Hotshot Racing

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,437 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 3.7h for positive, 1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (70.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (53)

• Phew! Come 1st and beat 2nd place by 1 second. 100%
• Speedy Exit Exit a Drift with a Boost. 96%
• Catch my Drift Build a full boost bar segment from one drift. 75%
• Newbie Come 1st in an arcade race. 66%
• Serial Sprinter Perform 10 boosts in a race. 48%
• Redemption Arc Fail a start line boost and take 1st place in arcade mode. 37%
• BWM Driver Slipstream behind a player for 5 seconds. 27%
• C4 Start the explosion timer 4 times in Drive or Explode. 25%
• Carbon Fibre Optic Play an Online race. 24%
• Hustler Come 1st in an Arcade Race after dropping to 8th place from 1st place. 23%
• Competent Come 1st in 4 arcade races on different tracks. 20%
• Pacifist Complete a race without colliding with another racer. 20%
• Destruction Level 99 Finish a race with 20 track destructibles destroyed. 19%
• Beat the Rap (Robbers only) Complete a race of Cops & Robbers without being converted into a Cop. 17%
• Fishing for Compliments Play an Online race with a customised vehicle. 16%
• Barrel-ly Made It Finish a Barrel Barrage race on fire 15%
• Self Reflection Complete a race on a mirrored track. 14%
• Professional Come 1st in 8 arcade races on different tracks. 10%
• Stick it to the Dev Beat a default ghost time in Time Trial. 8.5%
• Practise Makes Perfect Beat 5 personal bests on any track. 8.4%
• On Cloud 9 Come 1st in 9 online races (any game mode) 7.5%
• Barely Breathing Drive or Explode: Finish a race on fire. 7.1%
• Barreling Along Finish a Barrel Barrage race without hitting a single barrel 6.8%
• Grafting hard Build your boost meter to full from empty twice in a race. 5.4%
• Globetrotter Finish an arcade race on every track. 5.4%
• Precision Drive or Explode: Finish a lap without taking any damage. (Restored health is irrelevant.) 5.2%
• K.O. In Drive or Explode, crash into another racer causing them to explode. 5.0%
• World Class Come 1st in 16 arcade races on different tracks. 4.8%
• Not Your Lucky Day In Drive or Explode, explode before reaching the 1st checkpoint. 4.7%
• Artiste Achieve 1st place as Keiko in any Grand Prix on Expert. 4.7%
• Not a Robot Achieve 1st place as Toshiro in any Grand Prix on Expert. 4.7%
• Hotshot Come 1st in every GP as any character on Expert. 4.4%
• Seeing Double (Cops Only) Convert 2 Robbers within a second of eachother 4.4%
• Referral Bonus (Cops only) Convert 3 Robbers into Cops in a Cops & Robbers race. 4.3%
• Supersonic Cross the finish line on Drive or Explode at 300mph. 4.1%
• Gentrified Achieve 1st place as Aston in any Grand Prix on Expert. 4.0%
• Reverse Psychology (Cops only) Convert a Robber by colliding whilst driving in the wrong direction. 3.8%
• Follow Your Dreams Achieve 1st place as Alexa in any Grand Prix on Expert. 3.8%
• Download Diva Finish first in the Boss Level GP on Expert 3.8%
• Speedster Achieve 1st place as Marcus in any Grand Prix on Expert. 3.8%
• The Peacock Customise every aspect of a vehicle and complete a race with it. 3.5%
• Raving Achieve 1st place as Viktor in any Grand Prix on Expert. 3.4%
• Daredevil Achieve 1st place as Xing in any Grand Prix on Expert. 3.3%
• Family Man Achieve 1st place as Mike in any Grand Prix on Expert. 3.0%
• Wheeler Dealer Complete a race in every vehicle. 2.8%
• Machine in the Ghost Drive inside a ghost in Time Trial for 5 seconds. 2.8%
• Marking Territory Set a personal best time on every track. (No mirrored track required.) 2.7%
• Show Off… Reverse across the finish line and take 1st place in an arcade race. 2.7%
• Follow the Crowd Beat a downloaded ghost time in Time Trial. 2.6%
• Dunkin' (Robbers Only) Perform a donut in a race and achieve the highest score. 2.3%
• The Destroyer Drive or Explode: Cause 3 vehicles to explode within 10 seconds of hitting them. 2.3%
• Trophy Hunter Purchase all customisation options. 2.1%
• Overachiever Unlock all customisation options. 2.1%