Heading Out
Developer: Serious Sim
Publisher: Saber Interactive
Wokeness: Heavy
The game is set around 1970 - 1980, featuring 4 classic cars to drive. A muscle car, a hotrod, an European supercar, and a certain Japanese sports car. The objective is to drive to specific location around US to race against the "best driver". You must also able to reach the city before the fear reach the destination first or it's a game over. On the way, various events will be encounter, such as police chase, race against other players for money (to pay the fuel and other stuff), drive through high traffics, and "a Glimpse from the road" events that allows you to choose your action from it.
There are 4 acts available, with the first 3 acts ends up you failed to win, and the final act allows you to do the same or just turn back and face the fear to get a good ending.
A driving game that has potential yet contains a lot of forced politics in it and right off the bat at the beginning of early acts. Many examples such as cops being bad, Israel vs Palestine war mentioned via radio, and more despite it's a game about driving.
If you try to access its Community Hub on Steam, this message will appear:
If you wish to torture yourself, watch the 1st act of the game below. And if I recall, last time I checked the game's credits, a lot of staffs with Polish names were involved.