Acceleration on Switch is tied to ZR and B is reserved for handbraking, but using the latter so often saw me drift out of bounds. This is a major issue in a racer like Electro Ride where the sights are somewhat stunning and you just want to chill back and let them wash over you. Despite dubbing itself as a “Soviet Bloc Arcade Racer” almost every car from the handful available handles very stiffly, and not once during story mode did I feel I had complete control of my vehicle. Problems begin to arise, however, when you get down to the gameplay. Developer Sylwester Osik has done well to create a driving game that doesn’t look like anything else, even depicting locations from his home region of Central Europe (like Berlin, Warsaw and Moscow) as colour-fuelled visions of the future. Touting a vibrant aesthetic that’s perhaps best described as a melding of Blade Runner’s futuristic metropolis and the basic but effective outlines of the light cycles from Disney’s Tron, Electro Ride can be a visual treat for the eyes when you’re able to lose yourself racing amidst a neon-lit cityscape against others. The good news is that Electro Ride has a strong sense of style going for it. It’s just a shame that both these traits will only distract you from the poor vehicle handling and blatant rubber banding for so long.įamiliar sights from European cities like Prague and Berlin are faithfully recreated with a futuristic spin. Games of this ilk always have a tough time standing out due to the long-standing shadow of Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, so it’s a testament to Electro Ride that it attempts to do so using bright, glitzy visuals and a pumping techno soundtrack. You don’t have to look far on the Nintendo eShop to find a myriad of decent arcade racers vying for your digital cash.
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