VN - Ren'Py - Race of Life [Ep. 3.2 Extra] [Underground Studio]

Been on this site for a long time without posting anything, but I felt compelled to talk about this game after playing its first episode. Probably the best first release of all the games I played (only PC could compete IMO). The story, the pacing, the characters, the renders (and details), are all amazing, but I want to highlight two things. First of all, you take the role of a professor, something that is fresh given that most games with college settings make you a student. Being the professor is a big turn-on, but incredibly underused in this kind of stories. Second of all, the animations are incredibly well made. I think there is an exageration about the importance of animations, but the ones used in RoL blew me away. The first sexscene is one of the hottest I remember and the animations are a big part of that (the conversation immediately before the sex is also really hot). So, yeah, perfect first release.

Ep.1

The begining of the story is good. MC isn't saint, got divorced due to cheating his wife and have daughter with her. In the mean while he will encounter number of female characters with whom you may develop relationship(s). So i'll no more spoil the story. Character models all look good. Based on what i've seen so far i do recommend this game for everyone to try it out. I'll probably update my review after Ep.2 arrives for now based on my expiriance i'm giving this game 4/5.

Amazing renders and animations. The animation of the racing car really amazed me. The female characters are very attractive. The story is very interesting and makes me laugh happily. A large number of choices allow me to decide what kind of person I want to be.

This game definitely deserves 5 stars and I wish more people would support Underground Studio because they deserve more!

Pros:

The main character. I think he's funny, cool and very relatable.
Renders.
Characters. Veronica and Maggie are S class beauties.
Story. Wasn't expecting this game to knock me out my socks, I thought it was going to be a poor, meme filled Fast and Furious rip-off but instead it has it's own identity, it flows well and not to mention it gives you the feels. A+++
Sex scenes/Animations. Magnificent.
Wyatt feels like the perfect antagonist, but I hope this gets done well.
Cons:

I hated what happened to Lily.

As someone pointed out her face looks a little too mature for her body, it's like we squeezed an adult on a kids body.

The MC cheated so he's mostly likely going to try to get his family back at some point. I just hope his past doesn't become a hindrance or a go to punchline that Allison gets to throw in his face nonstop. The Dev already automatically give her sympathy points because of this but I won't enjoy this game in the future if the MC becomes so apologetic to the point where he's pandering to her. People make mistakes, that shouldn't define you for the rest of your life.

Im so impressed with this game i could not stop playing, all of a sudden it was 3AM and i had work the next morning. There is so much content for just 1 episode and the story is great so far. Animations are amazing and the sex is not in slowmotion (big+ imo). I already like a lot of the girls both personality and looks. Im not a huge racing/car fan usually but i liked that u got some decisions in the race and hope that we do going forward. Honestly got nothing but good things to say about it. If the dev keeps this up it will be one of the best games on here! Hopefully it wont be to long until episode 2!

An excellent well polished game.
The story is really good, memorable cast hell even character development check (which is quite rare in AVN)

Beautiful renders & those godly animations turns this into a visual masterpiece.

The part that annoyed me was that all the LI u meet r too loveable.Usually after starting every AVN u have a clear idea who u r rooting for but in this every girl u meet is an absolute gem & I just can't choose ,so harem route here I come cuz I want em all.
At first it was V(Best MILF!),then the beautiful kindhearted neighbour & now even the annoying Ex has started to grow on me(cuz she has every reason to hate u).

I'm quite confident that this definitely gonna be the next big hit so hat's off to u Dev

FINALLY.... someone gets it.. someone finally gets what makes a GREAT visual novel..
Story - Amazing potential and so far not a fault to be found
Animation - Some of the best on the market atm
Character Design - Cute girls, and mc that isnt a waste of narrative space and likeable
There is so much i like about this title.. right from the start it had me interested and did what i've been saying in comments for ages now.. MAKE EPISODE 1 THE BEST IT CAN BE to get the audiences invested in your title..
Music - familiar but in a good way.. its a playlist of songs you heard before but loved and works so well in the settings..
MiniGames - The race winner picking and quicktime race participation games are amazing and fit well instead of just being unneeded extras..
I hope this title goes a long time as its rare to be this hooked so fast..
Well Done Dev

Amazing start, excellent renders and animations, beautiful female characters, super interesting story plot and lots of game options.

