When injected, it has the effect of speeding up time for your car, accelerating it quickly and bringing the next gear change up much more quickly, so you have to be quick on the latter!Īre these extra factors enough to maintain the excitement? Well, just about. Plus 'nitro', which you can inject into the engine at one point in each race, if you have any. making sure that revs aren't at zero as you launch off the line - for this you're given a throttle control, briefly. In fact, two extra factors which are under your control - there's pumping the engine before the 'off', i.e. That's essentially it, barring a few minor twists and car performance not withstanding. To help you, there's the main tachometer, plus little flag icons that pop up, going green when the revs are just right for the next change. In terms of how to play, there's obviously no steering or even throttle control, it's just a question of tapping 'gear up' at just the right points as your car gathers speed. Loading screens are kept to a minimum (just a couple of seconds) and you can re-try races that you lose, so it's a case of try, try, try again and enjoy the sights, sounds and thrills along the way.
Which sounds too simple for a full game release here, which is why it's dressed up to the nth degree with high resolution, high quality graphics, 3D views, deafening sounds and extra variables, not least nitro packs, pre-race engine revving, varying 'optimum change points', and so on.Īdd it all up and there's an addictive casual game in here - each race only takes about 15 seconds, so if you mess it up then you can be back in again very quickly. Would I prefer to see a Riptide-style commercial/freemium hybrid? Absolutely, but don't dismiss Perfect Shift completely because it's completely free up front.Īnyone who's played Real Racing 3 on another platform will recognise the gameplay mechanic here (in fact, there are freemium similarities to Real Racing 3, which we'll come to later) - this is a drag racing game, similar to the occasional mini game in RR3 - you try to time your gear shifts while travelling a straight line, to make best use of your gearbox and engine.
It would be slightly unfair to lambast Perfect Shift as a cynical money making opportunity for the developers - this is actually what it is, of course, but it's lovingly and glossily done, and with a fair jolt of adrenaline for the player along the way.
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