Afterwards there would be a brief cool down before I could get another boost, but it gives the game a fun loop of doing wheelies while also watching for oncoming traffic and avoiding the twists of the map. This is done by popping a wheelie while racing, and I simply had to press the cross button to trigger a brief timing mini-game that would give me a boost if successful. Besides occasionally braking into corners (in true arcade fashion most of them can be sped through without a second worry), the only thing I really needed to worry about was using my speed boost. My street bike handled pretty loosely, but I got used to and really enjoyed the sense of speed that the game was able to convey.įrom a mechanics standpoint, the racing is pretty simple. While it was immediately clear that Moto Racer 4 wasn’t much of a looker, as I noticed pop-in as I sped along a desert road, I was enjoying the actual racing. Once I actually was playing the game the experience got a lot more enjoyable. “While it was immediately clear that Moto Racer 4 wasn’t much of a looker, as I noticed pop-in as I sped along a desert road, I was enjoying the actual racing.” It’s safe to say that it wasn’t exactly Forza Horizon 3 in terms of making a good first impression. Sadly, my excitement lessened once I started Moto Racer 4 as I was greeted with some pretty rough looking menus, and a pretty convoluted career mode interface that had me betting stars before beginning a race. This is why I was excited to see Moto Racer make its return, as the two-wheeled vehicles don’t often get as much love as their four-wheeled counterparts.
Sadly, the genre hasn’t seen a ton of love in the past couple years, aside from power-up laden kart racers that have a very different feel to them. While mastering a simulation is satisfying, there’s nothing like drifting around a corner at a speed that would normally leave a driver taking a trip to the emergency room. As someone who grew up playing Ridge Racer and Daytona USA, I have a soft spot in my heart for a good arcade racer.
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