Price at Time Of Review: £4.50 ($5.50)
Comfort Rating: Green (No Movement)
Genre: Racing
Supported Platforms: Oculus Rift, Rift S
Supported Controllers: Gamepad
Best Playing Position: Standing, Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
Description: Looking for something different in the VR racing genre? Welcome to RC Playground! An all ages game, where you control an RC truck from the viewpoint of the operator holding the controls! Speed your way through racetracks, free roam open areas, and mini-games. Compare your times and rankings with the best online! Look forward to new tracks, explorable areas, and more games to come.
Review: I’m sorry fellow gadget lovers, but here is a cold, hard fact for you. Proper professional fuel powered RC cars might look fun, but they are very difficult to control and you will break them or get sick of having to repair them within a very short space of time. The good news is RC Playground is here to save you an absolute fortune and teach how difficult these ‘toys’ are to control and how best to control them. In this safe virtual environment, you get to play around with some amazing RC trucks and you can do whatever you like to them without fear of them breaking.
Played from the perspective of the radio operator you play using the thumb sticks much as you would in real life. There are a few sandbox modes to flip your truck over ramps and over an obstacle course, some fun mini-games to play and of course some racetracks to test yourself on, with world class race times to compare your feeble attempt against.
A lot of people have said how difficult this game is to control, but here is a news flash for you…it’s you! (Or us players to be exact). You see, this game might have a slight cartoon style graphics about it, but this game is designed to be a realistic portrayal of playing with a real RC truck. Having had one of my own (which sadly I then broke within weeks) I can tell you the controls are very spot on and realistic, they move like a rocket and are difficult to control at first. But give it time and you will get better and you will be able to post better times online. This is the perfect game for anyone considering getting a real RC car or truck. Use this to get used to it, then bumps and scraps in the real world with your own real RC truck might not happen so often. RC simulation has never been so much fun.
