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Distance

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4
Genre: Racing
Developer: Refract Studios
Release Date: Sept. 18, 2018

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'Distance' (ALL) Gets PC Date - Trailer

by Rainier on Aug. 8, 2018 @ 5:46 p.m. PDT

Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer that fuses futuristic arcade racing with parkour, and challenges players to survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Distance is a survival racing game that takes the intense action of arcade racing and places it in an explorable, atmospheric world. The environments are mysterious and deadly with treacherous obstacles around every corner. Instead of doing laps on a loop, you’ll be trying to survive from point A to point B.

Fortunately you control a unique car that allows you to boost, jump, rotate, and even fly. Instead of being constrained to the track, you can break away at any point and find your own path. You can even drive upside down or on buildings and walls parkour-style if you like.

Multiplayer takes this to the next level. To overtake your opponents you’ll have to use all of the car’s abilities at your disposal. For example, in Sprint mode it’s a quick dash to the finish with the goal being the fastest time. As you boost, your car’s core systems will begin to overheat, so to maintain the fastest speed you’ll have to land tricks (like backflips or barrel rolls) to stay cool.

In Reverse Tag mode you want to remain “it” for as long as possible. As other players start closing in you might want to scale a building for a quick escape, or dive bomb from a high point to use gravity to your advantage. Using car rotation to transition out of flight might be the best way to keep your momentum and stay in the lead.

The world has a mysterious history, and as you explore you’ll be able to uncover pieces of its past. Adventure mode takes you through a short story where you incrementally earn each of the car’s abilities and use them to survive the increasingly deadly environment.

 


After 6 years of development, it’s finally ready. Distance v1.0 is coming to PC on September 18th! This massive update features tons of new content including Adventure v1.0, our mysterious single-player campaign.

To accompany the final increase in content, we’ve decided to set the final price of Distance to $24.99. This change will begin in one week on August 15th, 2018, so if you’d like to pick up Distance at it’s current price of $19.99 you have one week to do so.

While we were previously aiming to release v1.0 simultaneously on PC and PS4, we’ve made the tough to call to separate the two. Instead we want to fully concentrate on each launch at a time, starting first with PC to get the game into the hands of early backers. Afterwards we’ll be wrapping up the few remaining tasks required for the PS4 and lock down that release date.

Once again we appreciate our PS4 fans’ patience as we wrap up v1.0. We want Distance to shine on each platform equally, and we believe this will be the best way to achieve that.

Join us this Saturday August 11th at 12pm PT to watch the team play Distance and answer questions about v1.0!


Key Features:

  • Adventure Mode: A short single-player narrative experience. Drive into the heart of a dark, mysterious city as you pursue an ominous threat.
  • Arcade Mode: Race ghosts to take on the leaderboards' best. Earn medals to unlock a wide variety of tracks in several different modes.
  • Multiplayer: Online (up to 12 players) and split-screen (2-4 players) play in modes such as Sprint, Reverse Tag, Stunt, and Challenge.
  • Trackmogrify: Random track generation with advanced seed modifiers.
  • VR: Full VR integration with support for Oculus Rift CV1 and HTC Vive.
  • Level editor: Use a powerful level editor to create levels from within the game and share them with players around the world.
  • Original soundtrack: New music from the composer behind award-winning games like Nitronic Rush, Solace, and The Fourth Wall. 

Distance will be available on Sept. 18, 2018 on Steam with a DRM-free version on the official website for $24.99, with the PS4 version to follow.


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