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Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

Extreme racing with a jet equipped vehicle

What works

  • Fun and addictive crashing physics
  • Good vehicle customization and tuning
  • Impressive destruction system
  • Affordable price
  • Potential for future updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Difficult and sometimes frustrating controls
  • Limited content and tracks
  • Sparse multiplayer population
  • Lack of story and objectives
  • Some bugs and early access issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Guts and Glory

  • PAKO 2

  • nail'd

  • FlatOut

  • Carmageddon Max Pack

  • Aero GPX

Less violent

Games that feels like Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter but with less combat and destruction

  • #DRIVE Rally

  • Old School Rally

  • Offroad Mania

  • Defunct

  • Driving Is Hard

  • Vector 36

More story-driven

Games that feels like Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina

  • XF Extreme Formula

  • Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise Of Clans / Ex Machina: Meridian 113

  • Spark the Electric Jester 3

  • STAR WARS™ Episode I Racer

  • Distance

More social

Games that feels like Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Road Redemption

  • Truck Racer

  • The Karters 2: Turbo Charged

  • Wrecked

  • Re-Volt

  • FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition

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Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026