Reckless Racing 2 - (by Polarbit) - Universal App

[Pixelbite_Games]

Originally Posted by Menneisyys

Nice to see you around here... any plans on adding iControlPad support? Preferably for the analogue nubs but even digital (iCade-compliant) would be nice.

We can look into that. The game do support analogue input internally already, so it shouldn't be much trouble to make it work with such devices.

[TakenXXDeadly]

I've got an iCade if you are willing to let me beta test.

[killy billy]

Game = awesome!!
Controls (all) = terrible!!

Please add a floating joystick for steering in the next update pixelbite!

[Gabrien]

Is anyone able to answer what the frame rate is on A5 devices please? Dev?

[devensega]

Originally Posted by GPS

The drifting in this is still there, as in the first one, kinda loose to begin with, but as you upgrade your vehicles handling things get more controlled, but still with the drifting there (if that makes sense).

Yes it does mate after having played it. I have the say that this is a truly great game. I do wish there was more dirt track racing however......maybe a seperate game mode in the future.

[devensega]

Originally Posted by GPS

The drifting in this is still there, as in the first one, kinda loose to begin with, but as you upgrade your vehicles handling things get more controlled, but still with the drifting there (if that makes sense).

Yes it does mate after having played it. I have the say that this is a truly great game. I do wish there was more dirt track racing however......maybe a seperate game mode in the future.

[helriser]

Originally Posted by Pixelbite_Games

There's an Arcade game mode with 40 challenges where you get a different car that's already fitted with upgrades for you for each event. A good way to see pretty much the whole game, without even bothering with the career, credits or upgrades.

Sorry pixelbite but I have to call you out on this one... Why has the concept of the game changed so much? This is more about upgrading than having fun. Plus, the races aren't very fun at all. Cars go very slow (even after upgrades) the moment a car barely goes off road thy are teleported back on the track in half a second, plus the drifting and car animation/control simply isn't the same. This one feels very flat and one dimensional. RR1 was about jumping in and having a good time, this on the other put the focus on upgrades and took out all the fun in the actual driving. The cars have barely any decent controlling physics and animation and hitting someone is pretty useless now. This may have great graphics and lots of customization, but it's not a true sequel to RR1.

Please don't ruin Reckless Getaway 2 like that for me.

[Habakuk]

Originally Posted by Big Albie

Personally, I found all the controls extremely usable

Originally Posted by killy billy

Controls (all) = terrible!!

No comment.

Originally Posted by Big Albie

With the Sansiban XL as the default, RR2 offers a total of 18 cars, each with customizable attributes in speed, acceleration and handling. These cars include Vico Tourado V6, Maxima Ventri, Trumper M2, Yoshma Rally, Phantom GTS, and Textor V2-R to name a few.

I love the exotic supercars in Asphalt 6 more by far. And you can watch them from all sides and viewing points during a race. Not only from above as an (for humans) "unnatural" bird's perspective. And I am pretty sure that the "flight feeling" is much higher on awesome jumps in a 3D third/first person view racer than this flat 2D top down. I own most of the iOS topdown racers but NEVER had something like a flight feeling.

Thank you very much, Big Albie, for your extensive review. I read every word but (except the quote above, new cars) couldn't find ANY new racing game element in your description. Sounds pretty like: More of the same. BTW: Which device did you use for your test?

Although we (my local friends and I) are big racer fans I think we'll stay with our beloved Asphalt 6 (for me personally the best video game of all times, esp. the local multiplayer mode), Real Racing 2 sometimes (most of us love arcade more than the boring simulator), Reckless Racing 1 (and all the other "slot car racers") if I want to play a topdown view racer. (Here I am the only one; almost none of my friends love topdown racers, they are saying: "When I want that I'll use my physical Carrera tracks.")

BTW: The excellent Asphalt 6: Adrenaline has the ideal balance/amount of drifting/sliding, the by far best controls and smoothest graphics. Spectacular on A5 devices. Five stars. Triple A.

Played Reckless Racing 1 and the controls weren't bad. My favorite topdown view racer: SlotZ Racer (pulled but should show up again soon, there is something like a Lite available).

[DagsJT]

Some framerate drops on the iPad 1 on the first couple of tracks. Gives a bit of a headache. RAM cleared before playing so that's not the issue.

[MJFox]

I just played it with the iCade (with the help of Blutrol), works perfectly well!

greetings

MJFox