Version: 1.01 released on the 01st of February 2007
Author: odino <ebayer20(at)lycos(dot)com>
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Use START to enter a race, continue from the menus and so on. SELECT switches
between Touring and Grandprix at the main menu.
During a race:
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D-Pad Up - Toggle Gear Hi/Low
D-Pad Down - Wheelie
D-Pad Left - Steer Left
D-Pad Right - Steer Right
A Button - Accelerate
B Button - Brake
START - Pause
There is also a nice peripheral available with this game, a blow-up motorbike.
So it's not really a motorbike per se, but just a square that has the outlines
of a bike and comes with a controller usable with it. It is not designed for
adults and even as a kid you should be pretty light and slim. It's a neat idea
and if you get it with the game it sure will make it a little bit more fun.
Use the Low gear to start racing, once the RPM meter hits the red area you
should switch to Hi gear. You will also hear a high revving sound from the
bike. Whenever you want to quickly reduce your speed you can also switch to
Low again without having to break. The fastest speeds at Low are around
160km/h where as Hi goes above 250km/h. When the speed drops below 100km/h you
may want to switch to Low for a second, to accelerate quicker.
There are two ways to crash. First is hitting a post on the side of the track,
and the second one is to drive into an opponent. Try to avoid either, but
getting back on the bike is fast and acceleration should only cost you a few
seconds.
There are opponents on the track but there is no placing. All you want to do
is get the best time. This mode is also useful for getting used to the game
controls and practice.
The championship has nine tracks, four road races and five world championship
races. This time you race against opponents for placing, and get a score.
During the game you do not actually see the race position, but there is no
real strategy other than racing as fast as possible and overtake opponents
when they appear in front of you. There are 2 or 3 laps for each race.
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP G0420
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The AI is incredibly easy to beat. In every Grandprix race you can fall off
the bike several times and still make it first to the finish line around
thirty seconds ahead. Some tracks can be very long, however, and the endurance
will push you more than any racer out there. Then again, 7 minutes is not too
long compared to other racing games out there, and there is only one race
really that long.
Crashes are too simple, and the opponents do not seem to be affected by it as
much as you are. They are just a few sprites on the track, they don't care
whether you are coming up behind them or are in your racing line, they will
pull over and take you down with no avail. Too bad you are basically
outnumbered 20 to 1, but then again it could be even more as there are always
one or two opponents on-screen. Perhaps the game only shows us the top 20
results. Who is to know by this non-existing starting line-up.
The camera forces you to stay close to the track, not very realistic. At least
when you are way off the track I would expect to be taken down and not by the
next pole or sign.
Graphics: 6/10
Cheesy backgrounds that move around. Simply graphics, but adequate. I believe
the tracks are accurate to the real races, though you hardly notice it during
the race itself as there is not much sense of direction.
What's up with the fuel display? It's only there for realism if you ask me.
But everyone can tell you that taking a full tank of fuel on a 2-3 lap course
is nothing close to realism. Why not show us the race position instead? It
seems that nobody of the other racers is actually racing against you at the
time of your drive. In other words, race time alone determines the winners of
the points.
And the other racers only have two different colors, white and green. Even
8-bit consoles can do better than.
Sound: 6/10
Neat tunes for the menus and at least no music during the race. The rev sound
is also acceptable which could easily be annoying with these old games. Every
time you pass an opponent there is a 'swoosh' sound which is a nice touch. The
rest of the game is too basic to require any more sound effects.
Overall: 5/10
Touring is very boring and the Grandprix can only be started from the Road
one. After a few times through you won't touch this again. There is also
now 2-player mode which could have been a lot more fun. After the 9 race
championship there isn't much else to do but try for better times.
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