Redout 2

Redout 2 is a PC anti-gravity arcade racer built around extreme speed, technical flight control, and competitive time improvement. The current Steam and Epic Games Store listings still use the name Redout 2, with no verified rebrand or replacement edition superseding it. Developed by 34BigThings and published by Saber Interactive, it combines a large single-player career with online races for up to 12 players.

High-Speed Racing With Flight-Like Control

Redout 2 is not a conventional road racer. Its hoverships skim through futuristic courses filled with steep climbs, loops, jumps, wall-like banking, and sudden changes in elevation. The primary challenge is maintaining speed while controlling the craft across three dimensions, rather than simply braking for corners and following a traditional racing line.

The handling model combines steering, strafing, pitch control, and roll control. Steering changes the direction of the hovership, while strafing helps position it through tight bends and lets experienced players make finer corrections without throwing away momentum. Pitch matters during jumps, crests, and loops, and roll control helps align the craft after airborne sections.

Boost management is equally important. Players can use a standard boost while racing and manage a separate hyper boost system, creating a constant decision between immediate acceleration and saving power for a decisive section. The result is an arcade racer with an unusually high skill ceiling: the basic controls are understandable, but clean laps require precise timing and track knowledge.

Career Events, Reversible Tracks, and Race Types

The main solo structure is a broad Career Mode made up of hundreds of events across 36 unique racetracks. Every track can be raced in reverse, so learning the forward layout does not automatically solve its reversed counterpart. Progression is built around completing events, earning results, and gradually opening further challenges rather than following a story-heavy campaign.

Event variety keeps the career from becoming a sequence of identical circuit races. The official PC listing identifies Arena Races, Time Attacks, Last Man Standing, and Boss Races among its featured formats. Some events emphasize raw lap speed, while others test survival, elimination, or the ability to handle a demanding opponent and track combination.

Players who prefer direct experimentation can use arcade-style events to practice individual circuits and rulesets. This makes Redout 2 more useful as a mastery-focused racing game than as a one-time campaign: improvement comes from learning braking points, airborne corrections, boost timing, and the safest route through each hazard.

Hovership Builds and Competitive Identity

Redout 2 includes 12 distinct chassis and a substantial customization system. Performance parts cover propulsors, stabilizers, rudders, intercoolers, flaps, magnets, wings, spoilers, and rocket engines. These options let players tune the behavior of a craft around acceleration, stability, turning response, and speed priorities rather than selecting a single universally best vehicle.

Cosmetic customization is part of the same garage loop. Paint options, liveries, and other visual choices allow players to give their hovership a distinct appearance, while Photo Mode provides a way to capture high-speed moments outside the competitive race flow. The customization system is not a role-playing build tree; it is a racing setup layer tied to how each player wants the craft to respond on demanding tracks.

There are no weapon pickups defining the races. Redout 2 is focused on pure driving precision, positioning, boost use, and recovering from mistakes at speed. That distinction matters for players comparing it with combat racers: the competition comes from route execution and pace rather than missiles, shields, or random offensive items.

Content Model and PC Editions

The base PC game contains the career, arcade events, ship customization, Photo Mode, and competitive multiplayer. The current storefront listings also present Deluxe and Ultimate purchase options. The official edition comparison identifies the Deluxe package with the Season Pass, while the PC-only Ultimate package adds the Season Pass and soundtrack to the base game.

Current PC storefront content lists the Summer Pack, Winter Pack, Original Soundtrack, and Veloce Livery. The two named seasonal packs and the soundtrack are separate add-ons, while the Season Pass acts as the bundled route into the game's post-launch content. Players comparing editions should check whether the package includes the Season Pass instead of assuming that the standard purchase contains every add-on.

The commercial structure is therefore a conventional paid racing game with optional premium expansions, not a free-to-play service. Multiplayer seasons and custom content are presented as part of the competitive ecosystem, but the central single-player racing package remains available without treating the game as a live-service subscription.

Who Should Play Redout 2?

Redout 2 suits players who want anti-gravity racing, difficult tracks, fast restarts, and a demanding improvement loop. It is a strong fit for fans of futuristic arcade racers who enjoy repeating an event until a corner, jump, or boost sequence finally feels consistent. A gamepad is a natural choice for the analog control required by strafing, pitch, and roll, although the PC version also supports keyboard play.

The game is less suitable for players seeking relaxed arcade handling, realistic motorsport, open-world exploration, or a story-driven campaign. Its speed can make small errors expensive, and the learning curve is part of the design rather than an obstacle the game tries to remove. Newcomers should expect to spend time learning how the craft moves through the air instead of relying only on conventional steering.

For a related PC comparison, futuristic anti-gravity racing like Formula Fusion shares Redout 2's emphasis on speed, technical courses, and sci-fi presentation, but its weapon systems create a more combat-oriented race structure.

PC Features, Multiplayer, and Localization

The Steam version supports single-player, online PvP, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing, and Remote Play Together. The official feature set confirms online competition for up to 12 racers. It does not present split-screen as a standard PC mode, so players should not purchase Redout 2 expecting traditional local couch multiplayer.

Steam also requires acceptance of a third-party EULA. The PC storefront lists the game through Steam, while the alternative PC edition is distributed through the Epic Games Store. No verified current storefront information identifies a separate anti-cheat requirement, mod-support system, dedicated server tool, or proprietary launcher that needs to be treated as a defining PC feature.

Localization is broad. Steam lists interface and subtitle support for English, French, Italian, German, Spanish from Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, and European Portuguese. English is the only language listed with full audio, so players should distinguish menu and subtitle localization from spoken dialogue.

Redout 2 FAQ

Is Redout 2 still the current PC name?

Yes. The current Steam and Epic Games Store listings use Redout 2. No verified rebrand, renamed replacement, or definitive PC edition has superseded that storefront name.

What kind of racing game is Redout 2?

It is a futuristic anti-gravity arcade racer with flight-like movement. Its defining systems are steering, strafing, pitch, roll, standard boost, and hyper boost across tracks with jumps, loops, vertical sections, and reversible layouts.

Does Redout 2 have a single-player campaign?

Yes. Career Mode contains hundreds of events across 36 reversible tracks, including races, time attacks, arena events, elimination-style challenges, and boss races. The progression is event-based rather than a narrative adventure.

How many players can compete online?

The official PC listing supports competitive online races for up to 12 players. Steam also lists Remote Play Together, but the storefront does not identify split-screen as a standard PC feature.

Does Redout 2 support controllers on PC?

Controller support is part of the PC version's storefront feature information, and an analog gamepad is well suited to the game's steering, strafing, pitch, and roll demands. Keyboard play is also available for PC players who prefer traditional controls.

What is included in the Deluxe and Ultimate editions?

The Deluxe edition combines the base game with the Season Pass. The PC-only Ultimate edition adds the Original Soundtrack to the base game and Season Pass. Current add-ons include the Summer Pack, Winter Pack, soundtrack, and Veloce Livery.

Which languages are available on PC?

Redout 2 supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, and European Portuguese through interface and subtitle localization. English is the listed full-audio language.