Last updated on December 16th, 2025 at 11:49 pm
Derby Madness – Racing Game Review
Derby Madness is a Racing/Simulation game from Dimension Technics Kft., first launched in 14th December 2023.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 5,573+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Derby Madness Stand Out
Derby Madness offers a unique real time simulated driving experience with full of actions such as pile ups, crashes, overthrows, push outs, spin outs, slaloms and destructions.
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The Main Features
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Unique gameplay with many actions and crashes
- fast and hard actions with push outs, spin outs, overthrows and pile ups
- real time simulated car deformations and crashes
- with skill tests and destruction series
- a lot of cars in one race (up to 32)
- replay mode
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Many locations with different racing tracks
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Wide variety of upgradeable and customizable vehicles to choose from
- old cars, big cars, fast cars, racing cars
- customize your vehicle with unique paintings
- upgrade your car for better performance and longer durabilty
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8 racing game modes, such as
- single races
- destruction series
- skill series
- tournaments
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5 achievable difficulty levels with different events
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Easy handling
- choose between touch, tilt or gamepad steering
Derby Madness is the sequel to Bus Derby racing game. If you liked Bus Derby, you will love Derby Madness.
Immerse yourself in a world of real, fast-paced demolition derby games with Derby Madness, where every race is an adrenaline-fuelled smash of speed and destruction!
The game was featured in "The Best New Games This Week"
This Racing game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Derby Madness is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 22nd October 2025
Recent improvements include:
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New "Sticky Tires" tire model available!
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Enjoy improved and easier vehicle handling with the new "Sticky Tires"
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Choose between the original "Slippy Tires" or the new "Sticky Tires" for your perfect ride!
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Switch tire models (slippy or sticky) anytime in the Settings menu (gear icon). Cannot be changed during a race.
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New track variation added: Ruin Reverse
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available from the amateur level
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Bug fixes
Download & Availability
Derby Madness is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Derby Madness on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Game is free. Graphics are great. We just love it.
It so fun but we will like some Tokyo drifting cars.
With times being automatically adjusted between slippy and sticky tires, time trials are fundamentally broken. As a result, each specific track and class combination become playable on only 1 of the tire types depending on if the adjustment between the old slippy tires to the new sticky tires are an underestimate or an overestimate. This has made some tracks only possible to improve your record(assuming it is an optimized record) on slippy tires such as on A+ Class Delta Speedway where the adjusted time for sticky tires is completely impossible to beat. This applies in the opposite way on some tracks as well such as on C Class Stone Hole where an optimized time on sticky tires makes the adjusted time on slippy tires completely impossible to reach.
This game reminds us of the cult classic Sega Rally Championship – the gameplay is awesome and gets our heart rate up every time. Would be great to have more ghost car to race against. If we're doing time trials it would be cool to be able to race against your own best time as a ghost car. We know multiplayer is probably out of the question, but you could let players race against ghost car races of other contenders that makes sense you could load other players ghost cars and try to beat their time to take their slot in time trials anyway — hope you do it great game thanks a lot.
Hello Im a person who loves car games and this is a great underrated game which has a lot of content for a bored gamer. The only problem with this game is that there is no multiplayer. Im asking for this so we can play with our brother. Thank you for reading this review ( if you do ). Great game overall.
Pretty much the best racing game on iosgood physics, clean graphics and awesome sim-cade like vehicle handling however no manual transmission which is a shame. Also be nice if crashes/ flipped vehicles didnt reset so quickly, looks pretty bizarre featuring limited destruction. We can barely appreciate the mayhem because everything gets reset back on track in the blink of an eye very odd choice indeed.
This game is really good for a free racing game and it works very good on old iPads very recommend.
SOMEHOW THIS GAME REMINDS ME OF FORZA MOTORSPORT 2. We LOVE YOUR GAMES.
Freaking awesome game!!! Maybe we havent unlocked it yet, but we wish there was a demolition game mode where to try to survive a demo derby.
Im happy this game is for free the graphics WHAT THE HECK they are insanely good this game 90 out of 10 love it! Developers keep doing the good work Im proud of you.
From the creators of Bus Derby comes another great game. Derby Madness is similar to Bus Derby, but with better destruction physics. Its the Wreckfest for mobile users and we recommend this one just as much as we recommend Bus Derby.
We love this game so much. Its the best game ever we love it so much.
What an amazing game! Graphics are awesome, gameplay requires skill, memory and luck, challenging yet rewarding. Brilliant – absolutely brilliant.
So this game is super cool but we wish you could see other cars and what happened to them like we were playing and someone when flying and we did not see that cpu again and we watched the replay and It was only us on the replay we with it was like bus derby.
Please bring more of the 18 wheeler games.
We think its a great game and they need to add more cars and its fun how we can crash the cars and drift they probably need to add more drifting.
