Hey everybody, I’m Chris Mallinson – Co-founder and Recreation Director at Caged Aspect, and I’m right here with Jon Doughty, our Lead Designer and Degree Designer. Immediately we’re excited to announce that the loudest, most Orky racer round is roaring onto Xbox, launching Might 21!
Pace Freeks is a high-orktane fight racing sport set within the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Count on brutal, high-speed races, deep car customization, and a totally stay creation mode the place you and your folks can leap right into a clean map to construct and play your creations collectively in actual time.
With our earlier title Grip being a non secular successor to Rollcage, we’ve all the time had a comfortable spot for this type of racer and Xbox has all the time been a pure residence for action-packed multiplayer. With Pace Freeks, we’re hoping to convey that very same vitality to you and possibly even spark an Xbox revival for fight racers. It’s a style that deserves extra consideration, and with every little thing we’ve added, particularly Creation Mode and cross platform play – this appears like the right place for it.
At its core, Pace Freeks is a full-on car shooter; one thing you don’t see too typically. We pulled inspiration from all one of the best bits of vehicular fight: agile stunt automobiles flipping via the air whereas firing, heavy tanks holding strategic positions, after which we layered in some correctly wild Orky concepts. You’ve received issues like murderer trikes, huge Grot tanks with mechanical tips, even airborne threats with the Deffkopta. It’s a chaotic combine, nevertheless it all comes collectively in a method that feels balanced and extremely enjoyable, while importantly – being 100% lore correct to the broader 40k universe.
Agility and motion have all the time been an enormous focus for us, letting gamers actually categorical ability via mobility. Curiously, numerous what’s in Pace Freeks got here from gamers experimenting throughout improvement. We noticed what they had been doing and leaned into it to present the identical type of ‘excessive ability ceiling’ that video games reminiscent of Rocket League or Apex Legends present.
Autos can shift momentum virtually immediately when grounded and even on partitions. When you begin combining skills like Sprint with handbrake turns and propulsion boosts, it turns into extremely satisfying to grasp.
It’s not all about excessive tier motion tech although, there’s a number of methods to play Pace Freeks and simply benefit from the chaos (not the heretical type), from straight up Deff Rally racing the place you possibly can select to hurry via checkpoints and be first to the end, or just throw as a lot dakka as doable on the enemy to cease them – to Kill Konvoy, a mode that began as a twist on Seize the Flag, however we flipped the concept. As a substitute of stealing flags from a base, you seize explosives from the middle and ship them to the enemy’s base, which simply so occurs to be an enormous, strolling Stompa mech.
As a result of the bottom is consistently shifting, it creates this dynamic battlefield the place roles naturally emerge. You’ve received gamers specializing in high-speed bomb runs, others defending, some clearing paths, and even devoted blockers guarding the Stompa. In case you’ve performed fast-paced CTF modes in video games like Tribes, and even fashionable hero kind FPS video games with role-based skills reminiscent of Valorant or Overwatch, you’ll acknowledge that very same type of vitality – it simply feels totally different whenever you’re screaming ork communicate down a microphone.
Our most up-to-date replace on PC got here straight from the group within the type of creation mode. Gamers stored pitching artistic, over-the-top Orky concepts for environments – and as we began to toy with the concept of giving them our modifying instruments.
It advanced into one thing actually particular.
You possibly can leap out and in of classes whereas a stage is being constructed, driving round mid-construction and typically getting hilariously taken out by objects being positioned in actual time. It’s chaotic, social, and genuinely artistic in a method that brings us again to the previous Forge modes in Halo.
We additionally added a workshop system the place you possibly can add your maps for others to attempt, whether or not solo or on-line. It got here collectively sooner than we anticipated, and it’s turn into one of the crucial distinctive elements of the sport.
Warhammer is an unbelievable IP. Wealthy lore, iconic visuals, and a really passionate fanbase. On the similar time, it comes with duty. There are clear boundaries round how issues ought to feel and appear, particularly whenever you’re doing one thing new like a fight racer. We labored very shut with Video games Workshop to make sure that the in sport fashions are an identical and lore correct to the minis, and that we included as many customization choices in your autos and pit boss as doable, from alternate weapons, extra equipment objects to bolt onto the autos, and naturally, a number of paint choices.
The suggestions from each the group and Video games Workshop has been actually constructive. We got down to seize that uncooked, chaotic Ork vitality and I feel we received there
Thanks for testing Pace Freeks. If this appears like your type of chaos, make sure to Wishlist it on Xbox and rally your crew, as a result of this one’s greatest loved loud and with as many Gitz as doable! We’ll see you on Might twenty first!
Waaagh!
Warhammer 40,000: Pace Freeks
Wired Productions
Excessive-octane fight racing within the Warhammer 40,000 universe! Race and customise buggies, tanks and helicopters, mastering superior motion and explosive weaponry. Unlock gear, customise your rides and use the Creation Workshop to create, share, and play customized maps with the group!
Extra velocity. Extra dakka. Be part of da Speedwaaagh and tear via war-torn tracks, racing solo, in opposition to bots, or with different folks on-line throughout a number of sport modes. That includes cross platform crossplay assist with PC and different platforms, which means you possibly can Krump yer’ mates wherever they play!
Show you’re the quickest git in Deff Rally, an 8v8 fight race the place, velocity, kunning and aggression mix earlier than an all-out dash to victory.
Use Orky ways in Kill Konvoy as groups defend their big mechanical Stompa whereas sabotaging the enemy’s one, with each match erupting into chaos as you battle to the end line. Every car performs in another way, rewarding gamers with various ability, kunnin’, and brutal strats.
When the mud settles, leap into constructing your personal chaos – utilizing a strong stage editor with over 400 belongings. Create racetracks and battlefields both solo or with buddies in actual time, then share them on the Workshop the place it’s also possible to obtain different wild creations by the group.
