VN - Ren'Py - Race of Life [Act 1 v1.02] [Underground Studio]

First of all, Merry Xmas Everyone, wish you all a wonderful holiday!

Now , to the review of Ep 3.2 Extra:
The game currently have 3 episode (technically only half of ep3 now?), although each episode are fill with content, like hours long, not to mention having to backtrack , pick different choices to unlock more paths + scene.

+Story : Well-written, no crazy crime/mystery/thriller/sci-fi etc , still interesting enough to hook me in and keep reading , even though i cant understand half of the physics,electromagnetic/car stuff. 4.5/5

+Render/Animation : One of the most high quality ever seen in these type of games. Render are very details and gorgeous, Animation are top tier quality - camera angle, view, position, transition between scene,... it just perfect. 5/5

+LIs/Girls : Beautiful, each of them come with some very unique personality and beauty type, some got more content than most though, a few example:

-Veronica, MC's current "GF" : got the most content for now, she's looks fine, busty body,justmy opinion- face kinda eh, not bad , not great either, especially when comparing to other LIs ,somewhat clingy, force u into commited relationship early on, can turn down, tho u gonna miss tons of content + sex scene with her. NGL, she seems pale compare to other LIs -they're just younger, prettier, smarter and offer more to the table than her.

-Jasmine, best LIs -#Jasmine4life, Gorgeous,hot asf red head, fierce, playful, naughty, smart, always teasing/seducing, she even help the MC make a break through with his project, best option to bring along on race, party, meeting, conference etc story wise.

-Other college girls (Natalya, Alexa,..): Also hot, and smart, didnt know enough about them yet.
-Allison :ex wife, hate n love relationship, she's fine i guess.
-Maggie: Cute, innoocent, didnt have much info on her as of now, mostly just drama with her mom that nearly got the MC kill, not seems to worth it if u ask me.
Overall a 5/5.

High quality,Amazing game, definitely recommended, an AVN this great should be way up there alongside Eternum or sth (in terms of popularity).Looking forward to the next update, hopefully with more Jasmine content !

Race of Life - Race of Punani?

3-2-1 - gooooooo: 4 stars, lots of content in 3 episodes, good story, lots of chicks. Good anims with decent length H-scenes. Worth a play.

Although, there is someone waving a yellow flag - the marketing for this game is a fault: the focus definitely isn't a racing theme. Bizarre.

Anyway, this is a decent game. Your choices matter and seems at some point you'll have to choose one woman - not sure how good the game will get the longer it goes on, though...

IMO:

I'll definitely look out for the game in the future in general, but also to see what situations with girls may come up. I definitely liked the 'jealous' scene with V and Jazz - that could have interesting developments (no idea if it did, I had to ditch V).

Anyway --- there is a lot more to this game (some good, some not so good), so I'll end with:

More a Race for Life than a Race of Life...

Excellent Game - Can't wait for the next edition. Graphics are awesome, good looking girls, amazing scenes, dialog is well written and witty (very surprising). There is much more story than sex, but the quality of the scenes are well worth the wait.

Ep. 3.2 Extra

It's been a while since I could honestly give 5 stars review and today is one of those cases. The game is great, congrats.

Story is built up nicely and tempo feels just right. Not too fast, not too slow, just enjoyable. And definitely believeable. I lost count how many poorly written or just plainly stupid stories I encountered while playing adult games. This one is on the other hand is one the best.

Characters have distinct personalities and behave naturaly. They won't blindly take stupidest decision imaginable, and also whole plot is well written without need to dumbing down the characters. MC also isn't a some braindead hunk, but actual person. If had to pick on something here, I'da say he's too good to be real. I mean dude is jacked, smart enough to go for PhD, good looking, knowledgeable about cars and quite nice at racing, funny, easygoing and good at sex. Almost like fairy tale character, huh?

It also does deliver on the main theme - the racing. I could think of some gmaes that wanted to stand out with some unusual theme, but ultimataly failed to actually incorporate it (like the one about basketball, you know what I'm talking about...). This one however deos good job at in. You can race allright, with a nice minigame, and there is plenty of stuff centered about racing and cars in general. I'm not a native speaker, so I don't even get the technical jargon without help of google translate, but I do appreciate it neverthless.

Writing is great, and I especialy love the banters. During first few minutes I though I'm gonna dislike William very much, yet with his every appearance I found his exchanges with MC more and more hilarious. Quite the opposite type of humour than (literal)shit jokes with Cooper, yet both of them have great written lines adn the conversations are equally appealing. Can't wait for more of this.

