There’s something about 90s arcade racers that still lingers, not in a nostalgic, rose-tinted way, but in that very specific memory of being stood in a dim arcade, coin in hand, wondering if you could actually beat the guy next to you before your credits ran out, and that was it, that was the design brief, nothing else really mattered.
Retro racing game 4PGP has already spun its wheels on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and is part of the surge of ‘90s-inspired arcade racers in recent years, whether it’s the recent anime-designed Screamer, the on-the-nose Old School Rally, or the newly revealed Crazy Taxi: World Tour. But 4PGP has one advantage over the other newcomers: this retro-inspired game is made by creators who were there in the ‘90s.
