Cosmic Challenge Racing 4+

A long time ago in the app store there were lots of ag (anti-gravity) racers, some have come and gone (totally gone and dearly missed like Ag Drive). Some are still available and quite good but miss the point of being a good ag game (like Repulze).

Repulze for example does almost everything right but introduced unfavored game mechanics missing the point of ag racers... SPEED. Speed is why we plays these ag games and anything that introduces gates, rings and stuff that puts you out of place for a perfect turn... just got it wrong.

Cosmic Challenge Racing (thats a mouthful) is a good f-zero like ag-racer and speed so far in my playtime has seemed like it’s main focus (beside the unusual air rotation mechanics). Only time will tell if this air control stuff has any merit because I see none. Actually after my first race I immediately went to control options and switched to tilt steering at max sensitivity and auto acceleration (imo everyone should do this). Only drawback to auto acceleration is no perfect starts (this is just absurd control design but ya what ev). Anyways graphics are pretty darn good, got a very clean look and the ship design is quite nice... totally f-zero vibes going on here.

This is a good f zero clone
+ the game is fast paced and demands you to git gud at the game
+ the game’s level editor allows to post tracks online you made with your time on them
+ the graphics look very good for iOS.
- I wish that the level editor allowed you to move more
- frame rate issues
- section 4 level 6 needs to be dialed down the difficulty a bit since you have barely any room for downtime since I was 7 literal milliseconds or half a second over the ghost.
- the game crashes on the ivanoich games logo 30% of the time.
Fix the negatives and I will give you 5 stars

As someone who played racing games like Asphalt 8 and 9, ReCharge RC, and Sport Racing, I never knew I’d be so hooked into a space racing game, yet Cosmic Challenge altered that thought completely. The racing physics are absolutely amazing, the graphics are smooth and graceful, and don’t forget the AI that actually boasts intelligent programming and navigation statistics (unlike the racing AI in Asphalt 8 and Dragon Raja, where they crash and are stuck against a wall).

The main reason why I wanted to install this game was to have a racing game to play offline, and seeing just how positively Cosmic Challenge Suited the task, I thought I’d give it a try. Needless to say, track builder makes it so things never get old, there are plenty of ship designs to choose from, and the controls are challenging, but in a positive way: This game really is a “Cosmic Challenge” because it’s so incredibly addictive, challenging, and different from other racing games out there: give Cosmic Challenge a shot and you really won’t have any regrets 😊