Announced in the tail end of 2018, Xenon Racer is a futuristic arcade racer speeding its way to PlayStation 4. It's almost here, too -- the game will cross the finish line on 26th March, a couple of weeks from now. We've embedded a trailer to get you up to speed on what the game is all about, as it's looking pretty good.
Essentially, it's a high speed, drifty arcade racing game, the kind we see all too rarely these days. According to Francesco Bruschi, CEO of developer 3DClouds.it, the game takes inspiration from his real world experience as a kart racing driver. "We’ve spent a lot of time playing the classic arcade racers of the past 20 years and we’ve integrated their best qualities into Xenon Racer," he writes on the PlayStation Blog. "We’ve also tried to take the physics of the karts I used to drive into the real cars in the game, by creating fast, futuristic cars that run at 400 km/h and that can drift just like a go kart."
The game will feature online and offline multiplayer, customisable cars, and leaderboards. There's plenty of room on PS4 for a decent arcade racer, so we hope Xenon Racer can step in to fill the space. What do you think of it? Will you be taking it for a spin later this month? Drive sideways into the comments below.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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Hope it's great, the platform can use all the worthy arcade racers it can get.
Looks pretty sweet.
The cars remind me somewhat of Ridge Racer (Vita).
Can't we just have Outrun? Not a clone of Outrun, just actual Outrun with maybe updated graphics?
Oh, and also, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaase can someone make another Tony Hawks Pro Skater game. One that is actually good and close to THPS3 (the best in my view). It can't be THAT hard can it?!
My gaming life would be complete then.
When i saw Xenon, my thoughts turned to Xenon 2 Megablast back in the day!
Alas despite my mild disappointment, this looks good reminds a little of the old racer Motorhead..
PS had to look at it via Youtube as the vid didnt work on this page... Not sure if me or the page mind..
@dellyrascal Fixed! Thanks for the heads up on that.
I bet you knew I'd say put it in VR & I'm all in.
This looks pretty cool!
Yes have high hopes for this one, more 90’s inspired racers please:)
@tomassi I'd rather have a reaction racer than one that relies on memorization like Outrun.
Definitely will be interested to check out reviews for this one. This is very much my top of game, but the handling makes all the difference.
It certainly looks good. The drift element puts me off though.
Supports wheels too.
Wipeout on wheels!
@dellyrascal xenon 2 what a game! Bomb the bass soundtrack too. That game rocked! Still have my Amiga version somewhere...
Looks like the Speed Racer movie from 2006.
If the tracks have cheeky shortcuts like SFR2049 I'm interested.
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