The introduction of police changes up the gameplay in some rather major ways. Although Quick Race mode could have been better if it would have allowed players to participate in any event type and even customisable tournaments. While choosing from a selection of skins, riders and hydro jets with later riders and hydro jets having to be unlocked in career mode. Quick Race mode allows players to have a single race on any of the nine tracks against seven A.I. This means that you do not have to enter into them, although there are perks for entering into such extra-hard side quests as they provide unlockable special decals, riders and hydro jets.
Bonus series have optional participation. There are five boss fights as well as twelve bonus series including side quests and further boss fights which are collectively spread throughout the five chapters of the story told within the career mode. Despite the staggering amount of events there are even more beyond that. So, you can therefore reach the end of each series in order to unlock the opening set from the following series of events. With 1 gold star for a third place finish, 2 gold stars for second and 3 gold stars for winning the event to unlock the later events in a career series.
Initially, only the first set of events from the first series are available as you have to earn a gold star to unlock the ability to participate in the next event on the podium. Although a greater amount of sets could increase the total number of single events per series. The first chapter of the story includes two sets of mixed events with each containing 4 single events, while certain sets of events can comprise of less events per set. This includes 14 series of events with a varying amount of events contained within each series. This depends upon which character you chose prior to the tutorial.Ĭareer mode consists of five chapters to the story. The story from the tutorial actually plays a massive part in the purpose of racing throughout the career mode as your character seeks to gain revenge on a rival who has done a deliberate injustice to remove Impact or Poison from their immediate list of competitors.
Poison insists that Krex just does not want to admit that Impact is the better rider to which Krex responds asking for your character to prove it by racing him in an unsanctioned race which could get you both suspended if caught. A competitor known as Krex is telling you that luck played its part in you being on the podium in a recent race event instead of him. Immediately after your selection of character begins a storyline to set up what is essentially an optional tutorial.
Vector Unit’s focus is clearly on racing games as their first game released on July 28th 2010 in the form of Hydro Thunder Hurricane which was followed by Riptide GP in 2011, Shine Runner and Beach Buggy Blitz in 2012, Riptide GP2 releasing initially in 2013 on iOS and Android platforms, Beach Buggy Racing in 2014 followed by Beach Buggy Racing and Riptide GP2 making their home console debuts on PS4 in June 2015, but can Riptide GP: Renegade improve upon the quality of Riptide GP2 to become Vector Unit’s current benchmark?īefore entering into any races, two characters are available for selection including a male character called Impact and a female character referred to as Poison. Vector Unit was founded in December 2007 by Ralf Knoesel and Matt Small with a team comprising of just 4 members including themselves.
Riptide GP: Renegade is a water based racing game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4.