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THIS GAME

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: June 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS GOOD IN ITS GAMEPLAY BUTS IT DOSENT BRING OUT THE GRAPHICAL POWER OF XBOX

Good Racing game, but not as fun as the real thing.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: May 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Not too shabby at all. The biggest benefit to Moto GP is the controls. Controls are laid out in a similar manner to a real bike (analog control for weight distribution of front, back and left right, separate front and rear brake).
The graphics are crisp, although there isn't all that much detail overall. Then again, since the tracks were based on 10 of the 16 real Moto GP tracks, there's not all that much more to add. What is there looks great. The bikes are nicely detailed, rider animation is superb and the weather effects are stunning.
Moto GP offers plenty of reasons to come back time and time again. There is a training mode, arcade mode (where you rack up points for showboating...similar to the Kudos system in Project Gotham racing, a single race mode and, of course, the Moto GP full circuit. Each of these, while basically the same game, spice things up enough to keep you interested for multiple hours of play.
In general, Moto GP is a solid racing game. It's the first bike game developed for a console that feels even remotely similar to riding a real sportbike. The developers at THQ were able to balance real-world riding with a game that isn't so hard that casual users and non-riders will find it intimidating. That's not to say that Moto GP isn't difficult. It does take time to get a good feel for how the bike controls and how to take corners. If you ride, you will have a leg up over your non-biking friends. That, in and of itself, is solid proof that they did a nice job of making this a realistic biking experience.
One complaint I have is that while being more realistic than any other console bike racer on the market, it feels just a touch too much arcade and not quite enough simulation. When riding a real bike, if you use too much rear brake, your back end should swing out. If you come in too hard into a corner and don't get proper traction, you should wipe out in a lowside or highside. In Moto GP, though, the worst that will happen is you'll careen off the track and into the grass or gravel. If nothing else, there should have been a sim mode where things ramp up a bit for people wanting just a tad more realism in their game. If I make a major mistake, I want to see a realistic outcome of that mistake. It seems as though the game is cheating in this regard and you're being robbed of a proper experience.
Moto GP is definitely worth picking up. It's plenty of fun for non-riders and riders alike. It even allows you to do stoppies, wheelies, burnouts and other foolish little squidly tricks. All this and no chance of being arrested by the cops. What more can you ask?
By the way, there is no such thing as an F5. The bike that came after the F4 is the F4i (the "i" stands for fuel "i"njection).

Solid Motorcycle Racing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you've ever watched Moto GP on TV, then played this game, it's hard to tell the difference. The game is THAT realistic, but this can be a mixed blessing. If you're more into the arcade racing games than this might not be the game for you, but if you love intense motorcycle racing and simulation games, then you'll love this game.
I'm not a hardcore racing simulation fan, so that's why I gave the game four stars instead of five, but other than that, this game hasn't skipped a single detail in the Moto GP racing world. Worth a good look at!

Comments directed to on-line play.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The good news is that since Xbox live comes with a demo version of this game, there will be a huge base of players on the Internet. That means there are plenty of games to pick-up and lots of friends to meet. Unfortunately, most of these gamers on Xbox Live are NOT there for this game. So it is difficult to find a good game where 75% of the people aren't just on to test out their connection and communicator. That means a lot of people crashing a few driving backwards. For those who are playing it only as a demo on Live, the game is not that easy to pick up. The physics are real, which means you are going to work to keep your bike on the track and off of the grass. For those who are racing fans, you will be pleased with the game. (Check the other reviews, which go into more of the details.) I hope, though, that the on-line play matures a bit.

nice

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i have it the graphics are awesome and theres a couple of veiws u can use when your playing it.. and its really fun on 2 players... but do you think they'll have a road rash kind of game for xbox..?

Awesome Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Before this game was released, I really wanted it. When it was finally released, I raced to EB and tried the demo. I hated it! How could I hate the game I was waiting for so long? So now a few months have passed and I and I got Xbox Live. I tried the demo once and bikes were bouncing all over the place. That made me hate it even more.

One day I decided to really try and take a look at this game. I created my own race using the demo and had 16 people enter the game. First off, the Lobby is the best of all the Xbox games I've played. That includes NFL Fever 2003, Mech Assault and Unreal Championship. So I started the game and wow, this game just blew me away. I don't know what I was smoking when I played it the first two times. Handling the motocycles are no easy task. Just think Gran Turismo when it comes to handling, especially when taking corners. It will take lots of practice to take those corners at high speeds.

On XBL, the game is sweet. I experienced no lag and the races were intense. One good thing is that not everyone is on the same skill level, so if you are a new to the game you won't feel left out. The first corner of every race is always the most dangerous. Some are lucky to make it around the corner without being caught in the major wipeout caused by one or two people crashing. lol. Since I've played it that one time, I haven't stopped playing it. This game is basically at the top of my most favorite games list. And that list does include games like Halo and Splinter Cell.

