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26 July

It's Alive!

We suppose if you're reading this you already figured it out, but Riptide GP: Renegade is now available for purchase!

We're doing a 10% discount launch week promotion, so now's a good time to jump in, grab a copy, and get racing.

We are going to try and monitor the forums too so if you have thoughts or suggestions about the game, please share them. The Vector Unit team will definitely read your comments, and we'll try to respond to as many as we can over the coming days and weeks.

Also if you like the game please tell your friends! The more people we get playing, the more fun the online experience will be, and the more quickly we'll be able to support the game with updated patches and content.

Thanks to all our community and fans for being so patient -- we know it was a long wait for this one. We hope you enjoy the results!

- The Vector Unit Team

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13 July

Release Date Announced!

Riptide GP: Renegade is launching on Steam (and PS4) on July 26, and will be priced at USD $14.99.

Riptide GP: Renegade is the first game of the Riptide GP series to be developed from the ground up for modern consoles and desktop PCs. You’ll definitely notice it in the details!

Our CEO and Creative Director Matt Small says: "With Riptide GP: Renegade, we've cranked up the action to make it more of a classic arcade racer. It still has the speed and dynamic water that players love. But the races are bigger and more explosive, with transforming vehicles, interactive obstacles, and secret shortcuts."

Game modes include the challenging single player Career mode, 8 player online races, asynchronous ghost racing challenges, and split screen local multiplayer. We can't wait for you to play it!

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About This Game

Experience the future of illicit hydrojet racing, where armored riders kick out death-defying stunts over massive waterfalls, dodge cops through public waterways, and boost at breakneck speeds across surging waves.

You are a hydrojet rider, framed and cast out from the Riptide GP league, forced to race illegally through city waterways, flooded ruins, and churning factory machinery in an effort to reclaim your reputation and your title. Play through the single player career to unlock new vehicles, playable characters, and customization features as you take down bosses and build your crew.

Then, take your skills online for the ultimate test as you battle opponents around the world in 8-player online matches. Challenge your friends for leaderboard supremacy in the ghost-racing challenge mode. You can even play locally in split screen races with up to 4 players!

Riptide GP: Renegade is the first game in the acclaimed Riptide GP series to be redesigned from the ground up specifically for modern desktop PC and console hardware. Featuring thrill-ride race tracks packed with shortcuts, secrets, and interactive obstacles, Riptide GP: Renegade is the action-arcade water racer for a new generation.

FEATURES

• Thrill-Ride Environments - Blast across floating factory platforms, brave hurricane-strength waves, and infiltrate a military base in the midst of battle. Every race track is packed with interactive set pieces, dynamic obstacles and secret shortcuts.

• Deep Career Mode - Battle your way through a variety of races and boss fights to reach the top of the underground hydro jet racing circuit. Earn cash and experience to upgrade and customize your hydro jet, unlock new stunts, and increase your rider's performance.

• Online Multiplayer - Compete online in thrilling 8 player matchups against the best players from around the world.

• Split Screen Multiplayer - Challenge your friends in local split-screen multiplayer championships. Play with up to 4 players on a single machine! (Additional gamepads controllers required))

• Challenge Mode - Take command of the leaderboards and test your skills against ghost recordings of your friends' best performances.

• Transforming Vehicles - Collect and upgrade a garage full of blisteringly fast hydro jets that transform while you ride them. Win money to upgrade and customize each one.

• State of the Art Water Racing - Riptide GP: Renegade brings dynamic water racing to a new level of excitement with breathtaking water physics, splash-tastic spray effects, and more! Every race is different because the surface you race on is always changing.

• Full gamepad integration

• Steam Complete - Compete with your friends on leaderboards, unlock challenging achievements, and keep your game going from device to device with cloud data syncing.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows 7, 8, or 10 (64-bit)
Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 512MB VRAM
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 400 MB available space

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Posted: 8 August

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Posted: 2 August

At first launch, it seems a bit like a buggy port from a console or phone/tablet. The tutorial starts by saying that you need to chase another racer, and that it will auto accelerate. Cue me sitting there waiting for it to start moving. Turns out, auto accelerate is disabled by default. Cue me trying to press W to get the jetski to move. No effect. Space. No effect. Up arrow. *Starts moving*. Groan - bad default keyboard map. Changing the keys is a harrowing experience too - reminds me of some dodgy old games circa 1995. And you can't use the mouse to move the viewport or boost either - strictly a keyboard affair and the automatic camera mode. Plus, until you restart the race, it gives the wrong hints for what keys to press... It even suggested that I "tilt my device" to turn at one point - er, pretty sure there is no accelerometer in any part of my computer...

