![]() ![]() Even the great sense of speed that could have added a decent amount of fun to the gameplay isn’t quite up to scratch, as by default the screen shake settings are set to high, meaning you can’t even see your character, let alone focus on the road ahead. But these moments are few and far between. It’s occasionally a rush to play Music Racer: Ultimate, as when it’s firing on all cylinders with crazy backgrounds and bassy music it really does feel worth your time. It gets some things right, such as its visuals and progression, but these things just aren’t enough to make the game feel fun to play. Music Racer: Ultimate is none of these things. It feels like an achievement to be so on beat in Geometry Dash that you never miss a jump. It’s fun to dodge trains in Subway Surfer. It’s satisfying to hit a block in Beat Saber. ![]() To conclude, Music Racer: Ultimate is a game that tries what has been done before, while missing out on the things that made past games successful. There is an option to add your own music, however this is only possible with music that you own, and not via music platforms such as Spotify or Apple Music. It’s overall a disappointing selection of music that I can’t help but feel missed a key opportunity to extend to other audiences and genres. The Audius player exists to provide some variation to this, but there’s just no well known music on it, only various remixes of popular songs, and for some reason a few freestyles. Electronic pop is a wide genre of music, so it’s a shame to hear that most of the different tracks sound very similar and begin to blend into each other over time. I’m just saying that all the music is from the same genre, and that it won’t be for everyone. I’m not saying that the music in Music Racer is bad, I already liked the track “Candyland” by Tobu, and Colours and Neon Voices were welcome additions to the collection too. It’s also an equalizer and comes with a music player known as Audius, so you’d think that it came with a half decent slate of music. Music Racer: Ultimate is a game about racing along and moving in time with music. ![]() The other thing that affects enjoyment is the lack of music. It feels like the gameplay is totally hamstrung by these issues, and it really affected my enjoyment of the game, as with all these difficulties the game simply isn’t fun to play. I’m all for the trippy backgrounds this game provides, but occasionally there’s so much light being bounced around that it makes it impossible to see the nodes or where you’re going. Even worse is the sheer amount of light saturation on the screen. This means it’s often hard to tell where the nodes lead ahead of you, which doesn’t sound like a huge deal as Music Racer: Ultimate is a rhythm based game, but as the nodes are so offbeat, you rely on your sight and quick reactions to know where to turn. The tracks that your racer moves on are winding, and they twist and turn and loop. I will say that whatever comes later in the review, this game is visually stunning, and that I’ll occasionally boot it up just to look at the equaliser backgrounds of each level, as they really are gorgeous. ![]() This is all well and good, but actually comes back to hurt the game as we’ll discuss later when we move on to gameplay. There is a lot to unlock, and it all comes at a decent pace too, so you’re never having to grind levels to unlock a new track or racer. This amounts to a fair whack of gameplay, if you include the decently long list of music available, as well as the ability to add your own songs and play songs from the Audius player in-game. The hard mode is essentially classic mode, but when you hit a pylon, the game ends the zen mode completely removes those pylons and the cinematic mode adds a rotating camera and removes all nodes and pylons, essentially becoming an equalizer. There are several game modes on offer a classic mode, a hard mode, a zen mode and finally a cinematic mode. You chain nodes together as combos that give you bonus nodes at the end, and if you hit any of the pylons on the track, you lose the combo. The more nodes you collect, the more stars you get and these nodes are used to unlock other courses and racers. To explain what Music Racer: Ultimate is, it’s mostly a timing based rhythm game that focuses on collecting nodes. ![]()
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