GT Racing: Motor Academy

Racing is an extremely popular gaming genre, and as this is so it can often be difficult for any particular racer to truly stand out on its own, it needs a unique aspect that can make it stand out from the crowd. Far too much of the time this is ignored, as seen by the fact that quite a large number of racing games feel extremely samey and boring, however GT Racing: Motor Academy truly excels at being different.

The main unique selling point of GT Racing: Motor Academy is the look and feel of it, especially on the iPad. With brilliantly shiny graphics, with a huge amount of detail in both the car designs and the scenery, GT Racing provides a great visual feast. With maps ranging from sunny cities to snowy mountain terrain, the game surely never lacks on things to look at and appreciate whilst racing.

And with the wide range of cars and the like on offer, the career mode itself allows you to truly spend hours playing it, attempting to level up as much as you can, seeing plenty of benefits as you do so, in the form of XP multipliers and bonus car features.

But what truly sells this game to me is the attention to detail within every aspect of the game. No part of the game has been glazed over, it is obvious that there has been a lot of work put into every part, allowing you to even see inside the cars, with no detail left out. The game itself parallels that of console racing, and on a platform such as the iPad it truly shines.

However one downside is the size of the application – to fit all the beauty in it clocks up over half a gigabyte of space, but it is well worth finding some extra space on your iPad or iPhone for this game.