I've played the previous Riptide games, so I figure I can try boosting and doing tricks in the tutorial - no go. Turns out they don't become active until you start playing for real, at which point you kinda get infotips showing you how to use them anyway... So, my advice is just skip the tutorial completely. Whether or not you have played the previous games, you are not missing anything except a bit of story...

Apart from that, graphics are pretty gorgeous, race tracks have hints about turns and stunt areas, at least to start with (I haven't seen an option to turn them off for a more authentic experience - I do know how to look at the mini-map, you know!). Will play some more and see how it goes...

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Posted: 1 August

Riptide GP was originally a mobile handheld game by Vector Unit.
Now the series has found its third game to be here on Steam. And it's bloody fantastic.
Pricing is on point, bunch of content to be enjoyed here and a decent variation of different customizable vehicles and riders. The difficulty here is also hard as balls,
so DO EXPECT SOME CHALLENGE with this one.

Mechanics are also pretty smooth and very simple, there aren't many buttons
to be pressing so you'll definitely get the hang of the control scheme real quick.

Visually, it looks amazing.
The aesthetic isn't exactly unique or anything we've not seen before but it just looks GREAT.
The characters, colours, backgrounds, maps, WATER, it all looks amazing.
Especially for something that started off as a mobile title.
You can do tricks with your water ride thingies but overall
it's a pretty casual racing game that really reminds me of the SSX series.
As you know none of those made it to PC or STEAM
so if you're looking for something of that nature, this is definitely the game to be picking up.

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Posted: 31 July

This game comes down to one thing: The difficulty.

If you enjoy a challenge and don't mind repeating the same levels over and over and over just because you messed up one turn then this is the game for you. Also the difficulty ramp up is insane, I went from winning every race to not even being able get top 3 within the first handful of missions.

If you'd rather have a casual game that slowly ramps up in diffilcutly then I have to say look elsewhere.

Until the devs add a difficulty setting, I can't recommend this game. This isn't Dark Souls and most people won't have the interest to master this game, so unless you're one of those people you'll find a lot more aggravation from Riptide GP: Renegade than any actual fun.

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Posted: 29 July

I don't understand the negative reviewers just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on this game for trivial reasons.
The cops provide little to no threat. If you're such a ♥♥♥♥ that you keep running into them, then you're doing it wrong.
Once you buy a few lvl 5 and lvl 10 tricks, older levels will be much easier to beat.
Bosses are difficult, but once you're used to the map they're fairly easy to beat.
They're not "INSANELY DIFFICULT". Just difficult for starters, at the very least.
The game is NOT impossible to play, NOR is it impossible to enjoy.
The game is already BALANCED. If you 'need' the developers to make it easier for you, uninstall the game and get a refund.

I should note, I just beat Pyta and Fryta fairly easily with my Scimitar hydrojet having no more than 1/2 the upgrades for it.

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Posted: 29 July

I am already hooked! I can not wait ot put more time into it! fast paced, awesome graphics! lots of fun! I love the story mode and the look of the hydrojets! I can't wait to see others out there! very good tutorial not boring or anything and the music is on point for the game!

9/10

NOTE: Use a controller!

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Posted: 29 July

The tracks are nice to look at (kind of like a 3DS Max demo reel from early 2000s). The vehicles are more difficult to control, but I suspect with practice I'll get better. What doesn't make sense is the other racers are insanely difficult to defeat and you can no longer buy new bikes! You have to defeat the insanely difficult opponents to get a new bike. It's impossible and not at all fun. I even changed the level down to easy and they were still impossible to beat. And it isn't like I suck at playing these games. I was quie good at Riptide GP. The newer surroundings are okay, I suppose, and the "story" is just sort of stupid. But the addition of police, I thought, would be welcome and might even be an equalizer in the game... except the cops only seem interested in you and no other racers. They seem to be there to get in your way (and ONLY your way) so you can't win. And that's it. Considering the fun they could have had with adding police into the mix this seems like a huge opportunit missed. The devs took a very well balanced game (Riptide GP2) and made it practically impossible to play, and impossible to enjoy. I hope later updates fix these issues. At the very least, this game really needs to be balanced out.

