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Game #16 Complete! Grand Tour Legends

Throw This Quote On The Back Of The Box: Absolutely one of the two best racing games on the Playdate at the time of this quote.

Final Thoughts: Well, I'm calling it. I managed to get the hammer on the second course but I'm like three seconds off the time to do it on the final track and I have no idea what to do to improve my time since 1) this game hates you and doesn't tell you shit and 2) no one plays this game except like six people on the Discord. That's sort of the problem with the Playdate and the community is so small that outside of the biggest games there aren't a lot of information on them.

I still haven't figured out how to boost. I'm convinced the developer lied to us and it is truly RNG because that's the only thing that makes sense at this point. Cool of them to include one mechanic beyond the standard cranking and to not explain it at all and make it super finicky to pull off.

That's not even my main issue though. There's three tracks here and none of them are that interesting. I don't know exactly how many tracks I need out of a racing game, but I know that number is above three. It is a super simple racing game if that's all you want, but you should be able to get first place on every track within ten minutes. And then another year to get that final trophy on the final track. I am in general not a huge racing game fan, so maybe I'm all wrong here. But I think you need more than three tracks and probably the ability to steer and knowing "how to play the game". That's just me though.

Should You Play It? Nah. It takes ten minutes to finish but you can find better things to do with your ten minutes.

Final Score: Yet another 3. But like a *high* three. And three that can get up on its tippy toes and see a four. I kinda like cranking and this is at least better than the dregs of the Playdate console. Like, it's pretty much a game and I didn't hate it and it isn't as annoying as Lost Your Marbles, for example. I'd give the edge of "way to short a game" to Demon Quest '85 though as that had a lot more charm than this.

Games Completed: 16/118

Game Rankings:
16) Boogie Loops
15) A Joke That's Worth 0.99 Cents
14) Whitewater Wipeout
13) Snak
12) DYG
11) Lost Your Marbles
10) Grand Tour Legends
9) Demon Quest '85
8) Flipper Lifter
7) Questy Chess
6) Echoic Memory
5) Omaze
4) Sasquatchers
3) Casual Birder
2) Pick Pack Pup
1) Crankin's Time Travel Adventure