Spirit: Schneller Ritt — Raheel Yawar

The title screen. The title means “fast ride”.

Course selection on a whitewashed plank board: a preview of the Wald von Silverlode course winding through pine forest, a Reite los! button beneath it and five empty rosette slots down the right — Picking a course. The rosettes down the side are still to be won.

Riding at a gallop along a dirt track through low pines and boulders, dust kicking up behind, with 00:36 on the clock and 41 apples collected on the panels above — Gameplay: the clock counts down, the apples count up.

A mid-run prompt reading Wähle einen Pfad, offering two route previews side by side, one marked Einfach and one Schwer, each adding 22 seconds, with a countdown reading Weiter in 4 — The run forks: an easy route or a hard one.

Riding past a fenced farmyard with a lean-to, flower troughs and bunting strung between posts, the clock down to 00:21 and the apple count up to 224 — Gameplay.

A 3D riding game based on DreamWorks' Spirit Riding Free, built at Flying Sheep Studios. The German title means “fast ride”.

You ride Spirit through a course against a clock. The score goes up as you dodge obstacles, and reaching a checkpoint buys more time. At the checkpoint, you pick between an easy line and a hard one on a few seconds' countdown, so the choice is how much risk you want for the additional score.

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