

This reversal of fortune also happened in my favor plenty of times, as I was able to collide, bully, and nitro boost my way from last back into pole position. It's not uncommon to go from first to sixth place after banging into an especially tight turn. YES NO Although there is no actual car combat weaponry to speak of, the game's tracks are clearly designed to encourage players to get in each other's faces. Even the "longer" courses feature brisk 60-second laps. On the shorter tracks entire laps can be completed in as little as 12-15 seconds. Mini Motor Racing's competitions are fast and frantic. Tilt controls were noticeably absent in this preview build, likely because Mini Motor's camera isn't placed behind the vehicle. Control options include using a virtual steering wheel and gas pedal, tapping the left and right side of the screens to turn, or sliding a single bar to the left and right.

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Binary Mill has taken full advantage of the iPhone's touch screen by implementing several unique control schemes. It's clear with Mini Motor Racing that Binary Mill feels the same way. I've never been a huge fan of realistic racing sims – I'll take huge drifts around turns and nitro boosts over authentic brake physics and damage models any day. Whatever the specific reason, the comparison is definitely welcome. I'm not sure if it's the isometric overhead viewpoint, the boxy little cars, or the way all the vehicles slip and slide around the track's tight twists and turns. For more on how we arrived at this score, check out our review guidelines.Playing Binary Mill's Mini Motor Racing reminds me of the countless hours I spent with RC Pro-Am on the NES as a youngster.

Mini Motor Racing X is available on Oculus Rift, Quest and PSVR for $24.99. Like a box of Micro Machines itself, Mini Motor Racing X helps pass the time, but when something shinier comes along it will soon be forgotten. But don’t expect anything more than a game that does a decent job imitating its influences, with little ambition to surpass them. Thanks to a generous amount of options and a welcome bit of structure, Mini Motor Racing X is an easy recommendation in the middle of a slow time for VR releases, especially when it so quickly and efficiently demonstrates just how cool VR can be on a base level. The hyper-generic soundtrack, though, sounds like it was hastily scavenged from a YouTube advert. There’s real novelty to seeing friends hop and wave around in multiplayer, especially when you switch up racing styles and suddenly discover your giant-sized competition staring down at you. Ant-sized birds hover below in god mode, and oceans are filled with concerningly adorable sharks. Still, it’s a vibrant little game with charming VR touches. The satisfaction you’ve come to know and love from the genre is all here and accounted for. As with other rock-solid isometric racers, it finds its flow in the drifty corners tough to angle but addictive and rewarding to master, especially when paired with a last-moment boost to send you soaring into first place. Taken more seriously, Mini Motor X is a perfunctory piece of VR racing. Still, much of the fun here is in the toybox experimentation switching to cockpit view and swerving around the tracks using a steering wheel is about as delightful as something that will make you want to throw up in seconds can possibly be (seriously, Teacup Rides have nothing on this). You can also play the game with a virtual RC car controller and mimicking steering a wheel, and they’re both adorable options, but stick input is necessary to perfect lap times. It’s as smooth to play as can be expected in the button-input mode, too.
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Plus the multiplayer ranges from competitive modes to even tackling the campaign together with a friend.
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Mini Motor X comes with a full garage of differently-specced vehicles, a career mode that spans multiple difficulties and classic (no powerups) and arcade (powerups!) gameplay, plus cash to upgrade your ride and cosmetic items to unlock. If you were to judge this by the regular box tickers, it’d be full marks.
