2016 has been a solid year for racing games as Dirt Rally brought a difficult realism to its off-road courses, and Forza Horizon 3 offered a prettier version of what fans had come to expect from the series. Despite this, none of the offerings have really clicked for me, as realism doesn’t often equate to being enjoyable, and very few games had impressed me by offering up something new. Thankfully, Drive!Drive!Drive! manages to provide a fresh twist on one of gaming’s most established genres.
Drive!Drive!Drive! isn’t just a fun, and rather eccentric, title to say, it’s also representative of the game’s major twist. Developer Different Cloth’s racing game separates itself from the rest of the genre by allowing players to race on several tracks at the same time. Typically it breaks down to three separate races (thus the name) that all have to be managed at the same time.
If you’re like me, then you’ll find this idea incredibly fascinating but also very daunting. After all, I have trouble keeping track of all of the variables of a race on a single course let alone multiple ones at once. Thankfully, it’s not as complex as it may first appear and it becomes very rewarding having to learn to drive in a completely new way.
Stop Time
Due to the mechanic of switching tracks (which can be done either in real-time by pressing up or down on the directional pad or by stopping time by pressing the cross button), races in Drive!Dr...