Traffic Rider speeding its way up the long list of endless-racers.



Melvin Tham | 2016-02-07

I’ve always been a fan of endless-racers. I was glued to Temple Run when it first came out for iOS, and now and then I find myself going back to the game even in 2016. There are a lot of endless-racers that came after, but nothing beats the original for me. Not even Temple Run’s sequels and spin-offs. The other games usually have clunky controls and typical mechanics, so it’s definitely refreshing when I gave Traffic Rider a shot.

Traffic Rider puts you into a first-person view of a motorcyclist. You get to upgrade your ride, and there are more than 20 bikes to choose from. There are 4 different game modes, career which is mission based, endless for you to grind for that high score, time trial to race against time, and free ride (which has a required level to unlock) which I assume it’s just for you to ride without any objectives.

It’s almost like Temple Run all over again. It has a simple game play. You just have to tilt your device left or right to steer your bike and there are on-screen controls for the gas and brake. You get extra score for speeding, overtaking(near missing) other vehicles, and going against traffic, or even doing wheelies. As you progress, the number of vehicles on the road increases forcing you to weave through the traffic.

The game features real sounds recorded from real bikes, beautiful and detailed graphics which runs really smooth on my Lumia 950 and decent on the Lumia 640XL. It’s nice to see that the developers have included a graphics options in the settings for you to choose between high, medium, and low. The experience is remarkable and thrilling for such simple game play and mechanics.

Traffic Rider is a free game with ads optional in-app purchases for in-game currencies. I do wish that there is a way to remove ads, as I don’t mind paying a few dollars for a game of such quality. It has been my go-to game for the past few days.

All in all, Traffic Rider is a must-have if you’re a fan of the genre or even if you just want to have a game that is able to help you kill some time.



The game is currently only available on mobile and you can get it from the Microsoft Store.

