Moto GP

by MOTO GP

Product Features

• Race against world-class racers like Kenny Roberts and Valentino Rossi from the real-world 2001 MotoGP 500cc series.
• Experience the thrill and excitement of MotoGP at race tracks like Le Mans [France] and Phillip Island [Australia].
• Ultra realistic vehicle and rider dynamics let you in on all of the action-allowing you to see your rider fully animate through twists and turns and awesome crash sequences.
• Full season, single race and arcade game modes with interactive tutorials.
• Split screen, multiplayer mode supporting up to four players.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000631WA
• Item Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,772 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Based on the immensely popular sport of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology is an ultra-realistic bike racer for the Xbox, which puts the player behind the handlebars of some of the meanest, fastest, most thrilling machines on two wheels. MotoGP features all of the bikes and riders from the real 2001 MotoGP series, 10 accurately created real-world tracks, customizable bike and rider attributes, and a reward system that lets you unlock even more riders, bikes, tracks, and cheats. Race alone or challenge up to three of your friends in split-screen multiplayer mode.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost real, a racing fan's delight, May 23, 2002

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Music Fan Mark "Music Fan" (California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moto GP (Video Game)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for racing fans, July 8, 2004

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Iacomus (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moto GP (Video Game)

I give this game (Moto GP) 5 stars due to it is the best racing game I have played. But if it is racing in general you are looking for then I don't think this game could compete with some of the others.
Well looking at the game the bikes that you can use are very realistic. You can also use well known tracks. But one of the things is that the graphics could have been just a bit better and then it might just have been able to compete with other racing games
If you are a motor biking fan then this is the game for you, also it is a must for you.

If you are a motor biking fan then this is the game for you, also it is a must for you.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Racing game, but not as fun as the real thing., May 15, 2002

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Jon Edwards (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moto GP (Video Game)

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).