![]() The game aims for 30 frames per second and manages it a reasonable amount of the time without sacrificing too much in the way of detail. For the most part, we’ve been pleasantly surprised at the result, to the extent that we’d say it’s one of the best Switch ‘downscales’ we’ve ever seen (for want of a better phrase). ![]() What’s less obvious is how well all this is carried over to what is, let’s face it, weaker hardware than the game has been ported to in the past. Of course, anyone who’s already played Wreckfest will already know all of this (the modes, not the online tumbleweed). Of course, there’s also online multiplayer too, which mercifully fills the rest of the starting grid with AI bots instead of having you wait forever for a dozen players to join a game that, given the evidence of most Switch racing games that don’t have karts in them, may not have much of an online community. Once you’re done with the single-player Career mode, which gives a healthy selection of races to play through, there’s also regular online tournaments where you get to take on a series of daily and weekly challenges in an attempt to work your way up global leaderboards to earn bonus vehicles and decals. These range from rally-style dirt roads to Destruction Derby-style bowls, to more unique-looking tracks such as Hellride, which consists of two large half-pipe turns with a jump through a flaming ring in the middle. ![]() There’s a generous helping of tracks to choose from too, 45 of the gits to be exact. Racing in a stock car or truck is one thing, but racing in an old clapped-out school bus, a caravan, or even a lawnmower helps to dial up the anarchy factor a notch. That said, there are some fun, quirkier vehicles included to make things even more chaotic than they already are. Making it to the end in one piece is obviously the main aim, but those willing to put the boot in and get involved in the car-crunching action will be the most heavily rewarded (and most heavily injured, probably).Ĭaptured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)ĭon’t expect to encounter any Ferraris or Lamborghinis here – the cars in Wreckfest are a bunch of bangers designed to crumple into pieces at the merest hint of a shunt. Wreckfest consists of a series of race and demolition derby events where smashing into your opponents is very much the order of the day. If you aren’t familiar with the game, the title is a fairly accurate representation of what you can expect to find. ![]() Somehow, the wizards at developer Bugbear have not only managed to get Wreckfest running on the Switch, but it’s easily one of the better-looking racing games on the system and an absolute treat to play. Surely if you’re bringing a game to the Switch when it was already pushing more powerful hardware to its limits, you’re setting yourself up for a broken disaster? When it came to PS4 and Xbox One in 2019, even though it was widely praised, many noted that it suffered from some technical issues and extremely long loading times. On paper, Wreckfest is one of those games that should never really be possible on the Switch, at least not in a sufficiently playable state. ![]()
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