Game Review on Traffic Racer
Having spent some time with this accomplished arcade racer-cum-endless-runner, I fear for the next person who steps into the passenger seat of my car.
Road rage
The key appeal to Traffic Racer is that it touches on that peculiar urge most drivers have to suppress at one time or other.
You're sat in traffic on the same boring stretch of road, eager to get to somewhere more fun. Anywhere, in fact. Wouldn't we all love to put our foot down and thread between the dawdling lanes of traffic like some Hollywood hotshot?
Traffic Racer is a very simple game, but its greatest achievement is that it models that simple tire-screeching duck and weave sensation to near perfection.
You view your car from behind. Acceleration is on the right side of the screen, while brakes are to the left. Steering is achieved by tilting your iPhone or iPad, and it's very responsive indeed, to the point that you'll be threading in between traffic like a stunt driver in no time.
Points on your licence
You gain points for maintaining a speed above 100kph, overtaking cars, and driving against the flow of traffic.
There's not a lot more to Traffic Racer than this, really. It's got a clean, chunky visual style that suits the real-life premise nicely, but it's unlikely to excite.
