Pacific Drive: Acura for survival burnout that Dodges tradition

In a month stacked with some absolute bangers, it’s Pacific Drive, a first person car-focused survival game, that has me excited above all else. I, as well as other press outlets, got an early look late last week, so hop in the passenger seat and let me take you for a ride.

Pacific Drive appears to approach the survival genre, one where you must venture out over and over again to scavenge supplies, escape from treacherous forces, and ultimately uncover what’s going on around you, entirely from the driver’s seat of an American Station Wagon. The whole game revolves around your car. It’s more of a character than you are, a representation of your progression and style, and the star of the show. It’s a paranormal road trip more than a base builder like Rust.

The gameplay loop goes as follows. You start off in your garage, a refuge from the dangers of the Pacific Northwest and all its dangers. Once you’ve fixed up your car as much as possible, you head to the map and speed off towards one of the many dangerous spots across the forested wild in a dangerous and potentially lucrative adventure.