Racing Joker Slot by Pragmatic Play 🎰 Free Demo and Review

Racing Joker Review

The main problem/challenge with making a solid racing slot, or any sports-themed slot for that matter, is that the game has to compete with the real thing. Fans of car racing will consciously or unconsciously compare the experience with the thrill they get from watching the real thing, and slots will seldom, if ever, be able to come even close. Pragmatic Play has made a decent effort with Racing Joker, but it falls flat once you take a peek under the hood.

The animations and sound effects will get you in the mood for the real thing at least, but the features and the math model doesn’t really do much to add to the experience. You get a standard Money Respin feature with a 1,000x full grid prize, as well as a bonus round with no low-value symbols. The volatility is medium, which is suitable for a mediocrity like this, and the overall 1,000x potential will impress exactly zero people in this day and age.

Racing Joker Slot - Reels Screen

Racing Joker Slot Features

The premium symbols pay 4 to 8 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the racing car Wild symbol steps in for any pay symbol to help complete and/or improve wins. The wild holds no value of its own in this game, however, and it cannot substitute for money symbols.

The Money Respin Feature triggers when you land at least 6 helmet money symbols anywhere in view, and they come with prize values between 30 and 100 x your stake. The money symbols can also appear as jackpot symbols, with a 30x Mini or 100x Major jackpot attached. The triggering money symbols become sticky on an otherwise cleared grid, and you start with 3 respins.

Only blanks or new money and/or jackpot symbols may land during the Money Respin round, and the respin tally resets each time you land at least one money/jackpot symbol in view. All money/jackpot symbols become sticky, and your winnings are summed up when you run out of respins. If you manage to fill the whole grid with money/jackpot symbols, you win the 1,000x Mega Jackpot.

You trigger the Bonus Round when 3 scatters appear on reels 2, 3, and 4, and this gives you 8 free spins and a 1x upfront win. All low-value flag symbols are removed for the duration of the bonus round, which means only premium symbols, wilds, and money symbols will appear. You win +8 extra spins each time you land 3 scatters on the same free spin, and there is no limit on how many retriggers you can get.

The 200 Spins Racing Joker Slot Experience

You get to see a few smaller wins in the base game, before we trigger the Money Respin feature at 0:48 into the 3:24-minute highlights video. The free spins round starts right after, at 1:41 into the video to be precise, and you can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

You get some decent racing animations in the background, as well as sound effects of the cars rushing by, but not more than one would expect from Pragmatic Play. The Money Respin feature is a snoozefest, and the bonus round with premium symbols is hardly the height of creativity either. The medium volatility and the measly 1,000x potential cements this as the mediocrity it is, but it should be noted that making a solid racing slot that sticks out is far from easy. Many have tried and failed, and Pragmatic Play’s attempt isn’t the worst we’ve seen either.