Today I stumbled upon a cheap Steam title called Russian Car Driver and it was down from 99 to 69 Cent and it only had positive reviews - although it was an Android port.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/566990
I expected it to be cheesy and entertaining but it is simple and entertaining.
Despite being an port from Android it`s a solid game engine and even the controls are good - but there is no gamepad support.
Game Modes:
- Freeride Mode
Follow the story of a guy in the russian countryside, complete missions, gain XP and improve your car stats.
- Drag Racing
- Drifting
- Parking
Reach the parking spot in time and avoid the cones.
- Rally
Time trial with checkpoints.
- Racing Mode
Checkpoint race against two other opponents.
Features:
- drive a Lada Samara (later with NOS)
- AT/MT
- optional driving aids
- Weather
- Working lights
- 3 camera views inclduding hood and cockpit view
- Car damage
- Car can get dirty or clean again
- steering with keyboard only, menus with mouse
- 7 different radio stations
- russian countryside with traffic and authentic russian vehicles
- several animals and a few pedestrians
- Police
- 11 body and rim colors, 18 unlockable designs
- engrish and russian language
- speedometer in kph and mph
- rev counter
- Car trivia (hidden in 25 books on the map)
I`m playing it now for 50 minutes and it`s very entertaining the only thing that I miss is a map.
Some gameplay of the Android version (the PC version isn`t choppy):
How to get informations the russian way:
Hidden Car Trivia: