![]() The only thing I felt like I was missing was the seat vibrations and turbo fans that you get with an arcade game like Arctic Thunder. Like any racing game, I had to learn to take different turns in new ways (avoiding a dining room chair I left near the track) and find shortcuts to improve my times (I learned that my course setup allowed me to skip right through a longer curve in the track). I thought after taking a few losses I’d be ready to hang up my driving gloves but I kept coming back for more. When I lost because I got hung up on a gate or a shoe in the real world (I’ve never thought more about my apartment’s organization while gaming), it was a frustrating experience. When I was winning I felt on top of the world. It all has a real classic arcade racing feel to it in that your car doesn’t always do exactly what you want it to do and sometimes the controls feel a bit off, but it’s still fun regardless. The actual gameplay in Rift Rally is fast-paced and the virtual opponents don’t hold back. Once you’re racing though, you don’t have time to pay much attention to the physical car. I don’t know what I expected, but a tight corner complete with smoke and burning rubber in-game doesn’t look as impressive in real life. While I was learning to do donuts and boost-drift through checkpoints in the game, my physical car was simply going through the motions. The difference between my in-game and real-life car was a bit disappointing until I played long enough to look past it. Not pictured is me controlling the car from a seat just behind the virtual checkpoint. ![]() The finish line of my home Rift Rally course. ![]() My typical wall-ride racing strategy in video games did not fair well in mixed reality. I felt like an absolute racing pro until I reach a Driver’s Ed special event that required me to stay 100% on-course while avoiding traffic cones and other obstacles. This mode really brings a lot to the game - instead of just setting up a course and racing against yourself, there are increasingly difficult challenges that you’ll want to tackle. Completing Campaign missions allows you to unlock new virtual cars with unique looks. Each area has a different theme and puts you up against different opponents in races. Players can pick which direction to travel in a sprawling map of races, time trials, and skill-based contests across three distinct zones - Dragon Scrapyard, Shevrani Tundra, and Mirage Site-13. But it offers a surprising amount of guided gameplay in addition to Stunt Mode, which just lets you drive around your home aimlessly and annoy your pets.Īfter an in-depth tutorial that covers racing basics and track setup, Rift Rally presents a Campaign Mode with lots of challenges. When I first jumped into Rift Rally, I assumed that it would get pretty stale pretty quickly. If you’re going to pick up a copy, just make sure your pets are as prepared as you are. As it turns out, converting your apartment into a race track is plenty of fun, but requires a bit of planning and a lot of imagination to pull it off. I’ve been testing out Rift Rally over the last few weeks, much to my cat’s initial dismay.
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