BallisticNG

BallisticNG is a high-speed anti-gravity combat racer set in the 2159 Anti-Gravity League. You race futuristic courses in armed ships, using weapons to fight for first place. It also provides tools for creating and modifying tracks, ships, campaigns and other content.

Racing and combat

Choose from a large roster of tracks and ships, with options suited to different skill levels and play styles. Five speed classes set the pace, and gameplay modifiers let you adjust each class’s base speed, from a slow crawl to speeds that can break the sound barrier on straights. Tracks and vehicles span standard, drag, drift and small-vehicle categories, and can be combined across categories.

Pick up weapons on the track and use them against the competition. The sizeable arsenal includes weapons with different purposes. Steering, pitching and airbrake assists are available independently; the game’s AI suggests inputs to your ship and adapts those suggestions to your own inputs.

Campaign and races

The campaign includes a large range of game modes and challenges. Custom Races let you choose and configure a mode, then race with up to 16 competitors at a difficulty of your choice. The modes are:

• Race
• Team Race
• Tournament
• Time Trial
• Speed Lap
• Eliminator
• Knockout
• Survival
• Upsurge
• Rush Hour
• Stunt

Multiplayer

You can play with others in two-player split-screen or online through direct IP or Steam. Online multiplayer supports cross-platform play across Windows, OSX and Linux, as well as custom ships and tracks.

Modding tools

BallisticNG includes tools for building and importing custom content. You can lay out tracks with a spline-based editor and playtest them instantly, and use the development tools to import ships and tracks. Unity editor tools let you configure ships and tracks, while texture-atlas software and Blender extensions support track-environment development.

C# code mods can add game modes, HUDs, weapons, stats, achievements and other features. You can also make campaigns in the in-game editor or write them manually in XML, create liveries for standard and custom ships, make color palettes for the virtual environment, import music for races and the main menu, and replace most sounds with sound packs. An in-game ship viewer lets you refresh liveries to see changes, and PSD files are provided for standard ships.

Music and VR

The soundtrack contains over five hours of music inspired by old-school electronic genres. The cockpit view is available both in and out of VR, and the game is compatible with SteamVR.