Perhaps for a superfan of this sport it would be considered above average because it does look real. However, the bad physics, pretty terrible controls, and exceptionally long loading times make this game a turn off right from the start.
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When I turn on a new game that I just downloaded and then the screen says "Loading 2%" I expect it to jump in the not to distant future as the hamster wheels start spinning inside my PS4 but not with this game. That progress bar fucking creeps endlessly. After my first race I decided to navigate the menu to see how i could improve the experience and even navigating from one menu to another brings up a loading screen. I think i spent more time "loading" than i did playing.
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I will give them this: The gameplay does have great graphics... it looks real. But then we'll get to the second bad part. You are thrust into your first race without so much as a "this button make the bike go forward" tutorial and i'm just sitting there at the starting gate while everyone else takes off into the distance while I push every friggin button on the controller. Perhaps during the half an hour I had to spend on the loading screen that time could be used to show how to actually play the friggin game!
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The massive amount of customization and the career mode might appeal to die-hard fans, which I am not one of. Even if i did follow this sport I am not going to play any game that incorporates so much loading. Seriously, if you do anything there is a massive wait to do it.
The physics are bizarre at best, impossible at worst. In my first race I was so wildly out of control that I just started effing with it, I would hit massive jumps at top speed and intentionally land sideways and not crash. Then out of nowhere i would suddenly fly 15 feet straight up in the air on a straight-away despite having hit nothing. I shouldn't be able to notice these crippling design flaws on my very first race.
I only included that video so you can see I am not making it up. The first more than a minute of that video is a loading screen.
I would be upset if I had paid money for this game but in December Playstation Plus members got 3 games for free instead of 2. This one is a turd and I am unlikely to play it again.
