Wreckfest Reviews
Turn off your mind, relax and ram someone off the road. A definitive festival of wrecking which nails the damage modelling and weighty feel of the cars perfectly, Weckfest is a must for anyone with even the smallest fondest for racing and wrecking.
Wreckfest is a solid game that hits a lot of the right notes, with plenty of technical issues that hold it back from being a classic.
Wreckfest just fully embraces what it is, and you have to respect it. Bugbear's brash, fender-bending racer has been unleashed on PlayStation 5 as part of May's PlayStation Plus lineup, and it's still very much the chaotic, crash-happy, Destruction Derby-esque experience people love. In the jump to new hardware, the game definitely benefits in a few areas, though some enhancements are better than others.
Wreckfest on PlayStation 5 is arguably the best way to play one of the most enjoyable racers of the previous console generation. A delirious mix of arcade racing and smashmouth vehicular carnage, Wreckfest's gorgeous next-generation facelift is enough to ensure that Bugbear's ramshackle racer stands shoulder to shoulder with the best racing games on PlayStation 5.
Although it drove under the radar on PS4, Wreckfest deserves the attention of racing fans, especially those with a destructive streak and a love of vehicular mayhem. With its vastly improved framerates and bumped-up resolution, Wreckfest on PS5 is the definitive way to play the game, whether against humans or the game’s more-than-decent AI drivers. Wreckfest might not be the new console generation’s ultimate racing sim, but it has some depth, a unique set of chops, and is a lot of fun.
Wreckfest is out of its early access, but there is still work to do, especially to give it a real "soul" in solo mode. It is far above all the competition in rendering physical damage on cars. On PC, he avails of the work of a very active community. Thanks to this, it offers hours of discoveries and online racing. Bugbear will probably work hard to deliver much stuff on the PC version and then an interesting console release by the end of the year.
Review in French | Read full review
It looks great, plays great, and stands out in the crowded racing market.
The driving arcade games lovers will find in Wreckfest a fine and very attractive title.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
But, for now, Wreckfest just doesn't live up to the promise of its name. The destruction is technically impressive, but oddly distancing. It awes with flying debris, but rarely exhilarates.
Wreckfest finally brings its demolition derbies and violent vehicular races to consoles.
The one put together by the creators of FlatOut is a valid and well-packaged product. The driving features of the game, as might have been expected, obviously remain the destructibility and damage system, but within Wreckfest there is, fortunately, also something more: a complete game and more than worthy of being counted with merit in the small array of titles successfully released from early access.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Wreckfest was already a game that had an incredible degree of fun, but thanks to its new new generation patch, the new graphic effects and the inclusion of the 60 fps that improves its handling in a substantial way, it is very worthwhile to be able to enjoy its crazy driving situations. It is possible that the bugbear title has once again found a gap that years ago they filled themselves with the various installments of Flatout, which broke into the driving genre with great success, focusing entirely on what matters most: Fun.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Wreckfest is one of the more impressive Switch ports we've seen, taking a game that already had performance issues on more powerful hardware and delivering a relatively stable version with reasonable loading speeds and all its debris-flinging carnage fully intact. Handheld play is a little less visually acceptable, and the Switch tax rears its ugly head again, but just like the rough-and-ready roadsters in the game, we ultimately had a great time behind the wheel.
Wreckfest is a crazy racing game with impressive destruction system and engaging gameplay. Despite few flaws, it's a must-have for every fan of Destruction Derby.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Wreckfest is a very solid game that is been published after five years of early access. The impressive physics, the worderful damage system and a lot of competitions make Wreckfest a must have for this summer.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Wreckfest combines the exact right elements to create something amazing. It's big, ridiculous, loud, and chaotic.
Overall, Wreckfest really hits the nail on the head as a casual arcade driving (and wrecking) experience
Overall, the game offers a great experience that even though I got tired of after a few hours, I came back to multiple times. The game modes give a solid bit of excitement, but the real fun to me came from the online experience and special vehicles you can use to cause real destruction. I would give the game an overall 4 out of 5. I give it this based on its overall gameplay falling a little short in variety to me, but keep in mind that leaves plenty of room for them to eventually improve on the game.
Overall, Wreckfest is a very fun game, and it is very simple to pick up the controller and just play.