Hotshot Racing (2020) - Every PC F1 Game
3Hotshot Racing by Lucky Mountain Games/Sumo Digital/Curve Digital, 2020.
Relatively long in-development, this Virtua Racing styled arcade game finally released in 2020, once developers Lucky Mountain Games had some help from Sumo Digital to complete the game.
A few promised modes, such as weapon-based combat, were lost in-development, but it lead to a more arcade racing focused title.
Sound and visuals are on-point, with many Sega-referencing track designs (and little, almost hidden Easter Eggs, like an alien UFO sucking up a cow!). Music is as you would expect, retro, but I switched it off here to concentrate on the sound effects, and supposedly witty banter from your chosen driver (which gets a bit repetitive sometimes).
Each driver has a Street Fighter 2 style end sequence, where they mull over their life choices (haha) but otherwise it's a pretty robust racing game.
1. Race Start (Monza): 0:00 There are no real-life locations in the game, but here's the opening Coast circuit. It's often a game of semi-bumper cars out there... with crazy drifts!
2. Spray Effects (Silverstone): 0:30 No Silverstone, so here's an aircraft boneyard! No rain in this game though.
3. Tunnel & View (Monaco): 0:43 This is one of the seaside tracks, with a bit of city going on.
4. Wet Track (Spa-Francorchamps): 1:12 Deep into the wet jungle here. It doesn't rain but there are some fog effects. And mud!
5. Pitstop (Interlagos): 1:36 You can't take damage, so there's no need for a pitstop!
6. Huge Crash (Montreal): 1:50 Having said you can't take damage... well you can in the mode where going too slowly sees you explode!
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