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Posted: 23 Dec, 2014 @ 4:13pm

Early Access Review
This game is AWESOME!!!!

It takes a little getting used to. So far, very powerful rear wheel drive cars are only available, I drive with the tractions off as you would have no traction in a muscle car with a v8 from the 70s! I use manual shift, I find its easier to try and learn to control the cars using speed, gear changes, opposite locking and hand brake adjustments..... It can be quite technical. Or you can just jack up the traction setting, use auto shift and mash the accelerate button!

The cars play a little like GTA 4, I remember I couldnt keep those muscle cars on the road for more than 5 seconds... The physics of wreckfest are brilliant. Cars and car parts and rubble flies all over the place! Its carnage out there! I have some amazing screens. This game get me amped, its such a rush. And the brilliant part is, you can try to play seriously and go for a win, you can try and just get over the finnish line in...well sort of one piece... or you can just go for total carnage and smash, crash, bash and trash your way around. Its great to have a game where winning does not matter, at least in the conventional sense.

The graphics are good enough, the particle effects, damage, light bouncing off the paintwork, its all pretty neat. There are lots of views aval in or out of the car and a cinema mode.. The stadiums look 2d sort of homealone house party carboard cut outs but you dont have time to notice when you are trying to stay alive (and on the track) and not head into a wall! The sounds are ok, I like the roar of the 302ci V8 on my head set and especially when you push it to 6000rpm. Its loud and lairy and immerses you into the game I feel.

I have 5 cars in my garage, they are of all the similar speed really with a few minor settings to change. Some handle better but are lighter, typical of US cars they are not built for corners... but they carry weight and torque so are still lethel. It looks like there will be a fair bit of customisation to come.

This is a game in progress, but I love what I see. There are things that need fixing obviously. Overall it seems stable though, I think Ive had 1 issue maybe in 18 hours of gaming! The devs are active on the forums. I paid only 14.99 for this. Im very happy and cannot wait for the end results. If you remember Destruction Derby and like a good driving sim where you can live out your road rage fetish, I recomend this 100%
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