![]() ![]() These are internal loot boxes nothing to buy or pay to win. You’ll frequently earn loot crates you can smash to unlock these cosmetic rewards. ![]() The car and player graphics are just as good, and Onrush has a huge library of cosmetic upgrades for wardrobe, car skins, tombstone graphics when you crash, and even UI upgrades like profile banners. The game visuals are exceptional with 12 fantastic track designs complete with branching paths and hidden jumps and shortcuts. The HDR support for Onrush is gorgeous, adding extra realism to the environmental lighting. Personally, I feel the game plays much better at a smooth 60fps, which the Pro can deliver at 1080p (900p on standard PS4), but if you’d rather have higher resolution then prepare for 30fps on the 4K Pro or 1080p on a standard PS4. Onrush has some great scaling capabilities depending on your type of PS4 as well as your preference of framerate versus resolution. There are still no finish lines, and the only way to win is to expel the most boost, which means lots of jumps, takedowns, and insane driving. For those looking for a traditional racing experience, Overdrive is as close as it comes. ![]() This mode creates a unique balance of cars on the field that is constantly changing and creates some suspenseful moments if you can manage to stay on your bike while the opposing team has switched to cars or trucks. Switch is another great and highly original race mode where you race on a bike, car, then truck, racing until you wreck then switching to the next stronger vehicle. It’s a really cool high-speed game of tug-o-war. The more cars you have in the zone the faster you can capture it, but if enemy cars are also in the circle it can slow or even switch to the other team’s capture, forcing you to try to knock cars out of the circle or take them down entirely. Lockdown is one of the more ingenious modes and has you trying to capture a moving circular zone. One type will have you simply racing through checkpoints to add precious seconds to the timer to keep the race alive – the first team to run out of time loses. There are numerous race types, each explored in-depth throughout the solo campaign that will prep you for online multiplayer. Again, with no finish line, winning races is all about interaction and if you fall too far behind the pack the game will warn you to catch up and then teleport you back into the carnage if you don’t. For the most part, the bots in Onrush are pretty good despite the obvious and intentional rubber banding built into the game to keep all the racers within competitive combat range. While primarily a multiplayer game, Onrush has a substantial single-player component comprised of six themed events, each with 5-10 races per event with each race also having specific and optional Match Challenge goals that award you with bonus XP and other loot. ![]() All the while your Rush Ultimate percentage counter is ticking up, and when it hits 100% you can press triangle to unleash all sorts of cool class-specific attacks and abilities. Mashing the X button kicks in the boosters for extra speed, but since winning isn’t about placing first you need to use that speed to catch-up to and attack other vehicles. To earn boost you must catch big air off the jumps, takedown opponents, smash into the ghostly gray fodder vehicles, and perform vehicles-specific actions like doing crazy bike tricks. Regardless of class all the vehicles share Onrush’s unique driving and weaponless combat model that is fueled by the Overdrive system. All of the events are won by hitting progression markers or keeping the clock alive, and many races are best of three rounds with each round following the previous with no restarts. Races don’t even have finish lines to cross. Sure, you get recognition for MVP and various other performance call-outs in the post-race wrap-up, but Onrush is truly built around teamwork. It doesn’t matter that you come in first or even last as long as your team wins. I’m sure you’ve all heard the phrase, “There’s no I in TEAM”, and that fits perfectly with Onrush’s core design built entirely around team racing. The cars, trucks, and motorcycles all fall into distinct classes, and vehicles have unique “attacks” and “powers”, which, when combined with the familiar orange and blue color schemes will have Overwatch fans feeling right at home. It blends the multi-car pack mentality of MotorStorm with the slow-motion takedowns of Burnout then throws in cosmetic loot boxes, an XP progression system and match challenge objectives that will have you replaying events for maximum points. Onrush is a visionary new arcade combat racing game that defies the traditional rules of racing and dares to offer something new, thrilling, and surprisingly addictive. ![]()
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