Speed Demons Radiangames Speed Demons is the ultimate highway racing simulator, with breakneck speeds, amazing physics-based crashes, and the mos… $4.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsSpeed Demons is the ultimate highway racing simulator, with breakneck speeds, amazing physics-based crashes, and the most intense TRAFFIC ever seen in a video game. Featuring hundreds of events, tons of varied vehicles, endless highways, and 11 gameplay modes, this is the top-down, physics-based racing game the world has been waiting for. Whether you want to leisurely cruise down the highway, weave through traffic at high-speeds, take out rogue racers, or just barrel through everything in sight, this game has it all: * Drive over 50 upgradeable vehicles, from tiny hatchbacks to super cars to massive semi-trucks. * Play 11 distinct game modes including RACE, CHECKPOINT, ESCAPE, PURSUIT, RAMPAGE, and more. * Choose from over 500 unique events, each customized to the vehicle(s) and mode featured. Also featured in Speed Demons: * Endless procedurally-generated highways in 30 environments. * High-speed physics-based racing with up to 100 vehicles on-screen at once. * Modern-retro visuals with spectacular effects and an all-new pulse-pounding soundtrack by Auvic. * Simple but deep controls, and full MFi controller support. * Seamless iCloud saving across multiple devices. The joy of endless traffic awaits. Download Speed Demons today and experience the new revolution in highway racing games. Speed Demons was previously seen on Apple Arcade. Information Seller:Radiangames Genre:Racing Release:Mar 20, 2024 Updated:Mar 21, 2024 Version:1.7.2 Size:266.2 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal amusing Grace likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #2 VirtualBoyFreak, Mar 20, 2024 Someone asked in the upcoming games thread if it had screen rotate option. The answer is curiously yes and no: yes on iPad, no on iPhone. Just checked it. On a side note, why is the game called “Speed Demon” in the App Store but the game itself is called Speed Demons? I imagine it has to do with having to change the name from the Apple Arcade version, but if that was removed from the store… oh well, computer technology is weird :-/ ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,718 967 113 #3 ste86uk, Mar 20, 2024 Had this preordered. I loved it on AA played the hell out of it but never went back to it after all the updates. So it was a no brainer for me to buy it again, reset my saved game data and start from the beginning and enjoy it all over again! Highly recommended to anyone interested. solarnya Well-Known Member Jul 22, 2015 903 285 63 Male Close to Tokyo, Japan #4 solarnya, Mar 21, 2024 About screen rotation. Its store page says it supports MFi and in these days most users have gamepad use Backbone type I suppose. So if this app released as MFi supported, I want this game to have screen rotate option. But it's just my a super little complaints, it's very unique, really cool and addictive nice gem. No regret to buy as it is I can say. amusing Grace Well-Known Member Dec 23, 2008 1,682 7 38 Music, Muse, Magick Berlin, Germany #5 amusing Grace, Mar 21, 2024 Last edited: Mar 21, 2024 Awesome news! Always liked Radiangames and really enjoyed Speed Demon during my Apple Arcade trial. Just realized Speed Demons runs on Mac, too!!! As some of their other releases . radiangames Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Sep 24, 2011 158 60 28 Game Developer United States http://radiangames.com #6 radiangames, Mar 21, 2024 FYI: Just submitted version 1.7.2, which fixes a couple issues with the start sequence, including a crash if you tap the screen at the right/wrong time. For screen rotation: The main reason iPhone doesn't support it: The UI gets smaller when it rotates. That's ok on iPad, but on iPhone the text is unreadable and it's hard to tap on the race/vehicle/option you want. I do plan to redesign the UI for consoles/PC a bit, but I wasn't planning on having those changes on iPhone. I'll think about if I can make the initial changes on iOS first. ste86uk, sebgo, Rocco SE and 1 other person like this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,918 673 113 England #7 psj3809, Mar 21, 2024 I normally always play landscape but this games designed to be portrait totally. The graphics are quite small so if this went to landscape the graphics would be tiny. Looks like it would be a lot of work. and with such simple controls needed surely people don’t need a joystick on this game ? ste86uk likes this. Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 258 242 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #8 Rocco SE, Mar 21, 2024 I absolutely love the elegance of this game. And although I played it quite a bit on Apple Arcade, I just purchased it to supported the great devs. One thing that always throws me off is the fact that everything is unlocked from the beginning. To have access to all races immediately makes the track select menu feel super convoluted, and I‘m always losing interest quickly, since there is no real sense of achievement or discovery. Devs could take this game‘s style and make it an endless arcade racer with a randomly created tracks, and it would be an immediate favorite. Anyone remembering an old iOS game called Forever Drive? This, basically VirtualBoyFreak likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #9 VirtualBoyFreak, Mar 21, 2024 Aren’t the tracks in this one random? In any case, I remember Forever Drive, oh yes I do. I loved that one and I also wish it came back. Speed Demons has become premium and I’m super happy with it, but if I got Forever Drive again, it’d be awesome! radiangames Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Sep 24, 2011 158 60 28 Game Developer United States http://radiangames.com #10 radiangames, Mar 21, 2024 If you played it on AA (and use iCloud), you'll have that progress carry over, so that may be why it looks like everything is available immediately. You do get access to 6 races immediately (after finishing the first one), and the game does provide pretty fast unlocking to make it easier to skip vehicles/races you don't like. But just wanted to say it may be that you're seeing everything because you played the game before. The game used to be a bit stingier with unlocks, but there was a bit of feedback early with Speed Demons (with versions before 1.2) that it was a slog to get to some of the better/more interesting vehicles. It still takes 450+ stars to get all the chapters unlocked, which is at least 150+ races with 3 stars, or more with a lower star count. If you started a new save slot (there are 6 I think) or had no progress carry over and are giving this feedback, then I'll just say this is the first time I've gotten this kind of feedback on Speed Demons, and I'll take another look at how fast the early chapters unlock to players. (Edit: Just noticed version 1.7.2 was approved and is live, so the start sequence should no longer have issues) Luke Rocco SE and ste86uk like this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #11 VirtualBoyFreak, Mar 21, 2024 @radiangames what’s your suggested graphic settings for an iPad 8th gen? Yesterday I got a lot of stuttering/hiccups in frames. The first time I loaded it was terrible (slowdowns reaching up to 3-4 fps max), and after killing all tasks and reloading, I got more or less stable gaming depending on the race chosen. When I played on Apple Arcade, it was far smoother, but iOS was 15.x or 16.x and the game version was the one 1-2 years ago. I’m on iOS 17.4 (European version), fwiw… radiangames Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Sep 24, 2011 158 60 28 Game Developer United States http://radiangames.com #12 radiangames, Mar 21, 2024 An That's bizarre. An iPad 8th gen should run the game quite smoothly. If they're not too expensive, I'll order one since all my test iPads are quite old (iPad Air 2, iPad Pro 1st gen). That sounds like something else could be going on. Not likely, but possible the start-sequence issues wouldn't always crash but cause something similar. Can you try version 1.7.2 and let me know if you still see the issue? VirtualBoyFreak likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #13 VirtualBoyFreak, Mar 21, 2024 I’ll try it in a few hours, when I get home, and I’ll let you know. radiangames likes this. Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 258 242 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #14 Rocco SE, Mar 21, 2024 You‘re right. Just started over, and it‘s way less unlocked than I was thinking to remember. Thanks. Will play again, now taking my time. radiangames likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #15 VirtualBoyFreak, Mar 21, 2024 Last edited: Mar 21, 2024 @radiangames unfortunately it continues stuttering quite a lot… EDIT: It has to do with the wifi. If I turn airplane mode on, it runs smooth as silk. It’s when the wifi is active that it gets the hiccups. Maybe it has to do with Game Center transferring data or whatever. Anyway, now I know what to do to play smoothly on my iPad: turn airplane mode on. radiangames likes this. radiangames Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Sep 24, 2011 158 60 28 Game Developer United States http://radiangames.com #16 radiangames, Mar 21, 2024 Thanks for the update. Will try to figure out why Wifi is affecting things. The game doesn't (intentionally) do anything with Wifi aside from Game Center/iCloud. VirtualBoyFreak likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #17 VirtualBoyFreak, Mar 21, 2024 I’ve had the game crash once while doing the race shown in the screenshot. I had clicked on “restart” several times. I think it doesn’t have to do with that race itself, but maybe something to do with hitting restart several times. The game began stuttering a bit, and after a few seconds the game crashed and exited. This time it was on iPhone 12, iOS 17.4. Anyway, only happened once. I was able to begin the race again and finish it. Attached Files: IMG_2819.jpeg File size: 1.8 MB Views: 4 sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 772 344 63 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #18 sebgo, Mar 21, 2024 Maybe it's an issue with iOS 17.4? I saw someone mention a game having an error on that version in another thread (Civilization VI). VirtualBoyFreak likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #19 VirtualBoyFreak, Mar 22, 2024 Last edited: Mar 22, 2024 Could be. Yesterday, iOS 17.4.1 was launched. Hopefully it will help… EDIT: I’ve played a bunch of races on the iPhone and seems more fluid now. Still have to test on iPad, but it seems iOS 17.4.1 patch helped a bit EDIT 2: played 1 race on iPad with wifi on and seems to run much better. I’ll keep on playing later, but looks good now. sebgo likes this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 772 344 63 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #20 sebgo, Mar 22, 2024 Yeah, I also had an app crash on 16.7.6 but has worked without issues so far on 16.7.7. So maybe there was something wrong with those versions. Glad it works better for you, now. 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Someone asked in the upcoming games thread if it had screen rotate option. The answer is curiously yes and no: yes on iPad, no on iPhone. Just checked it. On a side note, why is the game called “Speed Demon” in the App Store but the game itself is called Speed Demons? I imagine it has to do with having to change the name from the Apple Arcade version, but if that was removed from the store… oh well, computer technology is weird :-/
Had this preordered. I loved it on AA played the hell out of it but never went back to it after all the updates. So it was a no brainer for me to buy it again, reset my saved game data and start from the beginning and enjoy it all over again! Highly recommended to anyone interested.
About screen rotation. Its store page says it supports MFi and in these days most users have gamepad use Backbone type I suppose. So if this app released as MFi supported, I want this game to have screen rotate option. But it's just my a super little complaints, it's very unique, really cool and addictive nice gem. No regret to buy as it is I can say.
Awesome news! Always liked Radiangames and really enjoyed Speed Demon during my Apple Arcade trial. Just realized Speed Demons runs on Mac, too!!! As some of their other releases .
FYI: Just submitted version 1.7.2, which fixes a couple issues with the start sequence, including a crash if you tap the screen at the right/wrong time. For screen rotation: The main reason iPhone doesn't support it: The UI gets smaller when it rotates. That's ok on iPad, but on iPhone the text is unreadable and it's hard to tap on the race/vehicle/option you want. I do plan to redesign the UI for consoles/PC a bit, but I wasn't planning on having those changes on iPhone. I'll think about if I can make the initial changes on iOS first.
I normally always play landscape but this games designed to be portrait totally. The graphics are quite small so if this went to landscape the graphics would be tiny. Looks like it would be a lot of work. and with such simple controls needed surely people don’t need a joystick on this game ?
