Beach Buggy Racing is a decent kart-racer; the driving is fun, the items are bonkers, and you'll likely be playing it for some time. Perhaps enjoyed best in small bursts, and without the expectation of it being a mega-serious racer, the game does offer some easy-to-play fun for both solo players and groups of family or friends. It can't steal Mario...
Beach Buggy Racing2014
Beach Buggy Racing
2014 Vector Unit72Good
Playable on
Available on
- Free
- −60%$3.99
- $9.99
Game modes
- 2–4 players
Details
- Launch
- September 16, 2014
- Developer
- Vector Unit
- Publisher
- Vector Unit
Overview
Drive into an action-packed, surprise-filled world of off-road kart racing mayhem. Race against a field of rival drivers, each with unique personalities and special abilities. Build a collection of crazy powerups, like Dodgeball Frenzy, Fireball, and Oil Slick. Unlock and upgrade a variety of cars, from dune buggies to monster trucks. Test your skills in 6 different game modes on 15 imaginative 3D race tracks, against a pack of tropical-loving rivals with a serious case of road rage! This is the official sequel Beach Buggy Blitz, the free driving game with over 30 Million players worldwide. Fast, furious, fun and FREE, Beach Buggy Racing is a kart-racing island adventure for all ages.
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Reception
Press63
Players88
WorthwhileGreat- OpenCritic63from 10 reviews
It would be easy to take a quick look at Beach Buggy Racing and write it off as shovelware. It's not. It's a surprisingly fun kart racer with lots of single player content and local multiplayer options for four friends.
I would have a difficult time recommending it for the majority of gamers out there.
I actually have some familiarity with this game from the mobile space and I can respect it within that market as being reasonably good. Unfortunately, especially where control and complexity come into play, what works well there is generally pretty mediocre on the dedicated gaming hardware of the Switch where the competition has set the bar far higher....
Beach Buggy Racing is a game for everybody though, I do not consider myself, and MK8 Deluxe, calmly walked past me, but still, every game has a right to exist, and I'm pretty sure in Beach Buggy Racing will play, it is fun, challenging, and in some sense reminiscent of the time when these games played with friends on consoles in the PS2 days, but will...