First look at iRacing's NEW game! - ExoCross

We were fortunate enough to get our hands on a beta build of iRacing’s upcoming release, ExoCross.

This off-road space racer is expected to be released on PC, PlayStation and Xbox in the coming months, but what are our first impressions of this early version? Watch to find out, and let us know your thoughts down below!
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Chapters 👇

00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - A bit of background
02:42 - A look at what's on offer
03:47 - Special Events
05:31 - Some more modes
06:10 - Championship
06:43 - The vehicles
07:48 - Our first Championship race
10:33 - Challenges Mode
11:30 - Quick race on Megaterra
15:26 - Race on Boreas
20:39 - Outro

[ChrisRaftis]

With different planets as it appears here, I would love to see slightly different gravity levels and physics between the worlds.

[shiftinlife]

Back when this game was called Drag, the latest stage of development was to make a free roaming mode for each and every map. This was heavily requested by the community and the devs were constantly responding to suggestions and updating the game. Glad to see this title back on track, it certainly has huge potential. I do hope they include the free roaming option somwhere down the line!

[Amvienttz]

Getting this when it's out. Looks like a straight fun old school arcade racer, miss games like these!

[FumblingButtons]

Definitely reminds me of hobby grade RC cars with bodies off... the A-arms look like something straight off of a traxxas.

[ritualcloset]

I bought the game yesterday and have logged around six hours.
I really enjoy the visuals and the feel of the game. You can absolutely feel the course and the weight of the vehicle in the controller. It feels like a legit rally sim.
There are a few things that I feel really need to be remedied for it to be a solid 5 star game.
1) A manual transmission option.
2) The vehicle contact physics favor the A.I. in a very noticeable and extremely frustrating way. The A.I. can turn you sideways and rag doll your car anywhere on the track from any position. Whether you are taking a inside line, outside line or even just going straight, a minimal amount of contact on the user and its race over. While at the same time the A.I. cars are on rails and are generally unaffected by contact. It is profoundly vexing.
3) Replays.

[yntsy]

you know, the billboards with animations could display the player current position along with the rest of drivers, and in the billboard at the tower show your player name if you are leading the race, there could be more stuff to add to make it more immersive, it looks great specially with the physics work, but i think it deserves more content.

[analogueblacksheep]

Getting Rollcage/Firebugs/Grip vibes from this!

[jaredfromspace]

Sorry, I'm asking this before finishing the video - I see a gear indicator... can you shift at all or is that useless?

[dalejrfanfreak]

This game gives me Powerslide vibes from Ratbag games in the late 90s. It looks pretty decent but I feel like they need to add a little pazaaz/intensity to make it stand out from the crowd of offroad arcade racers. For example most of the races are happening at the same time of day/lighting conditions. It would be cool to see on that last track where you are in the clouds/mountains to actually have to drive through some clouds that appear randomly. Would also like to see some night time races. Looks pretty cool though and nice to see iRacing branching out.

[blackmac]

Looks good. Just got to decide which platform now.

[shugghead]

The big question is will it have VR support? That's a must.

[HesDeadJim]

A buggy truck thing is a "Truggy" btw :)
Looks like a fun game

[AltamishM]

This looks really nice! 👌
Need something to replace Art of Rally for those relaxed evening sessions where you casually drift around while unwinding to some tunes.
Thanks for sharing this one with us :)

[emilw]

Driving that front camera looks like a future release of a "Stunt Car Racer" in 4k.

[bringersbob]

awesome, i bought this years ago as Drag. it was very early then. looks more polished here. Nice to hear I won't have to purchase it again as a different name,

[MonsterPartsRc]

Pretty game! It would be cool if there was a VR mode… (all new games should automatically have a VR mode)

[bluehawk]

This game with local split screen multi-player looks like a great time

[johnhargreaves]

I got DRAG a while back and played it on Steam Deck (until an update borked it) and it does have great potential. Things went quiet for a while but it's great to see it being picked up by iRacing and properly developed. I remember playing a game back in the 90s, I think it was Megarace, and this gives me those sort of vibes. I think it will fill a niche of casual off road with good physics. Looking forward to release.

[mowglippml]

You mentioned the ruts being created on the road surface - do they affect the vehicles at all?
It was too fast for me to really see

[naveDrahcir]

Those offroad tires need to be kicking up/back WAY more dirt!!