

There are several ways to play Hotshot Racing. And yes, you may well notice that Hotshot Racing is indeed a racing game that combines elements of all my favourite arcade racers from years gone by. But Sumo Digital’s involvement in its development means that it carries a fair amount of OutRun 2 DNA in there - Sumo Digital developed OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, the expanded version of OutRun 2 for home consoles - plus there’s a pretty strong emphasis on drift racing around corners, a la Ridge Racer. Its most obvious inspiration comes from its untextured, low-poly visual style, which is reminiscent of Sega’s classic Virtua Racing. Hotshot Racing is an arcade racer specifically inspired by ’90s classics.
