Planned Release Date: Mar 17, 2027

About This Game

An old two-door. A note from Vern.

Hardpack Rally is a single-player arcade rally game about learning a car, finding your rhythm and putting together a quicker run. Carry a slide through woodland bends, judge your braking over a crest and keep your nerve when the road narrows.

Vern’s racing days are over, but his cars are waiting. He leaves you an old two-door, the keys and a note on the hood. Work your way through the career, take on his stage times and earn the next set of keys. Every car brings a different way to drive and another note from Vern.

Four cars to get to know

• Dimmer 1990cc. The rear-wheel-drive two-door where it all begins.
  
• Montara 92. An all-wheel-drive hatchback with a different balance of grip and power.
  
• Hayai Turbo. A powerful rear-wheel-drive coupe that rewards a measured right foot.
  
• Atlas Raid. A rugged AWD rally-raid machine built for the long haul.

Learn their weight, braking and grip across point-to-point stages and circuits. The driving physics are built in-house, with approachable controls and room to improve your lines, slides and speed.

Find the seconds you left behind

Vern gives you a time to aim for. The developer’s records give you a tougher challenge when you want to push further. Chase your personal best against your own ghost, try a different line and see where a cleaner run can take you.

Make the drive your own

• A change of scenery. Drive through pine forests, autumn woodland, bamboo-covered mountains, snowy hills, coastal roads and open desert.
  
• Your car, your colours. Customize paint, livery patterns, race numbers and wheel colours.
  
• Watch it back. Stop for the view. Revisit a run in replay or frame your car and the surrounding landscape in photo mode.
  
• Keyboard or controller. Drive with a keyboard, Xbox controller or PS5 DualSense controller.
  
• An original soundtrack. Rally to music composed by the game’s developer.

Created by solo developer Andre Gomes, Hardpack Rally is a personal rally project shaped by a love of driving and the satisfaction of getting a little quicker with every run.

No ads or in-game purchases.