Wipeout style with Synth Racing

By Nigel Wood, UK
for www.touchgen.com

Published: July 31, 2009

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Another stylized racing game comes to the iPhone.Wipeout wannabe has got my attention. ‘Synth Racing’ from Race to the moon is a Unity powered, 3D racer with a similar art style to Wipeout. The title is a little misleading in that you are not exactly racing other ships, but instead taking part in speed courses, where you get faster and faster. The trick is to manoeuvre your vehicle so not to hit any objects which cause you to slow down. Speed boosts poweups can be picked up along the route to give you a short burst of extra speed. The game reminds me of the ‘zone’ mode in Wipeout, where your ship gets faster and faster, and you must see how far you can go before exploding. This is similar to that but instead it’s to see how long you can race before the time runs out. Each course is 45 seconds by default but you can top it up with the speed boost powerups. There are three courses to choose from, as well as three vehicles. While this might sound a little short in terms of gameplay, the game is only $0.99. However, the AppStore page states that the developers are planning on expanding the game to a full league racer. For now though, if you like adrenaline style futuristic racers, then Synth Racer should give you a good boost for your buck.

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5 Comments on "Wipeout style with Synth Racing"

  1. rigopolous on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 12:13 am 

    i picked this game up, and i can agree, as the review points out, there’s not much content, but *damn* it looks and feels good! the sense of speed is better than nay other wipeout style on the iphone, and controls are spot on too. i do hope it becomes a full game at some point, but even now i’m satisfied with my purchase, as i keep going back for short compulsive sessions of raw speed :D

  2. mrWalrus on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 11:17 pm 

    Developer (designer) of the game here, Race to the Moon.

    Thanks for the kind words. :D We’re working pretty long hours to make this game every bit as compulsive as it should. You’re going to like what’s coming.

    All the best,

  3. mrWalrus on Tue, 4th Aug 2009 3:37 pm 

    Heads up.

    Version 1.003 was submitted late last night.

    The stability has been very much increased and if you have a 3GS you’ll notice the game runs at 60hz now.

  4. mrWalrus on Tue, 18th Aug 2009 12:37 am 

    Version 1.003 is available in the App store.
    1.004 is right around the corner!

    Thanks for everyone’s patience and support. If you have any comments/questions please feel free to message us (rttmcomments@gmail.com).

  5. Samson Felshman on Thu, 12th Nov 2009 12:38 am 

    I was going to not buy this, and then I saw “like Wipeout’s Zone mode”. I loved that mode, and would play it for ~20 minutes at a time just because.
    Bah. You got me.
    I will now proceed to [probably] not play it at all, because … games are bad. Yeah. Good job, devs, though. [probably. ? :P]




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