2 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 1.1 hrs on record (0.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 24 Feb, 2016 @ 3:55pm

First of all, i'll ignore Power Drive 2000 in this review,
because while similar in the 80s style, i think there's a place for both games.

But to OutDrive itself:
In general i like the game.
The Story is simple but enough for this game: Drive fast so that the girl survives.
The 80s style design is really nice and the music is fitting and good.

One neutral point is the potential time you can get out of the game.
I don't think i'll play it more that 1 hour in it's current form.
But at the same time, 1,60€ for 1 hour of entertainment is ok in my eyes.
Maybe future updates will bring new content

But there are also numerous issues:
The steering just isn't very good, a very short tap left/right and the car will change it's direction way too quickly.
Maybe alter it a bit so that a short keypress will initial change the direction only slightly while increasing the rate over longer key presses.

Another big issue is bugs, mostly clipping:
My first run lasted 9 minutes, at which point the helicopter created an explosion while i was on a ramp and suddenly i was below the road, falling until the girl had died.
On my second run nearly the opposite happened, a helicopter explosion boosted me about 20m above the road where i was able to keep driving and only fell down back to the road at some point 1 minute later (i think there was a ramp on the road at that spot..)

TL;DR: I think the game delivers enough gametime for it's price, so i'll give a positive (slightly above neutral) recommendation.
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