Welcome to our review of Overpass 2, the second Overpass game where you continue your racing adventures on various all terrain vehicles!
The only simulation that blends racing and obstacles is back with new content and game modes.
Put your skills to the test in 5 game modes in which you have to come to grips with demanding challenges: off-road sprint, off-road circuit, hill climb, obstacle course, closed circuit.
Your results will depend on how well you can analyse the course and pick the best routes. At the controls of powerful buggies and quads from major manufacturers such as Yamaha, Arctic Cat and Suzuki, you will travel across 30 routes in 5 regions: Baja Desert, East Central US, Johnson Valley, Utah Desert and Western Europe.
Rise to the challenge of the ultra-comprehensive career mode! Manage your team, sponsors and budget while making the right research and development choices so you can upgrade your vehicles to meet your objectives, all while mapping out your team’s progress using the skill tree. Rocks, tree trunks, mud and many more natural and artificial obstacles will slow you down during the various races and could damage your vehicle.
Find the best way to get around them and reach the finish line at the controls of over 30 official vehicles, each with its own specific technical characteristics. The biggest manufacturers are represented: Polaris, Yamaha, Arctic Cat, Kawasaki, and Suzuki, including, for the driver’s equipment, Alpinestars, Arai, Sparco, Stilo, Stand 21, and many more.
Take advantage of a wide range of settings to adapt your vehicle to the terrain and improve its performance. It’s up to you to manage the power, motor functions, and transmission so you can be as fast as possible according to the conditions (terrain, surface, type of race, etc.).
To be even more competitive, bear in mind that precision and regularity are better than pure speed. This is the challenge that awaits you in OVERPASS 2. A game that continues from its predecessor and slightly improves on most mechanics from my personal experience. I still do not like flying off course when I head into turns too aggressively, but that is more a ME thing.
Overpass is actually quite the dring/simulator game, much like many other racing games, it has a very extensive garage/season/… system where you go and expand your team, hire new guys to improve even further and well, you get the gist of it.
What I really like about this game, I feel like the majority of driving is very realistic. A great tutorial and it has to be said, tutorials are often underappreciated Nacon really did an amazing job on the entire flow of things. Not bombard you with hundreds of things, no, they properly split up things to give you breathing time. Really very well done. The reason why I applaud a great tutorial, it always allows you to have a much better grasp of the actual game.
Mind you the actual driving is always going to take a while to adapt. There is a skill tree where you really need to consider what is the better upgrade. Do I want a better track on sandy grounds or do I want more horsepower? The thought that went into it, I very much appreciate and love it. So many games do not do a skill tree where you really need to think, you just pick the one you find more appealing, in Overpass 2 however, you are just deciding your future.
In conclusion, Overpass 2 is still very much a niche part of the racing genre, but I would say it is a very deserving game if you love the genre. It might just be challenging enough to keep you entertained in the long run.
