We don’t often talk about driving games but this one caught my eye – mostly because I like open world games. Ocean City Racing is a open world racing game by
Onur Uça on Windows PC, powered by the Unreal Engine 3 of Batman: Arkham City, Mass Effect and Unreal Tournament fame (just to name a few). This makes the game look fantastic, as does the day/night system and real-time lighting.
The creator wants realism with the driving and he emphasizes that the game has the most detailed and accurate driving physics of any indie game out there, but I didn’t get a chance to see that for myself.
The world itself is a highlight, where you can explore a massive city (and its working subway system) as well as an island which is connected to the bridge with a highway. The game also boasts a realistic pedestrian and traffic system. In free roam mode, you can explore the game world in a car (you can jump in anyone you find, with around fifteen varieties of cars in all) or in a first-person view. Exploring is encouraged as the world is littered with secrets to find and stunts to do.
The game is a more traditional racer in time trial mode, in which you choose from the tracks and try to beat the fastest time by going through checkpoint flares. A racing mode (just plain racing) with “real AI” is being worked on but is not guaranteed in the final version.
All of this is available for 5$ and the game will be released in the last quarter of 2012. Help them out by voting for them on Steam Greenlight or help them reach their funding goal!
Official site: http://www.oceancitygame.com/
Greenlight page: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93449140
Indiegogo: http://www.indiegogo.com/oceancityracing
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