You can choose to buddy up as a team

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However, after a few hours you begin to realise that dashing about the pitch isn't always the best option – keeping an eye on the ball and trying to anticipate where it's headed is a more effective approach. You can even toggle the camera so that it always points in the direction of the ball, rather than where your car is facing. This might sound awkward but switching between these two camera views quickly becomes a key component of Rocket League Items your game; lining up accurate shots is easier with the "behind the car" view but sometimes you need a clear look at where the ball is, especially during an intense melee.

Nintendo's full suite of online features may not go live until next year but Rocket League on Switch doesn't suffer in the same way that EA's FIFA 18 does. Creating a party with people on your friend list is totally painless; just tap X on the main game menu and you're away. You can choose to buddy up as a team and face random strangers online or create private online matches which restrict both teams exclusively to your friends. There's no in-game voice chat but in its place there's a selection of phrases mapped to the left-hand Joy-Con's directional button cluster, and these are more than adequate when you need to make your intentions known. You can congratulate a teammate when they score, highlight a good pass and even express your annoyance or regret at a poor piece of play. Keeping with the online side of things, Rocket League's performance on Switch is superb. We did notice a few instances where the connection became spotty but the random nature of these issues makes us suspect it was due to the slow broadband speeds of other players rather than a fault with the game itself. Even so, this is certainly one of those times when you'll want to ensure you're as close to your WiFi router as possible when playing in handheld mode, just to make sure you don't succumb to any connection woes yourself.