Yes, this game is a bit rough around the edges.
Yes, I don't particularly like Vae Victis.
And, yes, if they do this game right, can change my opinion on this game.

Don't get me wrong, this game still needs a hell of a lot of work before it is deemed play-able by the public. So far now, now that I got it finally working on my computer, it isn't half bad.

However, one gripe I have with this game is optimization. I'm running it on my 3 year old potato laptop, and I had to put all settings on low at 720p. Maybe I just need to get my gaming rig completed.

Track randomization is not bad at all. There was the occasional expirience where the track didn't load right, and left holes in the map and walls on the track itself blocking me from completing a lap. I would like to see options and sliders for track randomization, like complexity, length, height changes, and other variables.

Car handling is not that bad, altough it does need some touch-ups before launch.

All in all, not bad in Early Development, it just needs a bit more work done to it to make it able to play it for the consumer. And for the love of everyone around here, add AI racing. I've delt with Victory and not being able to play with other racers. Keep this game from becoming a ghost town with optional AI racing locally.

7/10 Great concept, great layout, needs some polish.

Certainly one to keep an eye on.

Bear in mind that, at time of writing, there's no multiplayer or online sharing of tracks, one car and no customisation, and so those looking for lots of gamemodes/content may want to hold off for a bit until we discover if the stuff that's yet to be added is any good.

That said, the procedural track generator means that the single player is enjoyable, mostly down to the large variety of tracks that the track generator can give you.

So put it on your wishlist for now until more stuff starts getting added in but, if the stuff to be added is anything like whats in the game at the moment, the £15 the devs are asking for seems more than reasonable

Very arcade like physics but that is not bad in this game. its very early access and it need more content, but its promising and fun.

Still tracks better than Tilke

This is my first review after one race.

i am a big fan of LFS - life for speed. This game has been my favourite racing simulation for years.
Comparing Racecraft to LFS, Racecraft needs the following improvements:

- setup of the car should be changeable
- sound of the car can be improved to be more realistic
- a serious damage model needs to be implemented
- single player with more opponents
- multiplayer with some sort of leaderboard or similar.

But this are things that still ned to be implemented.

Now I come to the apparent pros and cons of the game

+ relatively easy to drive the car
+ till now i could not detect any lagging - even with fullest graphics settings (on a GeForce GTX 970)
- car tends to drift a lot - but with a realistic setup of the car this could be minimized
- controller setup needs to be redone. my logitech gamepad was regognized but i couldnt calibrate it.
+ game didnt crash in the first run.


Improvements that should be done to the unique gameplay:

-the race track generator should be customizable (e.g. length of straights, number of turns, sharpness of turns,
elevations and so on)
- Better calibration of the game controllers and even the keyboard calibration could be tweaked a bit
- Mouse control in the menues is essential.

in the current early access state of the game i would give 4 of 10 points.

I got early access to this game and was playing it in closed Alpha Thank you for letting me participate, this Game has a lot of potential it looks super awesome the devs have been working on it for a while and even without the in menu Mouse Support I am loving it. I do not own a wheel but play it just fine on Xbox 360 controller. I have played a few hours and did a few videos on it while testing my new Gaming Rig because of the settings and rendering capabilities of the game. This is one of those games you want to get early on and play for hours. So far max settings is bringing 120 fps no screen tearing no lagging just perfect game play you can't ask for a better game than this.
don't just load the game up and play it for 5 minutes then do a review saying it's bad.
I will update this review as I go because I haven't played everything on the game because it was just released Today and some of the menu, Graphics and other things may have changed during the closed Alpha, get on it let's play. at the time the video was recorded I was using 2x Windforce GTX 770 4GB video cards (were not in SLI) and only 8GB of ram.
My computer specs
Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151
ASRock Z170 Pro4 LGA 1151 Intel Z170
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000
EVGA GTX 970 4GB Superclocked
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
I know most people don't have Gaming rigs like this and a lot of people may experience some problems but I also have 3 other computers an i5 3570K @4.4GHz which played the game like a Boss 2 GTX 660 in SLI 8GB DDR3 max settings 60 to 70 fps a 3770k @ 3.8 GHz 2 Windforce GTX 770 4GB in SLI 8GB DDR3 max settings 80 to 90 FPS and last i5 6600K @ 3.9GHz Windforce GTX Extreme 970 16GB DDR4 Max settings 100 to 110 FPS
The game plays smooth on all settings and I have spent some time playing around with just about everything I haven't found an issue yet, I really want to keep playing just to see what else it has.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfUpxq0BLOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eu7ndMzNfY 1080P 60fps was recorded with my Current PC
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=637232590

So far so good. Fun game so far graphics ok. We will see how campaign and multiplayer pan out. I have been burnt by two early access games saying they will have multiplayer but multiplayer doesnt work. If multiplayer is as good as the game is now i will be satisfied.

The perfect hotlap game.
New track every day (and personal unlimited track generator in premium version). Procedural generation is surprisingly good.
There's car setup but it's simplified.
Gamepad is playable but best results come with the wheel.

A promising-looking Early Access title. I'd argue that if you just enjoy having a variety of tracks to try your hand at driving, the initial outlay currently provides you with a functional product that you can have a lot of fun with. Here's hoping that development continues and that we wend up with the full featureset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGKxKCcnmFY

Feels great so far and the game does have a really cool concept.
The "endless" content will unfortunately be its achiles heel if they don't put in some more stuff to do.
Racing on randomized tracks is awesome, but unless you are a die hard fan of F1 racing games, this will get boring after a while.

Also... I may not be a great driver, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this game is picky!
Very few of my laps actually counted as valid because if you make the slightest mistake like touching the wall or curb, it's invalid. It's not like it's cheating, you know?

(I got this for free by owning Victory, which I thought was a pretty crappy game. This however feels a lot better in comparison)