The racing-themed VN is really cool, and I'm looking forward to the next episodes. Good luck to the dev!

Epic initial release. Story stands apart from the overused tropes of "moved away, came back home, now I fuck everything with a vagina," or "I'm heading off to college, lets fuck everything in sight," or "I just found out I have a long lost daughter(s), lets seduce them!" There was actually so much content in this initial release, I was actually to the point of thinking "damn, is this going to end?" Good mix of comedy, drama, romance, and content that kinda hits you emotionally hard. Definitely going to be one of my top VN's that I'll be keeping an eye on, though I am kind of concerned about how long it will take for updates to come, as I would imagine this much quality is not very easy to make. I wouldn't be opposed to supporting the creator if updates can come regularly, and the content stellar content keeps coming.

fantastic animations and rendors; unique story; hot models. It's got the right amount of tease but still has content. It's a little bit vanilla but I'm good with that. Overall, this is a very good game. Dev has clearly put a lot of effort into this. I look forward to future updates.

[Ep. 1]

This is it boys! This might be the next big one to shoot up fast if the development doesn't stagnate.

This dev duo shows competence in all the areas of development. They also show broad knowledge in various fields that are explored within the story. I was constantly impressed while playing this first release. The episode is very meaty and has enough content for an accurate review.

The visuals are top notched. The render quality and models are great as anyone can see. That's not too unique these days, but the camera angles, simulated movement during conversations, and expressions are also quite immersive.

One thing I have to specifically mention in regards to the visuals is the noticeable effort in fitting the clothing on them DAZ boobs. As we all know, "boob socket syndrome" is a condition affecting so many chicks in this industry. It requires extra effort to remove this absurd condition from DAZ autofit, so props to them. The only negative thing I can say about the visuals is that the 7 year old daughter has a grown woman's head pasted on a child's body. She looks more like a small person than an actual child.

The sex scenes are excellent. It fits my definition of a perfectly executed scene in a DAZ game. The situation is sufficiently erotic. There is nice lead up to it. There is sufficient sex dialogues that run alongside the animations. There are multiple positions and smooth animations. The scenes have a nice flow to it.

The coding, aka choice and impact when it comes to VNs, is done very well. There are enough calls for variables and flags to keep the story consistent with the choice the player makes. It could be flavor text or slightly bigger variations, but there is enough there to keep the player engaged without bloating the project with route creep.

Now the most important aspect. The writing. Overall, I'd say it's excellent, but it's not without its flaws.

First, the characters are extremely well realized. We see their personality, motivations, and values through mostly natural interactions and conversations. I say mostly because the dialogues can get a bit heavy on the "witty banter" stuff that can be a bit grating if you are a grump like myself. Still, the actual interactions between these characters seem genuine.

As for the actual plot, this is where I could make some critiques. It doesn't quite land on a consistent tone and focus. Each segment being explored is very convincing on its own, but it just lacks that little bit of extra polish to tie everything together in a smooth narrative.

We have the porn adventures of a college professor. There are college thots he can perv on. There is a sweet but clingy English professor "kinda gf." This segment plays like a typical porn thing. Then there are the bits about his daughter and wife. This relationship is explored extremely maturely. This segment is incredibly grounded and honestly makes for some amazing drama about divorced parents. Then there is some incredibly well researched medical segment that morphs into sort of a sci-fi thing. There is a bit of mystery/thriller thing going on too. Then there is the titular action packed racing stuff.

Obviously, stories rarely follow only one single genre or tone. Mixing drama, action, and comedy is nothing new. It's just a bit jarring when we go from incredibly emotional and serious drama involving the wife and daughter to a bar where the MC is shooting the shit with his buddy, cracking jokes, making puns, and banging a random chick.

