BallisticNG

After just downloading the recent FREE update to what I consider the best anti-gravity racer ever made, I felt a little guilty for never voicing my opinion before. There is nothing I have to say about this game that is negative. There are tons of tracks. There are tons of vehicles. The music is fantastic. The visual style is the best possible outcome of attempting to fuse the style of the original futuristic racers with something that isn't off-putting to a newer audience. There are lots of options to tweak the visuals to what looks best for you. With the latest update, you basically have a THIRD physics style for controlling your vehicles. They all feel very different, and this last one is so flightly and lightweight. It's a blast. Things I didn't think needed tweaking are even better. The UI is so much cleaner now, and feels a lot easier to navigate. They messed with some of the UI colors and everything just stands out so much nicer now. This is where I will concede a bit on one of the main criticisms. On steam you have very easy access to adding a lot of the mods (new tracks, new vehicles, etc.) directly to the game, and I'm sure it is a much nicer experience playing online. They make a point on their website about the DRM-free nature of the game, even on steam. But you are here, on GOG, so you should know what you are getting into. It's a bit more work getting your hands on community content, but it isn't that hard. It's like the Mario Maker of anti-grav racers. And there are some track creators out there that are putting out stuff that looks and feels like they belong in the base game. It's wild. I have spent maybe $25 total on this game. Base game, a handful of nice DLC packs, and tons of free updates. All from an indie developer that has created an anti-grav racer that exceeds the greatness of the originals, in my opinion.

Bought this on Steam already and wanted to support the Devs here as well! There are only very few games which can be considered ''perfect'' within their genre and I believe this game is a damn near perfect anti gravity racer!

How on earth did i miss this when it came out???? HOW?? I wanna go and HUG the devs for making this!!! I am playing a better version of one of my favorite games of all time ( Wipeout 2097) !!! I still cant believe this game exists! Even the PS1 graphics... OMG!!! My faith in video games is rekindled only thanks to BasllisticNG. I literally felt excitement like i had never felt in many years.. Devs you are true artists and your heart is in the right place. This game is your baby and I can see the love you put into it right from the start screen. THANK YOU FOR THIS PIECE OF YOUR HEART..

This game is comfortably the best and most "complete package" deal you can get if you're looking for an antigravity racer. It has an insane amount of content in the base game and DLCs, but it also has thousands of custom ships and tracks that you can download (manually if on GOG) from the Steam Workshop. It's also pretty easy to make your own custom tracks. The amount of customization is insane. You can literally change the physics to suit your liking, change the speed of the game down to decimal place modifiers, turn power ups on or off, and even toggle features like barrel rolling or the type of boost mechanic. If you ever wanted to make your own Wipeout game, this is both an amazing game and a perfect engine to do so.

You can tell a lot of love was poured into the making of BallisticNG. It feels like a product created by Wipeout fans for Wipeout fans. This is not a shameless rip-off, though. Despite many of the elements being recognizable by old-school fans, BallisticNG ultimately has its own sense of identity. The base game comes with a number of campaigns for single player gaming. Campaigns are just series of events -races, time trials, you name it- which award you a medal according to your results (ie. gold, silver, or bronze). New events within the campaign and new campaigns are unlocked by winning medals in available events. The requisites for unlocking content are pretty lenient, which means you can open new paths without having to achieve gold at everything. That said, this is were this game's claim to mercy end. BallisticNG has a reputation for being a hard nut to crack. Developers tried to make the game accessible, having campaigns introduce new game mechanics one at a time, but progressing past a certain point still requires practice, at least if you aim for gold medals. Beating tracks requires becoming intimately familiar with them and with the ship you pilot. This is specially so if you switch to "expert" difficulty, which is required to obtain platinum medals. The joke goes that the two difficulties supported should be called "hard" and "perfect flight required". If you are up for a challenge, this is your ticket; if you are more casual, you can still progress through with bronze and silver medals. There is a diverse array of ships to fly, and each ship feels quite distinct. There are also many game modes to spice things up, and the AI works well on them all. "Hardcore" level AI will prove a challenge to beat on all modes. As opposed to early anti-gravity racers, you rarely feel in control because AI opponents keep applying pressure on you. BallisticNG makes subtle use of rubberbanding, but if that is not your thing it may be disabled entirely.