Death Race

Goal:

Death Race is a top-down racer where the goal is to come as close as possible to winning but then lose to earn the highest amount of money (in-game currency is sass).

Narrative:

It’s 2099. The filthy rich have a robot fetish. They get off on watching robots race each other. But this ain’t just a race. It’s a death race. Anything goes. 

When robots race, bets get placed. Filthy rich, remember? Unfortunately for you, you aren’t filthy rich. As a matter of fact, you aren’t even human. You are a model Z700. A robotic speed slave. You race. If you win, you earn some sass which you can spend on yourself to make sure you are in one piece. If you lose, you just go back out there and pay your dues. To your masters - humans.

Still, robots are supposed to be smart. Except you are a smart-er robot. You befriended Bonzo, one of the bookies. Bonzo is slim and he is shady. He cut you a deal. Many of the filthy rich bet on you a lot because you do tend to win quite often. But once in a while, there comes a race where you race to win but you just manage to lose and help Bonzo screw them. You get a good cut of sass and it’s more than what you make if you win. Then, you race normally for some time. Rinse and repeat. 

Who knows? Maybe this will buy you enough time and sass to eventually escape these selfish sentient pricks and be free.