Motorcycle gamers rejoice. Looks like Polyphony Digital, the makers of the popular racing series Gran Turismo are coming out with a new racing game for the motorcycle guys.
Here is a list of features from the website:
Critically-acclaimed development team: from the developers of Gran Turismo, the best-selling worldwide racing videogame franchise with more than 44 million units sold.
Real-life simulation: perfected game physics, graphics and the balance of the rider versus the bike are accurately captured to offer the most authentic motorcycle racing simulation available.
Motorcycles: Tourist Trophy features more than 100 licensed motorcycles from more than a dozen worldwide manufacturers that include BMW, Honda, Ducati, Buell, Kawasaki, Triumph and more.
Courses: Tourist Trophy features more than 35 international courses that include closed-circuit and city tracks. Introduction of new tracks and the return of popular tracks from the Gran Turismo franchise include Tsukuba, Laguna Seca, New York City, Suzuka and more.
Game Modes: Tourist Trophy offers two modes of play, Arcade Mode and Challenge Mode. In both modes, players have the opportunity to select their bike, track and difficulty level.
Arcade Mode: players have access to a quick race for single-player or two-player battle. In two-player battle, players have the option to race in split-screen.
Challenge Mode: it serves as a career mode for players to earn their way up the ladder by participating in the license school missions, various race events and more in an effort to upgrade and unlock new bikes and related accessories. The license school will include various tests that will strive to better the player’s driving skills in driving a motorcycle in various conditions and at various speeds, taking into account the rider and their riding style. Upon obtaining a license, players will have access to various race events based on engine class (250cc to 1500cc), course selection and more. In between race events, players have the opportunity to participate in a Time Trial on various courses to improve lap times and access their garage.
Photo Mode: To further improve their racing skills, in Challenge Mode, players have access to Photo Mode, which allows them to take snapshots of their favorite bike and race gear by freezing frames of an actual race from a replay. Upon taking a photograph, players have the opportunity to save it to a Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation2) or a USB storage device and share it with friends. After doing so, players can have the opportunity to print photographs directly from their PlayStation 2 USB port by using a printer that includes a PlayStation driver, such as Epson’s PictureMate.
Licensed Accessories: With the incorporation of the motorcycle driver, players have access to a wardrobe where they can customize their rider by selecting from numerous licensed helmets, suits, shoes and more to further authenticate the riding experience
Rider Editor: Players have the opportunity to customize their riding form through a variety of parameters, whether it is preference to riding “out” verse “in” and so forth.
Customization: Players have the opportunity to earn credits and upgrade their motorcycles to enhance performance of their bike.
In-Game Soundtrack: Tourist Trophy will offer a selection of original and licensed tracks.
I just did the right trials to get me a good power bike and the AI was (i will guess) on par with GT4
Not to hard to begin with / then i got a bigger bike and blew them away
My guess is it will get hellish hard at the end
Didn’t get too far , I only spent one night on it before it got tired of the japanese and the bike feel
and i just wanted a copy of motogp4
Here is the important question. When you f up, do you actually dump the bike or are the physics like GT4 where the cars bounce off walls, don’t flip, and don’t show damage?
I picked up mine yesterday. Was only able to play with arcade mode, as I need a new memory card.
Some good things I thought about the game:
Rider “style”, as in how you turn the bike (body lean, motard, lean bike, neutral) really interesting, and it seems in simulation mode you can really tailor this to suit yourself.
The bike sounds are well done. The Ducati 999 sounds like a Ducati, etc. etc.
lots of bikes
Best Picture feature. Much better than the GT4 interface
physics seem pretty good, dare I say better than Moto GP3? Need to play more. Doing endos is pretty funny, if you land too hard and not straight, tank slapper ensues. Poor rider gets HURLED!
Some things I’m not so happy about:
Only 4 bikes on the grid? WTF Polyphany
Soundtrack only has 20 songs, and they are all techno crap.
I was playing around with that, and it’s not like Moto GP where you can do it at a whim. You will highside in this game if your throttle application is wacky. Rear slides are possible, but you will have to have some serious skill to pull it off. I was messing around with doing stunts, and they were not as easy to pull off as in Moto GP3, so in that regards, the physics are definitely more “real world” than in other motorcycle games.
guess im late, im oging to buy it tomorrow wow im not doing anything else all day…period.