Dash is Atari’s newest retro sequence to obtain a contemporary coat of paint, and it is arrived within the type of NeoSprint. This contemporary spin on the writer’s old fashioned racing recreation comes out of the workshop with a pleasing feel and look and a few neat new options, however there are nonetheless just a few spots that wanted a bit of extra consideration.
That is an isometric racer, by default providing you with a view of the whole circuit as you race your tiny automobile round. A zoomed-in view that focuses in your automobile can also be an choice, although we favor the locked view of the entire monitor. Both means, the principle thrust of the sport sees you navigating these tight, typically very complicated programs, whether or not within the marketing campaign mode, free races, or time trials. The dealing with could be very simple to grasp however there’s positively a talent to enjoying this nicely.
A part of that’s accounting for the sport’s typically irritating physics. AI drivers don’t have any qualms about ramming into you, and you may very often find yourself in your facet or snagged on the obstacles. It is surprisingly unforgiving at instances. Not serving to issues is that a number of the circuits have awkward viewing angles that, within the midst of a race, could make it exhausting to parse what is going on on.
Luckily, although, these points aren’t fixed, and customarily the motion is enjoyable, easy, and interesting. Whereas the racing itself could be a little on the simple facet at instances, the impediment programs are a lot more durable, peppering levels with oil slicks and cones to dodge. Time trial challenges will be equally troublesome, so there’s lots right here to grasp. Sadly, outdoors of some leaderboards, on-line play is lacking from the sport, so competing with others is pretty restricted — though the sport does characteristic native 4-player racing.
Maybe the most important addition is the monitor builder, which affords a reasonably intuitive technique to create your personal races utilizing chunky grid items. These will be shared with different gamers, successfully providing you with heaps extra tracks to grasp than the official ones.
NeoSprint is a good refresh of an aged system, with easy however enjoyable racing and a few neat new options. Sadly, the presentation is a bit of underwhelming, and one or two points seem within the rear view mirror just a bit too typically.
