Riptide GP: Renegade

The main gameplay element is the career mode in the game. The player can unlock new vehicles by participating in various events, and the progression is primarily linear. Tricks can be performed in the air and grant the player boost if successful. The game offers different events such as races, elimination events, time trials, and others.

Additionally, the game offers a multiplayer race mode with up to eight players, as well as a split screen option for local multiplayer. Game saves can be stored to the cloud on iOS devices, allowing for easier transfer of data between them.

Riptide GP: Renegade was first announced by San Rafael, California-based studio Vector Unit on August 13, 2015. It first released for Windows on the video game distribution platform Steam.

According to the review aggregating website Metacritic, Riptide GP: Renegade received generally favorable reviews for the iOS release, and mixed or average reviews for the Nintendo and PlayStation releases.

Carter Dotson of Touch Arcade praised the challenging career mode of the game, and overall described it as an "incremental improvement" over the previous release, Riptide GP2. Campbell Bird of 148Apps wrote that the game was well polished and optimized.