King of Highways

One debt. Seven rivals.

Once every monsoon, the lights in sixteen cities go out for one second, and your phone rings. You owe Along. Win THE BOLT, a race from Kuala Lumpur to the foot of Kinabalu, and your debt is cleared. Lose, and Along owns you. All you have left is a yellow Panda Kingz.

Take their pink slips

Seven drivers owe Along too, and each one waits for you on their own roads: a courier racing to buy back his father's workshop, a tycoon out on bail, a fisherman's daughter, a Sabah rally driver on one good knee, a framed ex-cop, an engine builder who swore he'd never race again, and a Sarawak timber hauler who wants Along's mask. Beat them and their marker is yours: their car, their story, and what happens to their wish.

Race dangerously

• Takedowns. Slam rivals into walls, traffic and off the road. Crashed? Impact Time slows everything down. Steer your wreck into a rival and take them with you.

• Earn your nitro. Near misses, oncoming traffic, drifts and air fill the meter. Chain them together to multiply your score.

• PILE-UP. Launch into a live junction and cause as much damage as you can. Steer your wreck in the air, fly through the multiplier rings and set off PETIR.

Malaysia, end to end

Three real roads, driven end to end: the SMART Tunnel under Kuala Lumpur and the MEX viaduct from TRX, the Karak Highway over the Genting Sempah pass from Gombak to Bentong, and the North–South Expressway south of Seremban. Then Bukit Bintang's neon, the Federal Highway, Melaka's Red Square, the Penang Bridge in a storm, the paddy of Perlis, Ipoh's limestone, the Kuching waterfront and the summit road of Kinabalu. Real landmarks, shophouse rows, overhead signs pointing to real towns, and traffic on Malaysian plates.

After dark

Every race starts after seven. Race the golden hour down the Federal Highway, the blue hour over the Penang Bridge and the neon night of Bukit Bintang. Shop fronts glow under the five-foot ways, lanterns hang across the street, the rain-wet road catches every lamp, and behind the shophouses the towers light up floor by floor.

Features

• King Mode: one story from Kuala Lumpur to Kinabalu, with seven rival duels and Along at the summit

• Arcade: race any road you've reached as any driver whose pink slip you hold

• 16 chapters across every state and territory, three of them real highways (the SMART Tunnel and MEX, the Karak over Genting Sempah, the PLUS at Seremban), plus the bonus Midnight Belum

• Karak Run: Along's men on your tail, the highway patrol RONDA, a roadblock, a spike strip and a helicopter's searchlight

• Arcade keeps the earlier tracks: Neon Mile, the Minangkabau Ring and Boulevard Junction

• Bonus race on the Sepang Circuit, the Formula One track by KL's airport, open from halfway through King Mode

• 5 event types: Race, Amuk, Pile-Up, Sprint and the Finale

• 8 cars, from your Panda Kingz to the rivals' own rides, each with garage paints

• Every race after dark, from the golden hour to the neon night

• A voiced cast: Along, the narrator, the seven rivals and DJ Guruh

• BOLT FM 99.9: the station's own songs, plus music by Kevin MacLeod

• Photo mode: stop the race, line up the shot, save it

• Two chase cameras, close and far

• Keyboard or full controller support, with Xbox and PlayStation button prompts