Ive been playing for a year, and there is SO much to do. We have yet to fully complete the game (usually we play on car or bus rides but still) and it is one of our favorites. The graphics are clean, great maps, and even some secret shortcuts that we discover every now and then. Easily one of the best on the AppStore, definitely a good choice to download.
This is the best racing game bro but we wish you could do friends.
It is so fun, shoving cars into the wall, but we think that you are giving the players very little money for getting in second and first.
Sprint past and demolish your competition in the captivating world of demolition circuits against intelligent racers on your way to a Piston Cup. Great looking environment, is an exciting game to play with seemingly endless content as you fight your way to the top of banger racing. Longer tracks or at least the tracks with more laps in the master series would be ideal. The longer races are highly entertaining. Could use some more environment destruction. This is great as an immersive banger racing game. For an arcade game, the backgrounds of the maps are well crafted. We would be more likely to do the Truck vs. Car events if the reward was Diamonds. Costing 2 diamonds makes us never want to do the race since the diamonds you can earn are limited. In just under 28 hours we got 100% on the game. Over 90% of the game we used arrow controls. You can win through Pro without max upgrading your vehicles and in Master as well. Some of the vehicle stats arent accurate. A max level Gepard is better than a max Thunder. A max Devastator seems faster than a Max Super. On the Xbox controller (you can connect through phone) its great except you wont be able to go full speed at times. We would get rid of the Time Challenge all together. It doesnt really make sense for banger racing. The Skill Series is a much greater counterpart. The Ghost Beatle for gold in Pros on Redwood is more difficult than any Time Challenge in Master. (The Jeep series does take time) we spent over 2 hours on this challenge, whearas everything else in the pros and Time Challenge wise we have been able to beat in 15 minutes tops. Just for reference we have played hundreds of racing mobile and console and am very successful at winning. You dont have to use the best vehicle in any series (Masters or Pros) just make sure its at least 80% upgraded in engine and Grip and 60% in boost. Get rid of time challenge or nerf the CPUs marginally. Consider adding: More endurance races (endurance races will not let you return to the main menu after they finish unless you force close the app). More maps! The ability to start custom races with certain amount of laps on whatever map you want to do. More cars. The cars are beautiful and the maps are well-crafted. More destruction in maps like in bridges as the bridge will start to breakdown if you crash into it. Custom liveries or ability to change colors of them. Maybe, have us unlock Zara, Raul, Adam, Jim, Brutal, Ivan liveries and others for our cars in a challenge game mode. Stock cars in an S or S+ class. Realistic soft body physics where the cars breakdown at a much higher/realistic race where a few bad wrecks could ruin your race. Freeplay. Multiplayer. Wheel modification and wheel color changes. Consider Fixing/Patching: Reward ads dont always function. The ad at the top during the races gets in the way sometimes please consider removing it. Though it is only $5 to remove the ads. [If You Use Xbox Controller] Redwood and Bridge seems to be the maps the car your driving in slows down randomly (in masters) the lower skill factions (pro and below) it doesnt seem to affect that we noticed. Our general thoughts: The AI is challenging and the arcade feeling from racing has been removed in the most immersive way possible. AI is incredibly smart and feels like a fair fight. Makes the races replayable. The car series tournaments and knockout elimination style races are our favorite as well as the restricted events to 1 vehicle an all Supra event would be peak!! The smoke effects and realistic slipstream /windbreaker effects is a great touch. You have to be a seasoned racer to compete in the masters and pros. You can win in pros with the 5th best vehicle in any given event not even fully upgraded (80%) if you want to play hardcore. We beat advanced (third hardest stage) fairly easily however Ive played dozens of mobile and console racing games before this. Message to developers DO NOT add a Last Man Standing game mode. Allow us to reset manually and drive in reverse during the races. The game progression is satisfying to complete. We hope they keep improving the game it could be better than Wreckfest on mobile.
We just got the game and its great especially with a controller but we wish that you youll create levels and also we wish we had more levels and different game modes. We also wish we could have multiplayer It would make the game a lot more competitive and devs if you read this you game is amazing and we would love to see you make more amazing games like this.
The game is exceptionally fun! Has great graphics, gameplay, and overall great presentation in general. But the one thing you developers should is COMMUNITY LEVELS!!! This could create Infinite possibilities for racing tracks, skill levels, and endurance races! We know it would be a lot of work but it would be so worth it for the community and fans of the game! We hope you take this suggestion.
We loved Bus Derby and hoped for years theyd make one with road cars. Here it is! Seriously competitive racing, excellent car physics, and NPC drivers with personalities. This can be as hard or easy as you want. Dear developers: our wish list includes more endurance races, custom race selection like in Bus Derby (track, direction, laps), and a way to de-tune the cars when they become too good for fun competition. And if it can be done and we would happily pay for this in-app purchase please port the buses over for additional mayhem! Bus vs. Cars would be hysterical! Please put us on your beta list.
