Xenon Racer

once you crash, you will never catch the enemy in front of you. this is stupid game

the game has great graphics, good playability, really nice to play too - approved

There's a section of races near the beginning of the game where you have to use this awful car called the "GT LM01." Save yourself the headache and set the difficulty to easy under "Game" in settings, bang your head against Tokyo Expo (2nd top race) until you get it. Use your boosts early. You can also drift without pressing gas, sometimes it helps turning, IF the car feels like it. When you win, you'll unlock a good car that actually drives properly. THEN you can get back to having fun. Also why does your car have health at all?? The universal penalty for slamming into a wall is that you slow down, you didn't need to add another one.

Гра цікава, йде плавно. Але є одне неприємне "але" - брав її, щоб грати разом з дітьми на розділеномукрані. Виявилось, що гра не сприймає клавіатуру і неможливо грати на двох геймпадах - перший гравець (неважливо від того, який геймпад з моїх двох під'єднано), сприймається грою неправильно - в автоматі затискається "задній хід", або "газ" і йде постійний крен ліворуч. Якщо грати соло - обидва геймпади працюють нормалльно. У висновку - на одного гра чудова. Приємна та весела. В цілому діти задоволені. Але є неприємний осад, що вдвох у неї не пограєш. Брав по акції 90% скидки, тому не жалкую.

It's been some time since I've played this, but I remember one thing about this game: It's not fun. I wanted to like this game and a prospect of a Ridge-Racer-style racer on PC is something I would want to see, but this game is not it. Sorry. The handling is not really fun. The game wants to focus on drifting, but the cars feel heavy and sluggish to drift with. Especially tight corners are an issue. Also AI likes to do some rubber banding and races really are decided mostly by the start. If you fall too behind, you won't be able to make it back up no matter the what and no matter the boost. Also, the game doesn't really know what it wants to be. It clearly wants to be a mix of Ridge Racer and Wipeout, but it can't decide. Cars can be damaged beyond repair and there is a health system of sorts, but I found out that destroying your car doesn't lead to elimination and DNF, but it just... Respawns you. What is the point of that system? Or there are speed pads of sorts on the tracks, but they are scarse and don't really add anything. It also can't decide if it wants to be a high speed drifter or be more technical like Wipeout... Campaign is not that fun to play through IMO, tracks don't really look distinct or feel any different to drive on. Presentation is also not all great. Like the MonsterCat music kinda blends into the background and doesn't sound any distinct, levels look pretty samey, cars look somewhat decent I guess, UI doesn't really feel all that interesting to look at. Kinda hurts to say since I don't think this game should have ended up like this and there was a potential, but I guess it is what it is. It's not all bad and it's not a worst racer I've ever played, but it's not great either. Kinda forgettable game when I think about it.

its 'release and slam' throttle to drift. braking doesn't dirft, and always locks steering. cars takes too much damage from side wall collision and respawns when broken. that means you could "die" from wall riding. it looks like it could be fun, but i really dislike the braking. Like the other guy said, it IS better than Ridge Racer Unbounded but that game was terrible imo.