Now graphics are honestly great. You can see the quality of everything. Both scenes and character models look amazing. Let me also point that this is most likely first game in which we have hairy MC, whose hair look like actual hair and not pencil lines drawn on body. Heck, dude can also grow beard and then shave it after few days.

Animations are also in my personal top tier, every sex scene is not only hot, but visually pleasing to look at too. And then there are non sexual animations. I do like the car races very much. Since it's basicaly main theme of this game, it is very reasonable to have those parts animated. Feels like important part of the game rather than some unnecessary addition.

If I was to point out one bad thing about the graphic side, it would be the handrail in MC's apartment house. I mean there is this whole detailed environment everywhere, yet the handrail is literally just a brown colored cuboid and since it's featured in many scenes, it does deserve to be an actual 3d model.

It builds up, there was a point where things weren't pointing to a good narrative but I am glad I was wrong, so far.

I think this LN has probably the best sex scenes I have seen in a while, whomever does the animations they know their stuff and I am quite envious and I am sure they are doing them in Daz.

Great game and decently good narrative.

One of the best games I've ever played, well written story and characters, nice action(the racing scenes), hot and interest LI's, wholesome(the interactions with the daughter) and never bored, always hooked in.

I especially liked the slow rekindling of the relationship with Allison(if you go for it), and the top notch animation and renders.

Only thing I disliked is that you are forced with a LI at the beggining, but you can push her away later, so it's no big deal.
Would definitely recommend !

Wow, what an incredible game! There's no need to dive into complex details, it's simply fantastic. The story is incredibly engaging, with consistently captivating interactions with the girls and other characters. Everyone feels authentic and lifelike, adding depth to the experience. The plot is exceptionally strong and keeps you hooked from start to finish. I haven't experienced a single dull or boring moment.

As of the latest update (3.2), the story doesn’t leave you wondering, “What’s next if we overcome this?” Instead, you can feel the developer’s thoughtful planning in the progression, with the narrative building naturally and meaningfully around you. Truly an amazing game!

Good. I like the story. Animations are top. As well as renders.
I hope the amount of possible ways wont be overwhelming in future so the main plot can move at a good pace. Thanks to developer for great experience.

I tried this game a couple of years ago when it was just coming out, and I'm now very impressed with how much it has evolved. The models, renders, and animations are top-notch, the amount of content is extensive, and the story is genuinely engaging. It's one of the best games out there right now.

I played this game before but It wasn't on my mind but after playing it again I must say I'm impressed by how good this game is.

The graphics are top notch, definitely one of the best on this site.
The sex scene are out of this world, all the characters are amazing!

This game is definitely one of the best games currently being updated, a very good story and even better characters, one more beautiful than the other. I'll have to make a lot of saves for their routes and the complaint I had about this game, which was in relation to the racing mini game that I found difficult and confusing, has been resolved, now the developer has made it much simpler, anyway it's one of the best games currently.

An absolute thrill! This game delivers stunning visuals, immersive gameplay, and a gripping storyline. Perfect for casual and hardcore gamers alike. Highly addictive and worth every second. 10/10!! Hll Yeaaaaah!!

fantastic, the best renpy game. The main storyline is about a failed marriage and fighting to resuce the daughter. And romance story is with colleauges, students and mysterious Russian neighbour girl. All the elements are designed so different. And all models and animations are too sexy so that make player hard......

Goated game. Insane visuals, story, animations, lewd scenes, character diversity, gameplay, music, every aspect of the game is incredible. Whe this game gets 2/3 more updates is going to be top3 AVN of all time, no doubt. 11/10

great render. engaging story, and and animations. I feel like some of the love interests are one dimensional, but jasmine and alison are some of the better written ones I have seen in an avn. Cannot wait for more

Great game, Beautfil Renders, Every LI is so hot it is hard to pick which is my favorite, For the most part LIs have a lot of depth, had multiple moments that made me emotional paired with multiple moments that made me lose breath laughing, the concept is really fresh and interesting and i am very excited to see where this great game goes in future updates with this incredibly talented dev behind the wheel.

Version Reviewed: Ep. 3.1 Extra Fix v3

A great game from start to finish (pun intended).

