Nostalgic gameplay is marred by poor game design, numerous bugs and glitches, and possibly the worst map Ive seen in a videogame. The tunnels are so dark, all the shadows are clipped into pure black plus there is a vignette so you're driving blind, plus issues with low contrast around dusk/dawn or any kind of rain, visibility is often horrible. The giant red checkpoints you drive through obscure traffic. Computer cars glitch out constantly and traffic has weird behavior too, some races are bugged and you cant start them. Despite all this, the game really has fun moments and this is all fixable probably, although the poor shadow detail would require a major lighting update and some issues like the time/weather visibility are inherent to the game design.

I am a Sticler when it comes to Racing games, and this game gets half right and half wrong. I see the appeal of making Tracks and going fast around loops, meeting up with friends(who don't know this game even exists) and having a fun multiplayer Racing experience. This open world doesn't offer too much besides an area to create Tracks and do some basic exploration. Besides all that, this game suffers from quite a lot of stuff that hinders the experience. Like the constant stuttering, performance issues and just bland feeling gameplay, like the basic feeling of the landing while going off a ramp...that is not even there. Then the gameplay, and while yes, it is an arcade racer, it doesn't feel great to drive unless you are going straight with speed. That's the only thing going for it. This definitely feels like Burnout, but if Burnout had lost 50% of the dev team and just made a game based on memory alone. I bet some people are saying what system I played on since I got a bad experience. RYZEN 5 3600, RTX 3060, and my super-fast Gen 4 Muskin SSD. Yeah, I think I'm fine with my Hardware. This game is just Unoptimized thanks to Unreal Engine. 5/10, it needs something more, something different. If I want the whole Arcade/Ramp experience of going fast, I think that Hotwheels Unleashed, the gam, does it better. That game hit all the right notes, like splitscreen, vehicle collecting, arcade racing, building races, etc., with nicer graphics and better performance. I do see the potential here, but it's not enough for me to bolster the score to a 6/10, at least not yet. If were to give the team advice on what to build next, hint, look at the past burnout games and evolve them into something new, that's something everyone is waiting for. Make your own IP, something new that can rival NFS and Burnout. Because this isn't it, Chief, because if you don't, someone will.

From the creators of pretty bland and bad games comes a new... pretty bland and bad game. Driving feels off, the graphics are okay'ish at best and the atmosphere equals that of a doctors' office. Basically, the developers continue in being great at making less than average games.