Horizon Chase Turbo (2018)
Aquiris's Vibrant Brazilian Love Letter to Top Gear and OutRun Scored by Barry Leitch
Crafted by Porto Alegre-based Brazilian studio Aquiris Game Studio (subsequently acquired as Epic Games Brasil) and released in 2018, Horizon Chase Turbo is a celebrated retro-arcade racing tour-de-force. Channeling the beloved 16-bit spirit of Sega's OutRun and especially the SNES classic Top Gear—which enjoys legendary cultural folklore status across Brazil—it paired vibrant low-poly pastel aesthetics with blistering high-speed drift handling, 4-player split-screen multiplayer, and an authentic synthwave score by original Top Gear composer Barry Leitch.
Brazilian Top Gear Heritage and Arcade Handling
Tapping into Brazil's unique multi-generational reverence for 1990s console racers, the mechanics rewarded precision curve lines, fuel-pickup route memorization, and strategic nitro deployments. Its 4-player split-screen mode authentically captured couch-multiplayer camaraderie at butter-smooth 60 frames per second.
Barry Leitch's Score and Senna Forever Tribute
Enlisting veteran composer Barry Leitch to deliver blistering arpeggiated chiptune-synth tracks anchored its retro authenticity. The later 'Senna Forever' expansion honored Brazilian Formula 1 icon Ayrton Senna, cementing Aquiris as the premier flagship of South American game development.