Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 70 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 90 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
21 votes
1 votes
18 votes
1 votes
23 votes
2 votes
4 votes
18 votes
4 votes
20 votes
24 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 24 votes
24 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 118 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 95 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
16 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
16 / 0 votes
20 votes
Pay to Win
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A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.
20 / 0 votes
17 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
17 / 0 votes
24 votes
16 votes
1 votes
15 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
15 / 2 votes
3 votes
11 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
3 / 11 votes
3 votes
21 votes
1 votes
16 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 / 16 votes
3 votes
22 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.
3 / 22 votes
22 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 41 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 90 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
16 votes
18 votes
4 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
18 / 4 votes
4 votes
11 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.
4 / 11 votes
2 votes
17 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
2 / 17 votes
1 votes
23 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.
1 / 23 votes
19 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 19 votes
16 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
0 / 16 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 100 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 43 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
21 votes
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.
21 / 1 votes
20 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
20 / 0 votes
18 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
18 / 0 votes
18 votes
2 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
18 / 2 votes
21 votes
3 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.
21 / 3 votes
2 votes
19 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
2 / 19 votes
18 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 18 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 184,961 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.25) with 178,202 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Wait To Play reported on Jun 3, 2022
When a new tour starts, there are several cups that you cannot play until a certain amount of time after the tour ends. This forces players to continue coming back.
Power Creep reported on Jun 3, 2022
Every vehicle has a few courses that it gets more power on. In every new tour, there is an entirely new lineup of courses, and a new, rare vehicle that does well on that lineup. This renders old vehicles, however rare, useless for the foreseeable future.
Premium Currency reported on Jun 3, 2022
This is Rubies, and you don’t get many for free.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Jun 2, 2022
Large mission system, including missions that are locked behind pay walls, both behind the monthly Gold Pass subscription and one-time payments for the mission cards. The progress on these missions is shown to the player regardless of if they have paid.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Jun 2, 2022
Most new characters are limited release, only added to the "regular" pool much later or never.
Wait To Play reported on Jun 2, 2022
Exp and coin gain is capped daily, so if you need too much of either you will need to wait until the next day (or increase the dap with the paid Gold Pass). Later cups each Tour are also locked behind timers, opening up days after the Tour begins or upon use of a special item.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Jun 2, 2022
New Tours (always with new characters, sometimes with new tracks) are added every two weeks. The ranked play system is a never ending progression each week to try and get a high score to get higher ranks and better prizes.
Recurring Fee reported on Jun 2, 2022
Gold Pass is highly encouraged by the game, locking many prizes behind it, and is a $5 per month.
Fear of Missing Out reported on Jun 2, 2022
Characters are usually limited release, and tracks available change each Tour so you may not be able to race in a track you like for a very long time if you miss it.
Pay to Win reported on Jun 2, 2022
If you buy more characters you have a better chance of being able to get high scores on tracks, as well as being able to consistently get more items in multi-player online.
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