Driving Speed HD vs Nitro RC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Driving Speed HD
Experience realistic V8 muscle car racing with authentic physics and audio. Build your racing career from humble beginnings, earning money to buy, upgrade, and repair cars. Compete in various series events to become an elite racer.
- Realistic V8 muscle car racing
- Authentic physics and audio
- Career mode progression
- Car purchase and upgrades
- Performance tuning and dyno charts
- Suspension and tire customization
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#1 iPad Racing Game in 40 Countries! Race in high powered V8 muscle cars from classic era to modern day. Highly realistic physics, audio, car handling and performance set this game apart. Compete in career mode where you can experience a real racing career. Start off with a small amount of money to purchase a car and enter into organized series events. Winnings from the races will allow purchase of more cars, repairs and performance upgrades. Build your way up to compete in elite series events. Modify your car by purchasing upgrades for performance and see exactly how each type of upgrade specifically improves the power and torque of the engine on a dyno chart. Purchase upgraded transmissions for faster gear shifts. Purchase better tyres for increased grip and road handling. Purchase weight reduction for better handling. Purchase suspension setups that lower the car and improve the handling from a lower center of gravity.
Nitro RC
Experience the thrill of gas-powered radio-controlled vehicles. Choose from various RC cars to race against AI opponents or challenge the clock. Practice your skills in a free-play mode and share your achievements on the leaderboard.
- Gas-powered RC vehicle simulation
- Multiple vehicle types (rock crawler, dune buggy)
- Race mode against AI
- Time Trial mode
- Practice mode for free driving
- Game Center leaderboard integration
- Unlockable cars and tracks
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Explore the world of gas powered radio controlled vehicles. Do you prefer an all-terrain rock crawler or a fast dune buggy? Select your favourite car and smash your opponents. Beat your AI opponents in "Race" mode or improve your driving skills and beat the clock in "Time Trial". You can also select "Practice" mode to drive freely just for fun. Share your best results on the Game Center leaderboard! Try the game for free! You will get two locations "Parking Garage" and "Nevada Desert" and two cars "Savage" and "Razor" for free. Within the application you can buy additional cars and tracks to enhance your RC racing experience. Buying "Bundle 1" (In-app purchase) you will get: - 1 new off-road track "Sand Mine" with less bumps for really fast race - 2 new on-road tracks "Basketball Arena" and "Mediterranean Village" - 4 new vehicles "Storm", "Rally", "Maxx" and "Beast" - Ads removed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Driving Speed HD at none against Nitro RC's shown. Driving Speed HD also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Nitro RC's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 54%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Driving Speed HD sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Nitro RC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Driving Speed HD holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 56 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Driving Speed HD's written reviews are positive against 64% of Nitro RC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Driving Speed HD | Nitro RC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18 ratings) — better | 3.9 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.4% of reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WheelSpin Studios | Intuitive Computers |
Customer experience
Driving Speed HD
Nitro RC
User reviews
Driving Speed HD
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Realistic physics
- 🏎️ Great driving model
- 🤩 Awesome graphics
- 🎶 Good sound effects
- 🇦🇺 Aussie muscle cars
Room to improve
- 🧊 Driving on ice
- 🕹️ Hard to control
- 🔄 Unresponsive steering
- 📉 Poor steering sensitivity
- 🐌 Slow braking
Nitro RC
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Realistic RC car physics
- 👍 Great graphics and sound effects
- 💡 Potential for more cars and tracks
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay on newer devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent flipping and crashing of cars
- 🔒 Limited free content, need to pay for more
- 🔋 Sensitive controls can be difficult to master
- 🐛 Occasional performance issues and crashes
Bugs and requests
Driving Speed HD
Reported bugs
10 issues- Won't load
- Crashes
- Crashes on map load
- Crashes before race track
- Steering wheel does not turn properly
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- When breaking, cannot steer
- Unresponsive steering
- Car turns around when turning
- Game disappears off screen after loading track
- Force closes every time
Requested features
15 requests- Upgrade the game
- Arrow control option
- More cars
- More tracks
- More events
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- Online multiplayer
- Car customization (patterns, numbers)
- Add specific Aussie cars (XY GT:HO, XR GT, XA GT sedan, Holden HK monaro, HQ GTS, VL commador)
- Add General Lee car
- Rear view mirror
- Add exotics
- Add rotarys and turbo 6cyl
- Track map
- Full HD version
- Full game version
Nitro RC
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch for some devices
- Incorrect car/track navigation indicators
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More customization options for cars
- Larger, more varied track selection
- Damage modeling and repair system
- Free drive/freeplay mode
In-app purchases
Driving Speed HD
- Credit doubler$0.99
- Small Credit Pack$0.99
- All cars, tracks and events$2.99
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- Medium Credit Pack$2.99
- Large Credit Pack$6.99
Nitro RC
- Bundle 1$1.99
Questions
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