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37-584: Disney Speedstorm is a free-to-play kart racing game with a roster composed of characters from various Disney properties, such as the Mickey and Friends , Pirates of the Caribbean , Monsters, Inc. , Toy Story and Beauty and the Beast franchises, among others, reimagined as race car drivers (referred to in-game as "Racers") in an in-universe arcade game also called Disney Speedstorm . The gameplay

74-418: A Racer's screen, potentially confusing them. Skills can also be "charged" to cause different effects; for example, a charged shield allows a Racer to stun another Racer who drives into them, at the cost of not being protected from being stunned unless a normal shield, a cloak, or an invulnerability effect is already in effect. Offensive skills and hacks can also be used backwards behind Racers. The availability of

111-492: A Racer, which feature images of various minor Disney characters on them. The Crew Members can only be applied to Racers of the same affiliated collections (franchises) as them, such as the Orange Bird serving as a Crew Member for Figment ; with "Epic" rarity Crew Members being applicable to only one Racer. The game includes various different single-player and multiplayer modes. Single-player modes include "Starter Circuit",

148-505: A direct purchase. The monetization changes was met with strong backlash from players. Players criticized the changes as being "predatory" and labeled Gameloft as "thieves". Paul McNally of ReadWrite pointed out that the announcement comes "at a time when the Helldivers 2 Warbond battle pass is being praised for being so generous with its in-game currency allowing players easy access to its premium tiers for free". Players review bombed

185-423: A franchise that was featured in a previous season for a series of four races to earn points. Multiplayer includes ranked multiplayer, where players race to earn points to unlock tiers of rewards for each of their unlocked Racers (as well as for the player overall as of the game's eighth season), regulated multiplayer, a separate ranked multiplayer (with its own set of rewards that change weekly) that puts all Racers at

222-499: A limited time event to unlock Ennui from Inside Out 2 . However, only five shards could be obtained from the event (ten is required to unlock her), requiring players to purchase and use Tokens to purchase her designated loot box, which had a rate of 15% to grant Ennui racer shards. This mandatory loot box purchase to unlock a single Racer caused another strong backlash from players. Kart racing game A kart racing game , also known as cart racing game or go-kart racing game ,

259-526: A new expansion to A Pirate's Life) The music is done by a team of four musicians (Vincent Labelle, Nicholas Dubé, Francis Collard and Martin Courcy) remixing Disney and Pixar tunes. Disney Speedstorm is developed by Gameloft Barcelona, the developers of the Asphalt games 8: Airborne and Legends Unite , and was designed to be a high-speed racing game based on Disney's franchises and characters. It

296-514: A newly added franchise of focus for that season, a new map based on that franchise, and new "bonus" racers mostly not affiliated with the season's focused-on franchise that are made available mid-season (with the exception of Season 8, Journey of Emotions , which added Anxiety and Ennui from Inside Out 2 ), as well as new crew members and customization options for the racers. Disney Speedstorm received "mixed or average reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic . 60% of critics recommended

333-462: A series of events that effectively serves as the game's "tutorial", limited events, which offer rewards for completing specific objectives or for getting a fast time on a leaderboard compared with other players online, "Season Tour", a limited-time campaign mode that changes each new content season, and "Tournaments", in which players race as a single Racer from either the Mickey and Friends franchise or

370-483: A small speed boost upon landing, and grind on designated blue rails to also gain nitro boost. Racers can also pick up various power-ups , called "skills", by driving through sprites with the image of Arbee, the game's emotive AI mascot, on them. These skills include offensive weapons that stun Racers, shields that protect Racers from stuns, cloaks that make Racers intangible and invisible, nitro boost charges, rushes that provide sudden bursts of speed, and hacks that flip

407-464: A speed boost. Typically, in such games, vehicles move more like go-karts and scooters , lacking anything along the lines of a gear stick and clutch pedal . Kart racing games are distinct from and not to be confused with kart simulators, which is a minor subgenre of racing simulator games that simulates actual kart racing without over-the-top gameplay elements. Power Drift featured go-kart racing in 1988, but Super Mario Kart (1992)

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444-425: A team in a three-on-three race. The races themselves are available in different types that feature different gimmicks: "Classic" is a traditional race; "Single Skill" forces all Racers to use the same offensive skill; "Floating Objects" have speed boosts and skill items floating above the ground, thus forcing Racers to jump to reach them; "Fog Challenge" covers the track in a dense fog —limiting visibility—and removes

481-564: A wide range of background music and various action elements. Kart racers are also known to cast fictional characters, particularly from animated media franchises , as the drivers of vehicles with unusual designs, often reflecting the distinct trait or personality of the character driving it. Kart racing games are a more arcade-like experience than other racing games and usually offer over-the-top gameplay in which player characters can shoot projectiles against one another, collect power-ups to gain advantage, or perform special techniques to gain

