Today I learned Fast and Furious Spy Racers is a cartoon in the Fast and Furious universe. I never saw or heard of this before but I decided to check out the game. n

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Reviewed on Google Stadia (RIP)

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I’m going to be honest, when I loaded up a Fast and Furious game, this is not what I was expecting. I was immediately confused because it looked like a kid’s cartoon. After some research, that’s exactly what this was. My already low expectations went even lower at that moment. Happy to admit I was wrong. n

I am not good at racing games. I can never get a full grasp of the controls. All I do is crash and I usually do not have fun. There are exceptions to this, for example, Forza Horizon 5 was a racing game I really enjoyed. I can’t believe this next sentence but I’ll say it anyway. Fast and Furious Spy Racers is not a better game than Forza, but I did have more fun playing it. n

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The controls and drifting in this game were extremely approachable and easy. Maybe that’s because the target audience is like a third my age but hey it made me feel great pulling off some fun drifts. n

There are also some interesting power-ups during the game. Since this has a target audience that’s young the violence is low. Instead of shooting bullets at your opponents, you can cover them in paint. It was a fun twist to what was expected.

The graphics have a cartoonish look to it which actually translates well to driving. It gives it a fun and interesting look while speeding around the courses.

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There is a story mode to complete. It’s short, does not have too many cutscenes, and has very little context but it was still fun to play through.

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Verdict

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Fast and Furious Spy Racers may be my biggest surprise of the year. I went in expecting to try a race or two, bounce off, and never think about this game again. I did not expect to play the entire campaign. If you like arcade racing games don’t sleep on this one. n

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Final score 8/10