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The Drive: Devil's Run is a retro 3D racer that's out right now on iPad and iPhone

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The Drive: Devil's Run is a retro 3D racer that's out right now on iPad and iPhone
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The Drive: Devil's Run is a strange sort of racer that's out right now on the App Store. It's essentially a rally on car-filled roads, most of which happen to be on the edge of cliffs.

You pick one of a number of cel-shaded cars, each representing a different difficulty setting, then pelt along the slightly uninspiring courses, trying to reach checkpoints in set times.

Take a corner slightly wrong, or smash into an oncoming vehicle and you'll write-off your car. You get five cars to finish the run with, and they don't regenerate between checkpoints.

On the lower difficulty settings the game is surprisingly flat, but when you're racing the speedier vehicles it feels like you need to concentrate at every slight bend in the road, avoiding collisions like the plague.

It's an interesting tactic, but if you're looking for a more arcade flavoured experience you'll probably be quite disappointed.

The Drive: Devil's Run is out right now on the App Store, and it'll set you back 69p / 99c to pick it up and give it a go.
Harry Slater
Harry Slater
Harry used to be really good at Snake on the Nokia 5110. Apparently though, digital snake wrangling isn't a proper job, so now he writes words about games instead.