New Star GP, Arcade Retro-styled Racing Game, Confirmed For Release March 7

Posting this item late due to sickness. Apologies for the gap in coverage (whole of February, 2024).

New Star Games have confirmed that New Star GP will be released March 7, 2024. This fun-looking arcade title with vector-style visuals has a whopping 176 unique events to play, including time trials, checkpoint races, reverse races, rival races, elimination events, and GP styled races. 45 unique opponents, set across the decades of racing modelled, will race you across 17 tracks in varying weather and track surface conditions.

The game is available now on Steam Early Access.

Press release:

New Star GP passes final checks and is cleared for Race Day on the 7th March

LONDON, UK – 22nd Feb, 2024 – Developers New Star Games, the BAFTA award-winning studio behind hit games like New Star Soccer, Retro Goal and Retro Bowl are pleased to announce that their new retro-styled racing game, New Star GP, will be released on March 7th on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC Steam for £24.99 (regional pricing applies)

New Star GP is a fast and exciting arcade motorsport game with stunning retro visuals. Like all New Star Games’ titles, New Star GP is simple to play at heart, but contains a surprising amount of depth and details that reward players with an experience like no other game they’ve played.

Play Career Mode starting in the 80’s and work your way through 5 decades of racing while upgrading your car and your support team, or chase high scores in Championship Mode on your own or in split-screen with up to three friends.

The game has 176 unique events to play, including time trials, checkpoint races, reverse races, rival races, elimination events, and GP styled races! Compete against 45 unique drivers across the decades of racing, each with their own personalities and driving styles. Race on 17 gorgeous track locations around the world, all with unique playing styles, weather conditions and track abrasion values, providing a varied racing experience that requires different race strategies to maximise the chances of success.

New Star GP also boasts 17 unique championship competitions set across the tracks from the career mode that can be enjoyed either in single player, or with up to 4 players. Each has a unique roster of tracks and game settings. The game also has a creation mode that allows players to create their own, bespoke championship competitions. Set the number of laps, weather, track configuration, difficulty, race speed, and a host of other options. Custom competitions can be raced in single or multiplayer with up to 4 players.

New Star GP has been developed by New Star Games and published by Five Aces +Publishing.

New Star GP is now available to pre-order on the Xbox Game Store and Nintendo eShop. Players can also wishlist the game on Steam and PlayStation.

About New Star Games
New Star Games, founded and led by Simon Read, is an independent games publisher & developer based in Buckingham, UK. Fuelled by the extraordinary success of New Star Soccer, which went on to win a BAFTA in 2013 and the smash-hit American Football game ‘Retro Bowl’, this small but perfectly formed and highly focused developer is set to continue to light up the sports game genre. For more information, please visit: http://www.newstargames.com/

About Five Aces Publishing Ltd
Five Aces Publishing Ltd is a game studio and publisher based in Yorkshire, UK, composed of veteran developers of PC, console, handheld and mobile games.
Developed in close conjunction with New Star Games and Simon Read.