First off, I got this game from this perpetual Steam game giveaway which I highly recommend checking out!
Anyways this game is...not great. It just doesn't feel too good. I'm not super good at kart racers or racers in general really, but I wanted something to fill the Mario Kart gap on my Steam Deck and this works kinda. I also will say the I consider playing every track beating the game which is what I did.
The game has some incredibly uninspired level design with only one being kind of memorable being one Egyptian themed level which there are a weirdly high amount of? Anyways, the levels as a whole just are very uninteresting. They have very basic twists and turns and no map to see what they look like overhead, making them seem more arbitrary and bland. Yet this isn't the main issue as I think that belongs to the general feel of the game.
Overall the acceleration and turning feels pretty good, actually. Some of the items are pretty decent as well, though definitely not all. That's more or less where the positives end however as the game has some weird issues. If you drive into another kart you kinda just attach to it and stay behind it as opposed to how it feels like there's a wedge in front of you in something like Mario Kart that keeps that from happening. You can also just get stuck on a wall, forcing you to have to back away from the wall the start accelerating again afterwards. This bit is mostly fine actually, just not what I'm used to in a kart racer and feels very punishing. The 'checkpoints' are also very odd. For example, if you drive off the track, instead of the game putting you forward away from the obstacle you will be put at the beginning of it and forcing you to attempt it again, breaking the pace of the race. Finally, the drifting feels super odd to me. There's times the game will just randomly stop you from drifting if you nearly drive off a ledge. It can feel very frustrating and feel like you don't have proper control over your kart when things like this happen.
This is a pretty slapshot review I'm aware but there's just so much wrong with this game that it's hard to organize my thoughts. Overall, this game just isn't great and I recommend you play another Kart racer even if you're a Garfield fan or something. Hopefully if they make a third game it's better than this one.
Anyways this game is...not great. It just doesn't feel too good. I'm not super good at kart racers or racers in general really, but I wanted something to fill the Mario Kart gap on my Steam Deck and this works kinda. I also will say the I consider playing every track beating the game which is what I did.
The game has some incredibly uninspired level design with only one being kind of memorable being one Egyptian themed level which there are a weirdly high amount of? Anyways, the levels as a whole just are very uninteresting. They have very basic twists and turns and no map to see what they look like overhead, making them seem more arbitrary and bland. Yet this isn't the main issue as I think that belongs to the general feel of the game.
Overall the acceleration and turning feels pretty good, actually. Some of the items are pretty decent as well, though definitely not all. That's more or less where the positives end however as the game has some weird issues. If you drive into another kart you kinda just attach to it and stay behind it as opposed to how it feels like there's a wedge in front of you in something like Mario Kart that keeps that from happening. You can also just get stuck on a wall, forcing you to have to back away from the wall the start accelerating again afterwards. This bit is mostly fine actually, just not what I'm used to in a kart racer and feels very punishing. The 'checkpoints' are also very odd. For example, if you drive off the track, instead of the game putting you forward away from the obstacle you will be put at the beginning of it and forcing you to attempt it again, breaking the pace of the race. Finally, the drifting feels super odd to me. There's times the game will just randomly stop you from drifting if you nearly drive off a ledge. It can feel very frustrating and feel like you don't have proper control over your kart when things like this happen.
This is a pretty slapshot review I'm aware but there's just so much wrong with this game that it's hard to organize my thoughts. Overall, this game just isn't great and I recommend you play another Kart racer even if you're a Garfield fan or something. Hopefully if they make a third game it's better than this one.