I absolutely love the elegance of this game. And although I played it quite a bit on Apple Arcade, I just purchased it to supported the great devs. One thing that always throws me off is the fact that everything is unlocked from the beginning. To have access to all races immediately makes the track select menu feel super convoluted, and I‘m always losing interest quickly, since there is no real sense of achievement or discovery. Devs could take this game‘s style and make it an endless arcade racer with a randomly created tracks, and it would be an immediate favorite. Anyone remembering an old iOS game called Forever Drive? This, basically
Aren’t the tracks in this one random? In any case, I remember Forever Drive, oh yes I do. I loved that one and I also wish it came back. Speed Demons has become premium and I’m super happy with it, but if I got Forever Drive again, it’d be awesome!
If you played it on AA (and use iCloud), you'll have that progress carry over, so that may be why it looks like everything is available immediately. You do get access to 6 races immediately (after finishing the first one), and the game does provide pretty fast unlocking to make it easier to skip vehicles/races you don't like. But just wanted to say it may be that you're seeing everything because you played the game before. The game used to be a bit stingier with unlocks, but there was a bit of feedback early with Speed Demons (with versions before 1.2) that it was a slog to get to some of the better/more interesting vehicles. It still takes 450+ stars to get all the chapters unlocked, which is at least 150+ races with 3 stars, or more with a lower star count. If you started a new save slot (there are 6 I think) or had no progress carry over and are giving this feedback, then I'll just say this is the first time I've gotten this kind of feedback on Speed Demons, and I'll take another look at how fast the early chapters unlock to players. (Edit: Just noticed version 1.7.2 was approved and is live, so the start sequence should no longer have issues) Luke
@radiangames what’s your suggested graphic settings for an iPad 8th gen? Yesterday I got a lot of stuttering/hiccups in frames. The first time I loaded it was terrible (slowdowns reaching up to 3-4 fps max), and after killing all tasks and reloading, I got more or less stable gaming depending on the race chosen. When I played on Apple Arcade, it was far smoother, but iOS was 15.x or 16.x and the game version was the one 1-2 years ago. I’m on iOS 17.4 (European version), fwiw…
An That's bizarre. An iPad 8th gen should run the game quite smoothly. If they're not too expensive, I'll order one since all my test iPads are quite old (iPad Air 2, iPad Pro 1st gen). That sounds like something else could be going on. Not likely, but possible the start-sequence issues wouldn't always crash but cause something similar. Can you try version 1.7.2 and let me know if you still see the issue?
You‘re right. Just started over, and it‘s way less unlocked than I was thinking to remember. Thanks. Will play again, now taking my time.
@radiangames unfortunately it continues stuttering quite a lot… EDIT: It has to do with the wifi. If I turn airplane mode on, it runs smooth as silk. It’s when the wifi is active that it gets the hiccups. Maybe it has to do with Game Center transferring data or whatever. Anyway, now I know what to do to play smoothly on my iPad: turn airplane mode on.
Thanks for the update. Will try to figure out why Wifi is affecting things. The game doesn't (intentionally) do anything with Wifi aside from Game Center/iCloud.
I’ve had the game crash once while doing the race shown in the screenshot. I had clicked on “restart” several times. I think it doesn’t have to do with that race itself, but maybe something to do with hitting restart several times. The game began stuttering a bit, and after a few seconds the game crashed and exited. This time it was on iPhone 12, iOS 17.4. Anyway, only happened once. I was able to begin the race again and finish it.
Maybe it's an issue with iOS 17.4? I saw someone mention a game having an error on that version in another thread (Civilization VI).
Could be. Yesterday, iOS 17.4.1 was launched. Hopefully it will help… EDIT: I’ve played a bunch of races on the iPhone and seems more fluid now. Still have to test on iPad, but it seems iOS 17.4.1 patch helped a bit EDIT 2: played 1 race on iPad with wifi on and seems to run much better. I’ll keep on playing later, but looks good now.
Yeah, I also had an app crash on 16.7.6 but has worked without issues so far on 16.7.7. So maybe there was something wrong with those versions. Glad it works better for you, now.
