It’s nice to see more racing games make their way to the iPhone, the caveman and furry animal racers have been fun, but sometimes I feel like trading in my log-on-wheels for a nice sports car. GTS World Racing is all about the accelerometer, there is no touch screen involved in the gameplay.

The controls are quite interesting, before we dive in lets look at how the previous two racers handle steering. In Crash Bandicoot your kart is always going at max speed and you have no control over acceleration. Cro-Mag Rally on the other hand takes the opposite approach, you have full control over acceleration and you can even reverse your kart through the touch screen controls. Both games previously mentioned utilize the touch screen to some extent which does make it slightly more difficult to steer.

GTS manages to control both steering and acceleration/brakes all through the accelerometer. Steering as you would expect is controlled by turning the iPhone clock-wise or counter-clock-wise, the key difference here is how the game handles acceleration/brakes, to accelerate the car simply lean the iphone forward and to use your breaks simply lean your iphone towards you. I was delighted by great controls, I’d love to see more racing games in the future implement this control scheme.

Features:

• 64 tracks
• 16 worldwide locations
• 3 car types
• 4 difficulty levels
• 4 play modes - Single Race, Challenge Cup, Grand Tour, Championship

GTS World Racing is available in the App Store for $7.99