Redout: Enhanced Edition Review

Redout is a virtual reality anti-gravity racing game developed by 34BigThings srl released September 2016. It was meant to be a tribute to the old games such as Wipeout and Rollcage.

Redout is the effect of negative G-forces on the human body. Redout claims to be the fastest game ever made and because it is in VR get ready for a thrill ride. As the name suggests there is high G-forces involved in this game. Most of the tracks even have full inverted loop where you are upside down and there are many steep inclines and drops as well. As you level up you can change to a faster ship and there are bonus slots available such as magnetism and boost. Two slots in total. This game has very sharp turns and it is easy to hit the walls to damage your shield. Once you get used to the cornering it gets a lot more fun. The game can be played in both multiplayer and single player mode. It can also be played without the use of VR.

The environment is very high detailed. The graphics look good at medium and give the computer a good workout. On extra settings, it looks a bit better, the computer still uses the same resources but it is quite jittery and hard to concentrate on this detail level. The sound track is very good also and the beat goes well with the action. It also supports 5.1 surround sound.

It’s annoying when you are winning that you get hit or hit the wall and explode. Some of the races even warp into other tracks from different courses as part of the one race. Each race can go for age so if you get last place at the end it can make you feel like you don’t want to do it all over again.

It is a little bit difficult to play when you start as you keep hitting the wall and that slows you down. You also should learn the course a bit as it is so fast you need to predict your turns.

If you suffer motion sickness I would not recommend this game. It was played with an Xbox controller for Windows. The recommended specs are a core I5 processor and GTX 960 GPU but for the VR a GTX 1080 GPU still has stutters at the highest detail.

7.7/10