Power Racing Bundle 2

Genre: Compilation / Arcade Racing

Players: 1-4 Competitive (Local Split-Screen)

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Review:

(Note: Multiple games included in this bundle are available in other bundles. Speed Truck Racing is also available in Speedway Bundle Stock & Truck, and WildTrax Racing, is also included in Power Racing Bundle. In addition, all of the contents of this bundle are included in Power Racing Bundle 3, along with Speedway Racing.)

Power Racing Bundle 2, released on Nintendo Switch in 2021, is a Compilation of two Arcade Racing games: Speed Truck Racing and WildTrax Racing, both games also released separately on the Nintendo Switch in 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Here’s what I thought of each of the games in this collection:

Game	Genre	# of Players	Grade
Speed Truck Racing	Arcade Racing	1-4 Competitive (Local Split-Screen)	D+
tl;dr Speed Truck Racing is an Arcade-style Racing game that has players racing trucks on a strange combination of Nascar-style tracks and dirt-covered tracks. This game isn’t without its positive points, and it does make improvements over its predecessor, Speedway Racing, but the core gameplay here is still terribly broken, and this combined with the game’s aggressive checkpoint system sap all the fun out of the experience.
WildTrax Racing	Arcade Racing	1-4 Competitive (Local Split-Screen)	D+
tl;dr WildTrax Racing is an Arcade Racing game where players take 4×4 vehicles out on off-road courses. Unfortunately, the game has a serious lack of content, the single-player gameplay isn’t very compelling, and the multiplayer mode is crippled by horrendous graphical issues. I struggle to see any reason to play this game at all.

Both of these games make use of many of the same art assets, and both games share many of the same flaws. Both games have some good lighting in areas, but suffer from some nasty slowdown and aliasing – WildTrax Racing’s multiplayer is crippled by these graphical flaws, and Speed Truck Racing suffers from them throughout the entire game to a lesser extent. And both games have the same inexplicable use of sound-alike brand logos for companies like “Mechilin”, “Mibol” and “Subawy” (no, I didn’t misspell those) and a strange, cheesy announcer, who says things like “kart your engines”.

Between the two, it’s hard to say which I like more. WildTrax Racing, is the more playable game between the two, but it’s also bland, horribly lacking in content, and the graphical problems leave the multiplayer so broken that it’s nearly unplayable. Meanwhile, Speed Truck Racing is an interesting combination of different types of racing games, but the core gameplay is so broken it makes it a pain to play.

In the end, neither of these games is very good, and bundling them together doesn’t change that, especially considering the bundle in question costs a penny more than buying the games separately. Save your penny… in fact, save all of them, and just don’t buy Power Racing Bundle 2 at all. Neither of the games in this package is worth getting.

tl;dr – Power Racing Bundle 2 is a compilation of Speed Truck Racing and WildTrax Racing, two Arcade Racing games that have a lot of shared art assets, but also both have some terrible framerate issues and game design flaws. There are a few good points here and there, but overall neither of these games is worth getting.

Grade: D+

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This game has been nominated for one or more of eShopperReviews 2021 Game Awards:

Runner-Up: Most Overpriced

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