Three laps, eight pilots, one banked skyway over a sunset megacity.
About the game
VANTA is a vertical slice, not a campaign. Everything it has, it has finished: the Helios Skyway, a 3.013 km banked circuit with real elevation change, monumental rings, grandstands and a 300 m ion transit sector cut through a low-poly sunset city.
The Vanta R9 is an original chassis built in Blender — a broad armoured body on crowned racing tyres, with articulated weapon bays and independent airbrake surfaces that you can see move. Dynamics run at a fixed 120 Hz: speed-sensitive steering, progressive analog input, faster countersteering, curvature forces and suspension. Hold the left or right airbrake to tighten a line; hold both to scrub speed into a corner.
Overdrive is the boost, and it is a resource. It drains while held and recharges when released; run it dry and you have to let go, or wait for 30% before it rearms. Cyan chevrons painted into the road refill energy and reload the ion pulse, which disrupts rivals within 58 metres and then takes six seconds to come back. The weapon cassettes extend when armed, recoil on firing and retract while recharging.
Seven independently simulated rivals run the same circuit. Grand Prix is three laps against all of them; Time Trial removes them. Lap splits, race ranking, best-time persistence, a minimap, a pause menu, a photo mode and a settings screen are all in. Wall contact costs speed and shield, and a depleted shield triggers an emergency recovery with a penalty.
What you actually do
- 01
One circuit, finished
3.013 km of banked skyway with elevation change, monumental rings, grandstands and a 300 m ion transit sector.
- 02
Airbrakes on both hands
Independent left and right airbrakes tighten your line; pull both to scrub speed into a corner.
- 03
Overdrive is a resource
Boost drains while held and recharges when released. Run it dry and it will not rearm until 30%.
- 04
An ion pulse, not a weapon rack
One disruptor with a 58 m radius and a six-second recharge, reloaded by the chevrons painted into the road.
- 05
Eight pilots, three laps
Seven independently simulated rivals, live ranking and lap splits, or Time Trial with the grid removed.
- 06
Built in the open
Original bike and city geometry, an original road texture, 25 original audio assets with speed-following engine layers.
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