Milkstone Studios has taken a bit of a step back into the past with its game Little Racers STREET. You don't see too many of this type of game. Little Racers is a video game by Spanish developer Milkstone Studios for the Xbox 360 written using C# and XNA. It is available on XBLCG. In February 2014, the game was also released for the Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux platforms, as Little Racers STREET.
Top-down racing evolution has arrived!Little Racers STREET fuses the fun-oriented simplicity of top-down racing games with the excitement of street racing, and the results couldn't be better!Experience thrilling high speed races, and drift like never before along more than 200 different events. With varied weather conditions affecting handling, you'll need precise driving to reach the first places, and success!Two cities featuring over 60 different tracks will put your skills to test in the career mode. Start from scratch, and purchase or improve your cars as you keep winning racings and climbing the driver rankings. Zoo craft mod apk android 1. Complete the challenges to earn special rewards and unlock the high tier cars!Pick the right car for each race, from an impressive selection of 40+ cars divided in 6 performance tiers. From the slow and steady Panzer to the allmighty Fetuccini Langostino, you'll really feel the difference!The online multiplayer mode for up to 12 players is fully integrated with the career mode: Race with your friends and earn credits you can spend on new cars and upgrades!You also can try the time trial mode and try to improve your best laps or compete against your friends, and check your position in the world leaderboards.FeaturesApprox. 200 events on 60 different tracks.
Spectacular drifting physics and handling. Weather effects (Rain,Snow,Night.) that greatly affect handling.40+ cars available for purchase and customization, with 6 performance tiers. 50+ additional challenges with specific rewards. Time trial mode with ghost car features and leaderboardsExtensive career mode offering hours of contentSmooth online multiplayer experience for up to 12 players, integrated with career mode and supporting AI racers.2 Huge cities to drive on.
The Return of the Isometric Racer
When I was a boy, the isometric racer was a gateway to my race driving fantasies. Even more than the third-person, over-the-top camera of other Super Nintendo and PlayStation 1 games, the pulled back view of titles like Rock and Roll Racing allowed me to slip away and sink into the cockpit of those little machines, imagining the sights and sounds, grudges and debts to be paid more than any texture or 3D model ever could. Little Racers: Street takes aim squarely at that hallowed place in my nostalgic heart. It comes close, Little Racers but ultimately falls short of the finish line.
The notes those isometric racers hit, I believe, were the very same struck by the Hot Wheels craze. There has always been something special about the toy car and the imaginative race track, something that begs to be played with. On that level,
Little Racers is an incredible success. The vehicles featured in the game and that far-back camera make it feel very much like playing with Micro Machines. These are toy cars on colorful toy tracks. As I zoomed around, embracing the loose physics and quick nitrous-boosted slides, it was easy to imagine an invisible hand guiding my car. I may have even made a sound effect or two myself as I SCREEECHed and VROOOOMed past the competition.
Race, Win, Upgrade
The game itself is delightfully unpretentious. There is no veil of serious business gameplay to conceal its focus. There is no story and no need for one. Entering into the game in career mode means choosing a car, choosing a race, and fighting for the finish line. Along the way you earn reward money for upgrades and new cars. These upgrades allow you to place higher and earn even more money for even more upgrades and new cars. This is the hook: race to improve and improve to race.
This is a cycle which should be addictive and it is… for a while. The problem with Little Racers is that it is too bite-sized for its own good. In many ways, the game feels like a mobile app with large with races that last just a few minutes and controls just tight enough to be workable. Passing from race to race occurs almost breathlessly, saved only be the sheer number of events in each performance class. Make no mistake, Little Racers
is a fun racing racing game that successfully brings back the old memories of yore, but it is not a deep game and there are still some rough edges despite having released on Xbox 360 last year.
The First Race…
Starting out in Little Racers goes something like this: You enter career mode and choose a low performance car. I chose the hippy fan because, hey, flower power. After that, if you have funds left over you can start upgrading right away. Be careful because you can upgrade yourself right into the next class of tougher races and downgrading comes at a price, albeit a small one.
From there, you go straight to the race selection screen, which is deceptively limited. For some inexplicable reason, each class only lists five races at a time when in fact there are twenty in each and more than 200 in total. I am still unsure of how to return to races which I already completed and spent a good few minutes wondering why none of my progress had been saved under Attempts and Wins. Each race has a pot to be won based upon your finishing place and vehicle damage.