Exclusive: Fast Fusion Will Contain 12 Tracks, Free Content Update Confirmed

That's definitely a low price tag for a game that seems to be quite up there in terms of quality. Keeping my eye on this one for reviews!

I’m such a big fan of the previous ones. I’m more excited for this game than for Mario Kart tbh. I hope that they will bring some more tracks later.

Day one, this is how you make a game and sell it. Enough said!

Very tempted to get this at launch though not sure as I'll already have Mario Kart World and F-Zero GX to play. It's a lot of racing games and two of them are futuristic racers, never played the other Fast games so not sure how similar they are to F-Zero?

With the track count being on the lighter side at launch, I may wait a little bit to see what they will be cooking up post launch. Thats more of a personal thing than a negative, given the price is so good. Perhaps when reviews hit I could be persuaded.

Much respect to Shin'en for sticking to their "low-budget but mind boggling tech wizardry" positioning.

I wonder if they'll ever tackle larger budget projects. It seems they really get their kicks from squeezing as much as possible from a very tight design and letting the hardware sing, so I guess that's unlikely.

I was wondering why the game was so cheap.

12 tracks confirms why.

Still absolutely getting it. The FAST series is great and Shin’en are one of my favourite developers.

Seems strange to have so many graphics modes that all run at 60? Why not just have the best one that runs at 60? If “Quality”can run at a smooth 60, then why bother with “Performance”?

@user0 They might not have quality completely locked at 60fps.

That does explain the relatively low price but it's still such a high quality product that it still feels like a steal.

I really hope a lot of people support the developers and this game.

No doubt this game is gonna be great, but obviously they decided to release an incomplete version at launch. Hopefully a physical release containing all updates releases at some point.

The most day one buy I can think of right now.

I was a bit disappointed at the amount of tracks until I saw the price which seems super reasonable.

Enjoyed the Switch game, this will be going on my list.

So, that works out at around £1.12 per course. It's a good deal, especially as a starter. I'll have Mario Kart World for mains and Kirby Air Riders for pudding 😋

This and f-zero X day one on switch 2. Plus mario kart world. Racing fans are in for a real treat

Okay, for this its a day one purchase. Thanks Devs!

12 is enough considering the price. Hopefully another 6 tracks, so 2 cups will be in the post launch update down the line. I would be prepared to pay additional for that to get 18 in total.

Less tracks, but if those are higher quality than I have no issues.

And Fast RMX was already a very good game. So..

If I'm not mistaken Fast Racing Neo launched with 16 tracks? RMX was my first game in the series (and we recently played it as a group again after sidelining it for Mario Kart for a while; still holds up), but just 12 tracks seems a bit low. I don't think the devs could be blamed if they padded out the track number with a few returning ones from the previous games.

@PushMyGran86 Don't forget Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer is also confirmed for 5th June

I fully concur though, racing fans are feasting on Switch 2 launch day.

@PushMyGran86 And Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer for the retro racer fans!

Will hit this up if Mario kart world disappoints

@Folkloner oh man I forgot about the 120fps ridge racer! Cannot wait!

I got FAST RMX when it first launched and there were like no games in the eshop, I played it a bit but wasn't that big of a fan. Years later I got into F-Zero thanks to 99, and then like a year later I remembered about Fast, and now I actually like it. I'll probably get this when I get a Switch 2, whenever that'll be

I assumed this would be smaller given that it's priced lower than RMX. 12 tracks sounds pretty good. My guess is post-launch content might include older tracks from RMX.

I hope they start showing off gameplay soon. I'm interested to see how it looks and plays.

As long as the variety and quality of the tracks make up for the small number, I'm okay with this.

GIVE THEM THE KEYS TO F-ZERO ALREADY (and a big budget)!!!

@Suketoudara I've gotten into a ton of arguments over this, but FAST is almost exactly like F-Zero GX. It has a few less game mechanics: no spin, and it doesn't have that higher level slide mechanic. There is a button to change colors between orange and blue. You need to be blue to use a blue boost i.e. The vehicle stats don't vary as widely as F-Zero GX, so vehicles can feel samey, but also none of them feel bad. It's a good game, one of my favorite Switch exclusives.

The pricing reminds me of Parking Garage Rally Circuit. That game only has 8 courses, but also a very low price. The problem with developing racing games is that levels take a lot of time to build, but little time to play through. So it's understandable that they limit the scope and price accordingly.

