{"id":113276,"date":"2020-05-22T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/hotshot_racing_powerslides_onto_nintendo_switch_next_month"},"modified":"2020-05-22T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T11:45:00","slug":"hotshot-racing-powerslides-onto-nintendo-switch-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/22\/hotshot-racing-powerslides-onto-nintendo-switch-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotshot Racing Powerslides Onto Nintendo Switch Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/948bc082fc879\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/948bc082fc879\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resize\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qce9nk7hkYg?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We reported back in March about how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/heres_how_racing_apex_became_hotshot_racing\"><strong>Racing Apex<\/strong> became <strong>Hotshot Racing<\/strong><\/a>; it&#8217;s been a long twisty road for this eagerly-awaited retro-styled racer to make it over to the Switch, but according to the most recent issue of EDGE magazine, the wait is almost over. It&#8217;s now slated for a June 2020 release.<\/p>\n<p>From Lucky Mountain Games and Sumo Digital (with Curve Digital on publishing duties), <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hotshot_racing\">Hotshot Racing<\/a><\/strong> boasts bright, polygonal visuals and boost-filled drift-style gameplay in a bid to channel classic arcade racers of times gone by. It also promises to achieve a &#8220;silky smooth 60 frames per second&#8221; on every platform \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/hotshot_racing_brings_silky_smooth_60fps_arcade_racing_to_switch_this_spring\">and yes, that includes Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"HSR Ss9\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b3495fae1660a\/hsr-ss9.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b3495fae1660a\/hsr-ss9.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"HSR Ss9\"><\/a><a title=\"HSR Ss7\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/40add62cf2869\/hsr-ss7.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/40add62cf2869\/hsr-ss7.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"HSR Ss7\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"HSR Ss8\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b43c2b99ce09\/hsr-ss8.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b43c2b99ce09\/hsr-ss8.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"HSR Ss8\"><\/a><a title=\"HSR Ss10\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/210b943558ce1\/hsr-ss10.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/210b943558ce1\/hsr-ss10.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"HSR Ss10\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game features eight drivers to choose from, each with their own personalities and cars, as well as 16 tracks and a number of game modes. You can play either alone or in multiplayer \u2013 both online and offline \u2013 including four-player local split-screen co-op.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a traditional Grand Prix mode where you can race on multiple tracks to take gold in a championship, a Time Trial mode, a &#8216;Cops and Robbers&#8217; mode where criminals must evade capture from the police, and a &#8216;Drive or Explode&#8217; mode where players need to race to checkpoints to avoid exploding.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the trailer above and let us know if you are excited about the imminent release of Hotshot Racing with a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] We reported back in March about how Racing Apex became Hotshot Racing; it&#8217;s been a long twisty road for this eagerly-awaited retro-styled racer to make it over to the Switch, but according to the most recent issue of EDGE magazine, the wait is almost over. It&#8217;s now slated for a June 2020 release. 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