Jacks Ride - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Jack's Ride slot review

Hit the road with the Jack's Ride slot from Wazdan, with the three reels sitting across your windscreen and the 27 paylines crossing a dusty image of the American West.

There is a very specific aesthetic going on here with the car and the girls; however, there is also the opportunity to trigger the Jack's Ride bonus features - the nudge and the gamble - to potentially impact your total win.

Get your kicks

Books, movies and now slots have capitalised on the romanticised idea of crossing America on one of its big open roads: the wind in your hair, no one telling you what to do, and unmatched scenery whizzing past.

This is clearly what the Jack's Ride slot is trying to invoke as it flies through a constantly moving landscape. The controls are on your car’s dashboard, the reels are your windscreen, and the symbols include tyres, traffic cones, and road signs.

What may divide players is the presence of two female characters who are clearly only there to aid a specific male gaze type of wish fulfilment. They are dressed as cowgirls, but not in the practical sense. There is lots of exposed skin and some very prominent breasts, which might be a distraction from the road.

On Route 66

Route 66 is one of America’s most famous roads, in part thanks to the song that bears its name. The highway starts in Chicago and runs all the way to California, through western deserts with their craggy rocks, dusty earth, and occasional cacti.

This is what you see in the Jack's Ride slot, although it is only a brief glimpse as you are going so fast and everything is under a smoky haze as your exhaust continues to puff and the music rocks in the background.

Jack's Ride RTP and variance

The RTP of the Jack's Ride slot is 96.4 per cent and the variance can be adjusted between low, medium and high.

How to play Jack’s Ride

Casinos are fast-moving places, but do they have the rush of a sports car?

1. Parts of this layout are similar to other Wazdan slots, even if they are not normally part of a car’s dashboard. This starts with the info button and the nearby help page, which between them cover every rule not in this Jack's Ride slot review.
    
2. Also among these small buttons to the bottom left is the menu. Its settings include full-screen mode, use space key, big win presentation, energy saver mode, and ultra lite mode.
    
3. The sound has its own separate menu. You can mute it outright or you can split the music from the sound effects.
    
4. Bet options are also at the bottom. Be responsible and keep it at a sensible level. You can see the max bet at all times, but you will have to scroll right the way through if you want to find the 0.20 minimum.
    
5. It is time for the big spin button on the right to set the reels turning. Let’s see whether you can land winning symbols. 
    
6. Stay in control and stick to your limits. Use the timeout and/or self-exclusion function if necessary.

How to win at Jack's Ride

Slots with three reels are some of the most traditional in format, even when the graphics and features are modern. Jack’s Ride follows a tried and true path, with 27 paylines on which you need to line up matching symbols. Payouts depend on which symbols you find, although the nudge and gamble features can improve your chances if you are lucky.

Top wins

• There are 13 paying symbols spread across seven levels of payout. They are the only symbols available; there is no scatter symbol or wild symbol to mix things up.
   
• At the bottom of the paytable are the tyres, license plates, road signs, and traffic cones. These all have a win multiplier of 1x your bet.
   
• Top of the paytable is the driver with his trendy haircut and cool shades. His win multiplier is 12x your bet.
   
• Overall, the max win is 81x.

Jack's Ride bonuses

Most modern slots have a bonus feature or two. Here, there is a nudge feature that can appear at random times and a gamble option that emerges after every base game win.

Nudge

You can’t make the nudge feature activate; instead, it will activate at random. When it does, it will shift the reels one, two or three positions to create the best possible combination, hopefully with some winning symbols.

Gamble

Gamble features are a relatively common way to increase the payout potential in modern slots. They are sometimes based on the toss of a coin or the flip of a card; here, you have to take a chance on one of two symbols. Pick right and you will double your payout, but get it wrong and you will lose your winnings from the previous spin. You can gamble up to seven times per turn.

Max-win 81x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 96.40%

Jack's Ride review - summary 

There is something of a macho feel to Jack’s Ride, to an extent that some people may find obnoxious. It is very in your face, from the billowing exhaust to the pounding music to the exaggerated caricatures of women.

It also very much creates the intended atmosphere: the speed and freedom of riding Route 66 through California. Other slots are available if this one is not quite to your taste.

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