Moto Racer

Simple controls, 60fps, lots of fun and a real throwback

This game was the first PC racer I fell in love with. I spent hours glued to the screen trying to beat my own times and reveling in the gorgeous designs of the different bikes. I loved it then and just might have to get it again...

When i was still very young, i used to play this with my brother at home by my father's old laptop, and now, i have to spent much, much more days to find this, and finally, i've found it. But anyway, it was still a VERY GOOD GAME. Only 4 word: EPIC, AWESOME AND AMAZING!

Man....I remember booting up the old 95/98 PC's and playing this to DEATH, I seriously spent so many hours just racing the first super bike track again and again hehe, feels so good, like a Motorbike version of Daytona USA. And after all these years, it is still alot of fun, infact, more fun than some of the new AAA big budget racing games today, would have payed $9.99 for it happily but at $5.99 it's a real steal. if you want a great arcade experience, get this game!

I played this game a LOT when I was a kid and I was surprised I still know some of the tracks. For me, it worked flawlessly in fullscreen (albeit in a dazzling 640x480 with black bars), and I could only make it crash if I alt-tabbed out. That said, I think I already have dgVoodoo installed because of Tomb Raider, so there might have been some wrapping in the background that I didn't even know, but in any case, for me, it worked without problems in fullscreen with no crashes. The gameplay is simple, ride a motorbike (either a street racing bike or a motorcross bike) and be the fastest. The controls are super-responsive, bike choice is really important and realism is thrown out, bath water and all, for pure, unapologetic arcade fun. This ain't no sim and it's not trying to be. It is, however, quite short and easy. Once you get the hang of the controls (which should take you anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds, because again, they rule), you can finish the game in under an hour with all gold medals. If you beat the game on Medium, you get a special mode, and if you beat it on Hard, another special mode, so there's some tiny tiny replayability here, but all in all, don't expect to get hours from it. BUT - at a price of 1.09€, which is less than a coffee at a bar, you can't really fault a game from 1997 for "lacking content". I'm a shooter and RPG guy myself, I played the odd NFS back in the day but racing games never did it for me - this one is silly fun and a bit of an exception. Get it on sale and kill an hour or two with it, you won't regret it.