Turbo Golf Racing is just Rocket League with golf, but that's OK Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Turbo Golf Racing is just Rocket League with golf, but that's OK Beta this spring News by Graham Smith Contributor Published on March 26, 2022 6 comments Honestly, given Rocket League's prodigious success, it's a surprise more games haven't attempted to follow in its car tracks. Announced this week, Turbo Golf Racing looks to change that. It's a multiplayer game about driving a car into a ball, but as the name suggests it's drawing inspiration from those ruined good walks rather than from football. Here's the announcement trailer, released earlier this week: Watch on YouTube That does look a lot like Rocket League, even down to its cars and futuristic world design. But okay. The key difference is that this is an actual race, rather than a scored back-and-forth in a confined arena. The golf course you're competing on is a race course and you're rushing to be the first of eight players to get your ball in the hole. In the trailer above, that looks exciting, but I wonder: when you miss your ball and drive past, do you have to reverse and try again or can you reset behind the ball as you would if you crashed off track in a regular racing game? Rocket League's match and arena structure means it's not frustrating should you ever miss the ball entirely - and you will - but I worry that won't be the case in the high pressure of a race. Turbo Golf Racing will also allow you to activate wings on any vehicle and glide towards the finish line, and there are "power cores" to unlock which grant you special abilities. Some of those seem to let you go on the offensive against your rivals, similar to the rocket attack shown in the trailer above. We covered developer Hugecalf's previous game when it entered early access and was called Carried Away, although by the time it left early access it was called When Ski Lifts Go Wrong. It was a bridge construction game, but you were delivering physicsy skiers to their destination rather than physicsy vehicles. Turbo Golf Racing will also launch in early access later this year on Steam and Game Pass. Before that, there will be a beta running sometime this spring, which you can sign up for here. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here