Avis Rapida - Aerobatic Racing

Disclaimer: I was a Beta tester for this game. Avis Rapida is a checkpoint plane racing game. You fly in a track composed of a series of checkpoints, of which there is a nice variety, from the normal checkpoint through which you can fly on any orientation to more demanding checkpoints that require you to fly through it sideways or even backwards. The variety in checkpoints allows from some pretty imaginative track design (and you can design your own tracks, too) and it's supported by a good, simcadey physics model: You can feel, for example, how different it is to fly a plane in supersonic speeds, and the model also allows for post-stall maneuvers like the Cobra or the Kulbit. Even then, it never feels like you need a professional flying license to be any good at it, and it's also perfectly playable on a normal Xbox Controller or something similar. The graphics are fine, the game runs pretty smooth, there's support for local multiplayer and leaderboards, and apart from a loading perio...

Unfortunately, this game is dead, it didn't reach many people anyway... staying under the radar makes it hard to raise any fund to keep the game alive. I'm not regret buying it, though. Avis Rapida holds a special place in my heart, and it's irreplaceable.

Pugachev would be proud of me