518-530: Is a subgenre of racing games . Kart racing games have simplified driving mechanics while including unusual racetrack designs, obstacles, and vehicular combat . Though the genre has its roots in the 1980s, Super Mario Kart (1992) popularized the genre, with the Mario Kart series still being considered the foremost kart racing franchise. Kart racing games are known to have simplified driving mechanics while adding obstacles, over-the-top racetrack designs,

555-570: Is cited to have popularized the kart racing genre, being the first kart racing game to implement combat elements within races. The game was also slower than other racing games of the time due to hardware limitations, prompting its developers to use a go-kart theme. Since then, many kart racing games have been released, with franchises such as Nicktoons and South Park featuring such games. The Crash Bandicoot franchise in particular (starting with Crash Team Racing in 1999) consists of numerous kart racing video games. The Mario Kart series

592-420: Is often considered as the pioneer of kart racing series, and is the most successful in the genre, topping other popular games such as Diddy Kong Racing . Though the genre seems to have been the most popular among developers during the 1990s, Mario Kart DS (2005), and Mario Kart Wii (2008) became two of the best-selling kart racing games. In the late 2010s, Mario Kart 8 and its Deluxe port became

629-443: Is similar to Mario Kart . Racers can drift to improve their cornering and charge their nitro boost, which can only be used when the boost meter full. Racers also get a small drift boost from long drifts (indicated by their tires glowing blue), which also gives them an extra boost charge. Racers can sideswipe other Racers to knock them aside, jump to reach higher grounds or dodge obstacles, perform aerial stunts off designated jumps for

666-664: The Pirates of the Caribbean -inspired "A Pirate's Life", received an expansion via an update for the game's ninth season, adding new areas of the map and new track layouts. The game also features a wide voice cast, most of whom reprise their respective characters from their original works. Beginning with Season 7: Sugar Rush , however, only selected new Racers will receive voice lines, with some unvoiced racers (like Calhoun, Fear, and Sally, for example) getting voice lines later on. 13 August 2024 (Season 9: Looking for Trouble ) (Will Turner, Hector Barbossa, Tia Dalma, Davy Jones, and

703-556: The Speedstorm subreddit has proposed filing a class action lawsuit. On 17 April 2024, in response to the backlash, Gameloft announced that players could continue to purchase Golden Pass Credits with Tokens until 16 May 2024, allowing players to buy future Golden Passes using Credits bought with Tokens up to that date, but otherwise would continue with plans to restrict Golden Pass purchases to either direct payments or Golden Pass Credits afterward. On 1 August 2024, Gameloft released

740-399: The camera are progressively more obscured by haze and by aerial perspective . This technique simulates the effect of light scattering , which causes more distant objects to appear lower in contrast , especially in outdoor environments. Visibility in a natural haze declines exponentially , not linearly , with distance due to scattering . The colour of the light being scattered into

777-668: The Deluxe Founder's Pack adding Mulan and the Ultimate Founder's Pack adding her, Hercules, and Jack Sparrow), plus a choice to immediately unlock Baloo, Belle, Beast, Elizabeth Swann, Li Shang, or Mowgli; Tokens (the game's premium currency; 4,000 Tokens for Standard, 7,000 for Deluxe, and 12,000 for Ultimate), two (or three for Ultimate) Golden Pass Credits (unlocking the Golden Pass, the game's battle pass system), exclusive racing suits and kart liveries for each of

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814-518: The Leader"; the former type forces players to pick up power-up items corresponding to one of two colors—green and purple—each of them is assigned to as indicated by the HUD and an underglow effect beneath their vehicle, switching between colors during the race, while the latter adds a long slipstream trail behind the race leader that provides a speed boost to the racers following the trail. As of October 2024,

851-522: The best-selling racing video game of all time. The kart racing mobile game GKART / QQ Speed (2010), which was heavily inspired by Mario Kart , became one of the highest-grossing mobile games. A notable recent addition to the genre is Smash Kart (2023). It's a kart racing game. It combines traditional racing with combat and customizable karts. Smash Kart aims to please both competitive and casual gamers. It has dynamic tracks and fun online multiplayer. Critics praised it, comparing it to classic games in

888-486: The game has a total of 75 "Racers" (playable characters) from 22 Disney media franchises. Many franchises also have an affiliated track environment, each featuring multiple track layouts, with Mickey Mouse & Friends having two (one based on modern Mickey Mouse media and one based on black-and-white shorts such as Steamboat Willie ), while Disney Speedstorm itself has two original environments, "Arbee's Arena" and "Arbee's Short Circuit". Additionally, one environment,

