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Driving Speed HD – Simulation Game Review
Driving Speed HD is a Simulation/Racing game from Derek Long, first launched in 6th June 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 18+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Driving Speed HD Stand Out
1 iPad Racing Game in 40 Countries!
Race in high powered V8 muscle cars from classic era to modern day. Highly realistic physics, audio, car handling and performance set this game apart.
Compete in career mode where you can experience a real racing career. Start off with a small amount of money to purchase a car and enter into organized series events. Winnings from the races will allow purchase of more cars, repairs and performance upgrades. Build your way up to compete in elite series events.
Modify your car by purchasing upgrades for performance and see exactly how each type of upgrade specifically improves the power and torque of the engine on a dyno chart. Purchase upgraded transmissions for faster gear shifts. Purchase better tyres for increased grip and road handling. Purchase weight reduction for better handling. Purchase suspension setups that lower the car and improve the handling from a lower center of gravity.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Driving Speed HD is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th August 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- Added a new classic American muscle car.
- Updated track graphics.
- Players can now purchase credits in Career Mode.
- Various performance improvements.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in low memory situations.
Download & Availability
Driving Speed HD is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Driving Speed HD on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 / iPad Mini 3 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 4 / iPad Mini 4 (Cellular) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
HEY EVER SCINCE we PLAYED THIS GAME we FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AND WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO UPGRADE THE GAME we HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR LIKE 4 YEARS AND ITS ALREADY 2021 PLEASE UPGRADE SINCERELY, LOGAN JAMES THOMPSON HAROLD III.
We love this game. The best racing game ever.
Love the game it's really really. Fun. But needs to be updated crashes sometimes.
Add the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard that would be AWESOME!!! PLEASE ADD THAT.
Cars are great, handling and graphics need work, a little more cars maybe some exotics.
The game would be fun if you didn't under steer so bad on the track and spin out as soon as you get off track.
We are looking forward to playing this game a few more updates can make it better. Graphics are (ok). Shadows need to be worked on. Car graphics are ok a little shaded but ok.
It always drifts and the steering wheel does not turn properly this game needs to be fixed an update version would be better.
So many ways to glitch the game, but who cares. It's all about turnoff abs and traction control and best your time. Not for ppl that like we arcade type racing games like real racing 3. Didn't like the addition of upgrade porn but oh well.
Overall not a bad game. Decent environment graphics, good sound (though no collision sounds), lots of upgrades. However, car textures could be a lot better – they're low res and very plain. The worst part though is that when you break, you can no longer steer. Last time we checked, breaking didn't prevent us from steering a car.
Awesome. Realistic handling! Drifting corners is awesome! Top notch game.
Great App. As realistic as a free app gets. Well done.
Unicorns are awesome…so is this game.
Excellent and unforgiving driving physics. Makes Real Racing's physics feel arcade-like. Hope you decide to flesh it out a bit. There's a lot of potential here.
Very good game! Similar to live for speed for PC! Realistic driving and all… We love this game.
Had hans on it for just a few minutes, so far we really like it.
The only track we have is "Corsa Valley". Am we supposed to be able to select a different track? If so, then it isn't working. Other than that, everything else is great. It's pretty realistic, lots of fun and a real challenge to play, but we would like to be able to try a different track. Could you please fix, or do we need to reload the app.
Well we really like the game but what we dont like about it is its really hard to control the car.
Why can't we get more tracks and better graphics . A track map will also be helpfull .. Good game overall.
We just re-installed this app after having played it for some time and moving on. Wanted a full version??? Checked some of the reviews looking for mention of a full version. Anyway, to those concerned with the throttle/steering and cant seem to keep the car on the road, thats how a vehicle works!!! If you gas it while the wheels are not gripping the road(we.e. Not straight) then the car will go into a spin. The trick is to either only gas it when the wheels are straight (grandma), or use ever so subtle movements of the steering wheel to control the spin(we.e. Race car driver). Simple automobile physics. It's why some people can't drive in the rain.
This game is cool and looks great, and is good fun. We play it a lot but the only thing we don't like about it is that the sensitivity is so strong, we turned it as low as we could but no matter what you always drive off the track. But overall it's good fun. If it cost anything, we would not get it, but since it's free, you may as well get it.
We just downloaded the game for the iPad 2 and picking the car seemed to be fine but once we picked a map to race on, the game crashes or closes on us.
We hated it it was a waste of time don't get it you can't turn you reck.
We can't even turn without spinning out! Thanks for wasting our life idiot.
Ok so we download get to start the race and voila! No steering! How do you expect to maneuverer the thing ..by thought! Poubelle.
IOS 5.0.1, iPad 2. Crashes after map loads, every time.
We HATE IT CUZ WHENEVER we TURN RIGHT OR LEFT, THE FREAKING CAR ALWAYS TURNS AROUND.
Crashes when the map is loading! Please fix! We want to play!! Using ipad2.
Always crash at loading the game after you choose car and circuit on iPad2.
It keeps on crashing and when we finally got to play the control of the car was going out of whack.
Like many other reviewers for this app, we are an iPad 2 user. Unlike many other reviewers have mentioned, our iPad Does not crash when am using the app. However, that's not to say that we enjoy playing it. We have the driving speed 2 software on our PC, and we must say, this game does not live up to the PC version. The sensitivity is awful, and we always find ourselves skidding off of the track because of it. Also, the graphics and performance of the game do not live up to our expectations when compared to the PC version. This is the kind of app that is usually downloaded, played with for a few minutes, and then deleted. But by all means, since it's free, go ahead and try it out, maybe you will have a better experience with it than we did.
Another crappy app among our app store.
We hate how when we were going strait we turned and when we turned it kept turning when we went straight so get Get real racing GTI. Something like that or like GTC just try that wayyyyyy more fun.
We can't really say if we liked it or not because it crashed for our iPad 2right after it finished loading the track… But from what we could do, it was ok… But nothing special.
Wow, how awesome is it when you get a game, free or not, get excited to play, and it force closes…. Every freaking time. Complete garbage. Let us know when you fix this "game". Deleted.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.8
- Size: 141.68 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Derek Long
Last updated: 24th August 2016 | Genre: Simulation, Racing | Developer: Derek Long