You can gather some friends on a sofa and set up a casual 1v1 tournament, with bonus scores for the flashiest goals. The great thing about Rocket League is that it’s fun at both of these levels.
But as you get to grips with the controls, it turns into an aerial acrobatic show with front flip assists, mid-air twirls and last-second winners. Rocket League is, to the beginner, a fast arcade sport where vehicles slam into each other at 100 mph and occasionally bundle the ball into the net. Football, but with cars: it’s that simple, and that complicated.
