Last updated on January 27th, 2026 at 04:20 am
Smash Bandits Racing – Action Game Review
Smash Bandits Racing is a Action/Racing game from Hutch Games Ltd, first launched in 22nd August 2013.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 2,708+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Smash Bandits Racing Stand Out
Named as one of TouchArcade's Top 10 Games of the year 2013. From the makers of Smash Cops – crash through America in the craziest road race to hit the App Store.
Power up to faster cars, get the edge with getaway gadgets and outrun the cops as you speed to the state line.
SMASH EVERYTHING
Well, almost. Whichever route you take through an ever-changing world of dirt tracks and dusty logging towns you can crash and bash your way through smashable scenery in the most intense display of destruction you have ever seen.
UPGRADE & OUTRUN
Make sure you’re always ahead of the game (and the cops) with cool car upgrades. Start with a puny compact and make it awesome with extra speed, handling and strength.
SMASH THE LEADERBOARD
What crazy road race would be complete without a TV chopper hovering overhead? The further you get and the more you smash, the bigger the TV ratings and the more cash you earn.
BOOST YOUR CHANCES
Before you head off you get to choose something to help you along the way. Stinger-proof tires, the 'Stunner' car taser and even a tank are available to give you the edge over the relentless Sheriff McBride and his deputies.
CRUISE CONTROLS
Innovative one-finger control makes it super easy to drive, drift & spin your car, and unleash those helpful gadgets – no matter where you’re playing.
TAKE A BANDIT CHALLENGE
The Smash Bandits race organisers don’t think that simply out-running the cops is a big enough problem, so they’ve put together over 100 challenges where you can test your driving skills to the limit.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Smash Bandits Racing is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 27th September 2023
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes and optimizations
Download & Availability
Smash Bandits Racing is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Smash Bandits Racing 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:
The head lights of the cops are not working,please fix it ,it is the favorite game that we love playing since we were a kid.
Dear Hutch Games Team, we hope this message finds you well! Im writing as a huge fan of Smash Banditsa truly unique and exhilarating mobile experience that left a lasting impression on many players, ourselves included. The thrill of high-speed chases, the clever destruction mechanics, and the overall fun of outrunning the cops made it one of the most memorable games in its genre. That said, we wanted to kindly suggest the possibility of revisiting or reviving Smash Bandits in some formwhether through an update, a remastered version, or even a spiritual successor. The game has incredible potential, and with modern mobile technology and Hutchs expertise in racing titles, we truly believe it could shine even brighter today. Some ideas for improvement or updates: Enhanced graphics and smoother performance for newer devices Additional cars, challenges, and regions to explore Online leaderboards or multiplayer chases Cloud saving and better support for modern OS versions Thank you for creating such engaging and high-quality games. We look forward to seeing what you bring out nextand Id love to see Smash Bandits make a comeback! Warm regards, by [Valentino].
Best game ever! Pls add new cars and update the weird insta death glitch.
Please dont get rid of this game ever! It was a childhood favorite and we still enjoy playing it love it.
This game needs a crazy come back or at least a optimization update PLEASEEE. This is an amazing time killer game, sure the grind is tedious but its a great challenge for casual gamers. Its one hand play (so the controls is simply easy), graphics so good it wasnt a concern. We really wish the devs add more to the map and maybe just a few more cars. Its not just a runners game either there a few racing segments they threw in there for a variety which we personally appreciate. Just try it fr.
This game is amazing and we really hope it gets more updates like more cars and different map options and even a multiplayer mode.
We love this game so much we were little when we first played we were 3 in 2013.
We played this game when we were mad young and didnt realize until years later they had Crystal Castles on the soundtrack. Huge W.
How to switch languages? We didn't find the option to switch languages.
Its a great game but the police lights are broken for us like they dont turn on for any of the cop cars in older versions this didnt happen.
