AWarcraft 3: Reign of Chaosplayer has created a wonderful kart racing mod in the high-fantasy RTS, reminiscent of Nintendo’sMario Kartseries, complete with boosts and coins.Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaoswas first released over 20 years ago in 2002, serving as the second sequel toWarcraft: Orcs & Humans. Fast-forward to 2020, Blizzard Entertainment releasedWarcraft 3: Reforged, which included a remastered version ofWarcraft 3plus its expansion titledThe Frozen Throne.
Checking in with the franchise’s MMORPG,World of Warcraftrevealed a major quality-of-life change in patch 11.2recently, which introduced improved spell visual density settings for players. Additionally, fans will want to mark Gamescom 2025 on their calendars, as Blizzard plans to reveal more details aboutWorld of Warcraft’sMidnightexpansion at the event. Luckily, anyone who is not able to attend Gamescom can catch any announcements through social media.
Posted on YouTube by egodbout2, theWarcraft 3fan and modder shared a nearly seven-minute video explaining how they managed to implement a playable kart racing game in the RTS, similar to anotherWarcraft 3: Reforgedmod that transformed the game into a third-person RPG. Some of the main features from the mod include a fully custom UI for up to 20 players, a built-in gravity physics system, a third-person camera for all players, and much more. Additionally, players can race in solo play or multiplayer mode, and since it’s an open-source model, other modders can download the map fromEpic Warto create their own projects.
Warcraft 3 Modder Creates Kart Racing Game in the RTS
Thanks to the elaborate mods being created, other past games have been genre-bended before, including the 90s FPSQuake, amultiplayer shooter game that was ahead of its time, which was turned into “Quake Rally.” 23 years on fromWarcraft 3’s initial release, fans were gobsmacked to see kart racing in their beloved RTS, and some had been following the mod’s progress from the beginning, spanning the last few years.
The racing genre of video games has its fair share of thebest mascot kart racers, including the likes of Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, and Donkey Kong, and it’s a joy to imagine one ofWarcraft’s Orcs or another fantasy race from Azeroth serving as the racing mod’s mascot. Furthermore, one fan ofWarcraft’s kart racing expressed their interest in seeing someone build aSonicgame inWarcraft 3.
