

Once you’re riding, smoothness is the word of the day.
#MOTOGP 21 GAME TRIAL#
I spent most of my time in the quick modes, clocking in some serious time trial laps to dial in my riding style and test all the bikes, before switching to career mode. Once you’ve mastered this, there are three main playing modes in MotoGP 21: Online Races, Career Mode and three quick modes (Grand Prix, Time Trial and Championship). As a firm believer in not being babied, I’d suggest rather using the curve indicators-they work excellently for showing you braking, apex, and exit points, leaving you to figure out the rest. Beginners can switch the ideal trajectory line on, which projects a coloured line on the track, indicating the exact line to take and when to brake. The tutorials are a great intro for first-time MotoGP players, and while experience gamers will have no need for them, it’s still nice to see Milestone catering to newcomers. And for the newbies, it’s loaded with tutorials to bring you up to speed.

But fear not-if you’ve played the last two versions of the game, it’ll only take you a few hours to get settled in. If you, like myself, have spent hundreds of hours playing Milestone’s long-running bike sim, and have every braking zone from Silverstone’s Turn One to Jerez’s Lorenzo Corner memorised, MotoGP 21 is still going to be a challenge. The only question is: is this new chapter of MotoGP gaming for experts only, or is it enjoyable and playable for newbies and kids too? With 20 official tracks to choose from (including three historic tracks), and six motorcycle classes (MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and the legendary 800, 990 and 500 two-stroke classes)-you are spoiled for choice before the lights even go out. New additions include long lap penalties, brake temperature and bike retrieval features. MotoGP 21 brings with it an improved connection to the bike’s moving parts, quicker load times, enhanced lighting and an improved dynamic resolution. Photo credit: Bjorn Moreira / ZA Bikersįor 2021, Milestone continues to develop their popular MotoGP racing sim with a host of improvements and new features. Athletes use them to work on track memory and race reflexes-and regular gamers benefit from games that bring a whole new level of realism. In the last couple of years, there’s been an increase in race simulation games being used for realistic training in sports like F1, MotoGP, WRC and even the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Here at ZA Bikers, we follow the MotoGP race season like it’s a religion-but what about those boring weekends where no racing happens? Or the long lockdown months in the off season? To cure our lockdown blues, our good friends at Gamefinity (the guys behind KOODOO) sent us a PlayStation with the latest copy of MotoGP 21.
