If there's one genre where the Switch is arguably lacking, it's racers. Sure, we've got Mario Kart, but there's not much in terms of quality, realistic racers. Overpass is a new off-roader coming to all platforms including Switch this October, and the trailer above may prove interesting to anybody looking for a more serious driving experience.
You'll be jumping in all-manner of licensed buggies and quads from real-life manufacturers such as Yamaha, Suzuki and Arctic Cat and going up against some pretty mean terrain, by the looks of things. Coming from developer Zordix AB, it looks like you'll have to pay close attention to the technicalities - differential locking, transmission, 2 versus 4WD - if you want to conquer the dastardly terrain you'll encounter.
The trailer seems to indicate that you'll be giving your suspension a serious workout. The official PR blurb details some of the modes which will be available, including multiplayer:
The Career mode lets you manage your buggies and quads and choose the one best adapted to each track and terrain type in order to win the competition and attract sponsors. In multi-player mode, you’ll need to know and master the slightest detail of each track in order to post the best times and show that you are truly the master of off-roading!
When it comes to off-roaders, we're quite partial to the arcade-y and hugely underrated Excite Truck back on Wii, actually. This is a very different beast, of course, and the attention to detail here certainly sounds impressive. We'll find out if the game itself measures up in October.
Are you after a serious racing game to sink your teeth? Muddy as it may look, does this one interest you? Share your thoughts below.
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Hmm... something's fishy about that title, @dartmonkey.
Overpass has nothing to do with cloudy weather...
@ThanosReXXX No-one will ever know... BWAHAHAHA!
Cheers 😉
@dartmonkey You're welcome... Flash.
Nice but Spintires already did this off-road sim thing more extensively, but this looks like a fun Jeep trail game.
@JayJ Spintires is a really cool offroading objective based game. This looks to be more leaning towards racing. Still cool
Zordix = beware for now
Interested depends on how well it works on the switch
hmmm interesting but of course we have to see how it runs because that was not switch gameplay.
Spintires was a very good port. Hopefully this will be the same.
Looks a lot different than their previous games Aqua and Snow Motto. And I mean that in a good way.
Day one for me and look forward to @shiryu opinion! Need a off road fix on the go!
@Stocksy Looking forward to give this a spin.
Heck yeah! Glad it is more deliberate like Spin Tires instead of an more arcade experience.
@Shiryu looks like this year is shaping up good for racers of all shapes and sizes... you see official truck racing game is coming? Like lorries? I’m all over that.
@Stocksy We still deserve an Excite Truck / Excite Bots HD remaster on Switch
Looks great! Oh a BigBen game? Is this a game that will be good from them?
Edit: Okay they are just the publisher, I wonder if this will be good still or not. But the developer is the one that made that Snow Moto and Aqua Moto racing games, which I have the Aqua one which is not good, but decentish.
Edit 2: Well I just got the Snow Moto game and it is actually good for me! Also went back to the Aqua Moto game and both games got an update, which I believe they improved the games!
@Shiryu Or a completely new one! But I will go for an HD remaster of those games!
I suspect those screen shots may not be from the Switch version?
oh great another game that will run at 20fps. that's unless they optimize it but i doubt they will. so far devs like these don't care for the switch. they're just in for a quick buck.
"In multi-player mode, you’ll need to know and master the slightest detail of each track in order to post the best times and show that you are truly the master of off-roading!"
Am I the only one concerned about the specific wording of this statement? Are they really comparing online leaderboards to multiplayer? No local mp, no sale.
@Shiryu that would be nice. Wave race would be nice too. Wave race trilogy... original two and a new one.
@Stocksy The original... three:
@Shiryu I’ve never played that!!! Is that on VC?? I’ve not seen it but I’d snap that up
@Stocksy Sadly I don't think so, but a loose cart is dirt cheap.
In my top 8 favorite
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