Returning fans will be happy to know that the MotoGP 21 career does not leave anything to the imagination. The other big feature of MotoGP 21 that will appeal to players is the career mode. I grew up on racing simulators and it took me a fair while to start being competitive and not feeling like my bike had one wheel made of melting cheese. These features make the gameplay satisfying to master and seasoned veterans of the sport will rejoice at the mountains that are there to climb but I can’t help but feel that newer players may feel left behind on the starting line. I eventually turned this off as there is only so much realism that I can take (that and I kept crashing. Taking a corner too sharply and crashing is damaging enough to your final placings but having to manually run back to your bike and get back on it is a sobering experience in the midst of a race. The Long Lap Penalty is in line with current MotoGP rules and the Bike Recovery feature is as punishing as you can imagine. The AI, while improved significantly, is there to win and does not care about you and your well-rehearsed racing lines. This is without the fact that the game itself is brutally unforgiving. There are a wealth of tutorials that help you to get to grips with the mechanics of the gameplay but casual players can find themselves struggling with the sheer amount of information that is presented to them. Trust me, this is something you have to try.īut, with the shift to the simulation genre comes the inevitable fact: this is hard…very hard. You will find the brakes sluggish and unyielding if you misuse them and accelerating out of a corner becomes more satisfying when you can almost feel yourself pushing the throttle. The accelerator and brakes utilise the PS5’s adaptive triggers and react to the level of power needed to execute the action. The haptic feedback is as impressive as you would expect: the controller really makes you feel every bump and surface, but the added resistance in the triggers adds a sense of realism that I now have a taste for. One stand-out feature of MotoGP 21 is the use of the PS5’s controller.
Still, this is a massive upgrade to the distractingly clunky graphics of their previous MotoGP title.
I did notice that this attention to detail did not extend to the rest of the experience as hillsides and stands full of crowds looked more at home in a PS4 title than a PS5 release.
The track was slick with a deadly film of water and the rain hitting the camera added a cinematic edge which gave the precarious time trial more of a sense of excitement.
I thought that my sunny day in Spain was showing off the graphics until I switched to rain and really saw what the game could do. The attention to detail on the bike and rider was in line with what the PS5 is capable of and the weather effects are gorgeous. When I finally got out there, I was immediately impressed with the graphics that were on show. Let’s just say that I stuck firmly to the lowest level of difficulty. Riding aids are as in-depth as you can imagine with electronics, cornering inputs, transmission, brakes, and tyres all there to be enabled (or disabled, if you feel confident). This “quick” session swiftly became a deep dive into the incredible amount of features available to shape your track experience. I wanted to get stuck into a career mode but I held back in favour of a relaxing time trial to dust my leathers off and get the helmet back on. The first thing that struck me about this game was the sheer amount of customisation and settings that became available to me.
Fans have been patiently awaiting the next instalment in the MotoGP series with high expectations but will this new generation of hardware be the catalyst that drives the MotoGP series into pole position? In a word, yes. As well as MotoGP, Milestone has also been responsible for the creation of the RIDE and MXGP series’s firmly establishing them as the top-dog when it comes to motorcycle racing games. If it has two wheels and an engine, you can bet Milestone will be interested. Milestone is a game developer that has firmly cemented themselves in their passion. Here is the review for MotoGP 21 for PS5. Now is the time for a new season, a new generation of consoles and a new world. It has been two years since Milestone released their hit title MotoGP 20. Sports fans are slowly starting to get back into their viewing schedules and gaming companies are starting to release titles that cover the now-infamous 20/21 season. A lot has happened over the past 14 months which has disrupted sporting events across the globe.