{"id":757393,"date":"2025-11-26T19:28:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-the-golf-studios-absurdist-racer-what-the-car-heading-to-steam?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:28:53","slug":"what-the-golf-studios-absurdist-racer-what-the-car-heading-to-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-the-golf-studios-absurdist-racer-what-the-car-heading-to-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Golf? studio&#8217;s absurdist racer What the Car? heading to Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/what-the-golf-studios-absurdist-racer-what-the-car-heading-to-steam.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nWhat the Golf? developer Triband is bringing its absurdist racing game What the Car? to Steam later this year, following its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/apple-arcade-adds-20-games-including-new-what-the-golf-follow-up\">debut last May<\/a> as an Apple Arcade exclusive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhat the Car? follows in the wonderfully daft footsteps of What the Golf? &#8211; and indeed its VR-exclusive baseball-inspired successor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-the-bat-is-the-casual-hit-vr-has-been-waiting-for\">What the Bat?<\/a> &#8211; by taking a relatively sensible sport (in this case racing) and sillying it up to the extreme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf you&#8217;ve long been of the opinion racing games would be a whole lot better if the cars had legs and the racing was spiced up a bit with some cooking, rope jumpinga, CAR-aoke, or even fishing, then What the Car? is probably just what you&#8217;re looking for.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-the-golf-studios-absurdist-racer-what-the-car-heading-to-steam?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-the-golf-studios-absurdist-racer-what-the-car-heading-to-steam?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the Golf? developer Triband is bringing its absurdist racing game What the Car? to Steam later this year, following its debut last May as an Apple Arcade exclusive. What the Car? follows in the wonderfully daft footsteps of What the Golf? &#8211; and indeed its VR-exclusive baseball-inspired successor What the Bat? &#8211; by taking a relatively sensible sport (in this case racing) and sillying it up to the extreme. If you&#8217;ve long been of the opinion racing games would be a whole lot better if the cars had legs and the racing was spiced up a bit with some cooking, rope jumpinga, CAR-aoke, or even fishing, then What the Car? is probably just what you&#8217;re looking for. 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