The car look so real and you can play any map you want and it is a fun game for kids . It has no bad stuff at all.
We would like it if yall would fix the shortcuts and bugs.
The game is great and mechanics but if the developers are reading this it would have more longevity if you could select strength, cars and laps so you can play it over and over. We would love to do more endurance races on harder levels. To many road courses too get some good race tracks on theres multiplayer would be awesome but probably not a possibility. Good game tho super fun.
Please create more classic cars and add an online mode , plus a graveyard, castle with waterfall , a carnival and pumpkin patch racetrack for Halloween add a hearse with a coffin in the back , also a 1957 corvette 1955 ford thunderbird and 280z Datsun.
Ads in a game is a new thing. Cool game, but we cant play a game with an ad at the top.
Its a good game but theres not enough tracks and we get so tired after a while.
Our controls stop working if we are in first place on the last lap every time literally the throttle or our turn button just stops working completely. We hit a wall after we get passed by three or four opponents it magically starts working again. It is obviously a glitch in the game. Our phone is brand new. It does that in no other apps or games if you wanna waste your time and get foreign into a game just for it to stop working for you. This is the one.enjoy.
The game is really good and we like how you dont have to buy every single aspect of a car, just 5 things. Id recommend to add more accessibility to the replay in order for people to just move to a time stamp quickly instead of watching the entire race just for one moment. Great game devs.
Best game ever so easy cpus race like real people.
Its a really great game & time killer, the cars are so overpriced its unreal, and its not like theyre super cars! We have all the vehicles except about 2 or 3 and it took a lot of winning & ads to obtain, although we feel there should be much bigger selection of vehicles. Other than that its pretty fun and it has controller support which helps out a lot.
Cool game, if only there was a respawn button then it would be 5stars. Other than that pretty cool game.
First things first please add multiplayer– even without multiplayer this game is a blast, the physics are great, ive seen reviews complaining about them but we feel grip engine and boost upgrades all make a tangible difference, and when we flip over during a hard turn it always feels like our fault instead of the games fault. Ive seen someone complain that the game rewards reckless driving but this is a derby game, its supposed to be reckless driving. Once again this game is a blast, we think multiplayer rlly would be a cherry on top. Of course along with new cars for every class or even an S class.
Great Scott Holy Crud;@. We love It.
The game is very very very very very very interesting and very good yes.
We cant stress enough the graphics of this game are amazing and this is awesome it does all this work without overheating our iPad at all this is a work of art we love it.
This is a fun game but it would be 100x more if it had multiplayer and online games as well. Then it would be so addictive.
U should add damage panel during the game and increase the chances of losing tires this way it would way more fun . Plz make it happen in the next update.
The game is really fun! There are ads but it is very minimal and the game is fast pasted! 10/10.
The game has barely any ads and when you get an ad, its only like one second and the graphics are really high-quality. We almost thought we were in real life.
We love the graphics and driving mechanics of this game. You guys really need to make a new game but like open world racing or sports car racing.
We think this game is the best game we have ever played, but we think it will be better if there is a multiplayer mode which can let players connect to each other with Wifi.
Can you add the replay feature from bus derby were you can see the cpu pov like in bus derby and can you make a custom race like in bus derby and also in bus derby the figure 8 is more destructive then the figure 8 in derby madness can you add more cars in the race for more chaos.
Ive played for 36 hours now. Perfect with a controller. Feels like forza horizon, which Ive been desperately seeking in a mobile format. We want more than 25 laps in endurance mode. We want to destroy our opponents :( Im writing this review due to our frustration of not being able to kill Zara, don, Zach, Sven, will, Declan, Jane. We want to destroy them >:( we have every car upgraded fully. We need either more laps, or their armor needs to be lowered. Theres nothing more satisfying than testing your skills against these opponents, and we just feel like theres no hope in seeing all of our enemies destroyed all in one match :,( (Getting first place is not our concern at all. Everything is tuned fine in the game, but we think this game is unique, and set apart from other racing games, in its ability to let you have fast-paced battles with the higher skill opponents. To us, the satisfaction we get from this game comes purely from being able to witness our increasingly impactful offensive driving skills).
Its the same tired formula as a thousand games before it. We like the cars. And we like the reflection on back glass of the estate/wagon.
We love this game and the in game currency. However there should be an update cuz it gets kinda boring when there is no new cars in the game. But we love this game other than that!! Another idea is to put snow on the tracks for winter Oh and btw Merry Christmas.
We have played bus derby for 10 years. Since this one came out we havent stopped playing it. We have completed the game in full now and have nothing left.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3.1
- Size: 1,460.91 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Contests
- Developer: Dimension Technics Kft.
Last updated: 22nd October 2025 | Genre: Racing, Simulation | Developer: Dimension Technics Kft.