General / Summary: This remind me kind of like the old days of Road Rash 64, except you have to race and can't beat the s*it out of your opponents. None the less, the crashes in this game are decent. This takes the throne BARELY from Rallisport as best Xbox racing game (in my book that is. Most people like PGR more for some reason.) After a couple races, you'll pick up the "slow in, fast out" concept when taking turns. These courses are pretty long making it easy to catch up on the 8th lap of a 10 lap race. I found the game to be rather to forgiving. For ex. , I ran off the course pretty bad and I noticed everyone slowed down I the turned I botched until I got back on the track. I did the same turn later excpet I didn't mess up and I was still just as far behind as I was when I f*cked up the turn. None the less, Championship will provide you with a good challenge. There are a ton of tracks to play on, lots of stuff to unlock, a good Grand Prix mode, and custom soundtrack (for some reason, although I don't like them anymore, every song on Limp Bizkit's Significant other seems to be perfect for this game. Might just be me)
Gameplay: Controls are very responsive. Braking, leaning, and being able to spin out all help with your turning and turning around quick if you get knocked backwards by another rider or for some other unknown reason. Crashes are very satisfying especially when you knock someone's back tire out and you see them fly. Although these are not the best crashes I've seen, they are still nice to see. Popping wheelies to accelerate is very simple to do. Sometimes if your high enough a guy stays underneath your front wheel and when you come down you both wipe out (one of my favorites :D) Multiplayer is pretty fun (yet to do system link) and be competitive against someone who knows what they are doing. My only problem is with the A.I. kind of easy and too forgiving which takes away from the challenge a bit but I can live with it.
Visual: Some of the best graphics I've seen. Bikes, rider, and enviroments all beautifully detailed. My only problem is stuff like the tires and road seem to be oddly colored. Like I said before, could be just me. The rain on the shield thing on the front of the bike is sooooooo realistic it isn't funny. Pretty job in this department.
Sound: Although the early bikes engine sound dinky and have no power, you got to get the more powerful noise to hear the real engine noises. Those are awesome! Custom soundtracks are a major plus. Tires burning also sound fine.
Suggestions to Developer: Maybe jack up the A.I. difficulty a little an how bought changing the color a little bit on bikes and stuff. Very good job all around.
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