Dash is Atari’s newest retro sequence to obtain a contemporary coat of paint, and it is arrived within the type of NeoSprint. This recent spin on the writer’s old style racing sport comes out of the workshop with a nice appear and feel and a few neat new options, however there are nonetheless a couple of spots that wanted somewhat extra consideration.
That is an isometric racer, by default supplying you with a view of the whole circuit as you race your tiny automobile round. A zoomed-in view that focuses in your automobile can be an choice, although we choose the locked view of the entire observe. Both manner, the primary thrust of the sport sees you navigating these tight, typically very advanced programs, whether or not within the marketing campaign mode, free races, or time trials. The dealing with may be very straightforward to grasp however there’s undoubtedly a ability to taking part in this nicely.
A part of that’s accounting for the sport’s typically irritating physics. AI drivers haven’t any qualms about ramming into you, and you will very often find yourself in your aspect or snagged on the limitations. It is surprisingly unforgiving at occasions. Not serving to issues is that among the circuits have awkward viewing angles that, within the midst of a race, could make it exhausting to parse what is going on on.
Happily, although, these points aren’t fixed, and customarily the motion is enjoyable, easy, and fascinating. Whereas the racing itself is usually a little on the simple aspect at occasions, the impediment programs are a lot harder, peppering phases with oil slicks and cones to dodge. Time trial challenges might be equally tough, so there’s a lot right here to grasp. Sadly, outdoors of some leaderboards, on-line play is lacking from the sport, so competing with others is pretty restricted — though the sport does function native 4-player racing.
Maybe the largest addition is the observe builder, which presents a reasonably intuitive option to create your individual races utilizing chunky grid items. These might be shared with different gamers, successfully supplying you with tons extra tracks to grasp than the official ones.
NeoSprint is an honest refresh of an aged components, with easy however enjoyable racing and a few neat new options. Sadly, the presentation is somewhat underwhelming, and one or two points seem within the rear view mirror just a bit too typically.