Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “Throttle Trace” demo version. Slot cars meets simulation racing. Master grip, timing, and race strategy using only throttle and brake. Push to the limit, outsmart rivals, and fight for every corner in intense wheel-to-wheel competition.
Anyone who has set up a Scalextric track in the basement, then spent the next four hours obsessively figuring out exactly how much trigger pressure they could feed into the hairpin without flicking the car into the carpet, will instantly understand the elevator pitch for Throttle Trace. From Unordered Games under the resurgent MicroProse banner (yes, the same MicroProse currently shipping Death by Scrolling), this is a serious racing simulation built around one beautifully brave constraint: there is no steering. The car follows the track. Your only inputs are throttle and brake, and your only job is to keep that tyre on the right side of the grip-slip curve for fifty laps in a row. Beneath the minimalist controls lies a fully realised sim with tyre wear, heat management, fuel load, dirty air, and car balance feeding every corner decision. A career mode tracks your reputation across seasons, AI rivals come in distinct personality flavours (aggressive, consistent, mistake-prone), Steam Workshop opens the gates for community-built rosters, and a lesson-based Driving School eases newcomers into a discipline that is genuinely easy to start and brutal to master. Demo is live in Steam Next Fest. For racing fans who have ever wondered what a slot car would feel like with a real tyre model attached, the answer turns out to be “wonderful”.
Developer: Unordered Games
Publisher: MicroProse Software
Genre: Racing, Simulation, Sports, Casual, Indie
Release Date: To be announced
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows, Linux, Mac
Link: Steam
Review copy was demo.
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