We loved Inertial Drift when it initially launched again in 2020 for the PS4, and we’re blissful to declare that it may nonetheless be a deliciously addictive arcade racer right here in 2022. Inertial Drift: Twilight Rivals Version is an enhanced PS5 port (or DLC pack, should you’re nonetheless on PS4), which throws in contemporary content material like extra tracks, automobiles, and even a brand new story mode to beat. All informed, it is a pretty meaty growth, including welcome worth to an already fashionable package deal.
The title’s twin-stick driving system can take a little bit getting used to, nevertheless it’s satisfyingly slick as soon as you have received the muscle reminiscence down (and you have memorised the tracks). This ain’t a simple recreation by any means — it is truly fairly rattling exhausting at occasions — nevertheless it does efficiently coax that ‘yet another go’ mentality as you start to shave seconds off your lap occasions.
However should you did not fall for the core idea the primary time round, Twilight Rivals most likely will not win you over. The drift-’em-up nonetheless struggles to convey the sense that you just’re in a race in opposition to an actual opponent — even the brand new marketing campaign’s one-on-one duels really feel extra like time trials in opposition to ghost information. The clock is your true enemy right here, and that by no means modifications, whatever the mode you are taking part in.
Consequently, the expertise as a complete can come off as a bit shallow, however at the very least it is fairly. The sport’s beautiful cel-shaded automobiles and atmospheric environments do a whole lot of heavy lifting when the precise racing begins to pull. In the event you can work your self into the zone and also you’re ready for an usually stiff problem, Twilight Rivals is just extra of what Inertial Drift does effectively.