Heading Out, a Super Stylish Narrative Driving Game, Is Coming to PS5

This game was nothing like it looked. Seemed like it would be an outrun style game, but that's just a surprisingly small part of it and you wind up doing some map screen navigation mini-game half the time. That and the politics need to be addressed, normally I don't try to make an issue out of that sort of thing but this game was very heavy handed with the political narratives to the point where I was cringing a lot.

@JayJ Damn that's a shame. Make it into a racing game, add a Queens of the Stone Age soundtrack and this game would be sorted 😀👍

Reminds me of Inertial Drift but with less colour, as a petrol head I will be keeping an eye on this one!!

@Jrs1 Yeah that would have been fun. This is just bad, the storytelling isn't even good it's just really lame and there isn't even a real emphasis on the driving it feels more like a mini-game. You can tell the developer was trying to make something very different from what it could appear to be.

I could almost describe this as a bad visual novel with some driving and map navigation mini games.

@JayJ Looks cool just a pity, looking forward to seeing more of Milestone's Screamer though 👍 I got their last Monster Truck game cheap and ended up really enjoying it 😀

This looks siiiiick

Gives me Mayhem vibe (artstyle more then Auto Modellista/GT Cube & Pro Series or Intital D go for especially with Mayhem being monochrome and comic like the way this game is that those are in colour and style more but sure recognisable IPs then Mayhem which isn't) but instead of more arena based or scrap like vibe I assume that game is. It gave me more highway Road Rash or others types. Looks fine. Not a purchase for me but looks artstlye more interesting them most but gameplay yeah nah I don't see the appeal. Pass. Needs decent gameplay like Inertial Drift or Distance do for content handling or progression offering. Most Indies or AAA have not impressed and being boring brands or no license but recreaions or trying to stand out but just basic/garbage gameplay.

@Jrs1 (#2) well, sh¡t, sign me up for that!!!!!

@JayJ said "the politics need to be addressed" - do you mind elaborating briefly on that? What kind of politics?

@RobN The developer has a note about it on their Steam store listing that pretty well describes it. I mean you know the politics are a big part of a game when the store listing warns you about it. Here's a copy and paste of what it says:

The developers describe the content like this:

The story of Heading Out addresses racism, mental health (anxiety, depression), inequality, and other social issues. There is no graphic nudity, sex scenes, or violence in the game, but the adult characters sometimes talk about intimacy, relationship violence, and - very rarely - sexual violence. These conversations are not graphic. One of the game's villains uses hate speech against minorities. Most adult characters use vulgar language. The game is recommended for mature audiences.