Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Accidental Purchases
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Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Waste Aversion
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Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 1 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 1 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds
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To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Fear of Missing Out
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If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.
0 / 1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value
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Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Illusion of Control
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The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 1 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (3.00) with 671 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.37) with 217,713 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Playing by Appointment reported on Jul 6, 2021
For Tournaments yes
Daily Rewards reported on Jul 6, 2021
Daily loot rewards, + basic lootboxes needs some hours to open.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Jul 6, 2021
Every purchase or unlock is basically useless each new season start.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Jul 6, 2021
Upgrades are the core mechanic of the game, so yes. The only management thing is about choosing tyres, chossing driver's pace (between 3 mods) and choose when to pit.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Jul 6, 2021
daily % on rewards + weekly championship during a real life race weekend
Can't Pause or Save reported on Jul 6, 2021
Yes, but it's a part of the gameplay on a versus only software.
Accidental Purchases reported on Jul 6, 2021
actually yes, and even wisely spent it's very expensive
Power Creep reported on Jul 6, 2021
literaly out of use at each season restart (once a year)
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Jul 6, 2021
Last 3 Championship ranking badges, these championship can be considered as artificial scarcity
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on Jul 6, 2021
You mean repetitive gold ring sounds and smashes when you open a lootbox ? So yes
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