Kart Attack
A free local split-screen kart racer made by a class of game-development students, with characters and tracks from the games they built and room for four players.
- Free
- 4 local players
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Nitro Battle Racing
A free arcade kart racer from DigiPen students, with twelve karts, a choice of three drift abilities and split-screen for up to four players.
- Free
- 4 local players
Our verdict
Nitro Battle Racing is a free student game from DigiPen Institute of Technology, and it covers the basics of a couch racer. Up to four people can race in split-screen on one PC, or you can race alone against computer opponents at three difficulty levels.
Its main idea is the drift ability you take into a race. You choose one of three: a Gatling Gun for attacking, a Repair Tool for defence, or a Drift Boost for pure speed. On top of that come more than nine random power-ups, including a Rocket Booster that can carry you towards the front of the pack, and twelve karts with their own stats. Six stages, from deserts to a neon cyberspace and Mars, unlock as you reach goals.
Steam lists full controller support and recommends a gamepad. There is no online mode. Remote Play Together is listed, which streams a local session to friends elsewhere instead of offering online races.
Keep expectations in proportion. The store page says it was made as a student project for educational purposes, and it does not mention planned updates, so judge it on what is there now. Valve has not rated it for Steam Deck, and the minimum specification lists a GTX 960 graphics card and 4 GB of RAM.
For a free four-player session it sits alongside Kart Attack. For more content and online racing, SuperTuxKart remains the bigger free game.
Based on the documented features of the PC version, not a hands-on review or score.
Good for
- Free four-player split-screen races
- Players who like picking an attack or defence style
- Solo races against three AI difficulty levels
How Wildlap compares
Nitro Battle Racing is a compact student project built around one chosen drift ability. Wildlap is a studio game in development where drift boosts, items, shortcuts and upgrades earned in races work together.
We make Wildlap. It is a PC kart racer in development, without a release date or public demo yet.
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