I'm not deep into the whole motocycle racing thing, but this game is fun, especially when you see a lot of people in one area moving at high speed. Did I mention that the xbox communicator works great? Well it does. The games I've been in have very talkative people and that just makes the experience better. But be warned, one slip up on the track can cause someone to fly right by you. Its nerve wrenching when you have a high position in the game. You don't want to make any mistakes that will cost you your position.

Almost real, a racing fan's delight

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 18
Date: May 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've been waiting for the release of this game for some time and am delighted at the quality of it now that it's mine. My favorite gaming genre is vehicular racing. MotoGP resides in the slot between arcade and sim racer, taking the ease and quick simplicity of an arcade-style racer and combining that with a beautiful audio-visual realism of a sim racer. This is my first MotoGP videogame and I'm speaking from the point of view that Test Drive: LeMans was the best racing game on the Dreamcast system. A couple of the same tracks are in this game as well.

The rookie level of difficulty makes it easy to jump in and race competitively (against 19 other bikes) and turning up the difficulty makes it extremely challenging for those who want to invest the time and develop their skills. You earn credits for finishing well in the races. These you can distribute among various racing skills such as acceleration and corning, similar to an RPG.

The control scheme is unusual compared to the standard XBox racing scheme but is nicely optimized for the intricacies of a motorcycle. Not too difficult for casual racers and offering subtleties for fans to delve into.

For those who get motion sickness, you may want to rent the game first, unlike most car racers, the horizon swivels as you lean into the turns, and there's alot of leaning in a race. Weather effects are done very well. The bikes and riders are extremely-well detailed and animated. The sky flashes brightly from lightning in stormy weather and the sun flares (sometimes wildly) depending on your position to it.

For those with XBox-owning friends, you can network race via the ethernet link cable and if you have a hub you can network 16 XBoxes together and race with 15 other friends. I haven't had a chance to try this yet but I've played with 7 others this way on Halo and it was a blast. No need to splitscreen (though that is an option if you are not LANing).

Grease monkeys, sorry, no tinkering allowed other than applying credits to your riding abilities. Racing fans in general, you'll most likely love this game. It's as beautiful as Rally Sport Challenge and in my opinion has a couple more bells and whistles.

The bottom line for me is that this is the third jewel in the XBox crown of vehicular racing games (Project Gotham, Rally Sport Challenge). Another shining example that makes the XBox the best platform for console racing.

An ONLINE *motorcycle* racing game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Most motorcycle racing games are basically car-racing games with motorcycles. The controls are identical, and aside from a dramatic case of understeer, they generally play identically.

MotoGP, on the other hand, is dramatically different than most car racing games, and it's both its strength, and its weakness.

The control is the heart of the game, and with an independent front and rear brake, and the ability to control not only the side-to-side lean of your rider, but the front-to-back lean, you have an unprecedented amount of control over your racer. Anything from powerslides to endos are possible, and the subtlety of the control scheme makes the game feel distinctly like a *motorcycle* game, than just a generic racer. On top of the unique, and fantastic controls, the animation of the riders, and the graphic quality are outstanding. The textures for your custom rider are a bit sloppy-looking, but the models of real-life riders look quite accurate. The graphics are on par with other xbox racers, like PGR and Rallisport, so there's plenty of eye-candy to be had. When your screen is blurred from racing down a straightaway at full tilt, and you pass by another rider, and he turns to see which direction you're coming up on him from, it's a simple little animation that lends a whole world of realism to the game.

The downside of the unique controls is that there's a steeper learning curve to this game than most. Even going through a single turn takes a few minutes to figure out, and it'll probably be a few hours before you can go through a tight U-bend at speed, with any sort of consistency. The payoff's worth it, however, as the races are tense, and the sense of speed is uncanny.

If you're a racing fan, looking for variety, it's definitely worth picking up. If you're a motorcycle racing fan in particular, there's no reason you shouldn't already own this game.

ADDITION: MotoGP is going to be Xbox Live compatible, even though the packaging doesn't indicate this anywhere. You will be able to play multiplayer online through XBL, extending the replay value of this game virtually indefinitely.

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS SWEET!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 16
Date: April 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I mean I LOVE superbike racing.I own 5 HONDA F4's and F5's.THis game has great graphics.Good superbikes and teams like HONDA!There is No downside to this game except its not realesed!

The standard for hi-speed racing genre on Xbox

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: June 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Killer Graphics, Uses the Xbox Soundtrack feature, System Link/Online play (using GamespyArcade) Lots of real-world tracks, riders, licensed bikes, and stats, game modes and unlockables. Plus it's really, really fast! A hands-down must for all race/driving fans. Easily my favorite Xbox game to date.

P.S. - This IS NOT the same lame MotoGP from Namco on PS/PS2, only the title is the same.

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