The Race Megaways (Big Time Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

The Race Megaways: Slot Overview

Vroom vroom, I fired up The Race Megaways expecting speed, yet what I got felt more like a gameshow set. You sit in a studio vibe with red lights and shafts of light above, a 6-reel grid centre stage, and a 4‑symbol extra reel bolted on at the bottom. The look is tidy, but not exactly buzzing. I spun a while to settle in and the tone stayed quite clinical, like waiting for quick-fire questions rather than burning rubber.

Stakes run from 20p up to £20 a spin, with very high volatility and a 96.27% RTP. On each spin the Megaways engine can throw up to 117,649 ways to win, paying left to right. The headline potential sits at 24,070x according to the spec sheet I trust. You can also buy the feature for 100x, which nudges the RTP to 96.36%. On paper that balance looks fine, though the base game can be dry while you wait on the set pieces.

Symbols and Paytable in The Race Megaways

I kept an eye on the paytable. Low pays are 9 to A and six-of-a-kind hits paid me between 0.5x and 0.9x stake. The four gemstone symbols carry the game, with six paying from 1x up to 12.5x. Wilds sub for any pay symbol and are central to the feature package. They never appear on reels 1 or 6, but when they do land, they can change a spin in a flash once the duplication kicks in later.

The Race Megaways Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x12.5
	5	x7.5
	4	x5
	3	x3
	2	x1.5
	6	x5
	5	x2.5
	4	x2
	3	x1
	6	x2
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.3
	6	x1
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.7
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.7
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.25
	4	x0.15
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.25
	4	x0.15
	3	x0.1
	Special
	Scatter
	Wild

The Race Megaways: Slot Features

The hook is Wild Duplication. When the reels stop, a wild can duplicate and every position on its vertical reel becomes wild. That’s the moment the game wakes up because connecting multiscreen ways with a full wild reel can spike returns. In the free spins, each wild created by this process takes a multiplier of up to x5, which can stack nicely with the Megaways density. It’s a tidy idea and the layout puts the extra reel at the bottom.

The remainder of the package circles around a pre-feature collector and then an unlimited-style free spins round. The reactions do the usual Megaways heavy lifting and you’re often watching the cascade count rather than single-line hits. I like that flow in theory, yet here the pacing can feel stretched, with the screen busy but the balance barely moving. When the duplication and reactions line up, it looks the part, though consistency is thin between those brighter moments.

Bonus Buy Feature

Free Spins The free spins round can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x current bet.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-

Reactions in The Race Megaways

Reactions in The Race Megaways clear all winning symbols, except scatters, from the reels. New symbols drop from above on the main grid and slide in from the right on the extra reel below. Chains can build fast on good setups, and the sequence only ends when no new win forms. It is the classic Megaways loop, and in my sessions it often did the legwork while the feature triggers played hard to land.

Heart Bonus Round in The Race Megaways

Land at least three scatters in the base and you trigger the Heart Bonus Round. You get three respins on special reels that only show Hearts or blanks. Each Heart symbol locks where it lands and the respin counter resets to three. Fill more positions and the board starts to pulse with promise. When you run out of respins, or the grid is full, the round ends and you head into the main free spins.

You can buy straight into this for 100x stake in markets that allow it. The Win Exchange also turns momentum into entries: a win worth 100x or more can be traded for the feature, while wins between 25x and 100x can be swapped for a chance on a wheel. I tried both routes. They speed things up, but they don’t change the core maths, so expect variance either way still.

Unlimited Free Spins in The Race Megaways

Your lives in free spins equal the number of Hearts you banked in the bonus round. The win multiplier starts at x1 and rises by one after every reaction, which looks nice when the screen keeps tumbling. A Terminator symbol ends the party one life at a time, and there are no scatters to retrigger, so when the last life is gone the feature is over. I’ve had multipliers climb, then one bad drop and it fizzles.

The Race Megaways: Slot Verdict

I’m not sold on the theme match. For something called The Race Megaways, the adrenaline sits in the wings. Technically it’s alright, you’ve got duplicating wilds, a pre-feature collector, and an open-ended free spins loop with a rising multiplier. The studio look is competent but lacks spark. After several sessions I felt like a contestant waiting for a buzzer, not a driver hitting apexes. That gap between name and feel never quite closed for me.

The bonus flow can drag. I’ve seen the Heart build look epic, then the free spins limp as a Terminator chips away. You watch the multiplier tick up and hope the grid cooperates, but too often the last life disappears with little to show. When it hits, it looks great, no denying that, yet the frequency felt on the stingy side in my logs. That variance is fine on a high risk slot, but patience gets tested.

Expectations were high given the pedigree. What I got was a competent machine with a few neat sparks yet short on drama and personality. If it turned up on the telly, I’d probably flick channels after a minute. Fans of BTG maths will find a rhythm here, though it won’t be the one I reach for when I want a proper rush. The max win number is fair, but the journey towards it rarely felt electric in my play.