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- Price: Free to try $9.99 to buy
- Operating system: iPhone OS 2.x/3.x
- Date added: June 11, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,085
- Downloads last week: 58
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jason Parker on June 16, 2009
Real Racing is the best racing game we've seen yet for the iPhone and that's no small feat, considering the number of racing games out there for the platform. The game features excellent graphics, a well-designed control system, several game modes to try, and an online component to compare best track times. You also can unlock 30 different cars in three different classes, including several hatchback, sedan, and muscle car models.
What sets Real Racing apart from other racing games are the controls. While other games have done a fairly good job with controls on the iPhone, the sensitive accelerometer steering in Real Racing somehow gets it just right. This is due, in no small part, to the autobraking feature that teaches you the best speed at which to enter turns. As you spend more time with the game, you can adjust a slider to assist your braking as little or as much as you want, letting you slowly test the limits of your racing abilities. These two features make Real Racing both easy to pick up and play and difficult to master as the AI gets harder in later levels.
The online component is better than expected, going beyond a simple global high-score list. In Real Racing you can enter leagues to compete against other racers in real time. Online players compete to get the best lap in a given time limit. This setup lets you race a few heats in order to improve your time within the set time limit. Firemint says it will offer more online options later (live racing on 3G?), but out of the gate, the game already offers more than other racing games.
Overall, Real Racing is the best racing game yet for the iPhone. Great-looking graphics and smart controls paired with multiple cars and championships give this game plenty of replay value. If Firemint adds more options, like a true multiplayer system, the game can only get better with updates.
Publisher's description
From Firemint :Firemint Real Racing immerses you in all the excitement, competition and glory of championship racing. This is handheld racing like you've never experienced before. Race the way you want to, with five different game modes. Challenge friends in local multiplayer and leave them in your dust! Work your way up from rookie to world champion in Career mode. Slice off another split second in Time Trial and upload your personal best. Join an online league and battle your way through the ranks of players from all over the world to advance to the next division. Only got a minute? Get behind the wheel for a Quick Race.
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Version: Real Racing 1.0
Pros: Graphics
Physics
Controls. Once you learn the lines the "feel" is just right.
Replays of races via YouTubeCons: On my 1st gen iPhone frame rates drop occasionally when all of the cars are in a pack
Summary: I've tried a few different racers on the iPhone platform. This one is hands down the best. As close to my favorite (Forza on Xbox360) as you can get on the iPhone.
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