Gear.Club Unlimited 2: Ultimate Edition

Rather than building on the solid foundations its predecessor set last year, Gear.Club Unlimited 2 slams into reverse gear and delivers racing gameplay that feels significantly more laggy and sluggish than the original. With no attempt made to cut its remaining mobile roots and more performance issues than a drunken West End actor, we just can't recommend dropping a whopping £54.99 on this unoptimised, clunky effort.

GCU2 doesn't stand a chance against its competitors, but it works for the Switch.

Gear Club Unlimited 2 is an underwhelming follow-up to the first game.

The transition from Nintendo Switch to PCs and home consoles was unfortunately not painless for Gear.Club Unlimited 2 Ultimate Edition.

Gear.Club Unlimited 2 Ultimate Edition has a good Career mode, with plenty of races and events and a little bit of story, but it is far from enough to rescue its incredibly sub-par gameplay, to the point that it is uncapable of conveying any emotion. And the game doesn't fare much better graphically, with poor textures and unstable frame rates. A pity, given the resume of the developer.

Gear Club Unlimited 2 on PS5 doesn't seem like a game from 2021 or from the current generation - but I think that's positive. It's a pure and fun arcade racer that's been solidly ported to PS5.

A year's worth of patches and DLC has transformed Gear.Club Unlimited 2 into an improvement over its predecessor in some areas.

A huge improvement from the original Gear.Club Unlimited 2.

Gear Club Unlimited 2 - Porsche Edition is a solid racing game for Nintendos Switch. Is convinces with its optional motion control and also with the variety of courses and cars. It has some graphical deficits and the story is not the most innovative one I've ever seen, but all in all, the game is really fun to play.

The Gear Club Unlimited series could be a top-level racer and dominate that scene on the Switch for years to come. But until they find a way to make it feel more than a large-scale mobile game, it’s impossible to recommend to anyone who isn’t desperate for a handheld racer not named Mario Kart.