CarX Street

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CarX Street is a single player and multiplayer casual racing game. It was developed by CarX Technologies and was released on June 18, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

CarX Street is an open-world racing game featuring both single-player and multiplayer modes, where players conquer diverse terrains and streets while customizing cars with advanced physics-based tuning. It offers thrilling races with spectacular gameplay and excellent graphics, combined with a compelling story set in the underground racing scene of Sunset City. Despite its immersive experience, the game involves significant grinding and occasional bugs.

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Audience ScoreBased on 1,762 reviews

graphics337 positive mentions

stability75 negative mentions

The game features stunning graphics and realistic physics, providing an immersive racing experience.
The open-world environment allows for exploration and a variety of racing activities, reminiscent of classic racing games.
Customization options for cars are extensive, allowing players to personalize their vehicles to a great extent.

The game suffers from significant optimization issues, leading to frequent lag and crashes even on high-end devices.
AI opponents are overly aggressive and can disrupt gameplay by ramming into players, making races frustrating.
Earning in-game currency is challenging, with low rewards for races and high costs for upgrades, leading to a grindy experience.

graphics
725 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics in "CarX Street" are widely praised for their stunning realism and detail, often compared to console-quality visuals. However, many players report significant optimization issues, leading to lag and frame rate drops even on high-end devices, which detracts from the overall experience. While the game showcases impressive graphics, the performance inconsistencies and frequent glitches highlight a need for better optimization across various devices.
- “The game offers a fantastic blend of stunning graphics, realistic physics, and a wide variety of cars to choose from, providing an immersive and thrilling racing experience.”
- “The graphics are stunningly realistic, making you feel like you're truly on the track.”
- “With its stunning visuals, expansive world, and realistic gameplay, CarX Street sets a new standard for mobile racing games.”
- “The game has no optimization whatsoever as it shows only 25-37 fps on lowest graphics settings.”
- “Even on the lowest graphics it runs horribly, the map can't even load properly (and my phone can run genshin impact on max at 60fps).”
- “The major letdown is how laggy the game is even with graphics and resolution down real low.”
optimization
372 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The optimization of the game has received widespread criticism, with many players reporting significant performance issues across various devices, particularly on Android. While some updates have improved stability and frame rates for certain users, many still experience lag, stuttering, and crashes, especially in densely populated areas or on lower-end devices. Overall, the game shows great potential but requires substantial optimization to ensure a smoother and more enjoyable experience for all players.
- “The game has been further optimized and is now somewhat playable (30fps).”
- “When the optimization is fixed, this will easily be the best racing game on mobile.”
- “This game is perfectly optimized for iOS devices.”
- “The optimization in the game is just straight up horrible, randomly crashes even though I got a good phone.”
- “The game is very beautiful, but the game needs some modifications, such as lag while playing, and optimization for weak devices.”
- “The performance is so bad! Turned all of the settings to minimum/off and the performance is still complete garbage.”
gameplay
151 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of CarX Street is generally praised for its stunning graphics, realistic physics, and immersive mechanics, providing a console-like experience on mobile devices. However, many players report significant optimization issues, including lag, frame drops, and overheating, which detract from the overall experience. While the driving mechanics and customization options are well-received, there are calls for improvements in game balance, AI behavior, and the addition of multiplayer features to enhance the gameplay further.
- “With its stunning visuals, expansive world, and realistic gameplay, CarX Street sets a new standard for mobile racing games.”
- “The graphics, the sound effects, and the gameplay along the storyline are amazing.”
- “This game has fantastic and excellent graphics and gameplay with a variety of cars.”
- “Gameplay is total worst, fix the gameplay control like Racing Master.”
- “When playing this game, it's hard not to notice the significant lag that occurs during gameplay.”
- “The gameplay is decent, it is definitely alike to what they have shown prior to release, though a mobile release is definitely not the best decision.”
story
105 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story aspect is generally perceived as lacking depth and engagement, with many players noting a minimal narrative and repetitive missions. While the graphics and gameplay mechanics receive praise, the absence of a compelling storyline and diverse mission types detracts from the overall experience, leading to feelings of monotony and frustration among players. Suggestions for improvement include adding more narrative elements, side missions, and optimizing the game to enhance player engagement.
- “The graphics, the sound effects, and the gameplay along the storyline are amazing.”
- “I really like the story and the cars.”
- “This game is better than CarX Drift Racing 2; it has multiplayer and story mode free roam and anything you want. Thank you, CarX Technologies, for making this game; I love it.”
- “There's just nothing engaging about this game, there's no story; I sense that the devs are trying to use the grind to keep us playing.”
- “As someone who gave 2 stars for this game a year ago, I looked at the reviews and thought of trying it again, and so I did. Now all those lagging and overheating that my phone used to face are way better, but I still gave them 3 stars because the contents are repetitive; there is not much storytelling over cutscenes and AI must also be improved.”
- “The game is okay... graphics and story mode... all other stuff... but devs, the optimization of the game is trash.”
stability
