Released less than a month ago, SlotZ Racer has done pretty well, climbing up the stairs of the Top Paid Apps list slowly. The app once reached its peak at number 3, but fell slowly afterwards. As of this writing, SlotZ Racer is currently sitting at position number 26.
Freeverse has just announced some major upgrades to this already great game. Early buyers like me who bought the game at only $0.99 a pop when it was launched gains the most from this upgrade, which brings the version number to 1.1. The file size has also been increased by about 50 percent, most likely due to new graphical additions. Read on to find out more.
Here’s a rundown of the latest additions to SlotZ Racer v1.1:
- Track Manager – new page added to allow easy management of your custom tracks as well as sending tracks via Wi-Fi to a friend
- Scenery Editing – the track editor now allows you to spruce up your track designs with objects like grandstands, hills, bridges, tunnels and many more
- New Camera Modes – plan view, helicopter view, two new moving views and an additional driver’s view
- Shake Feature – shake your device to perform tasks like returning to main menu, starting a quick race and undo track editing
- CPU Opps Factor – it always seemed that the CPU cars will never run off the track, revenge is in order; set how often the computer makes mistake and run off the track
- New Cars – four altogether but with weird names, CitruZ, TypeZ Drift, Mulsane and Vontara XT
- Strict Championship Option – no restarts allowed during any championship races, trophies earned while this mode is active unlocks new car types
- Bridge Height – four new heights for serious falling-off-the-track fun
Besides the major additions outlined above, the game has also been enhanced with about ten minor changes, including whole screen button for single player modes (players no longer need to focus their fingers on the small corner zone) and low-fuel and last lap alerts, all of which greatly enhances playability.
These changes and new additions are definitely welcomed, but sadly to say, I still can’t manage to find out the right way to play this game! Perhaps I suck at racing games, but as I mentioned above, I find it that the computer players never run out of the track no matter how fast they accelerate. The new oops factor setting helps a bit, but I find my own car still running off the track – and more often when compared to the CPU players.
That being said, SlotZ Racer is still a great racing game and should be in every racing game fan’s device. And it just seems that Freeverse tends to add more features into this game quicker than anyone can master them.
Give SlotZ Racer a spin. The game is available from the iTunes Store for $2.99 a copy. Head over and get yours now.
