Arizona Derby

Arizona Derby is an off-road racing game in which you compete across tracks around the world, take on rival gangs and work toward becoming the Arizona Derby World Champion. You start with a car and earn fame and experience by racing, then upgrade, customize and tune your vehicles as you progress. The tracks have uneven terrain, weather conditions and night races, so you need to choose your route, manage speed and control your car over jumps and rough ground.

Race against the gangs

Progress through each level by beating its gang members. Once you have enough experience, you can challenge that gang’s boss, whose weak side you need to find and exploit. The six crews are The Brass Badgers, Copper Snakes, Electric Aliens, Invisibles, Wildlings and Coyote Syndicate. After defeating them, you face The Immortals, whose cars each have at least 1,500 horsepower, before challenging their leader, the current Arizona Derby World Champion.

The game features racers including Cholo in Tropical Storm, B.B. Jay in the Redwood Rash, Marushka in Syberia Run, Ally Mc Key in Forest Ride, Trinity in Canada Trophy and Maryam in Dubai Drive. You can choose an ADriver to represent you in races, and select from multiple drivers with different skills that you can upgrade. Opponents use challenging AI and may try to block or sabotage you; you can also ram other racers, though they may hit back.

Cars and tuning

You can buy and sell cars from a selection of over 87 supercars, and customize them with parts, colors, plates, wheels and rims, spoilers and underbody LEDs. The garage lets you tune spring and damping stiffness, front and rear ride height, and brake force, and upgrade engine power, nitro capacity, aerodynamics and nitro power. You can test cars off-road or in the AquaMarine water off-road test before racing.

Tracks and racing

Arizona Derby includes 30 tracks across six locations, with distinct setups and conditions that call for different approaches. The description also refers to 31 current tracks later on. You race through mud, hills and other rough terrain, use nitro, overtake rivals and perform stunts, while choosing when to brake, how to approach jumps and whether to take a shortcut. You can change which part of the world you compete in and race against different gangs.

Top-three finishes earn XP and AD$, the game’s currency, for car upgrades and customizations. Rewards depend on your race performance, with scores for actions such as airtime, car-to-car crashes, maximum-speed time and looting. Higher AI difficulty can offer more score: the Insane setting can give four times as much as the lowest setting. If you finish outside the top three, collected loot and race score do not count toward your total.

Drivers and drones

During a race, you can leave your car as your ADriver to collect AirDrops and supplies dropped by jet fighters. Time slows to some extent for the other cars while you are out, and you need to get back close enough to your vehicle to re-enter it. The number of times you can use this feature is limited, and time outside the car runs down; if it expires, your car respawns at the previous checkpoint and you miss the loot. Finding loot can provide XP and AD$ as well as items for unlocking features, customizations, cars and other assets.

Your car also carries a limited number of ADrones. You can use one to get around obstacles or move above other cars, then continue toward the next checkpoint and respawn your car at a safe position. You need to manage both the drones and time spent outside the car.

Game features

The game combines arcade-style racing with simulation-like vehicle physics. Its opponents adapt and use different tactics, while the uneven terrain makes route choice, speed and jump angles important. Each track requires practice, and strategies that work on one may not work on another; you can raise the AI difficulty as your skills improve. The game also includes a photo mode with over 50 features and options for capturing action from different angles, and 120 licensed racing tracks spanning rock, dance, electronic, classical, jazz, smooth jazz and instrumental music.