Fastlane: Fun Car Racing Game Reviews

by Cew657

I really don’t like dual currency games where you have cash you can purchase certain items with and gems to purchase certain items with. I know why this is done but don’t agree with it. The ad revenue and in app purchases can make the developers a fortune. Although the game play is fun and addictive, I’m getting frustrated and bored. It takes so many gems to purchase the next level vehicle and then you need to use gems to unlock the extra guns which is a necessity to make it far. Why can’t cash be used and do away with gems? I have been trying to get 150 gems for the last week just to unlock the next vehicle. All I have been doing is racing with a lower tier car just to get gems and doing this over and over and making no progress. I can watch a bunch of videos but that gets me one or 2 diamonds. The same for daily jobs. I have plenty of cash, so why can’t I purchase a car and upgrade? I refuse to buy a gem pack as it is not worth it to me. My time with this game is getting close to an end.

by Nicknamer4321

I will start off saying that I somewhat have enjoyed this game. Downloaded this game as a fun game to play, and it hasn’t lived up to that just because of the moving with your finger. I have lost many runs because of the vehicle crashing when clearly my finger is in the next lane over from it, or the health is dragged too far down after knowing all hit boxes. If there is some update, I will GLADLY rerate this game and possibly have more reviews to say. I will not do anything about it until I see the changes, and might not do much with the game till then.

Update: deleted the game from one device and has just used up memory on another device maybe being played once or twice in approx a month. The game is STILL as HORRIBLE as once was. It would take quite a bit to even make me consider to go back playing this mess of a game. I would recommend finding other games to play that will entertain more than this!!!

by Gel Horn

This game is a good idea with terrible implementation. Like most free games, it is very oriented toward nearly forcing you to spend money in order to enjoy your time. They have implemented a slowly replenishing gas resource to limit the number of times you can race without either getting very lucky or spending the most rare resource to buy more (which they offer very little of in game and offer to sell you for real money, of course). In other words, you can’t even play this game as long as you might like without spending real money. You are inundated with offers to watch ads after pretty much every race, which is essentially mandatory if you want to build resources, as they are pretty stingy with them in game. Very, very grindy without spending money, and the gas resource drags things out even longer, limiting the number of runs you can make a day. Also, the collision detection makes it very easy to die stupidly on runs, further wasting valuable gas. Other free games do it much better.

by Moreammo

The only way to even make this game fun is to spend money on diamonds. There is nothing in this game that doesn’t involve diamonds. The starting gas tanks are a joke. They piggy bank is a joke. It never increases in size. You spend all your diamonds just to continue which is exponential. Then you need diamonds you don’t even have to get the next upgraded vehicle. The amount of dollars earned racing don’t even add up to upgrade the vehicle to help. Once you’ve spend enough money compared to a real video game you’re not even a quarter of the way through. After that the game just loses is luster. It’s impossible to understand how to even get to the gang leader since you’re reps don’t accumulate to achieve the necessary points, mileage or god even knows how you beat the level. Just stay on level one with the level one car and achieve the highest upgrades. After that it’s just a quick little fun racing game with nooooooooooo point.

by DEMONSPAZ

I started this game thinking it was going to be really fun because of all the positive reviews. This game is nothing but pay to win and there are so many distractions on the screen that you die way to quickly and once you get hit once by a Rocket or object on the road, you’re instantly dead and need to ether start over or continue using premium currency. The progression in this game is the most grind hungry game I’ve ever played, ever and as a gamer that’s saying A LOT. If you’re not willing to spend at-least $100 on this game, your fun is going to run dry real quick and even spending $100. It won’t be enough later on. Do not pay attention to the 5 start reviews, don’t make the same mistake I did. This game is absolutely horrible and I feel robbed of the money I spent because once you spend money. The game increases in difficulty so you end up spending more and more and more. It literally will drain your bank. Only play this game if you’re ok with spending $100’s!!!

by UltimateJ-Star

I’ve been playing this game for two years, since about the time it came out. It generally has good mechanics, but...

1. It’s bogged down by poor progression. If you play and get to higher levels, it can take you about a month to make it to the next area or car.

2. Power-ups. Most of my power-ups are near completion. It is too expensive where you have to spend weeks making currency just to upgrade one power up one level higher.

3. Customer Service. I emailed the customer service team (developers) for an issue because ads weren’t showing properly. Try to see if it can be fixed by changing the clock, but it turns out it flags your account.

I emailed the developer team and they responded by claiming they removed this flag from my account so I can continue qualifying for rewards. Played two weekly competitions and still didn’t qualify for any rewards. What you can expect from their emails is excuses, inconsistency, and lack of value for the customer.

What you can expect from this game is heavy grinds for lackluster rewards, expensive pricing, and getting stuck on missions because you can’t bear your rep missions unless you exhaust gems and wait for another car.

