With a development history that stretches back around 10 years, Hotshot Racing has had a protracted run to its final release. Overcoming a 2016 Kickstarter misfire, Hotshot Racing continued to gestate until it officially re-emerged in February this year (under a new partnership between developer Lucky Mountain Games, Curve Digital, and experienced British racing game outfit Sumo Digital). However, it wouldn’t matter whether it was released in 2010, 2020, 2030, or otherwise; with a design philosophy firmly and deliberately rooted in the early ’90s the current calendar date is entirely irrelevant to Hotshot Racing. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/26/hotshot-racing-official-reveal-trailer] A low-poly ode to a style of fun, arcade racing that has all but disappeared, Hotshot Racing pays homage to coin-op kings like Daytona USA and Virtua Racing – the most cutting-edge racers of their era (and not just because of the angular nature of their primitive 3D graphics).