XWheels Grandslam (Prototype)

XWheels Grandslam  - - Prototype Demo - - 

About This Game: 

Race into the Chaotic & Ridiculous.

This game is a reflection of the 1990's era super cars and the arcade video games about them. It has meticulously hand drawn tracks with pixel art vehicles to give an overall sense of vitality and beauty. Despite the objective to smash as much as you possibly can while you race overpowered sports machines.

Game Play Video: - Dropbox Link, .mov file. Low Quality -
New Track Added: Montezuma! @ 17/06/2025

Montezuma Gifs:

Irreverent & Makeshift Race Tracks.

Choose from several tracks, with destructible environments such as: shopping centres, national geological treasure caves, farmlands, mining sites, jungle and dirt roads, multiple railway crossings, china shops, active volcanoes and even an Amazoom warehouse.

Driving your Aventora Supercar through a mini-mall with other racers.

An active open-pit mine site.

Underground driving cutaway-view of a crystal cavern being aggressively, toured.

Wide dirt roads with exploding tyre walls (when struck).

Delivery parcel arrived late? Now you know why. Driving through a packaging warehouse was never as fun as it is now.

B - R - A - K - E ! ! ! Or be Slammed! That's 400 tonnes of locomotive and carriages passing through!

Hectic, Frantic, Difficult.

There are 3 levels of difficulty, and 8 tracks (New track just added) to play and unlock. Do note, Gold level will require all your nous, reflexes and ability to drive competently. Or, better yet, 'recklessly, aggressively stupid and diabolically evil'. Draw no quarter, win at any cost!

Levels and Expert Tracks unlock from 'Race Wins' and 'Season Calendar Positions'.

Roots.

A reference to the Game: Supercars 1 & 2 on the Amiga, this could be considered a remake with more hand drawn, hand painted artwork with enhanced destructible environments and increased difficulty.

Overall.

A thrillingly fast, top-down 2d racer that blends lovingly detailed scenery with wanton destruction.

NOTE for Newbies!!

The Car is arcade control, it swivels on it's centre point, It has no reverse gear. If you hit a wall front on, let go of the accelerator (use brakes) and twist.
Practice makes perfect, and if you feel you're not driving well enough, zoom in, it helps a tonne. Good Luck! :D

Special Tips.

Do note: You're racing in the 'most' tricked-out version of the Aventora (highest tier), so it won't handle like a slow, dinky 80's Mazda, it's as powerful as it gets.

[I had to compromise for this prototype. Too slow and everyone is bored, too fast and it's unplayable.]

If you are not used to top-downs, it will take a little while to get your reactions and brain synced up to the rotations and handling. But it will happen. Then, Speed-Fever will set in. Sorry in advance, there is no cure for that. :P

[The real game will have you starting in the stripped out, slowest version, for parts to be equipped.]

Now technical help. Drafting is super enhanced, very, very handy for Gold Level. (Be aware, NPC's will do the same to you.)
Learn to Powerslide/Brake around sharp hairpins, and other tight corners. (Not only does it look cool, it'll cut seconds off your lap time.)
Don't fret if you're in 20th place after 4 laps on Gold Level. When the cars separate out, just wind 'em in.
Always grind NPC's into wall corners, heh!

Bug Issues: (FIXED @ 25/05/2025) If you miss road sections, and/or, re-drive (go reverse-wise) through the starting gate, it will de-register you from the track. Just 'Escape' out.

PLEASE NOTE: It's a Prototype (!)

Special Notes: (Because I'm allowed to write this here, unlike on Steam) :P

Skidding isn't exactly right, you'll notice it more on the volcano level due to slippery plants vs it's hard track surface when not on them. There's no sideways inertia or damping kickback programmed in yet either.

NPC's slide, pop and squeeze due to Godot's rudimentary 2d physics. And unknowingly, evil, evil floats (were used for time storage, so rarely, ‘best times’ are occasionally dropped(inherent bad comparison of floats)). It’s a rabbit hole that will be replaced in the full version.

Some of the remnants of items won't display, due to Godot 'basic graphic' limitations. The Rendering Server is designed to handle that, but, it's lacking comprehensive documentation right now. <- I want this to be perfect in the full game. [My brute-force testing hasn't quite got it right.]

Also: Repair and Upgrade Garage, Destroying Road Objects for Cash, Wheel-Of-Fortune-Mini-Game, Car Purchasing will be added to the Full Game, along with 50 (Planned) super tracks (specially themed). With a few raceway circuits thrown in for good measure. Click the [What’s Coming] button in the game start menu to see the upcoming pictures/functions/cars.

Just be aware, the Full Game will only be produced if there’s a reason to. Wishlists are the guide. If enough people like it, then I’ll commit to it. Good to note, I’m a speed coder and speed artist, so it’ll be done fast to the same standards above. Some might know, I was building a super-scale roguelike, but had to transfer to Godot to make it. This test game above was only for learning, but all the testers got hooked on it (So did I). And well, you know, it’s a bucket of fun to plough through a fully stocked Seven Eleven in a Supercar.

So, have a race, let your favourite rev-head, sports-car, muscle-car and speed-demon friends know. Tell them to wishlist too. :P

And thanks for playing! Rock ON!

Steam Wishlist Link