Moto Racer is an Infogrames motorcycle racing game alternating between superbikes and motocross on varied circuits. Accessible arcade gameplay and exhilarating speed. Technically impressive for PS1 at release. A good motorcycle racing genre representative on PS1, enjoyable and fun.
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Racing2 players3+
Split screen
Description
Arcade motorbike racing by Delphine, where the player alternates asphalt and off-road tracks with two motorbike types. Created by Delphine Software International and Electronic Arts, released in 1997 in Japan, the United States and Europe with EDC edition and Sv version under the Moto Racer title. Eight tracks across road and off-road disciplines, ten bikes, championship and duel mode and licensed rock soundtrack. Multi-regional edition.
Moto Racer review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Delphine Software sets two worlds against each other inside one game: urban asphalt, tunnels and crash barriers for the road bike, packed dirt, jumps and dust for the off road machine. The scenery rushes past at a speed rare for 1997, with clear skies, bright colours and a rider whose posture changes with the discipline.
The soundtrack carries the racing at arm's length: restless electric guitars on the road circuits, drier electronic beats off road, tempo pinned to speed rather than to mood. The tracks are short and repetitive by design, and that insistence is exactly what drives the adrenaline.
An arcade motorcycle racer from Delphine and Electronic Arts, Moto Racer makes its mark with its exhilarating sense of speed and its alternation between circuit superbikes and off road motocross. The snappy pace, the track readability and the immediate fun make it an arcade reference on the first PlayStation. The angular 3D and limited content have understandably aged. An excellent motorcycle game for fans of fast arcade racing and nostalgics of 32 bit motorsport.
