I'll keep it short. This game has far more in common with XGRA (PlayStation2) than Wipeout or Redout, which for me is a good thing. I like Wipeout and its imitators, but I'd rather spend my time playing racing stuff like XGRA, Slipstream 5000, Hi-Octane, and Rush 2049. That said, this game delivers! It's pretty easy to get into and it's not sporting some sort of convoluted interface. I put off buying this game for a while because the driving-upside-down feature looked like a shallow gimmick, but I can confirm it is not. You have to be going fast enough to hang on to walls otherwise you'll fall off! It has all sorts of car customization including AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA liveries. Now they've added hovercars that look more like something out of the 5th Element movie, so that's a neat optional twist. While the game is unforgiving when you don't yet know the track layouts, it's pretty easy to learn so getting good enough to place on the podium is a fairly quick process. I got this gem on sale, but had I known how much fun it was I would've gladly paid full price.
This game feels like a hybrid of Gauntlet, Chaos Engine, and Metal Slug. The pixel art, animation, sound effects, and 90's MIDI-like arcade score are second-to-none for capturing the essence of coin-gobblers. That said, the only thing I'd like to see in future versions would be an additional character or two and a large flashing, noisy, golden "GO!" with an arrow pointing to the general direction you should be heading as sometimes it gets confusing as to where you should be and you may spend a few minutes wandering around lost until you learn the maps. Maybe they could add this and have it only flash on-screen when the players stand still for 5 seconds. Anyway, great game! The artwork and music alone are worth the price of admission.
