Review: Redout: Lightspeed Edition (PlayStation 4)

Redout is pure Anti Gravity racing, a tribute to the classic arcade racing monsters. It’s designed to be an uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying driving experience, soaked in that vertigo that stands at the core of the genre.

Pros:

• Stunning 4K graphics.
• 7.13GB Download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Comes with all the previous DLC-Mars, Neptune and V.E.R.T.E.X packs which are new tracks, Liveries, Teams and events.
• Wipeout influenced gameplay. It is a fast as hell hi tech anti grav racing game.
• PS4 Pro support-HDR, Temporal AA and all graphic settings set to epic.
• 5.1 positional audio.
• Banging soundtrack from trance to drum and bass.
• Three difficulties-Rookie, Redout and veteran.
• Three controller layouts- Arcade, Classic and Redout.
• Four modes- Career, Quick race, Splitscreen and online.
• Measurement- Imperial or metric.
• Career- Play through the leagues, Earning EXP and cash. Level up to unlock new teams and ships and not forgetting powerups.
• Contracts-Random side missions to earn bonus EXP and cash.
• Full online leaderboard.
• Bronze, Silver and gold medals awarded based off time.
• Five views- Cockpit, bumper, far, behind and bonnet.
• Powerups- Active and passive. They add things like spped boost, Siphon energy off nearby ships or respawn faster. Can swap them out at will.
• Fastest racing game I have ever played. Makes Wipeout look like Mario Kart.
• Performance- Despite the speed, The game maintains a solid frame rate and keeps the detail level high and levels looks gorgeous.
• Race types-Time attack, pure time attack, speed, survival, instagib, race, pure race, arena race, last man standing, score and boss.
• Online-Join, host and search. Supports 6 players online and you can do boss, race and pure race game types. Laps 2-8.
• Seven race loactions with five events in each. Cairo, Alaska, Abruzzo, volcano, europa, neptune and vertex.
• Slick easy to read UI both in the menu and the HUD.
• Fast loading times.
• Tight responsive controls.
• 100’s of liveries to unlock and use.
• PSVR support is coming in the future.
• Racing involves strafing around corners and managing your ship position. You need to counter attack scraping your ship on the floor to maintain speed.
• Tracks have crazy corners and loop the loop and massive jumps.

Cons:

• No seperate pro settings.
• Slight learning curve for the controls as in the turning and countering the ground.
• Can only play unlocked tracks online.
• No straight up weapon warfare modes like Wipeout.
• Very easy to go off track.
• AI can still be punishing at times.
• No tutorial.
• Only 6 player online instead of 12 on the PC.