You can shift gears via touch pad, which feels quite natural (and fun), and should you choose to utilize the Vita’s accelerometer, you may use the actual unit to steer. And it’s quite a shame, because despite all the odd design decisions there’s a smooth, practical side to the control scheme that includes usage of the Vita’s rear touch pad. The AI of other drivers can be atrocious as well, and in addition to poor collision detection that will see you failing out of events simply because of the game’s poor design it becomes an exercise in patience rather than the high-octane racer it should be. It’s quite bizarre, and frustrating as well to know that all the work you’ve put into making the car of your choice the best it can be is all for naught if a poky little racer can still lap you with a vehicle that’s noticeably slower. You may be experimenting with cars that top out at 180 mph or more, and a painfully slow car can still find a space beside you in the competition.

While you’re working your hardest to customize your vehicle with new parts and performance enhancers, you’ll find that even the top of the line upgrades mean little when matched up against run-of-the-mill opponents. Across twenty unique tracks you can engage in these ten types of events, racking up points and blowing your competition out of the water.Īnd if the game didn’t flub up some of the major aspects of racers, it’d be a serviceable and accessible racer.

And there are plenty of upgrades available to cater to the petrolheads among us - decals, tires, and performance upgrades are available for purchase in the single-player campaign, which finds you collecting power-ups, going head-to-head with the police Need for Speed: Most Wanted style, and racing against the clock. Injection bags an impressive lineup of 52 licensed vehicles, online multiplayer, and a plethora of league cups with plenty of races and replay value. Nevertheless, Asphalt Injection makes an appearance on Sony’s latest handheld with a concept that sounds fantastic, but execution that will leave you feeling cold. To see it ported to the PlayStation Vita is a strange sight, indeed, when mobile devices and even the DSi seem to have covered it pretty adequately. The Asphalt franchise is unique in that it seems to have found a release in nearly every market - iOS included.

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