![]() It can really look the part, too, but the visage is just another inconsistency that doesn’t stay above board 100% of the time. The game really does hit a nice stride when you consider the range of locations on offer, from the rolling hills of Malaysia to the craggy rocks of Monument Valley. Instead, I decided, I’d pile my time into the game’s free race mode, which let me sideline any boring, elongated sense of progression and instead hit the track at my own pace – the locations, routes, and cars that I wanted. It never improves, either, and I very quickly shut off all interest at all. ‘Here’s how you accept a contract, here’s how you choose your next event’ It’s fully uninspired and workmanlike, a long, long way from the polished pizzazz of Playground Games’ aforementioned romp. Its first race is a vertical slice, point-to-point taster session through the dusty deserts of Kenya, before you’re thrust into – you guessed it – a conveyor belt of boring tutorials about events, contracts and more. ![]() Its career is a monotonous slog full of meaningless progressions through contracts and offers you simply don’t care about. While you do occasionally see the sparks of great racer DNA emerge from beneath its bonnet, it’s mostly a scrappy, inconsistent rally game that never reaches, let alone surpasses, its older contemporaries. The pacing of Forza Horizon and how it so deftly dishes out cars, races and spectacular showcase events is the best example of it in recent racers. At least, in some games though, the waiting is worth it. Waiting, waiting, waiting.Īs racing games have progressed – become more complex and complicated, as well as become full to the brim with 100-car rosters – the level of waiting has increased too. Waiting to be shown how the garage systems and upgrade paths work, or how to access new contract offers, or whatever else the developers have cooked up as manufactured excuses to keep you off the track. ![]() Waiting for a voiceover artist to explain the deeper intricacies of racing disciplines you’ve played countless times before. ![]()
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