Victory Heat Rally has been a long time coming but the indie title published by Playtonic Friends has finally locked in a Switch eShop release date. It will be speeding onto Nintendo's hybrid system at some point in "winter 2024". The exact date will apparently be shared "very soon".
As previously mentioned, this game is a retro-style racer recreating 'SuperScaler' visuals and "harkening back the age of Power Drift, OutRun and Ridge Racer. It's also filled with plenty of colourful cartoon designs. Here's some PR and screenshots:
Power slide at breakneck speeds through a dynamic & vibrant 2.5D world, brought to life with pixel perfect visuals. Crank up the volume with a soundtrack featuring banging beats, scorching guitar solos & high octane energy that really bring the heat to Victory Heat Rally.
Select your star driver and become one with your machine. Challenge yourself & friends-turned-rivals across a variety of game modes. Experience the high speed action and non-stop drifting thrills either solo or in up to 4-player split screen.
SELECT YOUR SUPERSTAR – With 12 super-star drivers & their machines to choose from, who will you blaze a path to victory with?
SOLO OR AGAINST FRIENDS – Go for the gold in the extensive single player championship, jump in for a quick-fire Arcade Grand Prix, race against up to 3 friends, or take on the time trial mode and set some new world records.
WORLD TOUR – Victory Heat Rally features dozens of stages across 12 unique environments. From the sun-drenched beaches of Baytona Beach to the glacial tundras of Frostbite Harbor, you’ll be breaking speed limits across the globe.
STYLE MEETS PERFORMANCE – Express your personal style with exchangeable performance parts & paint jobs, assemble a ride that feels your own!
Will you be taking to the track when this one arrives on Switch? Let us know in the comments.
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This looks nice & all...but something about the sprite-work...just feels off to me...
Don't know why...
Looks interesting, will definitely be keeping an eye on this!
Looks a bit flat and generic at times but the game does had that super scale arcade racing vibe to it. If the price is right I may pick it up just for the 4-player split screen mode alone this Christmas.
"As previously mentioned, this game is a retro-style racer recreating 'SuperScaler' visuals and "harkening back the age of Power Drift, OutRun and Ridge Racer..."
More to Power Drift in the style racing mode, it's say, using Drift in every corner, but in visuals, is more to a N64 game, Choro Q 64, that one is the more close, especially in the "chibi" car draw
Has that old school feel to it. It’s interesting.
It looks like it copied Slipstream’s style. (Which I learned looks to be copied from SEGA Power Drift [thanks, @whitespy12!]) That style drifting where the camera angle tilts, etc.
It does look cool though but I think I’ll pass. I’m more into the Top Gear Pocket 2/Top Gear Rally (GBA) style. I love those games…
How soon is "very soon?" Game's been in development since 2020.
Played the demo on Steam, this game is high quality, probably the best feeling drift into boost mechanic I've seen. Looking forward to it, and good to see a release after what looked like a long delay after the demo.
Winter 2024 has passed months ago. It's either Autumn, or Winter 2025 imho. -_-
So negative here. This looks like a blast.
I backed this on kickstarter and it's good to finally get an update after so much radio silence.
It's looking great I love the aesthetic.
One thing (which obviously doesn't apply to this Nintendo site) is the campaign stated there would be XBox and Playstation versions but the release window trailer only mentions Switch and Steam. A couple of people have commented on this on the campaign page as well.
Wondering what's going on there as this Kickstarter campaign has not been well run by the creators with long periods of silence and no updates in ages, and now this possible change of formats the game is initially releasing on?
@ChromaticDracula Considering SEGA's Power Drift did the camera angle drift tilt thing back in 1988, that's more likely what was copied. Plus Slipstream didn't introduce the camera tilt until the 2022 console revision (it was absent from the 2018 PC release), two years after Victory Heat Rally had featured the camera tilt in it's 2020 Kickstarter trailer.
Why is the lady holding the mic in the promo art swearing at me?
It looks fun, but could do with a bit more variety in the car visuals.
That’s what I’ve been waiting to hear. Love the look of this. It looks like Power Drift meets OutRun meets Daytona meets Sega Rally.
Almost as if they plucked the concept straight out of my dreams.
@RootsGenoa technically, there’s ten days of winter at the end of the year. As winter starts from the solstice on the 21st. So that gives them a pretty narrow release window.
@GammaPhonic Absolutely and in my experience, when a game is announced for Winter 20XX, it's never released between the 21st and the end of the year... Also, when you release during that period, it's better to say "Christmas".
It looks good but I would like more animation frames when the car turns around a corner
Looks pretty nice to me, if it ends up being just as good as it looks I might eventually get it myself!
It’s got a kart racer style but it looks a little light on action
Ohhh! This looks awesome!
@whitespy12 oh wow I just watched some power drift footage and yep… that’s definitely where Slipstream got it from! I never played that one back in the day so I had no idea 😬
I’m going to adjust my comment
Looks really cool, like a 90's arcade racer that is tuned up. Overall art style is really nice too, also looking very 90's. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one.
Looks pretty good. While the trailer music is nothing to write home about, I will give it a shot.
Shame I can't wishlist this already...
I'm very much anticipating this game. It just has the sense of speed and style that is only in Sega and Namco's classic racers so I know I'm gonna love it. Idk what it is for me, if it's the way the camera shifts when drifting or if it's the white speed lines passing by making everything just look all the more faster, but I bet that it's gonna be the perfect Sega homage compared to some other games that have tried that style but just don't seem to be quite there for me
Looks like they changed some art, shame liked the look.
Meh, not a patch on the amazing Sega games it's trying to emulate. The visuals aren't a patch on the incredible pixel art of Outrun.
Just downloaded the game demo on steam, with all the others steam festival demo too. Can't wait to try them all, especially shadow of the ninja remake and sacrifire playtest (rpg with 2D-HD like graphics)
Pleasing graphics, but it doesn't look very fun.
@LikelySatan Agreed, this looks very fun and makes me feel genuinely excited to try it out.
I played the demo on steam a good ways back. The mechanics are super-satisfying, and I love the graphic style. It's so pretty. I will be picking this up day one.
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