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Hot Lap Racing

Hot Lap Racing

Awaken Your Inner Champion! Hot Lap Racing is a simcade racing game where you can experience the history of motorsports, from GT to Formula 1. Race against your friends and compete against players locally or online for the championship.

Released Jul 16, 2024 Developer Zero Games Studios Publisher Maximum Entertainment Platforms Windows RacingDrivingRunnerLocal Multiplayer4 Player Local
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

63.2%positive76 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“an good race game, but not so good as a (real) hotdog, like me! and it can better ..”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Hot Lap Racing is simcade, that most lean to arcade, track racing game and its feels like what Project Cars 3 want to be but its poorly execute. On the positive side the career mode has good progression system, the car models and tracks look good and the sounds are decent it.…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

41achievements
9.6%median completion
1.6%rarest: World's best driver
55.1% of players 48.3% of players 43.3% of players 42.4% of players 40.7% of players 40.2% of players 38.3% of players 35.7% of players 34.6% of players 33.7% of players 30.6% of players 24.5% of players 23.4% of players 22.1% of players 21.2% of players 18.2% of players 15.9% of players 14.5% of players 13.5% of players 10.2% of players 9.6% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 7.3% of players 7.3% of players 6.9% of players 5.8% of players 4.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 1.6% of players 55.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.1%Neck and neck — A driver has crashed into you. They show no mercy on the track...
48.3%Young graduate — You've completed the Feed Racing School. Well done!
43.3%Take it easy! — Watch it! You hit another driver during a race.
Rarest badges of honor
1.6%World's best driver — It's all in the title.
2.9%Hot Lap — You have recorded 10 Hot Lap scores.
3.1%GT at the summit — You have completed all the championships in the GT category.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 10, 2025
New Track for Couch Co-Op Fest!

Hello drivers, This week, we're celebrating the joy of playing with friends by releasing a new track for Steam's Couch Co-Op Fest! Additionally, we have an amazing sale for all the drivers that have n

Dec 23, 2024
Patch 1.1.2 : National Race Track & Vibrations

Hello drivers, Here's a new update for Hot Lap Racing ! 😉 Patch 1.1.2 is bringing a couple of new features: Vibration support! An option in the menu to set different levels of vibration or activate/di

Nov 04, 2024
Patch 1.1.1 - Steam Deck, Wheel Support & Crossplay

Hey drivers, Here's our major update for November! We're bringing crossplay to Hot Lap Racing, and it starts right now! If you didn't get the game yet, we're running a special discount for you this we

Sep 12, 2024
Patch 1.1 is Now Live - 3 New Cars!

Hello drivers, Get ready to try your driving skills with three new cars in today's Patch 1.1! In addition to three new cars, we've also added a new Overview system where you can get a better look insi

Aug 13, 2024
Game Update 1.0.4 and game Roadmap!

Hello drivers, Thank you for the warming welcome that you've made to Hot Lap Racing this latest weeks! Based on community feedback we have worked relentlessly to deliver version 1.0.4. of the game! Ex

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresRacing
Player tagsRacing · Driving · Runner · Local Multiplayer · 4 Player Local · Automobile Sim · Third Person · First-Person · 3D · PvP · Linear · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil
ControllerFull support
Achievements41
Official sitehttps://justforgames.com/hot-lap-racing/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10+ Processor: i5 5500k or more Graphics: GTX 1060 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space