It will teach you everything from how to drive in a straight line to how to use weaponry from the crates you collect in item races. Speed race is a straight race which is based on your skill in driving, nothing can stop your driving here apart from yourself. There is no need to worry about jumping in at the deep end as there are tutorials for every section of racing. Item race is racing with pickups that will allow you items to use such as missiles, banana skins and water bombe amongst many more. There are two different modes available to you on starting the game and those are item and speed race. The game offers crossplay between the platforms currently which is promising for both the longevity and the player base. I’m unsure if there are plans to release this to Playstation 4 or Nintendo Switch but it would be nice to include all platforms within this gem of a kart racing game. Currently, this is between PC using Steam and Xbox One.

Kartrider Drift I believe will be modeling itself as a free to play title which includes crossplay. This will be more about the mechanics and the overall feel than the features and modes of the game. We are now in the second closed BETA phase of testing of the title and I just want to state that whatever I talk about here is based on the experience put in front of me and if this is anything like the game on mobile telephones then there is still a lot missing here. The first glimpse I believe the world saw of this title was in London at an Xbox only event which was X019. Now I’m unsure if it’s intentional to have a similar title close to launch on console as well as mobile telephone but early indications gave me the same vibe. Kartrider Drift is developed by NEXON KOREA and published by NEXON. I downloaded Kartrider Rush+ on my Huawei P30 Pro and I’ve been hooked ever since. The first I’d heard of Kartrider is actually on the Google Play store for mobile devices.

So there is always a gap in the market for some healthy competition.

Looking back at these titles they fared really well and people still play them to this date. Mario Kart, Crash Team Racing remake and Sonic Team Racing to name a few. I’d like to point out early on here that this isn’t a final representation of a finished product as there will be some features missing and almost certain further polishing of the title. We’ve had a fair few karting games this generation across several platforms. Kartrider Drift BETA is currently in its second closed phase and I’m lucky enough to be pushing out this review after playing on Xbox One.

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