AV-Racer
Wassimulator · 2022 · Racing, Driving, Arcade, 2D, Top-Down
PC
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About AV-Racer
Remember those old console racing games we grew up playing on the small CRT boxes? AV-Racer is a 2D top down retro style arcade racing game inspired in style by that nostalgia and in gameplay by the spirit of retro arcaders.
CRT style graphics:
Convex screen, curved edges, scan-lines, RGB shift, static, and on/off TV effects are emulated to chase that feeling of childhood nostalgia in games. NOTE: These effects are toggleable and can be turned off in the game settings.
Fast paced and challenging racing:
Push will come to shove in this one. Paint the roads with tire tracks and cover your opponents with smoke as you battle for first in a fast paced circuit racing format. Learn the track and memorize the corners to nail your approach. Utilize going offtrack and cutting corners to your advantage and slide ahead the competition.
Race up to 10 drivers, against a challenging AI system. No rubber banding, no handicaps, no artificial boosts, learn the track, take corners right and you will get ahead.
14 different race locations:
Race at 14 different locations with 24 different track setups. Hand crafted tracks with corners inspired by famous tracks around the world. Look out for Easter Eggs!
5 different car classes and championships:
Climb your way from the Junior league to the World Series in 5 car classes. Collect trophies in 5 different championships; Junior, Senior, Professional, Endurance, and World Championship. Progress in the career to unlock car classes and tracks to play in single player and split screen
Split-Screen local Multiplayer mode:
Share the crazy action with a friend and compete locally in a Two-Player mode against each other or with AI, using the tracks an cars unlocked in Career.
Devlogs:
If you're interested in learning about the development process of this game, check out the devlog here:
https://wassimulator.com/blog/programming/av-racer-overview.html
Features
CRT style graphics:
Convex screen, curved edges, scan-lines, RGB shift, static, and on/off TV effects are emulated to chase that feeling of childhood nostalgia in games. NOTE: These effects are toggleable and can be turned off in the game settings.Fast paced and challenging racing:
Push will come to shove in this one. Paint the roads with tire tracks and cover your opponents with smoke as you battle for first in a fast paced circuit racing format. Learn the track and memorize the corners to nail your approach. Utilize going offtrack and cutting corners to your advantage and slide ahead the competition.Race up to 10 drivers, against a challenging AI system. No rubber banding, no handicaps, no artificial boosts, learn the track, take corners right and you will get ahead. 14 different race locations:
Race at 14 different locations with 24 different track setups. Hand crafted tracks with corners inspired by famous tracks around the world. Look out for Easter Eggs!5 different car classes and championships:
Climb your way from the Junior league to the World Series in 5 car classes. Collect trophies in 5 different championships; Junior, Senior, Professional, Endurance, and World Championship. Progress in the career to unlock car classes and tracks to play in single player and split screenSplit-Screen local Multiplayer mode:
Share the crazy action with a friend and compete locally in a Two-Player mode against each other or with AI, using the tracks an cars unlocked in Career.Devlogs:
If you're interested in learning about the development process of this game, check out the devlog here:
https://wassimulator.com/blog/programming/av-racer-overview.html
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
One of the Best 2D Racing Games = AV-Racer1 found this helpful
This game is a blast! Trying to beat your personal lap times and playing the career mode is really fun. I enjoy the different classes of cars and the drifting physics. The game reminds me of RC Pro-Am on the NES1 found this helpful
This game is *actually* awesome! I haven't played a top-down racer like this that I've enjoyed since the NES days, and the added CRT filter with screen-warp settings is a huge nostalgia hit! The physics are simple as you'd expect, but provide a challenging learning curve that is mega rewarding once you start beating the hard and very hard AI (which feel like unique personalities and are crazy mean at times haha) I'll definitely continue playing this into the future! It feels very polished, sounds and music are great without being annoying or abrasive too! Okay, back to it I go!
What a fun retro racing game. It controls beautifully and presents the player with genuinely challenging tracks that ask something of you. The A.I. for the opposing racers doesn't appear to have any fancy "rubber-banding" tweaks which usually make most racing games feel fake for me. This game gauges you on your actual skill, and when you are objectively better than the opposing racers, you see that. I love all of the nods to old school racing games, the CRT effect, the polished 90s sounding racing music, and the little references to various brands (like Muratori's pizza) off on the edges. I haven't tried splitscreen mode yet, but I'm sure it works great and I'm definitely going to do that when I have some friends over.
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A really fun arcade style racing game, challenging AI gives you a lot of replayability as I struggled even on easy mode. Even for someone like me who doesn't often play racing games this has so far been a really fun experience!
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