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Super Pilot

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89%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
89% User Score Based on 124 reviews

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About Super Pilot

Super Pilot is a single player and multiplayer arcade racing game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by dopagames and was released on September 17, 2018. It received positive reviews from players.

Super Pilot is a F-Zero inspired arcade futuristic racer that lets you create, edit and share your tracks in the blink of an eye.Race at ridiculous speeds! Races here are all about skill and speed. No physics simulation, no weapons - just master the boost, the drift, and the extreme speed of your ship through impossible loops and turns. Compete with your friends in split-screen, or against up to 4…

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89%Audience ScoreBased on 124 reviews
gameplay15 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • Excellent and tight controls that capture the fast-paced and challenging feel of classic F-Zero X/GX games.
  • Robust and user-friendly track editor enabling creation, sharing, and playing of numerous custom tracks, greatly extending replayability.
  • Supports up to 48 opponents and local multiplayer split-screen for up to 4 players, providing fun solo and social racing experiences.
  • Limited content in base game with few tracks, vehicles, and no online multiplayer, making it feel incomplete and repetitive currently.
  • Early Access status with slow updates; some bugs, basic graphics, and lack of polish reduce overall presentation quality.
  • Lack of features such as in-game characters, story mode, more diverse environments, advanced mechanics, and better AI balance.

  • gameplay

    44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    34% positive mentions, 59% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its fluid, fast-paced, and skill-based racing mechanics that capture the essence of an F-Zero successor with tight controls and nuanced drifting and boost systems. While some users find the mechanics polished and enjoyable, others note the lack of combat features, limited official content, and occasional issues with new boosting mechanics, expressing a desire for more modes, customization, and advanced gameplay elements. Overall, the core gameplay is solid, simple yet deep, appealing especially to fans of futuristic racing games despite some room for refinement.

    • “The gameplay maintains a "simple yet deep" approach where you don't need to swing out various parts of your ship to make a turn, but mastering the mechanics it does have (drifting and boost management for the most part) will help you significantly.”
    • “The game follows F-Zero’s ideas pretty closely and is a perfected execution of a modern take on the mechanics.”
    • “There's a good deal of innovation in the handling and drift mechanic with a surprising amount of nuance to them.”
    • “Very slow updates and I'm not a fan of the new drifting boost mechanics.”
    • “I'm missing more modes, more ships, tracks, mechanics, a customization editor for your ship and maybe even visual effects (like how your boost looks) or online multiplayer.”
    • “Where the game falters is in the gameplay.”

  • music

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    56% positive mentions, 32% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The music in the game is generally praised for its fitting, upbeat electronic soundtrack and solid integration with gameplay, with many enjoying the inclusion of a custom music importer. While some find the soundtrack decent and occasionally featuring standout tracks, others feel it falls short compared to iconic predecessors and desire a larger, more varied selection. Overall, the music complements the fast-paced aesthetic well, though fans wish for more tracks and greater musical variety.

    • “It's blisteringly fast, with a pleasing aesthetic and a soundtrack that ranges from decent to certified bops.”
    • “Music is good, gameplay is solid and the inclusion of a track-making tool adds longevity to the game.”
    • “I personally think it fits the overall aesthetic and gameplay style (you are not gonna look too closely at anything when you're going almost 2000 km/h most of the time). The music is also very nice and fitting, cool jams no matter where you're at.”
    • “But with cheap music, terrible track design, and slow and wonky input response.”
    • “The style, music, level design and graphics need a lot of improvement.”
    • “Con - music (need more) and loading screen (plain white screen).”

  • graphics

    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally described as simple, flat-shaded, and somewhat washed out with low-quality textures, resulting in a lack of polish and visual depth. While some appreciate the minimalist style as fitting the fast-paced gameplay, many feel it could benefit from more refinement and a distinct art style to enhance appeal. Overall, the visuals serve the game's speed-focused design but leave room for improvement compared to more polished titles.

    • “This game's simple colorful graphics and intense effects make it feel like I was moving at light speed.”
    • “While not as graphically impressive as games like 'Redout,' it captures a much more F-Zero-like feel than Wipeout or similar.”
    • “I have an itch for a certain N64 game, but with better controls and updated graphics, and that is exactly what you gave us.”
    • “The graphics look washed out with grayish tones, textures are low quality; honestly, it's very middling graphically.”
    • “The graphics are also flat-shaded and feel dull, which doesn't help with the feeling of monotony.”
    • “The style, music, level design, and graphics need a lot of improvement.”

  • story

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

    The game lacks a fleshed-out story or campaign mode, with no pilot characters to support one. Players seeking a rich narrative experience may want to wait for the full release.

    • “No, it doesn't have much fleshed out in the sense of campaign or story.”
    • “No story mode (but again, no pilot characters to necessitate or anchor one).”
    • “If you're someone who solely wants a meaty campaign or story mode with tons of tracks and variety, you may wish to wait until full release.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game runs smoothly with no significant performance or frame rate issues, offering tight controls and stable optimization. Users appreciate its seamless experience, enhanced by features like a track editor.

    • “I haven't experienced any performance or frame rate issues, any major bugs, so it runs quite smooth.”
    • “Solid music, tight controls, pretty good music, zero performance issues, it's even got a wonderful track editor that I've been dreaming of since the F-Zero X 64DD expansion never came over to the states.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    Replayability is largely driven by the track editor, which offers potentially limitless content, as the base game includes a limited number of tracks. Players find ongoing value in racing on both official and custom-made tracks.

    • “There are plenty of elements from the franchise in terms of speed, level designs, and more. While I haven't tried it yet, the track editor adds potentially limitless replay value.”
    • “Replay value is mostly found by racing on all the custom tracks you and others have made, as the base game has a limited amount of tracks.”
    • “The limited amount of tracks means that replay value is mostly found by racing on all the custom tracks you and others have made.”

  • monetization

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

    The monetization of Super Pilot is criticized for being overpriced at $13 USD, which players feel is excessive compared to the value offered, especially given the availability of numerous older AAA and free games on Steam.

    • “Super Pilot has a greedy, cash grab price of $13 USD, for which you could easily get any number of older AAA games, let alone the sheer number of free games available on Steam.”
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Super Pilot is a arcade racing game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Super Pilot include time attack, driving, futuristic, indie, fast-paced and others.

Super Pilot is available on PC and Windows.

Super Pilot was released on September 17, 2018.

Super Pilot was developed by dopagames.

Super Pilot has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Super Pilot for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Super Pilot is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Aero GPX, XF Extreme Formula, Victory Heat Rally, Super Indie Karts, BallisticNG and others.