We prefer this game if you want to feel like a robber getting chased by cops. So fun so many things to do. We love the up grades and races. We hope you have as much fun on this game as we have.
We think this game is pretty fun and is a great game to just kill some down time. Our only problem with it currently is that anytime we switch from our vehicle to a boat, the game begins to lag and doesnt smash 90% of what Im hitting in the water. Once we get back into our vehicle it goes back to normal though. If this could get fixed we think it would help the game a lot! Thank you.
Just got every car gold. Fun game, but it only took us like 2 weeks tbh. Needs more content but sadly the devs seem to have stopped putting anything into it. Still worth the download for sure.
Its a great game. The only thing we have to say is we would love to listen to our own music but they have some setting that disables it. Would be 5 stars if it wasnt for that.
We know its been forever since this game came out, but we cant help wish their where more maps. Like after every few cars we get a new map to play on. We dont know how well this second idea would work when it comes to game balance but we thought: what if every few cars the starting multiplier is increased. This way its easier to get money with the better cars. As it is the cars get more expensive as you get farther into the game. But if your not great at the the game that grinding can take a while. Another solution would to have the ability to upgrade the multiplier or some of the gadgets.
We used to have this game on our old iPhone 7, and we played it, but now we decided to download it again, and it doesn't work anymore. The app crashes.
Its fun, really but our issue is we cant listen to music on the same device on which im playing, they should fix that.
Whenever we get the boat it starts swinging left to right by itself and causes the boat to either move too slow or take so much damage that it explodes.
The beginning of the game needs a few balance changes because being a new player is far too punishing. We have seen worse in other games but its still noticeable. Also smashing cops should not be a limited amount in smash mode. Rather maybe a short cool down to use it, increasing the players life span to make it more playable. Also the game hasnt seen any new content in years.
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Okay so now its two things, Ive completed the game with getting every car its gold version (besides the A Team Van) and yet we still havent unlocked the final car. Also as of right now you cant play the game at all, upon opening the game it crashes instantly no matter what you do. Its been like this for 2 months+ now. Please make an update just fixing the game. And if anyone knows how to unlock the Mk. 2 please write a review about it, Ty c:.
We love this game and have good memories with it but its a huge mood killer downloading this game again with the same Game Center account just to see the entire game reset. We had the second best car and we for no reason lost it.
We need a update!!! We want to see some more stufff.
Lately we have been playing smash bandits but for some reason when ever we play the game and start the power lines use to be smash able but they dont have the blue square above then anymore and they are all reach knocked down when we come even close to when it thinks its been it and falls like some invisible force is in the car tour driveling in the game and if we get close it just falls down and that needs fixed and when we turn into a boat the boat glitches nonstop and keeps going to side to side non stop and lags and sometimes just crashes the game and when there are those other boats things and the docs ya can smash as a boat it does not break apart we have to stop driving it and put the boat on top of it which even those bombs on those thing when Im a boat dont blow up most of the time please fix all of these glitches and lags.
Been playing this game since release same as smash cops and honestly it still stands strong for a 9 year old game just sad to see that its life cycle is over however an amazing game for being so old.
The gameplay is super enjoyable. Its like a free runner endless game but you have to stay away from the cops. Great cars and abilities. The visuals are surprisingly solid especially the water and boat race part. The car racing tournaments are super cool as well.
We love this game for so many reasons and we cant believe it doesnt have a stronger player base.
We just saw this on app store again and im so happy since we used to love this game but entirely forgot about it after getting a new phone. Get the game how if u already havent and feel joy or else.
