The developer of 2021’sBuck Up and Drive, Fábio Fontes, has been showingoff his workon the upcoming sequel. While it’s still early in development, things look to be progressing well on the title.
If you’re unfamiliar,Buck Up and Drive, it’s similar toOut Runif it was taken toits furthest extremes. You not only race against time, but you also flip the hell out, performing absurd stunts that look like your car got stuck in the level geometry, and the physics don’t know how to cope. There’s also drifting and rail-grinding, the normal sort of thing you’d expect from a racing game. It was part of my list of 2021 games youmight have missed, which is what I did before just making theusual top 10 listevery year.
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Buck Up and Drive 2looks to be expanding on that. I’m not sure how that’s possible, but Fábio Fontes obviously has the answer: driving on walls. Do you rememberthe Spider-Mobilefrom the 1970’sSpider-Mancomics? It’s a lot like that but less dumb. Also shown off ischaracter customization. I’m not sure why, but I’ll take it.
Buck Up and Drive 2is built in the Godot Engine, probably because Fontes had a falling out with the GameMaker Engine following their moveto a subscription model. Thankfully, the billboards have returned for the sequel. Some players complained about the original game’s common use of pride flags as billboards, so in response, Fontes added a “Pride Flag Billboard Toggle.” When toggled, it simply adds more pride flags. Respect.
Buck Up and Drive 2is coming to PC. There is no stated release window, as it is still early in development.
