Spy Car

On leaping into the driver’s seat in Spy Car, I instantly felt the excitement of playing a kind of James Bond on wheels. The game allows you to outfit your spy car with high-powered weaponry, making the highway a high-stakes battlefield. The tracks are interesting enough to keep me doing the edge-of-your-seat thing, weaving through signs and walls and using an arsenal of weapons that would make any action-movie protagonist jealous to destroy cars and bikes that get in my way.

My country needed me to be a skilled driver with the fate of the nation in my hands, as I progressed through missions, aiming to protect it from criminals. Not that I've seen anything from other parts of the internet that says otherwise, as players describe the game as outright 'cool' and 'really good', noting its action-packed nature and the joy of upgrading your road-beast.

For anyone who has ever dreamed of wedding James Bond intrigue with Mad Max vehicular mayhem, the Spy Car balance is perfectly pitched. And as for the car upgrades, they provide a tangible sense of progress, while the challenge is calibrated to keep you on your toes. On the other hand, the variety of enemies felt a little redundant at times, and I wished there was a bit more innovation in that regard. But on a more amusing level, they say your best spy is the one you never notice — unless they're a car with more guns than an evil Bond villain's lair, in which case you might want to take a hint!

For similar high-speed mayhem, try this game that fans of Spy Car are sure to love: Dead Paradise 3.

In short, nope, Spy Car is a hell of a ride, a half-heartedly modern mashup of tantalizing action, and the classic spy thriller with four tires – a guaranteed cinematically-folded escapism for the folks who like their expansion doors spitting out high revs and their speed sweltering.