Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks asks the question: what if WH40K but combat racing? Find the answer in our Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks review!
Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks asks the question: what if WH40K but combat racing? This game from Caged Element and Wired Productions brings us a new experience in the beloved Warhammer 40,000 universe, in which you’ll be able to customize buggies and helicopters as you try to make the most of their stat values, skills, and abilities to destroy everything and everyone foolish enough to try to stop you. You’ll be racing on your own, against bots, or while taking on gamers from around the world as you try to prove why you’re most certainly #1. The game offers two game modes to take on. Along with the main experience, there’s also the Creation Workshop, where, as the name suggests, you’ll be able to craft, share, and play custom maps with the rest of the community.
Knowing that the action will be non-stop as soon as you start your first proper match, the game will kindly present you with a tutorial segment so that you can learn the basics and get the hang of things. The tutorial will be split into the Deff Rally Mode and the Kill Konvoy Mode, so that you can focus on learning everything you need about each one.
Starting with the Deff Rally Mode, it’s an 8v8 combat racing experience in which you’ll take part in a series of short races that are activated as you travel around the map. You’ll be working on activating capture points while racing over boost-filler pads to try to outrun your enemies. You can use race mode to travel around the area as fast as possible or switch to fightin’ mode to be able to use your weapons to destroy your enemies. Or, you know, por que no los dos. Just press in on the left analog stick to go from one to the other. Once the last capture point has been completed, you’ll need to dash toward the finish line at the end of the map to try and place as high as possible.
Kill Konvoy still maintains the high-octane action, but it will mix a race, an escort mission, and capture the flag (CTF), all wrapped into a single experience. Each team will have a mighty Stompa racing toward the end of the map, and each team will have to work on grabbing some bombs to slow down the opponent’s Stompa. Bombs will spawn in the midfield between the Stompas, and you’ll need to rush and grab them before your opponents. Once you have a bomb, all you need to do is crash into the Stompa to detonate the bomb. You know, as one usually does while carrying very dangerous explosives. Since your opponents will also try to bomb your Stompa, you should also make sure to attack and block them from completing their objective.
For either mode, you’ll be taking control of your vehicle by using the left analog stick as you use the R2 button to shoot at everything. Yes, there’s no need for you to use a button to accelerate. Your abilities will be mapped to the R1, Square, and Triangle buttons. You can boost by pressing and holding down the L2 button. While driving, you can tap the L1 button as you turn to drift away. This will allow you to make a sharper turn as well as regain some of your boost. If you hold down the L1 button, you’ll activate the handbrake, which will really make you take a very sharp turn.
If driving a light vehicle, press the Triangle button afterward to regain your speed. When driving a light vehicle, pressing the Triangle button will activate a dash. If driving a heavy vehicle, you’ll be using Grot Rigging with the Triangle button. When airborne, hold down the L1 button to rotate the vehicle. You can use the D-Pad for the quick chat menu to communicate with your teammates as needed. You can also aim at something and press in on the right analog stick to ping it for your teammates.
You should definitely take a moment to review your vehicle’s abilities so that you can know what it can and can’t do. The first vehicle is the Boomdakka Snazzwagon. While it will be able to use the aforementioned boost and dash, the other abilities will include Souped-up Speshul, which unleashes a roaring wave of dakka with rather poor accuracy, Burna Bottle, which can set enemies on fire, or Billlowing Smoke, which spews a trail of blinding smoke.
Given the game’s nature, you’ll be able to work on completing daily challenges as well as vehicle-related challenges. Some examples of the daily challenges include traveling for 10km at 100 kph or faster, winning a match, or detonating a bomb in Konvoy Mode. As for the vehicle challenges, the ones for the Boomdakka Snazzwagon are defeating 50 enemies who are on fire from a Burna Bottle, scoring 10 kills or assists, activating billowing smoke with less than half health 35 times, and earning 65,000 scraps. And yes, some of these are tied to trophies!
Speaking of which, this release features a full trophy list with a Platinum trophy waiting for you. The list is split into 27 Bronze trophies, 11 Silver trophies, and 3 Gold trophies for you to work on. What will you need to do in order to get that shiny Platinum trophy? Some of the objectives to complete include scoring 10 kills or assists without dying with the Boomdakka Snazzwagon, the aforementioned activating Billowing Smoke with less than half health 35 times, scoring 15 kills while you are in the air while using the Kustom Boosta Blasta, damaging 2 or more enemies with a single Plow hit 25 times with the Grot Mega Tank, or repairing 10,000 damage on teammates driving heavy vehicles while using the Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy, to name some examples.
Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks asks the question: what if WH40K but combat racing? This game brings us a new experience in the beloved Warhammer 40,000 universe, in which you’ll be able to customize buggies and helicopters as you try to make the most of their stat values, skills, and abilities to destroy everything and everyone foolish enough to try to stop you. You’ll be racing on your own, against bots, or while taking on gamers from around the world as you try to prove why you’re most certainly #1. The game offers two game modes to take on. Along with the main experience, there’s also the Creation Workshop, where, as the name suggests, you’ll be able to craft, share, and play custom maps with the rest of the community. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is out on PlayStation 5 with a $19.99 price tag.
Disclaimer
This Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks review is based on a PlayStation 5 copy provided by Wired Productions.
