[Steam] Touring Karts (Free after winning 5 races in a row AND e-mailing devs)

VR required?

Might have to give it a go. Game looks great!

From twitter it looks like it unlocks the whole game content in the demo so you dont actually get the game added to your library. https://twitter.com/TouringKarts/status/1202629290484994048

F yeah, that´s my kind of giveaway!

I did some hours hotlapping each day when simbin gave away Retro DLC keys through their 1st raceroom iteration (which was a ad-ridden mess with only 1car & 1circuit) ..... or was it screenshotcontests? Anyway, thx for the heads-up, will be seeing destroying you on the track! :-)

edit: Forget what i said, game ain´t worth it. Just put an hour in, came close to 3rd win twice ... and then it felt as if rigged against me.
Also can´t tell if it counts wins against AI (MP is still very empty), and once you get to play against humans, it´s a fuckfest lacking all the finesse that makes Sonic & All Star Racing fun.

For me the demo doesn't show up on the games steam page, and when I search
for the demo and click on it, it sends me to the actual game store page.

Workaround to install the demo:
Click the install button on the top right here:
https://steamdb.info/app/1201070/

How hard is it to achieve 5 wins in a row? Expect it to not be easy, as it's online with others trying to win 5 in a row also.

too difficult..
do you have any advice to win the race?
how to upgrade machine?

if there is no matchmaking and is by select host, we can play against each other to fulfill the requirement.

I'll wait till it gets bundled.

Anyone figure out how to use items in races? They only seem to work for me during warm-ups. 😒

some evil hacker man hacked the promo and it's out of keys now.

Someone is giving away 34 copies... interesting

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/UZG2v/touring-karts

win 3 online races or solo ?

Okay so this is kind of confusing..

From their twitter..
"You’ve unlocked the full game inside the demo version. (There is no difference in content). If you want a complete new key (paid version) for free you must win 5 races. Have fun ;)"

Horrible game

can't install the demo version. demo page looks like full game page with price and everything else.

Keys from this promo are being revoked ATM.

After 1 hour of playing i managed to get 1 time first , it needs much luck to get 3 times in a row first
...for me it seems impossible or it needs too much grind, i give up

You will need courage to complete first race!

It's hard and pretty much impossible unless you kept on trying and with some luck, made it after a long grind.. i wonder if anybody succeeded!

Link to the game?

Thank you for the hardwork OP, it was indeed a bit of a messy giveaway event xD

It's not worth it. The game is lackluster.

Managed to get the 5 wins in a row! Let me say a few things:

1) using a controller is a must. Keyboard handling is just terrible;
2) at start press to accelerate only when the GO appears to gain a small initial boost (you don't say? can't think of a arcade racing where this isn't a thing);
3) if you want to win a race you must get first place within the first lap, otherwise you will be stuck in the mess of powerups and random crashes that happens in the back (even against npc there is literally no way to catch up after the initial start - except for the, as I call it, hackboost which allows you to skip part of the circuit and gain positions, but I couldn't understand how it spawns);
4) spam all power ups you can to get the lead! And take all the boosts and jumps (midair controls are upper edge);
5) upgrade your car! In the garage you can spend money to upgrade the performance! (or buy different cars, each is different at handling);

Overall, I would say it isn't worth the grind. It has a quite a number of bugs and the multiplayer lags, so expect to play against a frustrating experience. In VR however it becomes a fun game.

EDIT; I don't know if it works honestly but it came to my mind that maybe ALT+F5 when losing should keep your streak (I had the game crash at some point and when I restarted it was as if I didn't start the race at all).