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Neon Wings: Air Race

While the aerial movement of Neon Wings: Air Race helps this title stand out, its poor implementation hinders its balance when all is said and done.
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37%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
69% User Score Based on 13 reviews
Critic Score 20%Based on 1 reviews

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About Neon Wings: Air Race

Neon Wings: Air Race is a single player and multiplayer arcade racing game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by fubenalvo and was released on May 15, 2021. It received negative reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

Neon Wings is mostly inspired by pod racing games, like Star Wars: Episode I Racer, or a not well-known game called Ballistics. Also, you can find elements from Blur or the Mario Kart games, cause we want some action beside the speed!

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69%Audience ScoreBased on 13 reviews
music3 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • Beautiful and vibrant sci-fi neon visuals with well-designed and diverse tracks.
  • Fun and fast-paced racing gameplay with good sense of speed and responsive controls.
  • Enjoyable progression system with unlockable planes and customization adding depth.
  • Game suffers from occasional severe performance issues and lag spikes on some devices.
  • Control scheme can feel clunky or complex, especially with certain input methods and powerup mechanics.
  • Limited soundtrack variety and lack of additional game modes reduce long-term replayability.

  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music in the game is generally solid and enhances the overall experience, though it may not be particularly memorable. It complements the gameplay and art style well, contributing to a relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere.

    • “I don't know why people aren't playing this, because I just found the best game to play when listening to music and relaxing.”
    • “The artwork, game progression, and music are all incredibly well done and it was a great experience overall.”
    • “Magenta and cyan soaked racer with pretty good controls, solid music and occasionally frustrating gameplay.”

  • graphics

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, -67% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users report severe lag and frame rate drops during gameplay, resulting in slideshow-like performance even at the lowest graphical settings. However, the art style is praised for its unique vaporwave aesthetic, contributing to an overall positive visual experience.

    • “The artwork, game progression, and music are all incredibly well done and it was a great experience overall.”
    • “Think more adult Mario Kart with a vaporwave aesthetic.”
    • “First tournament, race 2: going through the first ring, I experienced a lag spike—not just a drop from 60 fps to 30 fps, but down to 1 fps, turning the game into a slideshow. I died, respawned, and at the second ring, another lag spike caused the same issue. Lowering the graphical settings to minimum had no effect. Restarting the game and replaying the race resulted in the same slideshow lag at the first ring.”
    • “Even with graphics settings lowered to their absolute minimum, severe lag spikes caused gameplay to slow to a slideshow, making the experience frustrating and unplayable.”
    • “The game suffers from extreme performance issues, where frame rates drop drastically during races, greatly impacting the visual smoothness and overall immersion.”

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from poor optimization, resulting in performance issues despite being built on the Unity engine.

    • “It's an unoptimized piece of garbage built on the Unity engine.”

  • gameplay

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The gameplay features vibrant visuals and solid controls paired with a strong soundtrack, though it can sometimes be frustrating.

    • “Magenta and cyan soaked racer with pretty good controls, solid music, and occasionally frustrating gameplay.”
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20%Critics’ scoreBased on 1 critic reviews
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Neon Wings: Air Race is a arcade racing game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Neon Wings: Air Race include free to play, science, driving, 3D, indie and others.

Neon Wings: Air Race is available on PC, Windows and Linux.

Neon Wings: Air Race was released on May 15, 2021.

Neon Wings: Air Race was developed by fubenalvo.

Neon Wings: Air Race has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Neon Wings: Air Race for its music but disliked it for its graphics.

Neon Wings: Air Race is a single player game with multiplayer support.

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