Hot Slide 12+

This game really is great I love it. I always look for simple racing games that involve times and racing against other real people. This one does it amazingly!

There’s just one smaaalllll racing mechanic that I can’t stand. Sometimes when I’m turning around some corner, I’ll get really close to the corner. This is so that I can get around it as quick as possible. But when the front of your car gets to within a certain distance of an object, the car will actually brake and slow down a little bit. I guess it’s a safety mechanic so that you have less of a chance of running into something? But there have been countless times when I’m in the lead and I’m trying to cut the corner just fine, but because I’m too close to the corner the car will slow for half a second and that’s more than enough of time for the racer behind me to pass me up.

I know it’s a small mechanic but it actually happens way more times than you’d think. And if this small thing were to be removed or improved somehow, this would really be the perfect iOS racing game

River Peak ruins the late game. Skill matters for the first ranks, but late rank winners are determined by who can glitch the other first. car stats are ballpark estimates. I absolutely loved this game until I hit later leagues (I’m league 16). Once I made it past league 10 or so, I noticed the game was less about how well you could race on the track and more about how many times you can hit the other person or crash them into a wall. Since bumping the other car significantly slows them down and hitting a wall will either slow you, or glitch you and bring you to a stop, late leagues turned into bumper cars. Whoever can glitch the other car first will be the winner, no matter how skilled of a racer you may be. This is a major issue on river peak, since the controls are not optimized well enough for that track, and in later leagues you will race on river peak 1 out of every 3 races guaranteed. As a minor issue, car stats are not accurate at all. My lvl6 ghost tops at 277, but it runs to HIGH 280s. Same with my lvl6 satin. All this together killed the game for me because I loved how heavily skill based the racing is early on, but skill won’t actually end up making a difference if you start to progress through the ranks. This doesn’t affect time trials of course, but it makes the ranked races frustrating and not worth the attempt.

It’s not often you come across a free app that pushes ads every other second; Hot Slide did their ads SO much better. It’s all integrated into earning rewards, they’re out of the way when you race.

About racing: It’s really smooth, has a learning curve, and the cars are really sweet. I find myself sliding my finger too far off the screen sometimes, but I just gotta get used to it. I’m not sure how the balancing is quite yet, but hopefully they can continue to improve the number system to give players the best idea of how fast their car actually is.

The UI is very organized and I really enjoy the progression system. The rewards are really nice, and after playing for a couple hours I’ve gotten plenty of good stuff for free (with the use of ads as well.) In addition to this, the special offers are reasonable, and watching an ad for another crate or double currency for an hour is super worth it.

I’m not a fan of micro transactions and pay to win, but this game is probably one of the least stingy about progression, which means you can play the game completely free and still do well and get ranked with others at your level.

I’ve reached level 7 in an hour of playing, so I am still unlocking the different levels and competitive racing. The time trial team mode was pretty cool, and well organized.

Hot Slide is fast and fun, simple and easy to follow. I hope more apps continue to follow this model!