When the winter weather is dragging on in London, or you are stuck inside a stuffy office in Toronto, you just want to get out on the water and go ridiculously fast. Standard car racing games get old quickly. Asphalt is boring. Riptide GP2 completely flips the script by throwing you onto a rocket powered hydrojet. It captures that exact adrenaline rush of tearing across the waves on a blistering summer day, packing some seriously intense arcade racing right onto your screen.

A MASSIVE, UPGRADED CAREER MODE

You aren’t just running a few quick laps around a boring, repetitive circuit. The career mode here is absolutely massive.

You are looking at over 60 brutal racing events that will seriously test your reflexes. One minute you are fighting for your life in a chaotic knockout elimination round, and the next you are trying to nail a flawless freestyle run. Winning these races pays out crucial XP and cold hard cash. You take those winnings straight to the garage to heavily customize your ride and unlock beefier stats. It gives you a highly addictive grind. You actually feel yourself climbing the ranks, slowly transforming from a total rookie into an absolute champion of the water.

AN ENHANCED HIGH FLYING STUNT SYSTEM

Raw speed will only get you so far against the harder AI opponents. To actually dominate, you have to get completely reckless in the air.

Hitting a massive ramp and pulling off death defying spins and flips isn’t just about showing off for the virtual crowd. The stunt system is heavily tied directly to your boost meter. If you manage to perfectly execute one of the 25 wildly dangerous new tricks, you instantly juice up your acceleration energy. It adds a genuinely deep layer of strategy to every single race. Do you play it safe and hold a tight racing line, or do you risk completely wiping out on a massive backflip just to secure a clutch speed boost for the final stretch? It is an incredibly rewarding risk versus reward mechanic.