77 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent glitches, crashes, and frame rate drops, which detract from the overall experience. Many players report that the game is poorly optimized, leading to performance problems even on high-end devices. While the graphics and gameplay have potential, the persistent bugs and lack of stability have resulted in frustration among users, with calls for urgent fixes from the developers.
- “Once this game is optimized and bug-free, I guarantee this will be the best game made for mobile ever.”
- “The game is very buggy and full of glitches; it is not compatible with Android 14. Please fix it, dear developers. Thank you.”
- “The game often freezes for several seconds, causing frustration and hindering the overall experience.”
- “It crashes frequently, glitches out while rendering, and stutters when racing at high speed.”
grinding
42 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is widely criticized for its excessive grinding, with players noting that earning currency and upgrading cars requires an unreasonable amount of time and effort, often leading to frustration. Many feel that the progression system is poorly designed, making it difficult for casual players to enjoy the game without investing significant hours. While some appreciate the game's overall fun and graphics, the grinding aspect is a major drawback that detracts from the experience.
- “It's not too grindy.”
- “The grinding feels rewarding and keeps me engaged.”
- “I appreciate how the grind leads to meaningful progression.”
- “Grinding in this game is slow and a hassle; I'm not doing it all over again.”
- “They give you so little currency from races that you won't be able to make any progress without hours of grinding.”
- “The game is too grindy.”
monetization
25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization strategy in the game has received significant criticism for its excessive reliance on microtransactions and high in-game purchase prices, which many players find to be predatory and frustrating. Users report that progress is heavily gated behind these purchases, leading to a slow and tedious gameplay experience without spending money. Additionally, the presence of numerous ads further detracts from the overall enjoyment, making the game feel like a cash grab rather than a balanced free-to-play experience.
- “No ads, works perfectly.”
- “Prices for in-app purchases are very high for this type of game.”
- “Waayyyyy too many microtransactions.”
- “The only people who have anything in this game have emptied their wallets on in-app purchases.”
- “If you value your time, don't download it; the whole game is spent on in-app purchases, otherwise you won't be able to finish the game in the right time.”
music
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is generally well-received, with many players enjoying the tracks and the overall atmosphere it creates. However, there are frequent requests for improvements, such as the ability to change music, add new radio stations, and enhance sound quality, as some users report low volume levels and low-quality tracks. Additionally, technical issues like glitches and performance problems detract from the overall experience, impacting how players engage with the music.
- “Drifting is really fun and the music is quite neat; some tracks are peak.”
- “I personally love this game, it looks great, has some nice music, everything.”
- “Stunning graphics, music, and maps.”
- “But I do wish for a better economy with less grinding and a way to change the music being played, maybe even new radio stations aside from Street Beat.”
- “The game has a lot of glitches (sometimes the textures do not load leaving the sky visible through the road) and the songs in the game are low quality (not that the songs aren't good).”
- “The only things holding it back are the lack of optimization and the generic-sounding music.”
emotional
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional aspect of the game is largely overshadowed by technical issues, such as control malfunctions and frequent crashes, which detract from the overall experience. Players express frustration with the game's mechanics and suggest improvements, indicating a lack of engagement with the storyline and emotional depth. Overall, the game seems to struggle in delivering a compelling emotional experience due to these persistent problems.
- “If you enjoy long games with a boring storyline, then this is the game for you.”
humor
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the humor in the game largely stems from its quirky NPCs and amusing glitches, which often lead to unexpected and funny moments during gameplay. The contrast between the game's serious racing elements and the lighthearted, sometimes frustrating interactions adds to its charm, making it an entertaining experience despite technical issues. Overall, the humor is a significant draw, enhancing the enjoyment of the game.
- “I love the NPCs in this game because they're so funny, random, and sometimes make you feel annoyed, especially when you race against the computer but that's a challenge for me, which is good.”
- “It's funny when the finishing line is in front of you and then all you can see is just your home screen.”
- “Playing on a 12GB RAM Android device and still lagging on low graphics... funny game I play Genshin Impact, a 30GB size game, with no lag, and this 4GB size game is lagging hahahahahahahaa...”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere of the game is generally praised for its engaging sound design and music, contributing to an immersive experience. However, many users report significant performance issues, including lag and frame rate drops, which detract from the overall enjoyment and immersion. Optimizations are needed to enhance the atmosphere, especially on lower-end devices.
- “This is a very ambitious project, I'm in love with the gameplay and atmosphere.”
- “The game is very awesome; I like it so much! I love the sound of the cars, the music, and the atmosphere.”
- “But the only thing is to make the game playable at maximum or better graphics on low-end devices, because it still lags, which destroys the atmosphere of gaming.”
- “This is a very ambitious project. I'm in love with the gameplay and atmosphere, and I know that the game is still under development, but it really needs tons of optimizations. I have a high-end phone that struggles a lot to sustain 22 fps gameplay; the frames drop to around 15 fps, and 5 minutes of gameplay are enough to overheat my phone to 46°C on the lowest graphics setting.”
- “But the only thing that makes the game playable at maximum or better graphics on low-end devices is that it still lags, which destroys the atmosphere of gaming.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Reviewers appreciate the efforts of the development team to enhance the game's replayability, indicating that it offers enjoyable experiences that encourage players to return.