{"id":118316,"date":"2020-09-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/mini_motor_racing_x"},"modified":"2020-09-20T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T17:00:00","slug":"mini-review-mini-motor-racing-x-a-bite-sized-appetiser-between-rounds-of-mario-kart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/20\/mini-review-mini-motor-racing-x-a-bite-sized-appetiser-between-rounds-of-mario-kart\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Review: Mini Motor Racing X &#8211; A Bite-Sized Appetiser Between Rounds Of Mario Kart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/468d53919e683\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/468d53919e683\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed pictures\" id=\"screenshots\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/108642\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/108642\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Motor Racing X Review - Screenshot 1 of 6\"><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>It takes an awful lot for a racing game to stand out from the crowd these days. With so many options available, from realistic sims like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/grid_autosport\"><strong>GRID Autosport<\/strong><\/a> to, well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart<\/strong><\/a>, there\u2019s pretty much something for everyone. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mini_motor_racing_x\">Mini Motor Racing X<\/a><\/strong> is a fine arcade racer with smooth gameplay and decent graphics, but it just doesn\u2019t do anything to <em>sell<\/em> itself. There\u2019s plenty to sink your teeth into on the surface, but dig a bit deeper and there\u2019s actually very little on offer here that hasn\u2019t been done before.<\/p>\n<p>Taking the approach of a more accessible, simplistic experience, Mini Motor Racing X feels like a bit of a cross between <strong>Micro Machines<\/strong> and Mario Kart, featuring blocky, toy-like vehicles alongside abilities like nitro boost and various weaponry. There are an abundance of tracks to choose from, with some located on tropical beach resorts, and others in African grasslands, complete with giraffes and rhinos. Keeping to the \u2018mini\u2019 theme, these tracks are generally quite short, and so often compensate for this by featuring four or five laps.<\/p>\n<p>The way the vehicles themselves handle is a bit iffy, at least at first. They have an incredibly <em>floaty<\/em> feel to them, and so you need to be careful when taking corners so you don\u2019t oversteer and end up facing the opposite direction. It takes a bit of getting used to, and even then it can be a tad too fiddly for our liking. Weapons take the form of wrenches, rockets and more, and instead of picking them up as you drive around the course, they\u2019re handed out each time you cross the starting line. This often means you\u2019re stuck with no weapons at your disposal if you happen to use them too soon.<\/p>\n<p>The game\u2019s Career mode makes up the bulk of the gameplay in Mini Motor Racing X; you\u2019ll race your way through championships, unlocking more courses along the way, in addition to new vehicles and upgrades. These can then be utilised in the separate Quick Race mode and Arcade mode (which features a mini-game called Bumper Ball, and is essentially the game\u2019s inferior take on Rocket League). If you like collecting new items, you\u2019ll find <em>plenty<\/em> here to be getting on with.<\/p>\n<p>We love a good arcade racing game, and in many ways Mini Motor Racing X delivers thrills in spades; it\u2019s a reasonably fast, responsive experience with loads of vehicles and tracks to try out. Ultimately, though, there\u2019s just nothing here that really stands out; nothing to tear you away from Mario Kart 8 or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rocket_league\">Rocket League<\/a><\/strong>. It\u2019s quite content with being an entertaining alternative, and if you\u2019re happy with that, then you\u2019ll have a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes an awful lot for a racing game to stand out from the crowd these days. With so many options available, from realistic sims like GRID Autosport to, well, Mario Kart, there\u2019s pretty much something for everyone. Mini Motor Racing X is a fine arcade racer with smooth gameplay and decent graphics, but it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}