Road Rash was the ultimate rental game. The Sega Genesis original and its sequels had an attention-grabbing gimmick – a motorcycle racer that let you pummel opponents with metal pipes – and just enough depth to keep you entertained for a weekend. Pretty much every 90s kid played Road Rash, but how many really loved it? Not a lot. Once video game rentals stopped being a thing, Road Rash drove off into the sunset and nobody was that broken up about it.

Well, almost nobody. Back in 2013, Road Redemption, billed as a spiritual successor to the Road Rash franchise, hit Kickstarter and narrowly made its $160,000 funding goal. After a lengthy spell in Early Access, the game got a full release on Steam in 2017 and now it’s come to consoles, which is where a Road Rash successor really belongs. So, does Road Redemption successfully update the Rash formula? Is it even worth updating in 2018? Time to take this one for a test drive…