
There’s no way you’re getting out to a lead and just sitting there as the game uses some good old fashioned rubber banding. However, the game’s CPU is fairly aggressive no matter what difficulty you chose. The single-player is a Grand Prix with several cups, each with three levels of difficulty. With one player the game runs at perfect 60 FPS not only that, the game is crisp and the bright textureless colours look great on the TV and in handheld. You’ve got a full single-player mode with cups, there are time trials, online and local play. Hotshot Racing ticks all the arcade racing boxes, but it also ticks all the 90s arcade racing boxes. Games like Daytona USA, Virtual Racing, or Outrun. Hotshot Racing is a modern take (but still retro-looking) on the 90s arcade racing games of the past. Hotshot Racing began it’s life a long time ago as Racing Apex, now that game (with the weapons removed) has evolved into this. Now the small team at Lucky Mountain Game and some of the racing smarties from Sumo Digital have finally got Hotshot Racing over the line. Single-player modes run at a blistering 60FPS to deliver one of the fastest depictions of racing possible.Real arcade racing games are few and far between these days. Each mode is available in single-player, four-player split-screen and eight-player online, while Time Trial is single-player only. Time Trial and Grand Prix modes cater to those who like to compete in classic racing formats, while ‘Cops and Robbers’ and ‘Drive or Explode’ modes offer exhilarating new ways to play. Take in coastal, jungle, alpine and Las Vegas desert environments, with each course modelled with the most vivid colours and blue skies for miles.

16 racing circuits provide the twists, turns and straights conducive to searingly quick racing.

Developed by racing game veterans SUMO Nottingham and Lucky Mountain Games, Hotshot Racing is an all-new driving experience which revives the classic arcade gameplay of the 90s and thrusts it into the modern era.

Hotshot Racing is a blisteringly fast arcade-style racing game fusing drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals and an incredible sense of speed to create an exhilarating driving experience.