Pros

• Excellent renders and visuals
• Excellent character models (realistic body parts is refreshing!)
• Excellent story
• Excellent writing
• Excellent humor
• Excellent banter between the MC and Jasmine
• Excellent English
• Fun and unique characters
• Good character development
• Good blend of story vs lewd content
• Good sex scenes
• Good animations
• Character log/history is a nice touch
• Shifting mini-game during races is a nice touch

Cons

• Nearly all LIs are sluts or closet sluts who throw themselves at the MC. The MC has to make little to no effort in gaining their affection (except for Allison (and Maggie to some extent))
• Don't like starting off games with a forced LI. In the end, Veronica is the least interesting LI in the game and is almost guaranteed to get dumped for other more interesting and unique LIs later in the story
• The author doesn't understand how engines and RPMs work. There is a comment in the game saying that the gauges in the MC's car only go up to 7,000 RPM and that his engine revs up to 10,000 RPM so he needs new gauges. FULL STOP! NO WAY IN HELL! Nascar engines are some of the highest reving large displacement piston engines in racing and they have a rev limit of 9,500 RPMs. They run specialized camshafts with low valve lift so they can rev that high. Most engines set up for drag racing have a rev limit of approximately 7,000 RPMs. Blowers produce the bulk of their power through 5,000 RPMs. Blowers aren't nearly as effective above 5,000 RPMs. For this reason you'll never see a blower on a car in an endurance race. Turbos are the opposite of blowers in terms of their power curve. Turbos are more effective at high RPMs as opposed to blowers. The reason drag racing engines can't rev above approximately 7,000 RPMs is due to their high valve lift. The higher the value lift, the faster the engine can accelerate/build power (overly simplified I know). Because the valves are moving a long distance (for valve lift), the momentum above 7,000 RPMs will cause them to become unstable and literally fly out of the engine. If an engine is reved too high, it blows up with valves shooting through the engine and hood of the car.
• The 'Tuner' aspect of the game is severely lacking! I was hoping for a game where I got to purchase upgrade parts, tune it, blueprint it, and balance out the car for maximum performance. None of that really exists. The MC can purchase one part for his car the entire 3.1 version of the game. A missed opportunity here to do something different than all the cookie cutter visual novels on this site.
• Due to all the other story elements, the racing part of the game is a small part overall

The game could be a unique gem here on F95Zone but it ends up being a cookie cutter visual novel. Yes, the author does nearly everything well, but it's still just vanilla gameplay and lacks uniqueness in the hundreds of visual novels on this site. The player does get to choose when to shift gears during races which is one of the few unique gameplay aspects of the game.

I was hoping for a true 'Tuner' car game where I could customize the hell out of my car, making lots of improvements to it. The MC drives his same car in all races with only one small upgrade. I was hoping to mess with air/fuel mixture, airflow in and out of the engine, fuel system and delivery, intake and exhaust, ECU settings, camber/caster settings for the suspension, etc. etc. Nope! Almost none of this exists in version 3.1.

It would be awesome if there was a large selection of parts that the MC could purchase to upgrade nearly every aspect of his car. Each part, or tune would affect various aspects of the car such as top speed, acceleration, handling, aerodynamics, braking, etc. The MC would have to 'blueprint' his car for maximum performance balancing every system (engine, drivetrain, suspension, etc.).

Too much emphasis is on the many other parts of the story instead of racing and custom tuning your car.

The fun and playful banter between the MC and Jasmine is one of the best parts of the game! The banter between the MC and Cooper is good also but tries too hard sometimes to be funny.

My favorite characters in the game are Jasmine and Natalya by far! I'm hoping that with both of their unique personalities (open minded and sexually adventurous) that the author will allow a mini-harem between the two of them!

As a generic visual novel, the game succeeds in spades! As a racing 'Tuner' game, the game fails completely.

Overall I recommend the game and encourage others to give it a try.

It's rare that there's a game that has both a compelling story and a good amount of sex/lewd scenes. Even rarer that the renders are this high quality. This is one of the games I religiously check for updates and news, and would be incredibly disappointed if it were abandoned. Every main LI is interesting and attractive, and I even feel somewhat bad when I reject them when I'm not on their respected routes. The MC is also fun to play as, and I enjoy his characterization, and watching him grow/decline is fun. I want more Jasmine, 10/10

Very nicely rendered with good story and original ideas. Mini games are fun addition as well as being directly involving to the story, which is a welcome change to other titles where the action on screen doesn't quite mesh with mini game feel.

Excellent game so far. Good story, well written dialogue, hot ladies, fun races, great renders and animations. If it keeps going that way, it will be one of the best for sure. I hope dev doesn't add more LIs, because right now I think it's just the perfect amount of options and all of the main ones have decent amount of content.