Road Inc. - Legendary Cars (review)

Road Inc. - Legendary Cars by Pyrolia¹ is an interactive anthology of classic cars designed specifically for the iPad. This is a beautiful application for the iPad, if you are a classic car enthusiast and you are wanting a highly detailed and interactive application for your iPad then look not further.

Road Inc. includes 50 automobiles, 50 detailed fact sheets, 200 pages of original writing, 500 photographs, 180 press cuttings, 40 maintenance manuals and 75 video extracts. When I say this app is highly detailed I mean it, there is a ton of information in this application that will keep you busy for weeks at a time. This application is presented with stunning 3D models and illustrations, it also includes over 50 soundtracks to make your viewing of these awesome cars more enjoyable.

I want to note a couple of things, with all the information that this app comes with you will need to be careful with downloading too many vehicles at once in the app. The downloads take about 1-2 minutes with each of the downloads including data such as the engine sounds, manuals, photos, spec sheets, advertisements, yearbooks, blueprints and more. That is nice but if you do not have much space on your iPad it will start to use up valuable storage space on your iPad, so just be cautious with downloading too many vehicles at once. You can always download 1 car, read over the info then delete that vehicle and download another. If you delete a vehicle you always have the option of re-downloading that vehicle at a later date. Manage your storage wisely.

Honestly this feel more like an interactive digital book rather than an app. That is a good thing though because you are getting your money's worth with everything that comes with this app. The apps UI is a little funny to navigate with at first but if you tap the '?' icon in the top right of the app and read how the navigation settings work you will start to get the hang of it. There are a ton of little 'dots' all over the app that when you tap on them reveal more information about the vehicles such as images and videos. So if you take the time to read the 'how to' for the app you will begin to enjoy the fact that all these little details are hidden for a reason and the interface is designed beautifully as it allows the images or content on screen to remain the focal point.

Watch my demo video above to get a better feel for everything this app features. After you watch the video head over to the App Store and download Road Inc. I am sure you will enjoy this app as much as I have.

Features:

• 50 landmark automobile models to unveil and explore, from the Ford T to the Bugatti Veyron.


• An interactive 3D museum tour allowing to explore every single angle of 50 road icons.


• Over 3,000 Archival documents including brochures, yearbooks, blueprints, adverts, plans, press articles and more...


• Over 70 videos including race archives, interviews, commercials and more...


• More than 350 high definition studio photographs from the most acclaimed automotive photographers


• More than 100 roaring engine sounds for the full experience


• Over 350 pages of original in-depth feature essays


• AirPlay support for videos, music & engine sounds(streams audio directly to your Hi-Fi speakers or Apple TV)


• Social content-sharing features (Facebook, Twitter, email)

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If you are unsure about paying $1.99 for this app, check out the free 'lite' version of the app: Road Inc. Legendary cars - Free Edition

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¹ Currently this app is $1.99, the normal price for the app when it is not on sale is $6.99.