@Qwiff
I think it's more, people would rather it feel like a full game, rather than a what could have been.
No one would begrudge them bringing over older tracks, it would be welcomed. The fact they arent is bit of blemish.

What you say isn't wrong though.

I guess the number of tracks explains the low price, maybe they really wanted to release it on launch day so they had to focus on other things.

I'm surprised by all the graphics modes at 60. Fast RMX had 60 fps locked and variable resolution, which would be the perfect approach here too in my opinion.

Pre-ordered some time ago anyway.

For the price this actually makes more sense now. Fast RMX was essentially a “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe” scenario anyway which is why it had lots more content at launch,

Free updates are a welcome win.

@Olliemar28 Honestly that's to be expected. Is like asking Retro Studios to make a Halo game

I assume because many graphics settings specify 60 fps, some may be locked (performance mode) and the 2 others may not be. And for the track number, I remember that as specified in the article, Fast RMX only got some new tracks, the majority coming from the Wii U game. But later down the line, they added a bunch of new tracks (between 8 and 12 I think) in Fast RMX that fused 2 existing maps together. I see it coming later down the line for Fast fusion as well.

I'm not really surprised, they said the development started last year so they only had so much time to get the game ready for launch, I'm still excited and definitely picking it up day 1

Smart move here.

"Balanced - 1440p, 60fps, HDR"

1440p is the sweet spot.

This option should have been more common outside Xbox consoles and PC.

I'm a little surprised that people are complaining about 12 tracks. As long as they are well designed, fun to play, varied, and represent a good, smooth difficulty curve, 12 is plenty IMO.

OTOH if this game still has the color swapping mechanic like the other FAST game I bought, it's a definite pass. ✌️

(Some of the best racing games of all time IMO have had 1 or 3 tracks. more isnt always better. 👍)

I'm going to play the f*ck out of this game.

I fully support Shin'en when it comes to FAST Fusion for Nintendo Switch 2. Everything in 3.9GB in digital format for just $14.99 US! Once I get the system, I will be making my very first digital purchase from the eShop.

Very strange to list these modes without explaining why you would choose the performance mode over the higher quality modes when they are all listed as 60fps. Sure, the quality mode might drops frames, but they don't mention that, which is weird. Make that clear for the user.

Just over £1 per track with that amount of polish. Bargain

Shin'en makes some great games and offers them at a reasonable price so I might just pick it up to support them.

I thoroughly enjoyed Art of Balance and Jett Rocket on Wii; Nano Assault Neo and Fast Racing Neo on the WiiU; and the Touryst on Switch.

Fast RMX was so good, I loved playing it when I got my launch day Switch. Fast Fusion is a must-buy!

I was complaining when the game was announced to be 4k 30fps, but with the options, this is great!

I'm excited to see how Ultra Quality looks like in person! But will mostly likely switch back to Quality mode just for the 60fps. I guess the choice of using 8K shadowmaps is for supersampling on both handheld and TV mode to achieve more detail. In my opinion it's kind of unnecessary especially on a small 1080p screen but hey at least we have options! Personally I would prefer them focus on screen space reflections rather than shadows. Awesome nonetheless!

I can't wait to pour hundreds of hours to this like I did with RMX 😆

Will definitely be picking this up!

I already bought this game lol, so I can't wait to play it as soon as I get my hands on the Switch 2!

Never really enjoyed the first game, it’s clearly missing something.
But give me a new wipeout game and it’s day one!

what does mixed 4k 1080p mean

@Rukasumi it most likely means dynamic resolution that will be hanging in between 1080p and 4K, if the tracks visuals are a bit simpler it will be closer to 4K but they are more complex and/or if there are a lot of effects on screen then it will be closer to 1080p

@Sylamp why would it need to go to as low as 1080p though if there is a locked 1440p 60 mode?

@Rukasumi we don't know if it's locked 1440p in that mode, the developer didn't provide any description of each mode and why would you choose one over the other so I'm just trying to guess here

Quality - Mixed 4K/1080p, 60fps, HDR - menus and HUD overlays in 4K

This is where it's at. I really hope a lot of devs are able to do dynamic res scaling as needed but also push 4k HUD.

This would be great.