There are a few key experiences everyone wants to see recreated for virtual reality. The first-person shooter. The fantasy game where you shoot fireballs from your hands. And then, there's the sci-fi racer. You've seen this game many times before, whether it's Nintendo's F-Zero, Sony's WipeOut, or any number of similarly-inspired racers for PC. But for VR, there's Bank Limit.
The game's subtitle, Advanced Battle Racing, says it all. This isn't just a clean, futuristic, sci-fi racer, but one in which active combat plays a significant role. Not only will you be trying to ram your opponents off the magnetic track, but you'll be dodging lasers and missiles from those you've left in your wake.
But what's really going to sell the experience is speed, and developer Tastee Beverage Studios promises you'll be able to get up to Mach 1. To be able to look out your window and see the cold metal tracks whizzing past, and glowing lasers shooting in the opposite direction, is going to lend Bank Limit a unique thrill.
Tastee Beverage is planning on making the game a launch title for the Oculus Rift, so look for it on March 28. An early VR demo is available to download as well, but it only runs on older versions of the Rift SDK.
