The higher your streak, the more money you earn after winning each event. The aim is to successfully win consecutive races/events. In this mode, you’ll also find time trial events, asking you to complete laps in a particular time limit, and coin events, where you’ll have to collect a target number of coins before the time runs out. These are against a random number of opponents with a random difficulty setting. In this mode, you’re presented with 2 randomly selected races or events to choose from. The first of the new modes in the console version of Warp Drive is the Survival mode. They don’t get any more difficult, but they at least add a bit of variety. There’s a series of other cups in the tournament mode that blend up these 12 races. The last set of 4 are all set off in arid canyons. In one of these tracks, you’ll be driving alongside the wriggling tentacles of a giant squid. The second set are all set in a frozen tundra, each of which comes with a thematic difference. The first 4 tracks are set in an alien forest, like a neon bayou with giant purple mushrooms. The first 3 cups take you on a tour of the 12 tracks in the game, split across 3 biomes. The tournament mode is a collection of races, grouped into various cups. On paper, this triples the amount of content in the game. The game now includes both the Survival and Challenge modes as part of the PS5 version. When Warp Drive originally launched in 2020, it came with just the tournament mode. So long as you don’t get shot with a missile and have to defend yourself, of course. You could use a crystal you’ve got now to speed past the competition, or you could save it and use it to access a short cut later. The branching of the tracks, some of which need those crystals to access, adds another element of strategy. I have to complement the track design in Warp Drive too. There’s a risk vs reward element as you weigh up whether it’s worth going wide on the corner to pick up a crystal or if if by doing so, you’ll lose too much time and have to fight back for your position. These crystals are often found off the racing line. The need for these Warp Crystals to perform most of the powers and abilities adds a strategic element to the racing in Warp Drive. Like a rainbow coloured ghost, you can warp speed right through the pack. What’s unique about this is that your ship also gets that ability to drive through other ships. Hit the Square button and your chosen ship gets a brief speed boost. Lastly, this game’s version of boosts uses these crystals too. The missiles and mines are the same for every racer and can counter one another drop a mine when a missile is tracking you and you’ll throw it off your trail. You also have to expend one of these crystals when using your offensive or defensive weaponry. In fact, these Warp Crystals are used to power many of Warp Drives’ mechanics. These are pick-up’s that are strategically placed all over the tracks. In order to use these Warp Grapple points, you’ll have to have a spare Warp Crystal to hand. In order to move to these other gravitational lanes, you can either drive over glowing strips on the track which will automatically transport you to the destination, or you can make use of Warp Grapple points around each track. You can stop, and you won’t fall to the traditional flooring. Once you’re attached to the roof, wall etc, that’s your new gravitational plane of downward force. Unlike the aforementioned Rollcage, you won’t need to keep up your speed (thus downforce) in order to stay attached to these other racing planes however. The tracks in this game fork out and will have you driving on the floor, walls, ceilings and at all kinds of weird angles thanks to the titular warps. Where does the Rollcage aspect come in? Well, that’s the unique aspect of Warp Drive. That comes alongside drift boosts and weaponry, aspects that could have been lifted directly from Mario Kart. But rather than having that intentionally floaty handling that usually comes as part and parcel of this genre, there’s a level of ease and precision to movement that’s usually resigned for kart racing games. It’s a anti-grav racer – where your racer is floating above the ground. To put it bluntly, Warp Drive is what would happen if WipEout, Rollcage and Mario Kart all got into one of these telepods from the movie The Fly.
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