Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 12:45 pm
Retro Racing – Racing Game Review
Retro Racing is a Racing/Entertainment/Action game from Mr Qwak Limited, first launched in 23rd February 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 86+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Retro Racing Stand Out
From the same developer behind the classic Amiga racers, Nitro (Psygnosis) and ATR (Team17).
Choose your car, then skid, slide, spin and drive around the track at break neck speed, collecting power-ups as you go. Master the perfect racing line, avoid other cars and cones, and speed your way to victory in this adrenaline pumping top-down racer for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Just how fast can you go?
FEATURES
Universal App.
Awesome Gameplay.
Silky Smooth 60FPS Action.
Two Player Split-Screen Mode.
This Racing game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Retro Racing is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 12th September 2024
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes relating to restoring in app purchase.
Download & Availability
Retro Racing is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
This game is pretty much exactly like the old sprint game that we used to play in the arcades love this game. We started playing Retro Racing 2 first, and we like the landscape format went through all the levels and then downloaded retro racing and it has the portrait set up, which was kinda strange but still good. We bought it all.
This game is addictive It is so much fun to master the perfect race line and troubleshoot with shortcuts, even just replaying the early races to get the best time you can is so much fun.
We want to give this 5 stars so bad. But our hands hurt so much playing in Portrait Mode that we can't reach the fifth star :-(((.
Overall a decent game. Our only complaint is there is no Solo Time Trial mode. We personally dont like having to compete for spots on a leaderboard that is completely dependent on RNG.
A lot of fun but now Im done and dont have anything our else to do.
We were scrolling through our download history when we found this gem from our childhood. We would spend hours just racing over and over! Its the best thing we had as a kid and man it was great.
Reminds us of micro machines on the Mega Drive. Simple fun and just the right amount of challenge.
Too much fun. Really short races, great track design, perfect level of challenge. Cant wait for the next one to come out.
Cool graphics simple designszgur.
This game is so smooth, very well made. Tons of replay ability. Ive been at it for years and still working to 3 star everything. Each race the power ups and other cars are slightly random so no 2 races are the same. You might get beaten badly, or you may score a key power up out of the gate. You can still beat the levels without power ups and often driving skill taking right corners trumps power ups. It has a great balance. We really love this game.
Very simple racing game with retro style. Driving smoothly without sliding while maintaining momentum is key.
We're an old school gamer. A kid from the 90s so we feel right at home with Retro Racing which is one of the very few games we kept on our phone. If you like retro and racing you will get hooked! This game lasted us years and it will require practice to win the races. We highly recommend it.
We love this game and we always had it almost for 5 years now it's so much fun.
It's a cool retro racing game. The only thing that annoys us is when you bump into other cars: you lose all of your speed. Other than that, great game.
This is cool but try asvalt 9 lagends but this is cool to.
Waste of money nothing good to report.
This is a great game. It brings us back to the old days. But we would like a turn-based or real time multiplayer in the next update.
Very nice little game, difficult but not impossible to win it all. Quite challenging and rewarding at the end. You won't regret it if you like racing games.
We love this app. It's hard to stop playing. An update it necessary though. More levels more karts.
Can you add more cars and more levels.
We've got no complaints about this game. It is entertaining and is easy to play. Our only suggestion is to have a course map for each race so you know where you are going before but this is minor. Great game overall.
First the Ouya, now the iphone? This is perfect! Thanks for making this happen.
Very simple but the subtle details make this game stand out. Excellent racing and difficulty. Also the app itself is extremely stable. Well done.
Need more levels or come out with the second one.
Not too complex. Challenging enough to keep us interested but not to difficult for our little guys to play either.
This is a simple yet addictive racing game that's lots of fun – well worth getting.
This game is so much more fun than we thought it would have been. We have an absolute blast playing it.
Good game it's like playing Rc proAM.
Truly addictive. Simple to learn, can't stop playing! Hope they come out with more levels. Great job.
The game is exactly what it aspires to be. If you enjoy top-down racers, get this. You won't be disappointed.
A pesar que no legre adquirir ms autos (ya sea se pago) el juego no esta bada mal, adictivo, competitivo y sobre todo con pico de estilo retro como lo pone. Estara mucho mejor si hubiesen ms pistas. Buen juego.
Easy on the brain, good way to veg out.
Awesome game. Like the tracks and the cars.
Perfect Record without paying! Love this game. Needs more tracks though.
Old school yet sleek and polished.
Very fun game. Driving controls are tricky at first but we're not going to fault the game over it because we don't think touch screens translate driving very well. Anyway the game was great but we wish it was a bit longer.
This really is like the old style race games with less graphics but the driving is fun.
Get this game. It is fantastic. While the game has a definite retro arcade feel to it, the graphics look nicely HD. Yet it only takes up 8.6 MB of space!! The controls take a little time to get used to. Yet you do indeed get used to them; then, it's no problem at all. The game is a TON OF FUN. We hope more updates are coming, because this is a game worthy of holding on to.
Vary vary fun you hear people complaining about the controls but its retro! Thats how they we meant to be! We give it five stars fun little game good racer too! Adding more cars would be nice maybe a mini map too besides that great app really…well done developers.
This game has the potential to be a really great game. Unfortunately, it lacks landscape mode on the iPad or true universal rotation so you cannt rotate and play the game in all 4 directions on an iPad. We have to play it with the iPad's plug facing us in portrait mode, soooooo not fun. Dev, please fix this! Also, the steering controls are awkward to use and it is somewhat difficult to steer the cars. Other than that, great game.
This is an amazing and fun game can't ask for much more besides maybe new tracks and cars.
For having simple graphics and game play this is a ton of fun.
It must be good cause we play it allot.
This is really good and stuff but maybe they could make driving your Race car easier then it would defineatley be 5 Stars.
Really fun and really addicting. But can get pretty frustrating on how difficult it can be.
Great game, and reminds us of Nintendo's RC Pro am from "back in the day":-).
Best app we had found in the iTunes Store . Is just amazing.
We like how it can become challenging. It would be awesome to have an update with more racers and tracks.
Reminds us of the old RC Racer game. Very fun.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.6
- Size: 9.35 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Mr Qwak Limited
Last updated: 12th September 2024 | Genre: Racing, Entertainment | Developer: Mr Qwak Limited