Gumball Drift

I took a quick look at Ghost Machine`s latest game Gumball Drift, and i did enjoy this very much. Table top games makes for a fun experience in VR. I still feel the game needs more objectives. maybe this will come in a future update. Here is my video : https://youtu.be/3cpHInZw_Zg

This looked so good on the store page. But it was disapointing on many fronts. The concept is great, somewhere between micro machines and having one of those electric toy race tracks. The VR perspective looking down on toy like race cars you control works really well. There is of course no reason it needs to be VR exclusive, the camera could easily be bound to the right analog stick allowing non-VR onwers to join in. It's all down hill from there too. I loaded it up and went straight into options, where sound was defaulted to off and virtually impossible to adjust because attmepting to adjust the volume sliders moves you to next option in the menu. I later found out the volume sliders only affect the main menu and even with sound off the the music at the start of the race will blow out your ear drums. I bought it primarily because it's one of the few Vive enabled games listed to have multiplayer. So talking to a friend in teamspeak we loaded up the game, and clicked online. Immedi...

Waste of $20. I downloaded the game for my son and as soon as I started it up, it was offcenter and can't be full screened or adjusted so you can't see whats going on. All you can see is a tractor literally in front of the main menu. And then if you can figure out how to accidentally start the game you play the whole game from a fixxed position behind a crash wall barrier. Like I said, worst waste of $20 I've ever done in my life. And I once bought my own shit back from a thief once.

Still one of my favorites, after all these years. If I'm set up to do a session of seated VR games, you can be sure Gumball Drift will get some play. Super Sprint for VR, but the cars, instead of being tiny, feel like they're about the size of a brick. Get the drifting feel down and take it to town. I wish there'd been a follow up, Gumball Drift 2. Good fun.

It is a simple mini-world VR game and looks nice even though it is a 2016 released title. It doesn't support motion controllers, a gamepad is necessary. It has plenty of cute mini maps and nice toy car models to play with. For sure, there are similar and better games than this one. Mini Motor Racing X is one of them, much better than this one, because it is newer and has more variety and detailed. Yet, I still liked Gumball Drift too.

It's a cool little top down racing game. It reminds of an old racing game I use to play on my OG GameBoy as a kid (cant remember the name). I enjoy the rc car type feel of the game play and I away have (see * Real World Racing). Its simple and ease to just pick up and play. I'm also glad they went with a play house style camera ( over looking the track and not following the car ) I wish more games would do this. tho I'm sad to say It lacks polish, and feels more like a moble game I would find on the app store. Instead of playing for an hour, your more likely to play for 5 min as a brake between super hot and beat saber. I think that makes the $20 a bit hard to swallow. The sound of the game can ware on you as well, with no in game sound track all your left with is odd hummm of the cars and the monotone fireworks at the end of the race.

The driving and drifting mechanics are fun but lack depth. The physics are fun for turning but the braking and understeering punishment seems harsh. I'm a fan of drift culture but this is short lived. It feels like sound effects are missing and some solid progression. The physics are fun and so is driving the cars but it will get stale very fast. The game feels a bit empty. I hope they add more features, UI elements, sound effects, and I would love a POV camera just for fun.

I got the game on the summer sale. Nice looking, fun game. More levels and more options for cars would be great.

I love these style of racers and really wanted to recommend this, however the game is very lacking and doesn't justify the price. There are some great examples of mobile games which blow this away, take wreckless racing as an example. I know this is VR, but just adding VR viewing to a basic game doesn't make it any more fun. The last track of the set showed some potential, its bigger, had some character and wasn't totally flat like all the others. The car unlocks are pointless as they don't drive any different. To unlock the tracks you will have to play the same races over and over, there isn't even a reverse mode. This is a real shame as the genre has lots of potential in VR. Get an Amiga emulator and play supercars II..... you'll have a lot more fun.

I'm giving Gumball Drift a recommendation but with provisions. Please read before you buy and please note I am using the HTC Vive. The premise of the game is simple and exactly what you see in the description. Playing the game however is nothing like the previous arcade racers this is baced upon but more akin to racing radio controlled cars...and it works well to a degree. The usual power ups and earn cash to unlock better cars is there. The tracks whilst basic in some respects are enough to kepp you on your toes. Visually it's basic cartoon style graphics, very much akin to games from 10 years ago but it is rendered brightly and clearly within your VR enviroment and seated or standard gameplay (or both) poses no issues. I could as much sit down to race my cars as I could stand up and walk around my play area. In fact it some cases it was preffrable to stand up and move. My only issue here was that there is no reset view, which whilst not problematic was annoying when you wanted ...