Nostalgic VHS street-racing atmosphere
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The 90s VHS tape vibe is immaculate.”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%PLANET JEM2024Racing · Driving · Arcade
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 4 h ago
The verdict
A free, atmospheric 90s/2000s Japanese street-racing prologue with great music, sense of speed and deep customization. Skip it if you want a full game: it's one car and the full version sits behind Patreon.
Great for
Fans of NFS Underground and Tokyo Xtreme Racer who want vibes, music, speed and car tuning in a free demo
Main risk
It's a limited demo with one car, and the full game is behind a $10/month Patreon with no release date
What changed in the last 30 days
91 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly complain that the Steam prologue has been untouched for about two years while updates go to Patreon subscribers. Fairly confident, as many recent reviews repeat this.
91 recent reviews
What players love
Players eagerly await the full release
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“can't wait for it to one day far in the future to get finished”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Fantastic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Soundtrack is amazing through and through as well”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
Deep car customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“There is an insane amount of customization even though you only are able to have one car”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
Great free demo with huge potential
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“this game has one of the most capturing atmospheres of any game I’ve ever played.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Intense sense of speed
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The sense of speed is the best I've ever experienced in a video game.”
Steam review · 34.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Abandoned demo, Patreon-gated full game
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“dev seems to have no intention of a full release though and keeps milking the patreon”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Confusing GPS, map and objectives
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The map and GPS are awful and its not clear where youre supposed to go.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Clunky UI and broken controls menu
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“if you enter the controls settings, you're softlocked since you can't set "steer left/right"”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Poor steering wheel support and handling
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“No native wheel support seems insane”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Too dark and hard to see traffic
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Draw distance of traffic on road is terrible, creating artificial challenge.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Respawn after crash faces wrong way
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“why DO i respawn BACKWARDS on a crash”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 1200, Intel i5-4460
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB (AMD R9 270, NVidia GTX 750)
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1500X, Intel i5-8400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD RX 590, NVidia GTX 1070
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 1200, Intel i5-4460
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB (AMD R9 270, NVidia GTX 750)
Storage8 GB available space
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