extended play session. I haven't followed Formula One racing much since the days of Nikki Lauda, but this game revives my interest. As I said, a surprising game that I hadn't expected to enjoy as much as I do. A great contribution to the library of Vita racers. We come down to number one, the pick of Vita racing games. Beautiful graphics, smooth car handling and excellent control, and pulse-pounding excitement, this is what racing is about.
Although it is a rally racer, and there are no other cars on the track, the detailed tracks with a variety of surfaces, curves, and hazards; as well as the controllable powerslides make this a very satisfying drive.
Details are clear enough to always see where the next turn is something not true of all racers , and the navigator's prompts are helpful in anticipating corners. Handling feel is excellent and predictable, giving great confidence in the ability to throw the car sideways around corners and recover. It is still possible to overcook a corner and ram a fence, wall, or even end up on your top, but you're quickly put back on the track by the invisible course marshals, and damage to various systems will impair performance until you have your pit crew repair it between rally stages.
There is a nice Career mode where you work your way up through the levels; a Rally mode where you can play a single stage, a single rally, or a single season; and a Quick Race mode. A lot to do, with a huge number of rally courses around the world, and a large number of teams and cars to choose from only modern cars, sadly, no classic Lancias, Saabs, and Fiats.
Tracks have a variety of surfaces and weather conditions. Even though I really dislike shoulder button controls for portable racers, the control scheme works pretty well in this one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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