Overall, you would be doing yourself a favor by moving on to the next great car adventure for your iPhone. Good luck Space Ape Games.

by Speeddemon5150

Hey I tried contacting player support and I do not know what is going on. If I do not get my problem resolved them I’m going to start demanding extra rewards and if not then I’ll further my intentions. Anyways I played last weekends event and it seemed to have glitches or something because the travel ship logo on the left hand side of the start up screen is still there on my phone when normally it disappears after the weekend event is over. I payed for more gems and keys and get what I payed for but I also won first place in the event and still have not got my rewards I worked really hard to get those rewards sun I even payed for them, so if someone from this app road to revenge support please fix this issue then I would love that but if not then I would like my money back and some compensation.

by Eagle1434

So I love this game I really do it art and music shine as a great example to add to you app games collection. But I found it kinda weird that 2 month after I bought the 2x currency’s buff you guys would first lie about how much gem I’m making it not the hard. I found one in game but the result should be two. Weird. Under my gem icon it said 2x so why does it count as one. But now you guys just took that icon always like that make it any better. I pay for something that you shouldn’t have any business taken always. The funny part is that they left the 2x icon on the dollars like that doesn’t tell you something wrong. Don’t ruin you game but being butts just give me back my buff and make sure it work. If I find one gem in game at the end of my run it should be two. That the whole point of double currency. And don’t you dare say it was only for a limited time cause that a lie.

by Hilikus97

Game is great I just started playing yesterday I love it but the only thing is.. I tried to buy one of the limited time 24 hour offers in the store and it said “consume purchase failed” or something like that and it didn’t give me my items but it still charged my account for the $9.99. I tried contacting app support but I couldn’t get to it. Anyway, I would love to give 5 stars and I will as soon as this gets fixed.. thanks for the fun game though the game is good other than that

(Edit)
I finally got my items after a few days, but I’m still only giving four stars. Maybe I’m just dumb but I tried clicking the link to app support through Fastlane Store and all it did was take me to the games webpage where there was a link to download the game, which brought me back to Fastlane Store. No support option from what I saw, but I found out you can actually report a problem through the game itself. I did that and now it’s fixed. Thanks for the fix

by Ace Haven

The game loses its enjoyment once around level 100. Each additional street that is taken over basically opens up a new street that is exactly the same and in order to progress the vehicle needs to be upgraded which takes cash and gems which is attained from playing and watching adds. Once a high enough level and vehicle are obtained, taking over the street is done quite easily. Then the exact same process is repeated only it takes longer with each level as the rewards do increase in line with the requirements. So doing the exact same thing for longer until powerful enough to take the street and move up to the next one which then repeating the exact same process only it will take longer. Should take the effort to allow for longer runs and bigger rewards at later stages. The bosses are all the same at each level. Should mix it up a bit.

by CMoebius

I want to love this game, I really do. It brings me back to the days I played Spy Hunter with it’s similar up down scrolling, enemies and bosses. However, I just can’t love this game because as soon as I start playing it, all the bad things make me sad. The predictability of this game is nauseating. Get a power up and here comes the road block to waste time so you can’t use it. Then there is the endless repetitive play. I get a new car and it’s great. I power through the enemies and usually take down the next gang leader. Then comes the days and weeks of trying to go up 10 levels to get the next car. It’s just boring and mind numbing. Of course you can buy your way up to the next car, but unless you want to keep spending money every time you want to get the next car, you are stuck. I really want to like this game, but I just can’t.

by Too Tall Lawrence

I think I would enjoy it more if I played it on a bigger screen. If you have a small phone and big hands it kind of gets in the way of being able see where to move to keep from getting destroyed. Reason I give it 3 stars was because I didn’t get my rewards after watching the videos. It happened multiple times. Another reason is I didn’t like that you only get 1 extra turn/life for 5 diamonds after you run out of your 5 turns. You should be able to do a complete full refill for 5 diamonds. Also you shouldn’t have to spend diamonds to buy the new car when you reach the goal of reaching the higher level to unlock the new car. You shouldn’t have to do both reach the right level and spend diamonds to unlock the car. Should only be one or the other. Reach the level or if you want to unlock the car early then spend diamonds. Also the guns seem to be week against enemies even at maxed upgrade levels. But overall the game is just ok.

by OctagonJon

While it’s a good time waster and you can make progress if you chip away everyday, it does begin to get a bit annoying.

I do the challenges every day. They’re boring and repetitive.
I do like the challenges that offer golden tickets as they help unlock drones. However I’ve collected enough to unlock every dam drone but every time I go to unlock a random new one... it’s the same dam machine gun. It’s super ineffective against all cars as it shoots too slow to cause damage.
I’m still waiting to collect more tickets so I can maybe someday unlock something useful.

That said it would be great if the developers did away with things that create unfair advantages for the player. Banners that block your view when a challenge has been met. Can’t count how many times I’ve hit a rock because I can’t see them coming with the banners.
Going under a bridge which obstructs your view. Again same situation.

I’ve also found glitches where the guns do no damage whatsoever to the cars and I simply drive through them causing damage or death

Please fix.

