![]() ![]() You have the option of running the original calendar for 2021 as planned – with COTA and Argentina included – or run the actual real life calendar instead, with the opening double header at the Losail circuit in Qatar.īoth ‘planned’ and ‘real’ 2021 Moto GP calendars featureRace in Moto 2 or Moto GP, and you’ll have the ability to set up your own junior team in the lower categories – a feature that is unlocked from the start of the career mode this time around. The beauty of this is that these targets can be hit entirely at your leisure – meaning you can concentrate on acclimating yourself to the circuit or fiddling with your setup and just checking off the targets as you go, rather than being forced to run a five lap stint every race weekend to earn development points. Instead, you are challenged to complete a wider range of smaller challenges, such as hitting a certain top speed at the speed trap, completing all three practice sessions without crashing or completing a sector in a minimum time. No longer are you forced to run the same three monotonous programmes every race weekend. The development programmes you run in practice session on race weekends to earn development points have been noticeably improved for this new edition. You have free choice of starting in either the Moto3, Moto2 or Moto GP categories, with the ability to seek out contracts with real life teams as you progress up the ranks, or choose to ride for original start-up teams whose liveries can be edited to your liking.įeature: F3 and Moto GP show why F1 needs the ‘long-lap penalty’Whichever category you’re racing in, research and development is a big part of your success. The addition of the new Long Lap Penalty system means that if you jump the start, ram off rivals or exceed track limits once too often, you’ll have to take a rallycross joker-style excursion to clear the penalty, likely dropping you down the field.Īs with so many modern racing games, the main meat of Moto GP 21 lies in its extensive career mode. ![]() There are authentic riding aids to make life easier, like traction control and the anti-wheelie system, which you can adjust at any point, with a healthy amount of additional options that allow you to make riding as simple or as nuanced as you like. Even the low-powered, relatively tame Moto 3 class machines are significantly less forgiving than in last year’s game, but still feel like child’s play compared to the savagery of the Moto GP prototypes. It’s now easier to get them sliding under braking and unsettled over even minor bumps around the course. Moto GP’s Long Lap Penalty makes its debutEven compared to last year’s game, the bikes feel noticeably livelier in 2021. Whenever you do crash – and you will crash – it never feels canned or unnatural, but a fair punishment for going over the limits.Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-freeĪnd when you’re lying in the gravel this year, you’ll have the option to manually control your rider and run to your bike for recovery, rather than automatically respawn back on the track. The game offers a fantastic sense of where the grip limits are, as you can tell exactly how much the bike is straining to cling onto the asphalt whenever you dive too deep into a tight turn. ![]() You can feel the weight of the bikes transfer believably as you ride through fast sweepers like Maggotts and Becketts or in the first sector of the Circuit of the Americas. Luckily, a brand-new tutorial mode will help bring newcomers up to speed on all aspects of motorcycle racing. ![]() While not a full ‘hardcore’ simulation, Moto GP 21 offers an authentic racing experience on parallel to what Codemasters offer with their official F1 franchise. This is a challenging racing game – especially if you’re used to the relative simplicity of four-wheeled handling. Over the years, Italian developers Milestone have gradually refined their official Moto GP game franchise to offer, arguably, the best virtual representation of motorcycling’s elite competition the sport has ever had.Ĭrashes are an inevitable part of the gameRiding 200bhp-plus beasts at Ind圜ar-rivalling top speeds with only your hands and gravity to keep you in the saddle is a terrifyingly difficult challenge and Moto GP 21 is not shy about reflecting that in its gameplay. It may be a surprise to some, but Moto GP games have been around for as long as Formula 1 games have – stretching all the way back to the mid-80s. With the launch of Moto GP 21, not only are Joan Mir, Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and the other riders back for another year of virtual racing, this year sees Milestone’s long-running franchise take the leap onto a new generation of console hardware.īut does the new version really offer enough to warrant a full-price purchase for Moto GP diehards and casual fans alike? ![]()
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