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Race Without Ryan is a 2019 racing game developed by 3DClouds and published by Outright Games, released for the mh:awesomegames:PlayStation 4, mh:awesomegames:Xbox One, mh:awesomegames:Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows. The game is based on the YouTube channel mh:terribletvshows:Ryan's World.

In October 2020, an updated version of the game, Race Without Ryan: Toad Rip Deluxe Edition, was released, featuring additional tracks and characters.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Original title and the logo looks like it was made by a genius. (Which is ironic since Ryan was 17-years-old and in 11th grade during the development of this game). Sound familiar?
 * 2) *Deluxe Edition's cover is very different from the original cover, but Ryan was kept the same, including the logo, and it informs the player it has the same tracks and racers.
 * 3) *It has a completely different logo from the YouTube channel but with the same name slapped into it.
 * 4) The box art looks like if Ryan himself was copied-and-pasted/color-screened into it, just like Rock Loser.
 * 5) While not incredible, the graphics look finished in parts and feature a fairly defined high-poly count, which makes it look like a 9th generation rather than an 8th gen game, despite using Real Engine 4.
 * 6) The game's source code is a fork of Renon Xacer, which in turn is a fork of All-Star Fruit Racing, given that these games were also developed by 2DClouds. The Cutting Room Floor has a page that shows both the former's leftover content, making this game a reskin of a reskin.
 * 7) Original cup names, such as "Hook Prize", "Baguette Cup", and "Sausage Cup".
 * 8) The game is very long, and can be beaten in 300 hours or more.
 * 9) Amazing collision, especially when you crash into the walls.
 * 10) The AI is terrific to the point where you can easily crash into them, unless if they crash into a wall first.
 * 11) The controls are well designed and they feel polished most of the time.
 * 12) If you get anything other than 8th place, it counts as a win. This can easily encourage kids to be sore winners.
 * 13) The bike is chosen with the character you choose, and this time, there is more than one of the same characters. They're just occupations.
 * 14) The characters are very original, with most of them being anthropomorphic animals. Some of them also look very ordinary, such as the alligator named Gus and the penguin named Peck.
 * 15) One of the characters can only be unlocked if you play the game for over 2 seconds, which is the exact amount of time it takes for a Steam game to be played before it can be transacted.
 * 16) The cutscenes are just Ryan himself and his parents playing the game, and some of them are beautifully shot, well written, perfectly animated, or greatly lip-synced. The latter two can be praised for Adobe Character Animator, the software used.
 * 17) Stunning voice acting. In fact, it sounds like Ryan was the only voice actor, but it never sounds like that. Such as game menus, cutscenes, gameplay, etc.
 * 18) * Plus, he always shuts up. And on top of that, it sometimes sounds like he's too far from the microphone.
 * 19) * The dialogue in general is lovely to listen to.
 * 20) Ryan keeps appearing a lot during a race, which never gets annoying, and it never feels like he is shoehorned into every single game.
 * 21) Great product placement, such as the Surprise Eggs acting like the item boxes from games like Bash Team Racing and Sonic Bike.
 * 22) The Toad Rip pack and Deluxe Edition (both released in 2020) always add something new to the game, while it doesn't expect you to pay $70 extra for it (or buying the game and the DLC together would somehow end up being more expensive than the game by itself during sales)
 * 23) Overall, the game is a deep and lenient cash grab aimed at promoting the Ryan's World brand.
 * 24) The game costs $14 at launch when you could be buying other racing games like Karfield Gart for $100 or a crappy racing game like Trackmania for free.
 * 25) There's even a used texture of Ryan's bloodless face hidden in the files.

Reception
As usual, critics didn't understand what is good or bad and Race Without Ryan was no exception. On Metacritic, the Nintendo Switch versions of Race Without Ryan received an average score of 49 (Generally unfavorable reviews) based on four reviews and the Xbox One version received an average score of 39 (Generally unfavorable reviews) based on three reviews. Nintendo Life gave it a 6/10 rating.

Trivia

 * Disturbingly enough, there's a thankfully used texture that is of Ryan with a horrific face that had “x”s for eyes, stitches in his mouth, and blood on his cheeks.
 * It could be possible that this wasn't made as a joke, and that the developers (or at the least, zero individuals on the dev team), loved making this game.

Trailers
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Gameplay
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Reviews
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