It is the 22nd century, and mankind has developed an evolutionary sport mixing high-performance street racing, rally, and demolition derby. In this brave new world of racing, gravity-defying machines tear across pristine natural environments where the beauty of nature masks the perils that wait. Fatal Inertia boasts fast-paced single and multiplayer racing experiences with unique game dynamics and controls. Race crafts hover meters above the earth, but travel at a higher velocity as they edge closer to the ground. With racers drifting around glacial walls and hurtling alongside sheer cliffs, the game's courses are an awe-inspiring amphitheatre for combat racing. Players will customise their vehicles in a manner similar to the way present-day tuners modify their vehicles, but will have an array of futuristic hardware at their fingertips. Unconventional weapons that manipulate velocity, time and force can be used to create a variety of physics-based effects on opposing race craft.