Rollcage Successor Grip Returns With Sequel, Grip XR

Developer Caged Element has launched a Kickstarter run for its planned Grip: Combat Racing sequel, Grip XR. A demo for the crippled is disposable to download present connected Steam.

A scorchingly accelerated combat racer, Grip: Combat Racing and Grip XR are spiritual successors to the long-defunct Rollcage series.

“Grip XR’s driving is dissimilar different racing games acknowledgment to its big-wheeled, flippable cars that tin thrust connected some sides portion going incredibly fast,” explains Caged Element via the Grip XR Kickstarter. “Cars successful this crippled tin deed speeds of implicit 1000km/h, each portion blazing done twisting tracks with opponents trying to blast them into oblivion.”
“While casual to prime up and play, the car's question mechanics unfastened a wide scope of opportunities to propulsion disconnected precocious maneuvers and stunts. The levels successful this crippled volition promote the craziest usage of the vehicles, and volition person aggregate paths for players to experimentation with.”

A caller mechanic for Grip XR volition beryllium “Crank”, which is described arsenic auxiliary boosters attached to each broadside of your conveyance that tin beryllium activated to flip your car instantly near oregon right, “letting you propulsion disconnected speedy and steezy maneuvers.” Players volition beryllium capable to usage Crank to instantly flip onto walls, scope different surfaces, and boost to shortcuts.

Grip XR volition besides diagnostic an expanded mentation of the Carkour mode from Grip, with level exertion tools.

“We’ve already developed these features for our erstwhile crippled Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks, which has a flexible and easy-to-use level exertion and workshop,” explains the studio. “We’ll beryllium utilizing the aforesaid strategy from that game, but improving and expanding connected it.”

Grip XR volition besides diagnostic an expanded scope of weapons, and promises to code the weaknesses of the archetypal Grip’s tracks.

“We are good alert of determination being issues with Grip’s tracks, and we volition bash our champion to not marque those aforesaid level plan mistakes again,” says Caged Element. “Grip XR’s racetracks volition person amended travel and beryllium little punishing, portion inactive requiring sizeable accomplishment to drive. We’ll beryllium avoiding dead-stop obstacles and falling disconnected the way arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable – unless it’s for higher trouble maps.”

The archetypal Grip: Combat Racing launched successful 2018, aft its ain cancelled Kickstarter run and a consequent stint successful Steam Early Access. The task was calved erstwhile Rollcage enthusiast Chris Mallinson tracked down programmer Robert Baker, a seasoned of the archetypal Rollcage improvement squad astatine Attention to Detail, and pitched gathering a caller crippled inspired by Rollcage.

Rollcage and Rollcage Stage II were released connected PlayStation and PC mode backmost successful 1999 and 2000.

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