NASCAR: Arcade Rush – Review

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Head to the starting line and rev up your engines, we’re off to a flying start with NASCAR Arcade Rush and it’s time to dive in to the new arcade racer from GameMill entertainment to see if this high-action twist on the American past-time of driving round in circles, makes for an entertaining arcade game for 2023.

NASCAR: Arcade Rush throws us into reimagined NASCAR tracks from the American circuit, with well-known tracks like Daytona, Talladega, Darlington and Kansas, rather than the often-seen norm of oval tracks, each course in Arcade Rush has been upgraded with plenty of twists, turns and boost pads, to ensure a high-speed, all-action race to the finish line.

Heading into the game you’ll get the choice between playing solo or multiplayer, when playing with friends there’s 2-player split screen, or you can head online with up to 12 cars taking to the track.
Playing alone, you’ll have the choice of a quick race, a cup series or time attack, but the meat of the gameplay lies in the 4-race series, where you’ll work to top the leaderboard to gain enough points to unlock the next of 12 series with plenty of other rewards unlocking on your high-speed journey.

On top of the additional twists and turns NASCAR purists won’t be used to seeing, each course is scattered with various boost pads, Blue (and sometimes pink) boosts, will give you a quick burst of speed while passing over them and yellow boost pads partially refill your nitro meter. While speeding around each circuit you can hold the A button to use your nitro for a considerable speed boost, otherwise controls are really straight forward.

After the first few series, you’ll start to encounter tracks with a few jumps and bumps along the road, a quick tap of the boost