Edit: while I like the new boost feature added at start of every game it’s rendered useless when you start off with a boss. Nitro boost is burned up and no significant REP is earned.
Do away with this or start offering better rewards for defeating bosses. Almost pointless at this point.

by Sterlingenuine

My purchase was small but I want to write a review to say make sure you check that you're receiving what you paid for.

I purchased a pack of 20 gems for $.99 to continue the level. To continue I needed 10 gems, I had 7 already. After I purchased the pack and finished the level. I had -3 gems. I didn't require anymore gems after the 10 I had used to continue because I was right before beating the boss. Which means if I bought 20 and I already had 7 and I only needed 10 to continue, I should have had 17 when I was done. But I didn't, I was in the negative and it would not fix itself.

All I'm saying is make sure you check that you received what you paid for. I ended up deleting Fastlane right after because they level was stressing me out and then -3 happened. So yeah. It's a fun game but it can be stressful at times.

by MickyAAA

Fun enjoyable game. Watch the short videos for free items, especially gems as gems are probably the most useful items to use in app. Don’t spend real $$$ on gems, etc. Save up over time to do upgrades. Takes patient but worth it.
A hint on cars. Don’t max out each individual car. I maxed out upgradable on every other car.
If you max out every car as you advance each level you’ll be strapped for money for upgrades. That way while your working up to every other level in between you can save up money for the upgrades to max sooner.
I think ALL apps would like you to spend real $$$ to get in-app advancements faster. Believe being patient & watching videos as they offer for free items is best way to enjoy any app without spending real $$$.

by BrakALack

It’s interesting reading different people’s negative reviews—most generally along the lines of, “It costs too much money to advance / advancement is slow.” I don’t disagree, but I also think it depends on what you’re in it for.

I love this game, and haven’t spent a penny on it. I’ve watched lots of ads, which reward pretty well and help me support the developers. I’m cool with that. Advancement does get slower, the higher you go. I’m level 86 at this point, and don’t imagine I’ll hit 90 in less than a week. I’m usually in and out of a gaming session in about 10 minutes.

But that works well for me. This is the perfect kind of game for limited game play. It’s fun no matter what level you are. It’s great for a distraction, then I move on with my day. And I can jump back in within an hour if I want, and do it again. Different strokes for different folks. If that doesn’t work for you—and you don’t want to feed the game more money for faster results—it may not be the game for you. I think, for what it is, this game strikes one of the best balances of pay-to-play that I’ve encountered.

The only negative comment I have is that some of the side missions are lame. 45 seconds in one lane during a race? I did it, but it was counterproductive to my race. Crash into 15 enemies in a race? No true incentive to try to complete that one. Most of them are pretty good though.

But otherwise, so far I’m having a lot of fun with this game.

by Gina Vallarella

This game is 100% amazing and it is free. If this game was not free, I would pay to purchase it that’s how awesome it is. There is always a mission and something to do; makes you want to play it all the time. The cars and music is pretty awesome. Basically you destroy other cars and are cleaning up the streets with your own car. The more money you collect, the more you are able to upgrade your car and purchase power ups, like health. The more diamonds you collect, the more you are able to continue in the race that you are in or upgrade your car. The developer created a highly addictive and exciting game. Definitely worth downloading!

by Ravi_sCythE

The good: Fun, addictive and one of different genres of arcade shooting with cars. Good game progression and variety. Ad placement and it's rewards are better than most most games out there.

The bad: Restrictive energy to play, which means I really can't share my phone with kids or anyone who wants to play same game. No way to lower the level of the gameplay to allow a younger person to play an earlier stage. So only good players maybe able to play for longer durations.

Overall: If you are a free-to-play and do not share your device, this is a great game to pass time with a reasonable in-game progression without the need to spend while having fun playing a well done game.

by ObliviousFrog

This is a super fun and highly addictive game. You get 5 lives that seem to last 1 to 2 plus minutes. They take 2 1/2 hours to regenerate. You can always continue playing and upgrading your cars as long as you have gems, but my friend you will not have them! You’ll have to buy them. $1.99 here $1.99 there adds up rather quickly. I love this game! I’m currently level 74 but I have zero gems and have already purchased several times. The only way to get the next car is if I purchase another gem package because yes you can save the 1 or 2 you pick up with each life but trust me, you’re gonna spend those to continue in the same game after you smash into a wall.

by Btgr3

Speaking sincerely, this is the best mobile game that I have ever played. Been playing for over a year now and it is still very engaging, and I’m not even half way through it yet! I love it and I love the slower progression. I know some people dislike it, but it makes it feel more like a REAL game to me. Not just one you pick up and are done with in a week. There is substance here and I thoroughly enjoy playing in my free time, especially considering that a run doesn’t take forever to do. I can play and be done with a session in 10 minutes while still have made nice progress. Best free to play game-... best all around mobile game I have played, in my humble opinion. You guys are awesome :)