the game is really great fun but i have the privilege to test it out in depth because of a copy from a friend who didn´t like it and wants me to buy it off from him..(because he also wanted "just" racing)
So yeah, i have my fun but i also still think the game will flop very hard, which is on one hand understandable when looking into the aspect that the demanded price is a little high, which many people (me included) stated before release. But frankly, even for 20bucks less there would have been no crowd for this so maybe it was the right call to make it fullprice that they can even cover some of the costs with early adopters before the game will inevitably be reduced in price.(like every other game nowadays, full price is the privillege price to play on Day 1, nothing more these days)
On the other hand this release really shows how dense "gamers" are, they scream for something new and when there is something new they scream that this isn´t what they want and nobody picks up some new style stuff. In the 90ties we had games like Rock and Roll Racing which also was the same price, without any onlinemode and just a few cars...and we had fun.
i think many games nowadays aren´t even given a chance and doomed from the start which makes the whole affair sad. Other companies come with half broken or simply unfinished releases for full price and the people go there like flies on a pile of shit without asking or play their suggested "for free" Battle Royale commercial bullshit with battle passes attached. It is really baffling sometimes
Onrush is a genuinely FRESH take on the arcade "racing" (it is no racing per se) and could really be released as an arcade title if arcades were still around. The game is really great action, fun and also exciting when it clicks and i will buy it off my friend to have fun with it here and there, it is THE optimal "hop in, get in the zone and have some crazy fun" game, especially for the summertime!