From the makers of Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Riptide GP2 brings intense
hydro jet racing.
The elegant invitations and notifications allow players to easily connect with their friends to show off
their hydro jet racing skills.»
Price # 8.39 / $ 9.99 Description: Riptide GP: Renegade drops players into a futuristic world of illicit
hydro jet racing, where armored riders kick out death - defying stunts over massive waterfalls, outrun cops, and boost at breakneck speeds across surging waves.
From Vector Unit, the makers of Hydro Thunder Hurricane, comes a port of the popular Steam and mobile rocket - powered
hydro jet racing game, Rip Tide GP2.
Not exact matches
This, along with the fact that you can use any
hydro jet in any
race, makes the progression system quite unbalanced.
Basically, you
race around on a rocket - powered
hydro jet while performing tricks to fill your boost gauge.
The player starts out riding the Switchblade which is provided by a friend to enable your character to start
racing again before powering to the podium and victories to earn enough cash to upgrade each of the four attributes for a higher level performance for your
hydro jets, while the further 8
hydro jets are unlocked by beating bosses at the end of each series within the career mode.
Upgrades will be required to win particular
races as you progress further through each type of event; for instance you may earn a podium position with a third place finish, therefore resulting in having to upgrade your
hydro jet to an entirely higher level of quality in order to improve your performance to gain the
race win.
The replayability stems from many areas such as an extensive career mode which implements a rivalry driven story across 9 tracks and 4 event types as well as a Challenge mode which provides competitive online leaderboards through
racing against the lap times of PSN friends across all 9 tracks, earning gold stars to unlock new career events, earning in - game currency to purchase new
hydro jet upgrades, earning enough XP to level up in order to earn skill points to learn new abilities and stunts, alongside entertaining split - screen multiplayer for up to 4 players as well as one of the most entertaining and thrilling online multiplayer experiences in quite some time for up to 8 players which will collectively have players returning for an extensive period of time.
It is important to have a balance between the attributes as you attempt to keep your
hydro jet from receiving a heavy landing from a wave by not carrying enough speed to ride the waves properly or scraping the barriers from carrying too much speed through a corner which are potential scenarios which could arise and significantly reduce your chances of winning the
race, although the handling feels appropriate for the pace of the
hydro jet for as long as the handling is equally upgraded.
You can earn cash by finishing
races as high as possible which is vital as the cash is used to purchase upgrades for your
hydro jets to improve a certain element of performance such as increased acceleration, top speed, handling and boost with the upgrades being more expensive as you progress through the quality of
hydro jet upgrades.
Players begin with a basic
hydro jet to
race with, which is good enough to win the first few
races and then earn some quick cash to put towards the purchase of options like top speed, acceleration, and boost.
Both online modes provide players with a selection from 11 skins, 9 riders and 9
hydro jets with later riders and
hydro jets having to be unlocked in career mode as well as a continuous run of consecutive
races including a points system resulting in a tournament for as long as players want to participate; accompanied by a fluent method of track selection in which three tracks are randomly selected for players to vote for their preferred track, although if no players vote or if the tracks receive the same number of votes, then one of those tracks will be selected at random.
There are three difficulty levels including rookie, pro and elite with each step up in difficulty level resulting in a faster
race pace from fast for rookie to faster for pro and even fastest for elite which applies to the quick
race and local multiplayer game modes, although the career mode definitely has a noticeable difficulty curve that gradually incrementally increases after every few events which is balanced by upgrades made to the
hydro jet and learning new skills to improve maximum potential of your own
race pace.
For instance you may earn a podium position with a third place finish, therefore resulting in having to upgrade your
hydro jet to an entirely higher level of quality in order to improve your performance to gain the
race win.
There are some easier trophies including the Racer bronze trophy for winning your first
race event; the Stunter bronze trophy for winning your first freestyle event; the Start the Hunt bronze trophy for finding one Easter egg; and the Mechanic bronze trophy for upgrading any
hydro jet to its maximum potential.
Riptide GP: Renegade's replayability stems from many areas such as an extensive career mode which implements a rivalry driven story across 9 tracks and 4 event types as well as a Challenge mode which provides competitive online leaderboards through
racing against the lap times of PSN friends across all 9 tracks, earning gold stars to unlock new career events, earning in - game currency to purchase new
hydro jet upgrades, earning enough XP to level up in order to earn skill points to learn new abilities and stunts, alongside entertaining split - screen multiplayer for up to 4 players as well as one of the most entertaining and thrilling online multiplayer experiences in quite some time for up to 8 players which will collectively have players returning for an extensive period of time.
There are a variety of
hydro jets with their own attributes, customisable colour schemes and riders, although the number of A.I. controlled
hydro jets can not be reduced, it is not possible to have a single
race without entering into a tournament, there are no elimination or freestyle events and the amount of laps can not be increased manually.
Level up your rider and learn new stunts, compete in dozens of events, earn cash to customize your
hydro jet and rider, become a
racing legend.
You can
race up to 9
hydro jets, perform stunts, play through a career mode and go online to challenge your friends.