I don’t rage quit that often, but I did rage quit Ride 4 a few times. Ride 4 doesn’t take prisoners, and, even with all the assisted switched on obtaining your licence is tough. In order to instil the discipline required of the game, players will be asked to repeat and repeat until they can control their bike to a standard suitable to proceed. It very much reminds me of Sony’s Gran Turismo in this respect, and I don’t think that’s by accident. This involves successfully completing challenges across a number of circuits. The career mode requires players to pass the licence test for the league that they choose to start in. The game tries it’s best to help players obtain the skills needed to get the most out of the game, but I’m not sure that I’d entirely call it fun. Whichever one chosen is the starting place for your rider’s career. Here players will need to choose between the European league, the Asian League or the American League. The first stop should be the career mode. It is a very nuanced motorcycle racing simulation that requires care and control to even stay on the bikes. Ride 4, even with all the assists on, is not an arcade game. But I won’t recommend this course of action. The game features a range of modes that allow players to get straight on massive bikes and burn some rubber. The developers really don’t want you leaping on a superbike and careening off the circuit and the first turn. From the very start, the game is testing you and training you to ride the featured powerful motorcycles. This is not a game where you can expect to pick up and play. Ride 4 navigates this narrow road dangerously close to losing balance. At best they are a punishing war of attrition with a fiendish learning curve that opens up into a rewarding experience, at worst they are a cartoonishly easy or frustratingly annoying mess. Motorcycle racing games are not for the faint-hearted.
#RIDE PC GAME FREE#
Milestone, free of the licencing restraints of the excellent MotoGP franchise gives us more bikes to play with in Ride 4.