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This $9 Indie Racer Does What AAA Won't

BaldSquid

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The modern racing genre abandoned pure arcade adrenaline for 100 hour open world checklists and battle passes. Driving Rogue does the opposite: it pairs the high-speed near-miss chaining of Burnout with the deck-building tension of Balatro.

I looked at the frame pacing, input latency curves, settings menu, and the health-attrition loop to see if this $9 indie is an actual mechanical triumph or just gimmick-heavy rage bait.

#Gaming #DrivingRogue #PCGaming #TechReview #IndieGames #Baldsquid

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20 Comments

@baldsquidgaming Creator 2 weeks ago (edited) Pinned

PSA: Windows Update decided to be helpful and change my monitor's refresh rate without telling me. It goes well beyond 60/120; disregard that complaint.

@driving_rogue 2 weeks ago

We can't hide how we are happy when we see video like this about our game, thank you so much! We are grateful

@noughiphiet 2 weeks ago

Man squid, you have some buttery descriptions in your wording for this game.. instant sub.

@FoxWalker-b6p 2 weeks ago

as a dev love your content, bought this instantly

@victorgustavo4366 11 days ago

This drift remember the classic NFSU2 series

@JeremyPeeples 2 weeks ago

It really does a nice job of blending OG Burnout with Outrun 2-level drifting

@Deetle9 2 weeks ago

finally i can learn to use drifting for more than just to take corners faster

@GrumpyBadger42 2 weeks ago

I hate driving games but man this is very cleverly done. Just one clever design choice after another

@KrsJin 2 weeks ago (edited)

“Launches in yes amounts of speed.”😅

About to pick this up but in a year where we already got Screamer, I feel spoiled.

@ChickenLil790 2 weeks ago

Something to add is also really entertaining, enjoyable to watch. Just watching the gameplay underneath the VoiceOver, the game is very visually pleasing to watch as a viewer as well. and with the mentioned ability to use your own playlist and songs, I could see this being a very vibey stream game for people. Amazingly done dev team pat yourselves on the back!

@flaverraver2231 2 weeks ago

As a short side-note: It does indeed run flawlessly at 60 on the Steam Deck, although I'd recommend limiting it to said 60 as it is able to output around 70-80 which because of its variable nature didn't feel as smooth. Also there were framedrops while customizing a car. Don't know why exactly there but I didn't mind much tbh.

@tonyl9636 2 weeks ago

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Easy buy for me.

@blehbleh8552 2 weeks ago

I only have the demo right now, but I love it so much. I hadn't realized that I had been missing thos kind of racing game, and to put roguelike elements into a racing game is really fun, it make each run feel so different. Some runs I'm constantly regening health cause of a card that says that I gain health when drifting, and others I'm constantly at 10% health cause I got a card that increases my score multiple for every 10% I'm missing.

@justaracer_90 12 days ago

I'm in love with this game! It's fun, it makes you think, it allows you to listen to your favourite music (like Eurobeat 😉 😉), it's inexpensive and it runs smoothly.

I'm tired of open world racing games. This is what I was waiting for without knowing. 💕

@Zeike_NST 12 days ago

Really like the game's aesthetics. For the price i might give it a try

@MilutinŠipčić 2 weeks ago

Peak video 😱

@SmallKiwiTech 2 weeks ago

Your reviews are excellent. TotalBiscuit would be proud.

@wollyram6248 2 weeks ago

When you want to go fast, but your seven year old skoda complains about going up hill in the rain.

@fj06carnone 2 weeks ago

Side note: It's nearly impossible to predict success right now on the videogame industry. When you have THOUSANDS of indie games launches each month, some of them are bound to be winners. AAA studios can't roll the dice with people's livelihoods without some confidence they'll see a return. It's entirely a numbers game right now with the volume of indie games coming out.