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Posted: 28 July

Good, solid fun. Excellent addition to the series.

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Posted: 28 July

Not very good over all. Too much of a grind feel and not a race feel.

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Posted: 28 July

1st Impressions: It's a fun, modern Jetmoto-FZero hybrid!

If you like Riptide GP2 as myself, you will like this. Nicer graphics, some shortcut routes and some more gameplay options.

My main issue is lack of tracks, from what I saw and researched its only has 9 tracks with a few variations. Like Ride the motorcycle game, its good, but gets old racing the similar tracks with just a few small changes to the tracks and type of race (race, stunt points, elimination). It does have different event variations to keep it fresh. GP2 was better with tracks imo.

Its has more of a sci-fi theme and is a nice arcade racer that focuses on stunts and boosts, same controls for stunts which are critical to winning, upgrades (a bit of grinding) and some vehicle customization options. Wish you didn't need to use the boost up all at once. Anyways, the price is reasonable, so I say its a buy if you want some fun Jetmoto style of racing.

8/10

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A great improvement from riptide gp 2
A vectot unit game with a story is a nice change.It has a need for speed fell to Riptide GP: Renegade.

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Posted: 26 July

If you've never heard of Riptide, now is the perfect time to get on it. Jet Moto? Hydro Thunder? Put them together. Add some SSX flare.

You get a crazy feeling of adrenaline and speed when you are chasing after the wake of the person ahead of you, so you can slingshot passed.

If you already own Riptide GP 1 and GP2, there is plenty of enough reason to get Renegade. More stunts. I think it's FASTER. More ALIVE. And Deadlier.

The 9 tracks are insane with so much going on. (It's leaning more toward VectorUnit's action packed blockbuster racetracks of Hydro Thunder Hurricane.)

It's gorgeous. Lush and futuristic. Apocalyptic in others. There is one track that is in a storm and the waves are massive.

The sound FX are amazing!

As I'm skimming along the water on a crotch rocket, I keep saying to myself over n over, "This is amazing."

Controller.. get one. It's a racing game. lol The only people complaining about the game are the people who REFUSE to buy a controller. For $13 it's a damn steal.

THANK YOU VECTOR UNIT for this GEM.

Now I hope to see you people online during peak hours. (3PM to 9PM) And I hope your ride is souped up, cause you will get DUSTED... in the WATER, where dust doesn't even exist!!

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Posted: 26 July

My daughter and I really enjoyed the 2nd game and were looking forward to this one. If you liked the last game you will like this one. There are a few changes but all in all it is more of the same in the best way possible. This is a very fun arcade racer. Don't buy it expecting realistic physics or a deep role playing experience. Expect fun, well thought out tracks and some really "wow" moments with much improved graphics.

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Posted: 26 July

Awesome! If you are a fan of the last Riptide GP, this is definitely an improvement. Better graphics, more fluid feel for steering. This absolutely has a better feel to it than the last game and the last game was great.

Im usually hesitant when it comes to spending money on a game when it isn't in Steam Winter Sale time. I like to get my money's worth. I like knowing when I pay for a game, it is playable, it is fun to play and I wont just play it 1 time and never look at it again. This game is worth the $15 or whatever it is. No buyer's remorse. Great Success!

Note: Any bad review given to this game about being bad or automatic when using a keyboard can't let you turn away from this game. Dont be a baby, buy a controller, use the controller when playing games like this = have an awesome experience!

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Posted: 26 July

It definitely has a lot more going on for it than GP2. Drafting, level events, etc. It's a little on the hard side (so was GP2, this is actually easier for me), but when you get the hang of it it's pretty rewarding. Needs more people for online games, though.

Good stuff.

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