Great game but just so many issues. Elements that overlap with others making them invisible. Weird lines and artifacts that shouldnt be there. Cut off images on edges of screen. The direction arrow in racing is a joke and terrible to try and follow. Frame rate is awful even though Im on a iPhone 13 Pro. The boat mode is glitched and seems to float through/over items. Many objects that were never touched are already destroyed before you even get close. Helicopter sometimes glitches and doesnt seem to go away. Game crashes following the end of a race event. It really feels like the game has been completely neglected by the developers for a while. Literally nothing has changed in the game since we played it like 5 years ago. Graphics are all the same and theres no new content to players, no maps, no new cars, no new features. Again, its honestly a pretty unique and great game but its sad to see it neglected instead taken advantage of. Devs please, update the game! Fix the bugs, add a minimap, new cars, new map, new destroyable objects, camera options. Just stuff to make the game new again.
This game is really well built and it is the best game we have ever played, but we have some recommendations for cars. Please add these cars in races that arent unlockable or are in older games but not in this one. These cars are the 70s muscle car, other muscle car, suv, a civilian version of the police sports car, and civilian version of police car. All of these except the civilian version of the police car are in races, but not unlockable as cars. (The one titled other muscle car is the one in tier 4 races that looks like its based off of a mustang.) we would also like it if you would add some cars from the older games like the Sabre and Guardian from Smash Cops and Smash Cops Heat but as civilian cars.
Can you pleeeease make an updated version of this game. We used to love it years ago and it could really use an updated version.
This is an awesome game its so fun Ill keep playing and playing.
Best game we have ever played. Amazing graphics, awesome gameplay. Most recent update erased all our progress. Also added bugs and graphics seem downgraded. Car also does a weird jolt everyone abs then. Gameplay isn't as smooth either. Please fix this it's still playable and is still fun but this makes stuff a bit more frustrating.
PLEASE this game has so much potential iTs so good but after 2 yrs of playing it it gets boring PLEASE add more features cars maps T-T please please please.
We have played smash bandits since 2013 and we love the game, but just recently it crashed and it plays a scene and then just goes to a black screen. Please fix this we want to keep playing.
We have been playing this game for 2 years and we dont see it being updated a lot. And we do want more content to this game since we like playing it a lot.
Ive played this for a while, but it would be better if it was online. Also the game is glitched so we cant get in with out it crashing And before things fell in the ground.
This game is literally one of the best games on the Planet . It is so fun and entertaining to play. Ive been playing for years, and its still our Favorite game on earth.
So happy this game has been updated again. But with the recent update, theres been some odd textures and a lot of smashable items appear predestoryed before we even drive near them.
Lags and crashes sometimes They could improve the boat smash objects and it turns off our music to play silence weird but ive played this game since like 2018 so we know it pretty well:) thank you hutch also we wanted to note everytime we ram a cop car and theres another car in between it will waste our ram:(.
We love this game and to have as many problems as Im having it makes us scared to use the river run feature. We had a 4x bonus heading into the river run where we began to glitch and barely be able to move. Then as we reach the dock to end the river run it glitches again and wont let us exit the run killing our overall run.
So we revisited this game and grinded it untill we had every gold vehicle to get the Hornet though its just not unlocking for us. We have no clue what to do or if its just broken entirely though unlocking the talon works so idk why it wouldnt work for the Hornet. This game clearly isnt getting updated for any fixes and we wanna know if its even possible to get the Hornet Mk. 2 anymore. If anybody knows how hit up our discord Zire#8496.
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Good but it keeps crashing every time we open the app fix it and we will rate 5 stars thanks.
This game is great- however, there are several bugs, invisible walls, and balance changes that need to be made. When you spawn in, some items are automatically destroyed. Ive noticed that wooden fences in residential areas and those concrete blocker things are always destroyed When you spawn on the boat too, it seems to be above any smashable item. No smash bucks will be given. The items that cops smash should also reward you smash bucks, unless these are dirty cops stealing our hard earned smash bucks, then they should be given to us for collateral damage. Also, we think rechargeable Ram would be a good upgrade, but bugs are mainly what plague this game.
It has a lot of bugs after all these years.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.10.5.4
- Size: 635.71 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: [Hutch Games Ltd]()
Last updated: 27th September 2023 | Genre: Action, Racing | Developer: Hutch Games Ltd