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Here at breakdowncover.org we’re suckers for a good racing sim (or any vehicle related video game really), so we decided to have a rummage through the growing number of iPad racing games in the iTunes store and pick out 16 of our favourites.
So here’s hour run down of the 16 best Racing Games for the Apple iPad.
Don’t agree with us? Missed out your favorite? Shout at us in the comments!
#16. Hit N’Run
Weave in and out of traffic at high speeds and hit cars of the proper color. Have fun breaking traffic regulations and following worst driving practices. Hit N’Run pushes the limits of gameplay on a handheld device. Choose your own speed and pace: from comfortable and relaxed to extreme and outright mad.
Use tilt controls to drive your car and pick up the perks on the road shoulders as you go. Boost your score by hitting cars of selected colors and completing the combo while avoiding damage from touching the wrong cars. It’s up to you to hit as many vehicles as possible without crashing your car, and collect extra points by doing cool moves on the way.
Drifting is the act of manoeuvring a vehicle through corners at speeds and angles that exceed the vehicle’s grip. A drift is when a driver performs a controlled slide through corners while adhering to the racing line. Drifting involves fast cars, super skilled drivers and hardcore fans.
Loaded with such features as:
Cutting edge control system including a variable throttle system and hydraulic handbrake
5 vehicles with unique specs (traction, horsepower, torque etc.)
3 unique race tracks
3 level of difficulties; start at easy and improve your skills while completing the normal and pro mode
3 camera configurations; select a camera that you are comfortable with
Replay system with highlights of your best combos
Soundtrack from Good Fight Music including songs from Conditions (Album: Fluorescent Youth) and I Am Abomination (Album: To Our Forefathers)
Ability to listen to your own songs from your own music library
Exclusive content including DMCC event intro video and photos
Cracked.com is a continual source for comedy relief on the Internet, boasting 5 million visitors per month. They do a pretty good job of covering the gamut of funny things found online. Now there’s an app for that.
Cracked.com released their own iPad app today, Cracked.com for iPad. The app brings everything the site contains to the user and includes articles hand picked by the editors, photoplasty contest galleries, the latest videos optimized for the iPad, and a view into the Cracked.com break room that will be updated frequently.
There are some fantastic photography apps available for your iPad in the iTunes store, and more arriving every day. I’ve had a look through and sorted out ten that I think you’re going to love. Take a look at this little lot…
Scott Kelby’s Photo Recipes Live: Behind the Scenes: Your Guide to Today’s Most Popular Lighting Techniques
"Scott Kelby, author of the best-selling The Digital Photography Book, brings to life his “Photo Recipes” chapters from volumes 1, 2, and 3. In this app, which features two hours of video—viewable by chapter and by bite-size, individual clips—as well as Behind the Scenes photography tips, Scott shows you exactly how it’s all done, from scratch, without holding anything back.
iPads are turning up everywhere and if you have one, you know how much kids want to play with them. By downloading kid-friendly iPad apps, keep your children entertained as they learn with your cool iPad. You’ll find any of these apps by searching by application name in the iTunes store. These apps range in price from free to $4.99, and some offer a free trial version so you can try before you buy.
PegLight for iPad – This app is like the old Lite Brite toy where kids create pictures and shapes using pegs inserted into a black background. This encourages creativity, but it requires patience, so it generally works better for older children. Recommended for ages 4 and up.
Skee-Ball – This game emulates the popular arcade and fair game and works better on the iPad than it does on the iPhone because there’s more room to move your fingers. For ages 4 and up.
Sneezies HD – Children free pompoms imprisoned in bubbles by spreading sneeze powders. This makes the pompoms sneeze, breaking the bubbles and scoring points. This app is for ages 4 and up.
WeetWoo – Here’s a good app for smaller children beginning with a recommended age of 2. Weet Woo serves up kid-friendly videos that youngsters can easily browse to find hours of entertainment that is both fun and educational.
The iPad may be the device of the rich, but no matter what your socioeconomic status, it’s never fun to shell out for an app and end up disappointed in your purchase. Considering that the iPhone’s strong gaming heritage has carried over to Apple’s tablet device, the danger of picking up a sub-par paid title is arguably high.
With iPad app counterparts running significantly higher in cost than their tinier mobile cousins, it’s more useful than ever to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff. We went hands-on with a number of popular paid titles in the Games category of the App Store to cull the following list for you, which represents some of the best that the still-early days of iPad gaming has to offer.
Still, there are sure to be great paid iPad games we’ve missed in this list, so please do share your favorites in the comments.
1. Civilization Revolution
If you’ve played any version of Sid Meier’s award-winning Civilization franchise, you’ll be instantly familiar with the iPad app. It compares very favorably with the versions of Civilization Revolution that brought the original PC strategy series to consoles, and will have a very small learning curve for anyone who has played the title on other platforms.
If you’re not already familiar with the franchise, it may be easier to think of Civilization as a modern-day version of Risk, in which you choose a historical figure to lead your civilization in a turn-based scaled progression of time. As you turn your tiny village into a thriving metropolis, animated advisers help guide you through the finer points of diplomacy with your adversaries and scientific advancement through research. Unlike Risk, however, there is more than one path to victory — in addition to world domination, you can also win a match by technological advancement, cultural growth, or economic achievement.
Several difficulty levels allow you to scale up as you master the various aspects of the game. If you’re already a fan of Civilization or the strategy and management genre in general, our only caveat is the many hours you may lose to this $12.99 title.
Last night, Flipboard announced the launch of their iPad app, a social magazine called Flipboard.
Designed from the ground up for iPad, Flipboard creates a magazine out of a users social content. Simply launch Flipboard and flip open the cover to get started. From the Table of Contents readers can view their sections and personalize the magazine.
The content of Flipboard is populated based on the user’s own accounts on Twitter and Facebook, as well as their other interests. It’s also presented in a very iPad-friendly interface as shown in this promo video:
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