Fit check
Is AV-Racer worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Retro arcade racing fans who want career-based progression
- Two-player households seeking local split-screen competition
- Track-focused racers who enjoy learning corners and alternate routes
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking realistic vehicle simulation rather than fast arcade racing
- Players wanting online multiplayer or local races with more than two human participants
- Players looking for a racing game centered on time trials rather than championships
Our take on AV-Racer
Its defining format is a top-down circuit racer that links career unlocks across five car classes and championships with local two-player split-screen races on the unlocked tracks.
What is AV-Racer?
AV-Racer is a 2D top-down arcade racing game with career and local two-player split-screen modes.
Races include up to 10 drivers, with AI opponents that do not use rubber banding, handicaps, or artificial advantages. Players learn each circuit, memorize corners, cut across off-track sections, and slide through turns while competing for first place. The game contains 14 race locations with 24 track setups, five car classes, and five championships: Junior, Senior, Professional, Endurance, and World Championship. Career progress unlocks car classes and tracks for single-player and split-screen races. Optional CRT-inspired effects include curved screen edges, scan lines, color shifting, static, and television effects.
How AV-Racer plays
- 01Career progression
- Five championships and five car classes provide advancement from the Junior league to the World Series.
- 02Track variety
- Racing takes place across 14 locations containing 24 different layouts.
- 03Local split screen
- Two players can race each other or AI opponents on career-unlocked cars and tracks.
- 04Unassisted AI racing
- Computer-controlled drivers compete without rubber banding, handicaps, or artificial advantages.
- 05CRT visual effects
- Curved screen edges, scan lines, RGB shifting, static, and television effects can be switched off in settings.
AV-Racer compared to similar games
Barro also offers small-car racing with arcade, time-trial, and split-screen modes, while AV-Racer adds career progression across five championships, five car classes, 14 locations, and 24 layouts. KartKraft focuses on kart racing, including a KartKross vehicle and named tracks, rather than AV-Racer's top-down car classes and championship structure.
AV-Racer: platforms & release
Is AV-Racer worth it?
It is worth it if: retro arcade racing fans who want career-based progression. Skip it if: players seeking realistic vehicle simulation rather than fast arcade racing.
Where can I download AV-Racer?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens AV-Racer's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is AV-Racer on?
Windows only.
