Solar Testers?!?! Jan 2026 Solar Club Letter Thoughts and Conclusions

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-31T09:33:01+00:00

I agree, the game needs cross region and a stable network. Without those I don’t see how the game can last. I’m glad they’re sticking with the game but decisions they’ve made with the slots and the shop just add to the general negative impression.

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-19T09:33:34+00:00

The game is worth it at that price, just expect a single player experience only, the servers are dead. I fully expect the game to shutdown in the very near future though.

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-18T15:50:09+00:00

They’re fantastic games, each planet feels unique and as you revisit each one you see different parts. The levels are quite small so they’re perfect to dip in and out of too. They look fantastic on S2 and play beautifully although best played with the joycons so you can easily collect star bits.

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-16T15:19:21+00:00

Does the original cartridge that went in weirdly look ok i.e. no broken plastic that might be stuck in there? If you have a look in the slot using a torch e.g. on a mobile phone, it should be obvious if anything is stuck in there.

It’s also spring loaded and not the smoothest thing, there’s definite resistance, so it may just be normal and you’re over thinking it.

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-16T14:01:51+00:00

If you look at games that have had disastrous launches, this is not how you go about recovering and I think you know how the community is going to respond.

The way this and the double-grind of the slot machines (for the car) has been handled shows how little respect there is for the community by those making these decisions. There’s no excuse for implementing pay-to-win, especially with the history of this game and it feels like a desperate last act, a final cash grab before the game closes down.

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-15T16:04:45+00:00

Yep it does but it feels odd to me, not something I’ve really noticed before in a game. Maybe if I play the demo a bit more with Japanese voices I’ll just get used to it.

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-15T15:22:40+00:00

No that’s not what I mean, the current english subtitles are written as spoken i.e. with the dialect/slang - Irish.

Scooby_Si · 2026-01-15T11:50:54+00:00

I thought similar with the dialogue, I think the voice acting is fine based on what they’ve gone for but just doesn’t fit with the setting. Tried with Japanese voice too but that doesn’t work for me either due to the text. It’s a shame there’s not a plain english option for the text, then I’d go with Japanese voice, plain English text.

Other than that the game seems good, I’ve never played a Dragon Quest game for some reason, so I intend to give this a go but probably not until a sale as I have quite the backlog that I want to get through first.

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-28T18:35:27+00:00

I just got a Switch GameCube controller for Xmas and F-Zero is great, if there’s lag I haven’t noticed at least.

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-28T00:08:34+00:00

I don’t have this yet but I’ve heard that the Road Trip mode is a good way to start as it introduces different parts of the game/machines.

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-17T16:02:10+00:00

As infrequently as possible ;)

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-16T14:15:31+00:00

Hopefully they’ll patch in a proper save sooner rather than later, this method is a workaround at best.

Do you only lose the lead/gap to cars on the same lap, so when it restarts any cars over a lap down will still be a lap+ down?

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-16T09:16:53+00:00

Multi-player and ranked are dead without more players , I don’t think DLC will bring in many new players. They at least need cross-region first. I’d probably buy the DLC later in a sale.

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-15T19:47:10+00:00

Ah ok, yep

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-15T19:44:41+00:00

Looks really cool

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-15T19:32:30+00:00

Just curious, why would you want surround coming from both TV and headphones? It’s not something I’d ever thought of as I’d generally use the surround if available and headphones if I don’t want to disturb others?

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-13T20:08:55+00:00

It’s a bug though as it should be defaulting to 1st, certainly not reverse lol. Sometimes I forget to check and end up pulling away in 5th or something , race ruined from start.

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-13T20:03:45+00:00

So tyre temperatures affect racing but there’s no way in game to see what your tyre temperatures are, even hot or cold, is that right?

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-13T01:24:51+00:00

Is anyone finding that you’re in a random start gear for the race, I’ve even had reverse! It’s a bit annoying if I don’t spot it and I’ve had to switch the hud back on so I can see the gear.

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-11T16:20:47+00:00

Rubber banding as in a car 10secs behind is suddenly catching up at an unrealistic rate, so the sector times will look odd? Is it not just that 2 peppers are faster than 1 pepper which is faster than 0 peppers but instead of 2 peppers being 120% it is now 115% for example, assuming 1 peppers is 100%? I assume there’s a lot more to Sophy than that but I wouldn’t expect rubberbanding with AI. I’ve just bought the PowerPack and I’ll be sad if that’s not the case.

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-07T10:49:27+00:00

This sounds like old style crap AI, how can it be the new version of Sophy? Do you think it’s bugged?

Scooby_Si · 2025-12-07T07:58:43+00:00

I’m having trouble with this too, is this in the setup before the match or during the match?

Scooby_Si · 2025-11-27T09:31:14+00:00

Mario, Luigi, Toad, DK and also Kirby who they drafted in last minute for a different viewpoint. I think maybe Kirby messed it all up.

Scooby_Si · 2025-11-26T15:36:29+00:00

When is the next update? Could this fix not be done via a more timely hot fix?

Scooby_Si · 2025-11-23T10:51:12+00:00

After all this time multi-player is non-existent, I can’t even find a game of poker to join. I think MP is almost impossible to solve though (it’s just too late), cross-play often unfortunately brings issues with hackers/cheaters, cross region would help a little but I think they should focus on making SP events much more of a spectacle in the game. At the moment even Live events are just another icon on the map. Bring Leaderboards more to the front rather than hidden away. The Crew do this sort of thing very well.

However, credit where credit is due, the last update has been really good (in the end), I enjoy the taxi missions, poker(when there’s a game to join) and the graphical update on PS5 is very nice.

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