Street Kart #1 Go Kart Game 4+

This is a great racing game if any type. The fact that it is kart game is even better. I am a third generation kart racer. My grandfather was part of the leading team. That karting started here in the States. I have raced at all levels. From a kid in clutch karts. All the way to road racing Rotax 256 twins. Even had a cr500 on a Swift chassis for a while. I won a SKUSA championship in 97. And I think I am seasoned enough to tell you. This game is authentic as it can get. But there can be improvements. Such running off track. This is very inconsistent between tracks. Some tracks you 100% traction with all four wheels off. Others you drop one wheel. And you are sucked out to the wall. Another issue is running out of fuel. There is zero coast factor. Not realistic for cliched kart. Direct drive more so though. I have stopped feet from finish line a few times. My final criticism is making it a bit easier. And more clear on what it takes to move up in class. I have been playing this for some time. And still don’t know how to advance to the next tier. I have stuck in two for awhile. Despite high finish positions. And winning one championship.

To progress to tier 3 - you just need to complete the Season Objective missions - 12,000 SKD plus finishing in the top 30% are usually the main two objectives.

Hope that helps but if not join the community and one of the dev team will help - www.facebook.com/groups/streetkartracing

not sure how to fully explain but honestly i feel like this game is pretty plain after a couple days. not only do you pay for the game itself but you have to watch ads if you want and need extra aces which is completely dumb. after unlocking a kart of wearable outfit you still have to pay for it which is by far the weirdest implement in a game i have seen. not only does the more expensive things give you a WAY better boost then just wearing normal costumes having to race with really good racers while im bearly stuck on the first 2 karts and having to use the least grippy tires because i cannot afford more sets of slick grippy tires and having to stick to regular gas instead of prem gas cause i can’t afford it anymore. and now theirs a new pass that you have to pay 5 dollars a month if you want extra things???? i payed for the game and didn’t expect all of this and only have to upgrade your mechanics costs 100+ aces which is incredibly expensive and that now bearly at level 2. this game just fully revolves around money. if it was about skill id think everyone would get the same outfits that give no boosts besides looks. and i was expecting people to customize their own cars to their own liking at the beginning but even after almost 2+ weeks of playing i bearly can even upgrade my mechanic to lvl 3 which also includes having to change my break pressure and etc. THAT I CANT DO BECAUSE I DONT HAVE ENOUGH ACES.

Hi Nadirobss,

Thanks for the comment and feedback, which we appreciate.

If we could just explain a little bit about parts of the game - we give away a massive amount of hard currency to allow you to progress. There are many different ways to earn hard currency but here's the main ones: Daily Aces Race Meets (180 Aces per week), Target Rivals (100+ Aces per week), End of week finals (200 Aces for the A-Final), Plus Video Ad watches if you choose (100+ Aces per week). So all in all there's a lot of Aces you can win just through playing the game. Enough to easily level up your mechanic. Also you can get things cheaper as well by beating target rivals.

The new subscription service helps support the game and for us to develop more content and features. It doesn't offer any greater chance to win or improve your skill level. All it does is help boost your Aces. 2X on Daily Aces Race Meets and 3X on beating Target Rivals, plus entry to the RP Special Events, which are also Aces. So this helps you, and us.

The game itself is super cheap - a couple of bucks - and we have massive server costs as we're keeping 250,000 players leaderboards updated, and rivalries etc.

So you're really at the start of your SK journey and it does take time and there's no quick way to develop the skill required to win. However, Race Pass does help you make progress faster by having more Aces available. There is no race winning advantage.

Hope that is useful, but please do join the Facebook group for support on tyre pressures etc. www.facebook.com/groups/streetkartracing.

With best wishes
Ross

Someone in the Facebook community helped orient me to the game and I’m changing my review based on what I learned. I was under the impression that once your stamina ran out, you had to use aces to buy an energy drink before it would go back up again. Well it refills all the way within an hour or so and you can use aces if you want to keep grinding. So, I misunderstood the concept behind that and I apologize for my anger in the last review I did. I felt as if I got ripped off after paying $5. At the same time, there really wasn’t too much of a detailed explanation of the system for laymen like me. I think there should be work on that. There are also some glitches here and there. Overall, I think this is a masterpiece of a game and I appreciate the simple but in depth feel of it. Everyone that worked on this game did a great job and they built a healthy and competitive community. I’ll definitely keep playing and I’ll most likely wind up buying aces to contribute to the people behind this game.

Hi jwjones101,

Thank you for the review and of course you would expect us to challenge you on it. Let's start by saying there are many people in the game right now (95% or more) who haven't bought an IAP. Many of those 95% including our most recent Champion of TKM, Craig Laws, have done so without spending anything extra. So you can easily win championships as you develop the skill and understand the game economy. However the game is designed to have a strategy to it and you need to think. You are competing with thousands of others and to win you have to out-think and out skill them. This is critical.

SK is all real time. This means huge server costs, and a support team who cares about our players enjoyment. Those that do make an IAP need some advantage for that. We don't give it to them in terms of performance on the track. We can't because that would make it pay to win and we won't do that. However, we do give them the option of making progress faster.

The fitness system is there to protect players who can't race as much due to lack of time and prevent those players who can do 500 races per week achieving that and dominating the game. A play session is a good 45-60 mins and it can be extended with the purchase of different suits. This covers 98% of the players in the game for how they play and protects them.

The proceeds from the 5% who do spend, go to new content, live events and tiers. Without them there would be none of those extra content events that the other 95% enjoy at no extra cost from the purchase of the game.

So, is there a compromise there. Absolutely. Do we run live events monthly that give away hard currency. Absolutely. We also run weekly finals where large amounts of hard currency can be won, as well as daily Aces race meets where hard currency can be won.

Far from immoral, we do all we can to help our players have a better experience and we do so trying to create the right balance, between strategy, skill and time. We feel we've done a good job, but we can always do better and are always trying to do better.

Thank you for the feedback and we do value it, but hopefully you can understand our position better, and understand we've put a lot of thought into your playing experience to balance it for lots of different types of players.

With best wishes
The SK Team