Kevin C. Wong

Apple Arcade - Warp Drive (2020) [/]

Warp Drive is a futuristic racing game with teleporting hovercraft. You have vehicles and you can customize various parts with money you get from winning races. The racing controls are basic accelerate, drift, and two or three action buttons to trigger effects (boost, though there are also ground boost rollovers; teleport to an alternate section of track which may or may not be easier depending on your driving style; attack forward or lay a mine). One simplification is that you collect action points (up to three) which can then be used for any action (I tend to just use boost).

It's a colorful game with an action soundtrack. Controls are pretty smooth on my iPad Pro + Xbox controller. It is one of those racing games where you need to conserve action points until you need them to either boost if you end up stopped or to boost in that final stretch to the finish line.

Kind of reminds be a bit of the old F-Zero game even though they're really not that similar. But more in term of gameplay. Keep speed up and try to not crash. Bide your time to the end and then use boosts to catch up to the leaders and pass them for the win.

I can't find the game on the App Store any longer though my install still seems to work. It is available on Steam for Windows and Mac though $25 seems kind of pricey.