TechRadar Verdict
Rocket Racing is a rock-solid arcade racer thats lacking in the personality department.
The key to winning a race is delightfully simple: just be faster than the other players.
These are stripped-back affairs, lacking any of the zero-g twists and turns that comprise the games main hook.
You see, the cars inRocket Racingcan air-dodge and stick to surfaces, gravity be damned.
In Expert levels, this neat mechanic is used plentifully, resulting in some very fun racing indeed.
The tracks at lower difficulties?
Well, theyre less engaging.
Simpler tracks focus on drifting, which does get old very quickly.
It all feels a bit like item-lessMarioKart.
As a complete offering,Rocket Racings tracks suffer from the lack of identity present in the overall game.
Given thatRocket Racinglives withinFortnite, its vehicles can be applied to use in the Battle Royale Mode.
By dodging while in the air, youll flip yourRocket Racingcar left, right, up, or down.
Building on this, some ofRocket Racings best moments involve switching between these planes of racing.
Rocket RacingsharesFortnites accessibility configs, which means theyre slightly too buried in menus.
Still, theres a sound visualizer, completely remappable controls, as well as some HUD scaling options.
Until then, so far, so unremarkable.
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