Xenon Racer

I just got 100% of the achievements so here are some of my thoughts about the game.
The game feels really good to play. There was a bit of a curve when you begin learning how to control your car properly, and then understanding that each car actually feels different from one another. Eventually you get to the point where you may have a favorite car that you perform the best/feel most comfortable with, and it becomes the main car that you use. It was really satisfying to feel and see myself becoming better with my car each time that I played.
All of the tracks feel pretty different from one another, and I think each track is really interesting, and has their own memorable sections. Once you get to the faster cars, it feels good to really nail corners and having to manage your speed during drifts. You definitely have to kinda learn each track if you want to beat the time trials, though with varying difficulty; I think I remember one of the Nevada variations being particularly tight. I found though that the time trials were still fun because it felt good to smoothly and quickly make your way around the track.
the AI/Difficultly is kinda confusing. Sometimes it feels like the AI are incredibly stupid (Semi-related: watching your own AI car after you win the race bumble around the track and hitting every wall is very entertaining), and other times it feels like they can put insane pressure on you and the only thing you can really do about it is body block them (In the very first racing series, which I hadn't gotten 1st place in til the very last achievement, has one particularly hard AI that I'm sure is there specifically to keep new players from winning immediately). I remember reading somebody commenting on the community pages about how the AI is very easy to overtake in the beginning, but if they overtake you at some point in the race, they're impossible to overtake again. Honestly, I completely agree with this.
Online is basically dead, as far as I can tell. Nobody ever had any lobbies going whenever I played. Luckily, the game lets you make lobbies with AI players, so you can get the required online play achievements, but otherwise I don't think you'll find anybody on. This is less the game's fault and more about how popular the game was and how old it is now (nearly 4 years old now, I think?). I had never even heard of this game before playing it, and it had just caught my eye when steam recommended it to me, and I got it because I like racing games lol. I just kinda wish I could play against other people to really gauge how well others can play and where I would fit into that. Instead, though, I guess my ego will be forever inflated by being able to have beaten all of the game's wacky AI.
---Minor Spoilers Ahead, if you care about that kind of thing---
The final sequence is a cool idea but I think it could've been better. This is really only a nitpick and mostly my opinion. Basically, the final race is against this small airplane/drone kind of thing. The idea is sick to me, but you only get to see this thing at the very beginning when they show you it, and maybe a couple times during the actual "race," since this thing races around the track, taking a longer path than you. I think it could be improved if there was maybe a smaller window somewhere on your screen displaying the drone, or maybe if the minimap for this specific race changed to show the drone and the path that it needed to take, with your track also to scale. In any case, getting ready for the race still felt cool and it was actually a fairly challenging level. It took me a handful of tries and even when I did beat it, it was so close that I didn't realize that I had won.
I'm not sure why I 100% this game, but I thought it was fun. I'm not very hopeful for a sequel, but if that ever came then I'd probably play it.

Fun Arcade game. While the car handling is very sluggish its decent enough to play. Lot of drifting required to properly handle cars.
Pros:
+ Simple to learn
+ Good graphics
+ Good AI
Cons:
- Sluggish handling model
- lack of track variations

Not recommend for casual player
Bot is too strong to beat
The handling is okay but with a map design some of it's hard to control a car to drift pass it without crashing the corner (Unless you're very fast thinking but like I said not recommend for casual player)
But it's fun though (sorry for bad English skill)

Starts out ROUGH! BUT!!!! I do mean BUT, if you use the tools available, like Free Roam mode, and get a feel for both the mechanics and the differences in the cars, IT IS WONDERFUL! I want a SEQUEL with upgraded graphics, the old tracks and a ton of new tracks. The difficulty is the heart and soul the developers put into this title. Underrated! Needs much more attention! Imagine a GT race mixed with Formula one, and street races mixed with nitro but not with Gas, Lithium Batteries that need friction to activate. A ZEN MODE racing game!

Xenon Racer
pros:
//fast game with modern day graphics with easy controls that moves from location A to B to C and so on
cons:
//a lot of difficult races
//AI opponents race at highest difficulty reguardless of difficulty settings
//AI uses rubberbanding so that you can never really get ahead in the races
//AI shoulder blocks you out of the race
//locked race events
//unlocking race events are a grindfest
//good game
Personal Suggested Purchase Price: $0.99 Or Less During Sale

The AI rubberbanding does get a bit out of hand even on easy mode, but I still love the look and feel of this game. Handling wise you just have to get used to it, the drifting is almost Ridge Racer like where you need to let off the gas and press it again, but you also have a handbrake that can be used for those hairpin turns (there are quite a few on the later tracks). Tweaking your car's aero and ERS (boost) are essential if you want to make it out there. Recommended if you can take the time to get familiar with the mechanics.

I paid £1.50 for this and got ten hours of fun out of it so far. I really love this game. It's the next logical step from Ridge Racer 7. Once you understand how the cars handle, it's great fun. I think the game looks amazing on PC, the soundtrack is perfect and the game has an addictive pick up and play quality to it.

Hats of to 3dClouds, they made one of the best arcade racers you can play today.