925-424: The game on Steam after the announcement, with Destructoid ' s Michael Beckwith pointing out that the game's Steam version had been losing active players since November 2023 according to Steam Charts. Some players requested refunds for their past purchases, others threatened to boycott the game by either refusing to make any further purchases or stop playing Speedstorm altogether, and at least one Redditor on

962-418: The game on review aggregator OpenCritic . John Hansen of Push Square said while they had reservations with the free-to-play monetization, they thought the game had a lot of potential and summarised by saying "if you're a Disney fan, it's a good way to mash together some of your favorite old movies and battle it out on the racetrack." Chris Scullion for Nintendo Life praised the gameplay but criticized

999-550: The game was released on 9 September 2022 at the D23 Expo. On 30 June 2023, Gameloft announced that the game would leave early access, entering its intended free-to-play period, on 28 September 2023, following the conclusion of the game's third season. On 1 August 2023, Gameloft soft launched the game on iOS and Android alongside the game's third season update. The soft launch began in Spain and Romania , with plans to expand

1036-480: The game's first six seasons of content updates, required spending various "upgrade parts" collected from single-player event races and PvP multiplayer, which were later replaced with a single currency called "upgrade coins" from the seventh season onwards. However, Racer upgrade levels are capped to certain levels depending on their star levels, which require collecting "Racer shards". Further stat boosts and other enhancements are provided by attaching " Crew Members " to

1073-443: The genre. They also noted its unique, fresh elements that set it apart. Distance fog Distance fog is a technique used in 3D computer graphics to enhance the perception of distance by shading distant objects differently. Because many of the shapes in graphical environments are relatively simple, and complex shadows are difficult to render , many graphics engines employ a " fog " gradient so objects further from

1110-464: The immediately unlocked racers (depending on the player's chosen tier), exclusive Donald Duck kart wheels and wing (Ultimate only), and an exclusive player avatar and profile motto. As a free-to-play title, all content in the game (apart from the Founder's Pack exclusives) is added via seasonal content updates, which are added approximately every two months. Each season adds four or five new racers from

1147-491: The minimap from the player's heads-up display; and "Last One Standing" is an elimination race where after a short (and declining) amount of time passes, the last place Racer either loses a "shield drone" and is teleported ahead on the track to try to avoid falling back to last or is eliminated if they have no more drones remaining. In the season two update in June 2023, the game added two new race types called "Color Match" and "Follow

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1184-842: The performance issues of the Switch version and felt that the game's monetization would deter some players. Luke Reilly of IGN found the game had too few tracks and was overly repetitive for its then-asking price, while criticizing its excessive monetization scheme. On 9 April 2024, Gameloft announced in a community news update changes to the game's Golden Passes for the game's then-upcoming seventh season. The company announced that, among other changes, each season would be split into two parts lasting approximately one month each, with each part having its own Golden Pass, and Tokens—which can be either purchased as microtransactions or earned through ranked multiplayer—can no longer be used to purchase Golden Passes, effectively making Golden Passes only available via

1221-417: The same performance levels, "Private Track", which allows players to set up their own custom races online with friends or invited players, and "Local Freeplay", the game's only offline mode, which features custom races for one to four players (one or two players on older consoles) in split-screen multiplayer. Ranked multiplayer can either be played either solo (up to eight Racers racing against one another) or in

1258-583: The soft launch to the Philippines , Brazil , Vietnam , Mexico , Australia , Taiwan , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , Austria , and Ireland over time. After an announcement on 6 June 2024, the mobile version was fully released on 11 July 2024. On 27 March 2023, Gameloft released a trailer announcing three "Founder's Packs" that would be available during the game's early access period. The Founder's Packs, which were required for early access, all contained Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck as unlocked racers (with

1295-568: The various skills depends on the Racer (except in "Single Skill" races, mentioned below); for example, some Racers can receive and use shields while others can receive and use cloaks. Finally, each Racer has a unique skill that provide benefits to only that Racer, with each unique skill having normal and charged variants. Each Racer has a range of stats that affect their performance, including top speed, acceleration, handling, boost, and combat. The stats can be upgraded by levelling up Racers, which during

1332-476: The viewing path affects the colour of the haze ; blue under blue skies, reddish near sunset, as with alpenglow . These more subtle details are represented in some graphics. "Fogging" is another use of distance fog in mid-to-late 1990s games, when processing power was not enough to render far viewing distances , and clipping was employed. Clipping could be very distracting since bits and pieces of polygons would flicker in and out of view instantly, and by applying

1369-578: Was made using the same game engine Asphalt 9: Legends used, Gameloft's in-house Jet Engine. Alexandru "Sasha" Adam, VP and studio manager, Gameloft Barcelona explained, "The gameplay mechanics, the racer abilities and the location design were all tailored to serve our vision of a fast and gripping competitive experience." Announced in March 2023, the game was released in early access for Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Windows , Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 18 April 2023. A trailer for

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