Night Drive VR

[h1]Played On: [b]HTC Vive[/b][/h1] Adding to the current resurgence of synthwave and retro-futuristic themes, comes Night Drive VR; a music-based driving game that takes elements from the aforementioned aesthetics and soundscapes. You can drive to your own music, but there are several excellent tracks in the game already that suit the theme and mood. The soundtrack is pretty much the only good thing about this release. The controls are just awful, and to make matters worse very little is explained. I spent several frustrating minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't control anything in the car, only to realize that I had to yank one hand away from the in-game joystick to do anything. I tried multiple times to adjust the color of the car, but nothing that I did managed to work for that, either. So the main goal of Night Drive VR is to drive and collect little green balls. If you get 20 of these, you can go to the main menu and unlock a prize. The pick-ups have one of the smallest hit boxes known to man, and you have to be exactly on top of one to get it to pick up; meaning your body has to be ON the ball... not slightly to either side, and it doesn't matter if the car actual…

[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33401179/]Follow my curator page for more recommendations![/url][/quote] Poor driving controls with either option, no sound whatsoever in the game other than the music, the engine running (only one engine sound, whether you're going 100 mph across the city or just sitting still), and a very loud crashing sound when you.. well, crash. There's a volume wheel, but if you try to lower the music that also lowers the sound of the engine. All you do is drive through a (randomly generated?) city that has all of one or two building types. It's extremely bland. There's nothing else really going on, other than silent cars flying by you. All of this lead me to think, "oh this must just be an early access title," but I don't see any early access warning on the store page, and there hasn't been a patch since March. I can't recommend this game in it's current state. It's barebones and I don't think it's even worth the $3. There's so little going on in this game, even if all you want to do is cruise around a cyberpunk city with some music playing, you'll have a hard time getting immersed. Some decent car engine and ambient city sound effects …

[h1] Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers. Have to do Windows 7 compatibility fix and change game settings to get game to work properly. [/h1] This is basically an endless runner where you collect objects (green balls) in night environments. You can play your own music or the in-game default files. I found the in-game soundtrack to be enjoyable for this type of motif. The gameplay is set at your own pace so it's very relaxing and non-stressful unless you go full speed. There is no punishment for going slow or fast, other than it taking longer to collect more balls. You collect them to unlock prizes to place on the dash of your car. You can also open up the moon roof, which was a nice touch. You are encouraged to play the game seated and a 2 sensor setup (standing room only) setup is all you need. My main problem with the game is the operation of the vehicle. The default arcade operation is almost not workable on the Oculus Touch controllers. You have to press click and the direction of travel to move car. One hand is for faster or slower. The other hand is for left or right. That is a horrible control scheme, even on HTC vive wands. The alternative setting is th…

Thrown together shovelware. This should not be on steam...

It's ok for just listening to music. But the controls feels weird.