Lightfield HYPER Edition

Lightfield is true zero-grav racing! I have not gotten too crazy with wall snapping but I am sure speed runners will go crazy with the mechanic.
The highlights for me are the atmosphere and large decision space when racing. Most racing games give players few things to do besides "point straight and hit the speed boosts". Meanwhile Lightfield's drifting and snapping mean my brain is always considering what to do in the moment.
Atmosphere wise everything reminds me of Metroid Prime DS thanks to the music track. From the visuals I was expecting Tron but I like this “cold dead of space” feel much more.

This game is overall awesome, 92/100
Pros:
Easy to learn
Hard to master
Great music
Map design and art style is amazing
No major glitches
Online AND *local* multiplayer
A great game for parties
Cons:
Not enough music tracks
Some of the "hyper medals" are too easy
Needs a few more maps
Great game, I suggest you try it out :)

While it’s fair to compare Lightfield to other famous names in the genre, like F-zero and Wipeout, this game really stands out on its own, bringing some fresh air to the genre with its original mechanics and beautiful aesthetics.
The core of Lightfield is the snapping and tricks mechanics. You need to snap to a surface to achieve the highest speed, and perform tricks during your run, like 360s and barrel rolls, what results in small boost that builds up your speed, and also feel really rewarding. Mastering the tricks is a must if you want the top spots on the board (the tutorial totally skips tricks, so look for them in the menu, trickbook and controls to get started). The tracks are complex and interactive, inviting to experimentation and to try new paths during your sessions. But beware missing a turn or messing a trick can be very punishing and disorienting, sometimes forcing you to reset your position besides losing precious seconds.
The game offers a decent amount of content to keep you busy for way more than a couple hours. There are a few hand crafted tracks (and mirrored night versions) that increase in difficulty as your progress through the game, each of those has the classics time trial and race modes, and an exploration mode with stars to collect and treasures to find, for a more chill, relaxed experience. The game also features a campaign with a series of challenges involving different skills for medals, speed settings so you can play from super slo-mo to hyper fast speeds, and a photo mode.
If you are looking solely for multiplayer, I think you’ll be disappointed. Despite the local multiplayer offering all single player options, with up to 4 players sharing the screen, online gives you only race mode (you can explore if you want, but there will always be a lap counter, a timer running and no stars to collect), against 1-5 other players and it’s bonded to the track you are playing, which means if you wanna change tracks you have to quit the session, change it and then look for a new match. The seems to work fine if you have online friends to play with you, but with very limited options compared to playing locally.
Time trial and race feel very similar. In the first one you compete for the fastest time on a single lap, and the second one for 3 laps. The local race mode has difficulty settings, so you can race against ghosts/bots closer to your skill, and sometimes your own ghosts. In the time trial shows the other players ghosts closest to your time, as well as your own, which is a lot more interesting in my opinion. Your times on the race mode are erased after you quit the game, but your fastest time trial ghost is saved to haunt you and other players in future sessions.
The visuals in my opinion are impressive, very nifty and colorful, with environments way bigger than the tracks alone, hinting to possible new tracks or redesigns sharing the same scenes in the future. The soundtrack is on point, working nicely with the fast pace of the timed modes, and changing accordingly for the relaxed moments.
There is still a lot of room for improvement in the game, and I’m hinting to the multiplayer component and/or the ghost system (add other player’s ghosts to the local race mode for a pseudo-multiplayer experience, drawing tips from Forza games and Trackmania, for example), and Steam Workshop Support to add more variety and community content to the mix.
Overall, the gameplay is solid, with no significant barriers/bugs, well designed mechanics and simple controls. It’s fun right from the start, but it really rewards experience and hard work in the end. So if you are into sci-fi, zero-gravity racing, this game is definitely a fair pick, offering a lot of stuff to challenge yourself with. But you might run short if you really want online multiplayer, being safer to wait for a discount or a few updates in this case.

Lightfield HYPER Edition is a pretty slick sci-fi racing game with extra exploration and collection modes. The game has local multiplayer as well as online multiplayer but you will probably need to find someone through their discord to get a game going. I was never able to get into a multiplayer game just at random times of the day. The local multiplayer can be up to 4 player split screen so that's pretty cool too.
There's a good amount of things to do in this with all the racing, the time trials, collection mode and possible multiplayer. Another thing is a nice campaign of sorts that also helps improve your racing skills by testing various techniques. The gameplay is really nice and slick, you snap to surfaces when racing to go full speed and the way it does the snaping feels really good. You'll auto rotate towards the surface so you can land on it and keep your speed going. You can get bonuses to xp and speed by pulling off various tricks while racing and connecting them similar to when you are playing Tony Hawk and grinding the rails. I found it hard to figure out what tricks I was doing or how to really pull them off well because of the control style, you have to manually do the tricks rather than hold a button and doing a combination. After a while I got the hang of it but I still kind of wish there was a bit more, maybe their could also be button + control style combos or tricks. It just feels a little lacking at times and many of the buttons are not used (I played with an Xbox 360 PC Controller).
The visuals in this game are awesome. The levels feel like something sci-fi or futuristic and the music fits perfectly with the look of the game with the neon bike streaks and awesome color combos. The race tracks were pretty well put together with a couple that were really nice and doing the exploration parts of this game where you have the whole level to go looking for collectibles or following an indicator to find the triangles is a really nice way to relax between races because they get pretty intense. There are 5 different game speeds you can play at, I found the normal to be alright, slower was pretty neat because you can land tricks easier and the slow-mo mode at first I thought was terrible but soon thought was awesome just because it looks so cool doing the moves and stuff. The two modes faster then normal are a bit too crazy for me, I don't know how anyone can pull that stuff off.
This is a decent game for sure. At first I was a bit confused by how the racing worked but soon figured it out and the more I played the more I enjoyed the game. I would definately recommend a controller with this game, the analog stick makes everything feel natural. You probably won't find much in the way of multiplayer unless you put in some effort trying to schedule games through discord or get the game with a friend or two. There's always local multi-player as well.

If you're into fast paced, futuristic racing games, then this is the game for you! They take a unique concept for a racing game and make it really fun! It has very simple controls, but very difficult to master. That is what makes the game so fun, you can always improve. The style and artwork of the game is beautiful too! Not really a fan of the music, so I just play my own. If you're looking to support some awesome indie devs and take part in a fun, unique style, racing game, then give this a go!

It’s an amazing game. I’m 55 y/o, and I enjoy this game very much. It sharpens one’s senses.
I recommend this game.

This is the gud stuff! Seriously, I'm not even a fan of the genre and was blackmailed into testing this game, but Lightfield has a unique blend of fantastic worlds, easy controls, smooth sound and great overall experience. I wish there was more open world style missions, but all in all it's a really great game.