when looking for modern interpretations of agrav racers, most people will point you to a couple different options. BallisticNG, Pacer/Formula Fusion and the two Redout games. while both Redouts are decent games, BallisticNG is by far and away the best game of the three, and outclasses even the games it emulates.

the first thing to understand about BallisticNG is that the core of the game is, to put it blatantly, a copy of the feel of the original wipEout games, particularly 2097 and 3. in this, the game is sublime - it honestly feels better than those games, mostly because you can run this on near everything, but also because it not only replicates the feelings of 2097 and 3, but expands them.

a greater variety of ships (with some having completely different handling characteristics), dedicated spec series with their own ship types, ag motorcycle racing, and series with the physics of the later wipEout Pure/Pulse/HD style. this is on top of a truly massive track roster (that only becomes bigger with updates and dlc) and modding support, allowing for custom made ships and tracks.

in all honesty, its hard to find fault with BallisticNG. its cheap, frequently updated, easy to run, greatly customizeable and moddeable and has a wealth of content. give it a shot. its really great

Des sensations fortes à chaque virage avec un contenu massif qui, en plus, peut être étendu grâce aux mods.

Voilà, ça, c'est ce que je cherchais au niveau des sensations de course ! Le jeu offre un gameplay légèrement complexe au niveau de la prise en main, mais juste ce qu'il faut pour qu'une fois fait, le plafond de maîtrise paraisse infini. Les sensations de vitesses sont très bonnes, différentes épreuves et circuits permettent de varier les saveurs lors des campagnes et c'est franchement addictif. Beaucoup de choix en termes de véhicule aussi, et alors que le jeu supporte officiellement l'ajout de mods. Sur le plan visuel, le jeu offre une palette d'option rétro très appréciable. Cependant, sur le plan de la technique, le jeu n'est pas très au point non plus, je n'ai pas trouvé ça dérangeant vu que je préfère les options rétro.

En petite complainte, et c'est peut-être dû à mon skill risible, mais je trouve que le jeu monte trop rapidement en difficulté sur les temps à battre. J'ai fini la première campagne en "Plasma" sans aucun souci, et dès la deuxième campagnes certaines médailles d'or (tjrs en épreuve "meilleur temps") me semblent complètement inaccessible, et ce même si le jeu me donne m'attribue des "tour parfait" :/. L'ego mis de côté, les courses restent appréciables, surtout que celles avec des IA restent franchement très simples.

Très honnêtement, pour ce prix, je ne pense pas qu'il puisse y avoir meilleur "wipeout-like" à la fois en termes de gameplay/gamefeel et contenu.

Fast-paced anti-gravity racing game that is largely a clone of WipEout 3/SE and 2097 from the WipEout series.

In comparison to most games like this there is more focus of the vertical movement of your ship as it gains height from bumps and controlling ship nozzle to match the track or control elevation.
Like WipEout normal race modes have combat elements where you pick up weapons from pods and managing these properly are key to catching up to AI opponents.

While being based on an older game in terms of core gameplay much of the convenience features and additional game modes from modern titles are added. This makes BallisticNG maybe a more comprehensive game and value for money than any of the official series as more content is added.
Things players might dislike about the WipEout series are the same here, punishing narrow tracks that can 'pinball' the player from slight bad control. Somewhat indirect/floaty ship control with heavy use of 'airbrakes'. (still largely depends on ship)

For fans of this type of game the campaigns can be a really fun challenge. Going for all Platinum medals is tougher than anything in the WipEout series but not by too much to be frustrating. The level of polish from the devs on the stages and campaigns is good enough to compete with the bigger studio titles. The soundtrack is also surprisingly solid and fits the game very well, having been polished further since release.

This is mostly a single-player experience with a large campaign and grinding to improve your times on each track in time trial or speed lap. Online multiplayer has been fleshed out in recent patches and works well but with the size of the playerbase don't expect to run into random players.

This game has been in development for a long time and has multiple expansions. At this point with Outer Reaches DLC the game has plenty of unique gimmicks of its own and a ton of content in terms of tracks and ships.
With workshop and mod support there are plenty of quality fan-made tracks and ships that should continue even when official expansions and major updates stop coming out.

Recommended as a very solid racing game that is a lot of value at this price. But being aimed at a hardcore audience (more than WipEout), the punishing nature of tracks and game modes having combat racing elements may be a turnoff to some.

A great love letter to Wipeout. In fact it's so similar to Wipeout I'm almost baffled Sony hasn't taken legal action but I guess they'd have to care about wipeout to do that. Great sense of speed and aesthetics, a decent amount of tracks substantially boosted by the steam workshop which has plenty of high quality modded tracks, and some fun challenges make it a great time. I also liked how simple it was to play my own custom music in the game and it ran really well too. My only real issue with the game is the difficulty spike in the time trial challenges which felt absurd compared to the other challenges. While I was still cruising through the races and zone challenges with a nice difficulty curve, the time trials quickly required everything I had just to barely get bronze after the first two or so. Also a minor complaint but having to move to the back button to get out of every menu instead of just being able to click B was annoying.