Fast Racing Neo is a more cerebral take on pioneers like Wipeout and F-Zero

Sometimes gaming genres die. Sometimes, developers and players all hop off a trend together and a certain kind of game that was once ubiquitous fizzles out. It looks like that’s what happened to fast sci-fi racing games — or it would have if it weren’t for the Germans.

Fast Racing Neo, which is out now for $15 on Wii U’s eShop downloadable game store, is an ode to the former giants of hyperfast racers. It features echoes of Wipeout and F-Zero in an age where Nintendo is no longer making F-Zero games and Psygnosis, the developer responsible for Wipeout, no longer exists.