In trying to keep with that 90s theme Repixel8 have also accompanied the game with a retro soundtrack. I digress, Formula Retro Racing looks and runs nice.

It is worth mentioning though, that if you have had the good fortune to play the recent release of Virtua Racing on the Nintendo Switch, then there is no argument that this remaster is a much more beautiful game.

In reality, it actually looks better and the frame rate is a fluid 60fps, unlike the originals 30fps. Well, I can report that the visuals are spot on, recreating that low polygon look from those early 3D games, FRR looks like what we, in our rose-tinted glasses, remember Virtua Racing to look like. Until that point in 1992, we had seen nothing quite like it and paved the way for, not only every racing game from that point on but it was also an immense influence on 3D gaming to this day.īig shoes to fill then, so what does it get right? Virtua Racing was a turning point in video game history, whilst not the first effort at a 3D gaming space, it was certainly a game-changer both in graphical fidelity and more importantly in frame rate. So almost three decades on you’d assume this offering is better, it must be right? Well, of course, it isn’t. A somewhat simplistic, albeit excellent arcade-style racer. Oscar Wilde once said “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness”, and never a truer word said.įormula Retro Racing is essentially a “throwback” (a blatant act of plagiarism) to the 28-year-old classic, Virtua Racing.

From Repixel8 the people who brought you Velocity G, a shameless Wipeout rip-off, comes Formula Retro Racing, a shameless Virtua Racing rip-off.

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