
Informed heavily by its Sega AM2 ancestors and the very finest of the best-in-class British arcade racers that followed in their slipstream – including Burnout and Split/Second – Hotshot Racing is extremely easy to pick and play but demands near-perfection when tackled at Expert difficultly. Boost is a potent way to catch opponents (although largely useless to shake them), and there’s a surprisingly powerful drafting mechanic that facilitates some furiously fast slingshot manoeuvres. Hotshot Racing handbrake turns over the finish line and onto Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation and PC like the illegitimate child of Dominic Toretto.Developed by Sumo Digital and Lucky Mountain Games this high adrenaline racer focuses on drift mechanics presented with a slick low-poly retro arcade style. The drifting is painless to trigger with a quick dab of brake, and it’s very easy to add or reduce drift angle throughout a slide to balance your speed for a perfect corner exit. Cars feel planted on the road with a satisfying sense of weight that’s sometimes absent from pure arcade racers, but they’re still snappy and responsive enough to obey your inputs instantly as you hurl them into sweeping bends. 16 racing circuits provide the twists, turns, and straights conducive to searingly quick racing. Arcade racers live and die on their driving dynamics, but Hotshot Racing boasts a very finely-honed handling model. Hotshot Racing is an intensely fast arcade-style racing game combining all of the things needed for an amazing racer: drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals and an incredible sense of speed to create an exhilarating driving experience. Developed by racing game veterans SUMO Nottingham and Lucky Mountain Games, Hotshot Racing is an all-new driving experience that revives the classic arcade gameplay of the 90s and thrusts it into the modern era.

“Better still, however, is the handling of most of the cars.
