It might be more than a few years now since Wreckfest was originally released, with myself coming to the game quite late, but overall I found it to be a lot of fun, with the damage and crash mechanics being completely insane, however, behind all the chaos and destruction, the game requires a fair amount of skill if you want to master all the tracks and events.

Wreckfest is by no means a racing simulator in terms of driving level, but you won’t be able to simply ‘Need for Speed’ your way around most of the tracks and drift into the corners and hope to keep your vehicle on the road or dirt. Breaking hard and taking bends with less speed and more precision is unquestionably the most optimal way to navigate the majority of the layouts, which will ultimately give you the best chance of winning and laps times, whilst trying to avoid everyone else crashing into each other or you for position and leaving burnt out wrecks in your path. Choosing the right vehicle depending on the track is also another thing to consider and how you decide to approach each event, however, if you do find yourself struggling you can always adjust the games difficultly, though for the best experience and playthrough I’d recommend having the driving skill on at least normal with the AI set to expert.

The types of vehicles available in Wreckfest range from small mini style cars to mid-range roadster’s right up to full size muscle cars along with vans, truck cabs and school buses and a whole host more beyond that. There are also a lot of outlandish choices as well including a lawnmower, combine harvester and even a sofa car, all of which just adds to the fun. Most of the vehicles have various upgrade options too, with performance enhancements, additional armour and visual customisations. You can also change the balance setup which will affect your acceleration and top speed and corning and strength.

There are a good amount of tracks in the game, with varying tweaks for each location, ranging from pure dirt tracks and street races to a mixture both surfaces and a number of crazy stadium and demolition events as well, but with the rotation of settings and challenges, some of the layouts are used far too often and at times, can become repetitive. For the most part none of this really spoils anything, but with many extra tracks available in the custom events and multiplayer, it’s a shame more of these weren’t utilised for the single player campaign.

Normally when reviewing a game I wouldn’t mention the Steam achievements as generally it’s not my main focus when playing, but Wreckfest only has twenty trophies to unlock and this is the first game I’ve actually achieved a ‘Perfect Game’ rating. Most of the rewards are relatively straight forward to achieve, but I just had to mention the ‘Human Lover’ trophy, which can only be unlocked by winning twenty events in multiplayer. This might sound simple enough to do, but with the host servers that are still active, most of them are absolutely wild, with players driving around the tracks the wrong way, using the most destructive vehicles available and crashing into you, no matter how hard you try to avoid them whilst going for the win. It's all very fun of course and yet can be incredibly frustrating at the same time and attempting to gain this achievement can take a lot of patience, but is well worth it when you finally do.

Wreckfest is such an easy game to get into. The vehicles look fantastic, even when they become bashed up and you wonder how on earth you managed to make it over the finish line with only three wheels remaining and not much left of your bodywork. The track environments are really well designed too, with a high sense of realism and some beautiful lighting effects and the only thing I can say was missing is different types of weather, which certainly would have taken all the mayhem to another level, especially imagining aquaplaning your way across a wet track or skidding over ice and snow. One more thing to mention here is the brilliant soundtrack, containing a collection of alternative rock songs that help to emphasise the complete bedlam and atmosphere of the game.

I had a huge amount of fun and laugh out loud moments with Wreckfest and would definitely rate it highly as one of the best racing games I’ve played, just purely from the entertainment value alone and anyone looking for a driving game that mixes skill (and sometimes luck) along with a lot of chaotic action, this is one I can easily recommend.

8/10

fun game but not many players in asian servers. i enjoy the game as a skillful race and watching the carnage that transpires.

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