Good day!
I love 2d/Outrun style racers and was fianlly looking for new material after OR2006C2C. So after playing your game for a bit I thought to drop some of subjective feedback. I may have gotten a little rusty over the years but I´d say my skill level is average at worst.
I think you did a great job with the overall idea and with a lot of the way you executed it but there are a few things that are just driving me absolutely nuts. Well, I´ll just leave my feedback here...
+very happy about the variety of modes i. g.
+spirit, look and feel generally executed in a great way
+plays well takes advanatage of high refresh screen, fast
+good options menue with great custom options and control manners <3
+ability to customize music
+controls feel just about right
+addictive gameplay loop
+nice police chatter, also police corvette can come at times, fun
+shifting is fun
+many (police) cars are fun
+nice upgrade mechanics with the time thingy
+awesome car engine sounds
+cool weather effects in stages (could be even more/more intense to my taste)
+can run besides paved street at times
Now onto some minor things or some that are almost driving me nuts:
-course design too rough, original outrun has 1 hard corner in map 1, you start out with a few rough ones right away. Not to mention the unfun turn right at the beginning of the 2nd course. Too many 360+ degree turns in game, cannot remember OR had them like that.
-an honest question: Who is supposed to beat career on "INTERMEDIATE"? That is not HARD mode. There are people who love 2d racers with some competition but have NOT played OR for the past 25 years on their arcade. :o You dont need to prove anything by making your game extra hard. To me it´s just frustrating.
-opponent just always cheating ahead of you and if not still rubberbanding ahead at some point! Even if you boost and are at max speed the just riccochet past you. Duh. A perfect start not much worth it thus either.
-regular police just too fast, you dont feel like driving a supersports dream car, instead like a dud the way they always are faster than you UNLESS - they suddenly let you pass. Feel sdouble underwhelming like you are a baby. Give a n actualfair chance to win them . The Corvette can then be the equal challenger, I´m cool with that. Or give option to set police to "cheating" or "slightly more realistic".
-police jumps left and right like in your path until they suddenly let you pass. No fun and lame. Make their reactions more like the player can steer as well.
-police in career (!) seems to never hinder the enemy driver, lame, grant the moment of fiendish joy to have the opponent get some of that medicine too
-the "car stops in front of an obstacle from 320 to 0 in nulltime"- event seems to occur a little too often. I know it was in the original but it should be a rareish occurance if you mess up since it´s not much fun and a harsh punishment.
-the scanning of custom music in the beginning shouldnt take this long imho on a fast pc
-the testarossa clone is like a newbie bait, it just sucks against the Porsche. The f50 seems the easiest car, so it should be the primary selection imho (easy mode).
-testarossa had more nice paintjobs (see online available list)
-959 should be a convertible and have some better paintjobs (as above), model also looks a little too bulky, the original is like a flunder
-Corvette looks a little bulksy imho
-if I drive a 959 and choose female in options it´d be nice not to be a fat pork eating pig :D
-motorcycle sound is really annoying
-sea on a slope in lvl 1?? Nah, just don´t, original didnt have it for a reason
-some stages could have a bit more variety or individual characteristics, it may sound weird but the ancient outrun stage 1 feels somehow more vivid to me than yours but maybe it s just memory failing me.
-not a fan of the turbo mechanic although I like the engine heat management. Would maybe be nice to be able to switch it off for career aswell or design it differently so you dont just need to push every x seconds?
+/- a splitscreen multiplayer would be gorgeous!
+/- a demo or even the ability to record demos would be awesome (but not needed)
+/- maybe add some more 80s/early 90s dream cars (Would love to see Italdesign Cala i. e. but maybe it´s already too new)
I may have missed some things but this is a healthy list already it seems. :)
Thanks for your time and effort, keep up the good work!