Disney's Upcoming Free-To-Play Switch Racer Reveals A New Playable Character

How long until sora for racing game starts? Excited for this game

The only thing they should be announcing for this game that was shown off in the February Nintendo Direct w/ a release date of "Summer 2022" is the actual release date. 😝

It’s weird adding a core Disney character after launch. That’d be like adding Luigi or Yoshi in a free game update to a Nintendo game.
@rubycarbincle Nothing is wrong with F2P. It’s the implementation that’s the problem, and without knowing how the game is monetized it’s really to early to tell.

@Wilforce
Some early hands on impressions said that it was kinda p2w

#GiveMeKermitOrGiveMeDarkwingDuck

I’ve heard its more pay to win than free to play, so I’m very cautious about it; this news doubles down on that impression.

He wasn’t already? How?

Hope it will be the same model of free to play as asphalt 9 , great free to play racing
game.

I wish there was a Beta Test for Switch. I didn't get a chance to play it on PC.

For hyuck’s sake, Goofy should be there at launch.

If Goofy isn’t available at launch, it really makes me wonder how light the day one roster is going to be…

@RubyCarbuncle Imagine a full feature Disney kart racing game.

I recently replayed Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour for PS1. The thought of what something like that could be on modern consoles makes me want to weep.

Goofy being added after the game's launch? What next, Dale being paid extra content in a Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers remake for the NES?

@DanteSolablood Considering this is a Gameloft game, this is not unrealistic.

Usually wary of free to play but Asphalt 9 is and it's my most played game on Switch which is by Gameloft. The same people are making this so I'm actually really looking forward to it...

Really hope we get Raya and Human Sisu at some point and a Kumandra themed track

I’d love to play with any of the Disney Princes.

Everyone is acting like Disney is so light on characters Goofy not being there at launch is a deal breaker. It's not 1960, their roster is insanely large and kids today wouldn't put goofy in their top 25 at all.

welcome new content. we know additional characters, vehicles, & tracks is going to happen. WHEN is the game releasing?!

@silverninja I think it's late 2022, so perhaps the second half of November onwards...
The official word is that the release date will be announced soon.
I wouldn't expect it to release before November as it stands, but you never know 🤷‍♂️

@RubyCarbuncle
I am playing their other f2p Dreamlight Valley and can say it's the least aggressive f2p I've ever played. There is a ton to do and future free DLC. So I will at least give this one a look

@Deemo37
Oh yea? How? Care to elaborate?

@steventonysmith
https://www.thegamer.com/disney-speedstorm-preview/
I think this article explains it pretty well.

Edit: this one’s goes into even more depth
https://www.thegamer.com/disney-speedstorm-gachapon-pay-to-win-mobile-game-free-to-play/

@Deemo37
So i read the 2nd article and it said the systems look to be in place but aren't so they are simply speculating

@steventonysmith
I believe what it meant was the system was in place to use free currency but they didn’t have any way to pay for the currency since it was in beta. I could be wrong though.

@Deemo37
Yeah that's not what I read it seems like things are ripe to through in a premium currency for the random unlocks and stuff and some carts and upgrades make you faster than others. So they fear a Crash Team Racing Remake situation where it may release without microtransactions and then add them in later

@steventonysmith I’m the same way, enjoying Dreamlight Valley, but since it’s in early access, I’m not giving Gameloft a free pass yet on not ruining the game.

Surprised with the comments about Asphalt; once you get far enough in the game, it pretty much forces your hand on buying MTX for either new cars or upgrading/buffing your maxed out cars without having to grind out the repetitive event missions.

The roster for this is terrible. Like intentionally bad. The roster of iconic character that sit under the Disney umbrella this should have an epic list of racers and should be a packed roster day one.

Everything screams lazy cheap grab for FTP low hanging fruit

Play it but don’t pay for extras. It only encourages them

@MrCookieCrisps I always chuckle when people praise FTP titles. Especially ones I’ve tried and experienced the real grind. I don’t mind playing a game. Even racing same tracks. I’m old it’s what we used to do but some of these FTP titles make early arcade coin guzzlers look generous. People are suckers to be suckers I guess.

I saw a video where he spent 15 minutes putting up a deck chair. Dont put this man behind the wheel!

@Wilforce Luigi wasn't in Tour at launch.

Needs more Duff Man, Disco Stu, Mister Plow, etc.

@RubyCarbuncle Exactly, especially coming from GameLoft, developers of the also "free to play", Asphalt 9. That game was a blast on Switch and other platforms but has a sudden cut off at around 7 hours in where unless you pay $100 you aren't getting any further in the game causing it to initially review well. But after that point no amount of lack of mistakes keeps the rubber-banding AI from winning against your free cars.
I tried the demo for SpeedStorm and it played well, and I plan on grabbing it during it's "Summer" release (developers are really pushing this summer length with Splatoon and now this). But yeah I fully expect this game to have a similar cut off at some point where unless you buy you can't play any further. This game should be just like Fornite in offering optional characters that many choose to buy but no one needs. Mario Kart Tour was an example of how a racing game could offer (in that case terrible loot mechanics for) optional characters and be profitable. We'll see, but experience with GameLoft tells me this game should be the same as their others.

@Stocksy A game like this could do really well if done right. Give players a free character to start, offer other free characters randomly as you play, and then have optional paid costumes in the shop. Mario Kart Tour did this with lootboxes which isn't a great consumer friendly way of doing business. They also had crazy pricing like Diddy Kong for $40. Keep the prices low, like maybe $8 at most, and without loot boxes have players know what they are buying. So at Christmas have an Scrooge McDuck and so on. There are so many Disney characters and variants they could easily make a ton of money off of this while still offering a free or cheap base game.

@Stocksy FTP has it's place, but I've fallen out with most of them. They should be called FTS (Free to Start) as most only let you play a small amount of the game before quickly asking a huge pricetag. Pokemon Go was fun enough until you reach level 37 and can't progress after that. I've fallen out with most mobile games and even a lot of these console conversions.