You may be slightly surprised at this being down at no. The developers certainly do everything they can to encourage you to spend real money, but in this case it’s worth it – Beach Buggy Racing is well (lovingly) crafted, well pitched and addictive to play. Fail too often, run out of green ‘entry tickets’ and you’ve then got some three-minute waits for ‘free’ tickets or else start ramping some of the sensible-ish freemium purchases. Get the driving right and you’re stocked up with everything needed to progress through the game. Just stock up with cocktails, kick back and enjoy.Īlthough the coins, gems and tickets seem overwhelming at first, the developers have kept everything reined in and many casual players may be able to play for free. But most modern iPhones are more than up to the task.
The 3D effects are impressive, with waves (you even get to see them lapping at the shore) waterfalls, rain, mud, evening lighting, and more. crash into a wall) and the worst that happens is that you’re ‘reset’ and back on the track… Traction/skidding is pretty realistic, or at least as realistic as you’d need it to be in an ‘impossible to die’ arcade title. There are hundreds of levels overall, spread over a dozen 3D worlds/tracks. Control of your buggy is either via tilting the phone or using touch controls, according to taste. And all tremendous fun, playing super-fluidly. And everything’s rendered fluidly in 3D at all times, though you’ll need at least an iPhone 5 – anything older and there are occasional pauses while the processor and graphics catch up.
In many ways this takes its inspiration in look and play from Mario Kart 7 on the likes of the Wii, if you’ve played the beach track on that then you’ll know the drill – arcade buggy racing, with forgiving physics, power slides on sand, and occasional (outrageous) weapons. So why not throw in the odd throwing weapon or nitro canister – it’s not as if things have to be kept ‘real’ here! Kickstarting the top 5 and slightly contravening my own guidelines about gimmicks, I’m letting Beach Buggy Racing in because we’re already in a fantastical setting, a paradise island with exotic creatures, beautiful scenery and odd weather.
#Mini motor racing wrt install#
So, as with my top 5 flight simulations, it’s best to clear a load of space on your iPhone, install and try each briefly (or rely on my opinions) and then pick a winner, the one that you enjoy the most, and only put your time and money into that one title. But this particular selection of games take the freemium concept to the next level, requiring a serious investment of money and (to be fair) of time in order to get the most from each. In this case, ‘freemium’, you’ll be familiar with the idea by now, in 2015. The emphasis here is on driving skills, raw speed, realism, and not on distraction!Īn even bigger note about the ‘F word’. A car racing game which involves flying cars, lasers, explosions, high speed collisions and impossible driving lines isn’t for me. One note to ultra-arcade gamers out there – I’m not like you. Luckily, I’ve done the hard work for you – in a variety of sub-genres, I whittled the hundreds down to a dozen and then finally to the five you’ll want to think about loading up. Crude graphics, appalling gameplay, over-zealous freemium grabs, and so on. An ever-popular game genre, there are hundreds (literally) of car and driving titles for the iPhone and iPad, the vast majority of which are horribly flawed in one way or another.
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