Super fun gameplay and cute style.
There is a fun racer somewhere in there, probably with friends or in a league, but going at it solo I was already trying not to fall asleep at the wheel 3 races in. The presentation in this game is just very dry and stiff. Like the last Everybody's Golf only even more lifeless and devoid of charm.
Pretty good overall, but you quickly turn around (no pun intended) with the lack of offline content. Also, most of the categories are similar but it is easy to adapt to them and hard to master!
A nice time killer but not fleshed out enough for its robust vehicle selection.
There's times where Circuit Superstars feels empty or unpolished despite its appearances. A solid style and theme goes a long ways in a game like this and the art direction here is top notch. Under the hood all the variety is genuine variety. The cars handle wholly unique while still feeling like they exist in the same universe as each other. It's a fun game to play... Very casually. There's just not enough granular options and details in the game to want to push beyond that. No incentives. Nothing to build towards. No teaching or nurturing of actual racecraft that seemingly works here more than most other attempts at "realistic" top-down racing. No guide or path to improvement. No implied strategy options. Far too streamlined of a "Grand Prix" mode with little to no options. You have to bring everything yourself. The game really suffers from having such a broad foundation but such little built upon it. For a product so focused on quality racecraft, it leaves out so, so much and assumes far too much of the player.
All that said, I actually think Circuit Superstars would have benefited most from being more specialized rather than built out. Which is why I'm not surprised to see the team's next entry with Karting Superstars is just that. I look forward to checking that out down the road. But here, I think Circuit Superstars should have picked a style of racing and fleshed out the actual GAME part of the game more. Whether it was just a top-down DiRT or gave us some longer GT races with fuel, tire strategies and teams, it could've been much better. As it stands, it just isn't something worth diving into deep.
it's just another top-down racer not worth more than casual time killing entertainment. Which it works for that! It's plenty fun, handles fine, looks great. I've enjoyed it and will play more still. But just can't help but notice the couldas and shouldas.
[copied from my Steam review]
There's times where Circuit Superstars feels empty or unpolished despite its appearances. A solid style and theme goes a long ways in a game like this and the art direction here is top notch. Under the hood all the variety is genuine variety. The cars handle wholly unique while still feeling like they exist in the same universe as each other. It's a fun game to play... Very casually. There's just not enough granular options and details in the game to want to push beyond that. No incentives. Nothing to build towards. No teaching or nurturing of actual racecraft that seemingly works here more than most other attempts at "realistic" top-down racing. No guide or path to improvement. No implied strategy options. Far too streamlined of a "Grand Prix" mode with little to no options. You have to bring everything yourself. The game really suffers from having such a broad foundation but such little built upon it. For a product so focused on quality racecraft, it leaves out so, so much and assumes far too much of the player.
All that said, I actually think Circuit Superstars would have benefited most from being more specialized rather than built out. Which is why I'm not surprised to see the team's next entry with Karting Superstars is just that. I look forward to checking that out down the road. But here, I think Circuit Superstars should have picked a style of racing and fleshed out the actual GAME part of the game more. Whether it was just a top-down DiRT or gave us some longer GT races with fuel, tire strategies and teams, it could've been much better. As it stands, it just isn't something worth diving into deep.
it's just another top-down racer not worth more than casual time killing entertainment. Which it works for that! It's plenty fun, handles fine, looks great. I've enjoyed it and will play more still. But just can't help but notice the couldas and shouldas.
[copied from my Steam review]