Mad Tracks

If you grew up playing Micro Machines, this toy-car racer brings back some major nostalgia. The tracks and minigames are pretty fun, and pulling back your car to charge it up is a neat mechanic. That said, the physics feel super floaty, which can make steering a total nightmare at times. It’s a blast for a quick couch co-op session with friends, but the single-player gets boring pretty quickly.

I felt the FEAR downloading this, especially at less than a buck, but... no I am absolutely delighted! As awesome as ever!!! This classic 3D Micro-Machines rival still plays superbly to this day and is as fulfilling as every fibre in my being remembers it. I am so excite! If you dont know, this is a 3D racer using the tiny cars you brummed around in your hands as a 5-year-old, set on domestic scenarios your 5-year-old hands were actually using; tabletops, kitchen lino... you get the drift. But unlike Micro Machines (which is also a truly excellent game) this doesn't just have racing, it has all kinds of fun challenges to complete that still demand speed and driving skills but also adds in crazy concepts like bowling, tag, soccerball. It's like you just bought SuperMarioMonkeyBall+WiiSportsRocketLeague if you remember that excellent release that I just made up. It is just SO satisfying, even on single player. For a 20 year old game, it looks and plays excellently on a modern Steam platform, no faults, no glitches just get in there and race. Without doing so myself I can also assure you 100% that this will be an absolute laugh riot with friends. There are some elements of the power ups and the track designs that are so unforgiving that the bestest friend you ever did have will immediately become troll-face-meme within seconds, and I absolutely love that they really made the competitive element fun and also punishing. I'm so glad this wasn't an nightmare to come back to, it the opposite. It's like being sent to retro heaven but is still looks great and plays slick. Plus it's SO tiny in size that you could boot it up in seconds while not installed if a buddy invited you to a game. Outstanding, even with the nostalgia specs peeled off