All in all, this is definitely an "Excellent" VN. The flaws I mentioned are more than covered by the overall quality of the game. You really can't ask for much more than this when it comes to a DAZ game in the broad "non-fetish based story" group.

Very strong start with some pretty good writing and characters, renders are top notch and fitting this many animations in ep 1 is quite impressive. I can't wait for next update and would recommend giving it a try, especially if you like cars.

I agree with the best reviews, one of the best few around.

Phenomenal start, but the enthusiasm to follow it will depend on the update times which if too late / sporadic will not allow to follow it, like other rare good games in this forum for which hopes have been lost.

It lacks accumulation / tension to make the approach to the present sex scenes exciting, it would be perfect if made also in function of the latter aspect, however I rate it the best both for the story and for the static and animated art.

Excellent start. Hope things continue this way in the future. Interesting story and nice characters, renders, animations, etc. I'am fairly impressed with the visuals. Look promising and have potential.

REVIEW OF V0.1 - Very Promising

Lets start with the best bit of praise right off the bat.... for a 0.1, this has a lot of content... i would say around 1.5/2 hours play time with decent lewd content which is excellent for a first release.

Characters are well drawn and the animations are good aswel... this all bodes well for a really good VN

Falls Short of a 5* as the early releases can always be improved... some of the dialog is a bit wordy, the mobile phone convos dont seem to have any impact on the story regardless of options chosen and the MC's best mate is frankly a bit of an arse...

But other than that, i cant really place any negatives here. The story is different compared to other games... very fast and furious vibes, Models seem fairly unique and the game is very playable.

Biggest compliment i can give here, is if the next update doesnt take forever to arrive (ie: nice regular updates planned) i will probably subscribe officially to the dev.

Pretty great story so far, and it is only chapter 1! Getting into details, if you are looking for a game with a well created pace, interesting and believable characters, nice looking girls and a great future ahead, get into this one. It truly is too early to say if the game will maintain its wuality, but it certainly deserves 5 stars.

Ep3:
Still think there´s too many LI. The dev should really edit the dialogue for those cheating Veronica. Also for the non cheating ones: We go from "on the fence" to "madly in love" too fast.
Ex-wife route on par with the very best on porn games. Keep it going.
Ep1:
This one is very nice. It´s gonna be about street racing and making money. The part where you´re an (almost) college professor and you do street racing is a bit iffy and also the guy is applying for grants and we never get a hint that he ever works on the research... but whatever.. the rest is ok.

Some random thoughts about the ladies and future:

- 4 of the women are nicely introduced to the story, they each have their place: ex-wife, co-worker- neighbour and student. Don´t know why Jasmine comes up at 2 places, Natalya´s introduction is also poor. Both these women feel forced into the story.
- Dont know what Jasmine was doing at the races. Did i skip a part?
- we already have 6 women that will surely be LIs, the doctor will be one too for sure... too many? Are we gonna have 30 chapters? Choose 3 or 4 and make it count, you dont need more LIs. Add 30 one night stands for the wankers. Or do 30 LIs and do a harem game, wich would be a pity because Ch1 could be the basis to something great.

FMS such a good start. Animations are absolutely amazing. Renders are as well. Story is really good. Models are absolutely gorgeous.

A little above my head as I don't understand mechanese. Learning new things with an AVN, who would have thought.

Now if the creator can solve the problems that have plagued other attempts we will be golden.

Really enjoyed this game so far. The story is intriguing, the characters are attractive and there is enough going on to keep you entertained. I never felt myself skipping dialogue because I was bored. Looking forward to the coming chapters.

Most impressive debut I've seen. Renders and animations are top-notch, the story and writing are superb (which is extremely rare in games like these), there's a right mix of humour and drama in it and all in all I can't find even a single flaw. Characters are interesting too, they behave like real characters and the game feels more authentic than your usual erotic game where porn logic is a prime directive.

Pros:
+ Renders, sex scenes
+ Variety of beautiful women to play with
+ Very good writing
+ Perfect mix of humour and drama
+ Interesting premise
+ Meaningful choices
+ Interesting and believable characters
+ For a 0.1 release it's very long