We Meet Again, Bathurst
HIGH California One.
LOW Karting.
WTF Getting an off-track penalty for taking a mandatory pit stop.
Tag: Driving
Grand Theft Auto V Second Opinion
So Close, So Far
HIGH Flying a crop duster into a cargo plane, then riding a jeep out of it.
LOW The frustrating early mission that introduces the wonky drive-by mechanics.
WTF We're escaping a full-on military response by hopping onto a freakin' freight train?
Sleeping Dogs: The Definitive Edition Review
Feet of Clay
HIGH Killing Jiang Shi by attaching spells to their heads.
LOW Losing five hours of progress to a glitchy save file.
WTF There's an achievement for beating someone up with a fish.
Forza Horizon 2 Review
Racing the Sun
HIGH Being allowed to try drifting a hairpin turn over and over again until I get it just right.
LOW Gosh, that photography mode couldn't load slower, could it?
WTF Apparently people leave extremely valuable cars to rot in barns all the time.
Mario Kart 8 Review
One over the eight
HIGH Rainbow Road, which is so beautiful and awe -inspiring that epic songs should be penned about it right now and passed down from generation to generation.
LOW The AI has undoubtedly improved, but it's still immensely irritating at times.
WTF It's a toss up between Luigi's death stare and the blue shell still being a thing. Gyah!
Saints Row IV Third Opinion
In the minority
HIGH Nearly everything unpleasant about The Third is fixed here.
LOW Steelport is still hella gross to look at.
WTF The ending features a scene so hideous I thought I'd gotten the bad ending.
GRID 2 Review
How I tried to stop worrying and love the drift
HIGH Lovely track environments, delicious vehicle handling, intriguing event variety.
LOW Occasionally aggressive AI behavior, unconscionable amount of grind in single-and multi-player.
WTF The single-player campaign's half-hearted mixture of social media bandwagoning and corporate celebration is truly bizarre.
Need for Speed Rivals Review
Like Dogs Chasing Cars
HIGH Narrowly escaping a pursuing squad of police cars and power drifting into the safety of my hideout with hundreds of sounds of speed points under my belt.
LOW For an open world driving game, there are not nearly enough alternative paths and emergent gameplay moments that use the geography.
WTF The non-ironic gritty and serious tone of the "story."
Trials Evolution: Riders of Doom Review
The End of the Road
HIGH More Trials!
LOW The second-to-last Extreme track broke my spirit.
WTF Why does the whole thing skew towards a higher difficulty?
Damnation Review
I Knew It!
HIGH Crossing the vast, sprawling rooftops of Terra Verte.
LOW Limping through a boss battle while painfully low on ammo.
WTF Potted meat factories… For the sick and elderly?