Riptide GP: Renegade

Great little Arcade Racing game. It's easy to learn but hard to master. Unfortunately online play is kinda very dead so you will have to find some friends who play if you want to race agains real people, or just friend me ;)

Super fun game, especially multiplayer. My remarks are pretty much what all the other people before me commented on. My biggest gripe about playing this game in single player is the difficulty. If you are playing on PC, once you get to the Firewater cop race, just give up. It's a really fun game up until that point. My friends and I have easily spent 10 hours on that one race and, even with the shortcuts and at the easiest setting, the best we've done is come in second (once). What is the point of having a difficulty selection?

Love this. Not overcomplicated; a mix of skill and upgrades; and sooooo satisfying when you zoom past everyone and land a good trick
The original game was one of my favorites, and then the mobile app died. Was so happy to find this.

Keep in mind this is a mobile port.
But it's very well optimised and thoroughly enjoyable on PC.
Def scratches the wave race nostalgia feeling.

I recommend playing on the hardest difficulty because easy and medium are all just easy. The cops are super annoying on the hard and that's what I like about it. One crash will make you instantly restart the race which basically makes the game longer than it actually is. I dont want to finish the story in a couple of hours, so that's why I recommend that. Genuinely fun though

if you have ever played hydro thunder then you know what the game is about
the graphics are great for the era this game was made
the audio is good although somewhat repetitive
where this game fly's is the sheer fun you get racing about in the water stunting
if you love racing and jet-skis you will love this
recommended 9/10
wish modern games were half this .
controllers tested
xbox one perfect
playstation 3 perfect
xinput really good with some small confusions on buttons
steam deck .. totally fantastic runs and plays like a dream

I haven't played a ton of aquatic racing games, and for any that I have, it's been too long to know how they compare to Riptide. What I can say though is that I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's got 10 different transforming watercraft to unlock and upgrade throughout the career mode, and although I wasn't too interested in it, seems offer the player a fair bit of customization. As you level up you will gain money and skill points to upgrade your craft and unlock increasingly stylish tricks to be used in the 4 different event types: Race, Elimination, Slalom, and Freestyle. Each track has a lot of personality, and although you end up playing them multiple times, they never feel stale. What I enjoyed most about this game are the times you get sent soaring into the sky by massive boosts and discovering the shortcuts in each level, which become quite useful during the endgame boss challenges. I should also mention that I played this almost entirely on Steamdeck and it works flawlessly.