Preview: GTS World Racing for iPhone / iPod touch
August 9, 2008
Filed under: iPod Family, Software, iPhone, App Store
If there’s one company in the world that’s in the business of keeping people happy, it’s Astraware. They’re a UK-based development firm that excels in writing games for handheld devices. In the past, they’ve published games like Bejeweled 2, Cubis, and Zuma for Palm and Windows Mobile, and now they’re entering the iPhone market with a splash.
GTS World Racing is an arcade-style racing game licensed from Pazzazz Games that, like Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, uses the accelerometers in the iPhone / iPod touch for control. Tilting the iPhone left or right steers your automobile, tilting forward accelerates the automobile, and tilting back applies the brakes.
The game provides 64 different track layouts, so you’re not apt to get bored going around the same track again and again. There are 16 different worldwide locations for backdrops, as well as three different vehicle types and four different levels of difficulty (I hate to admit that I’m still stuck at the “Easy” level…). You can also play your own music in the background if you tire of the built-in soundtrack.
This post will be updated when GTS World Racing appears in the App Store at a US$7.99 price. In the interest of full disclosure, the author has had a long-term reviewing relationship with Astraware.
Gallery: GTSWR
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