• Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: May 21, 2003
  • Also On: PC
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: MotoGP returns with challenging tracks, different gameplay modes, and online play. In MotoGP 2, you'll race against the top 20 riders in the world at speeds of 180mph around turns and corners with your knee inches from the ground. It's up to you to find the perfect combination of rider and bike to suit your style. Races take place on 16 tracks in all weather conditions. Challenge yourself to master these obstacles in all six single-player game modes and in online multiplayer matches for up to 16 players. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. 100
    The benchmark that other Xbox titles should strive for: a solid combination of gameplay, graphics and variety.
  2. The controls are difficult to master at first - with the option of both front and rear brakes - but persistence is rewarded and within hours you will be hugging the fringe of a curve and finding the right racing line.
  3. Damn you THQ for screwing up my free time once again and making another outstanding racing title that takes my current crown of being the top online racer on a console and one of the top racers overall.
  4. 60
    While the rev of the bike engines is dead on, the music is just awful. The same bad grunge rock song (or at least, all the songs seem to sound the same) plays over and over. Unless you can phase the noise out, turning the music off will be your only recourse.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. AlB.
    10
    Having had the original Moto GP for Xbox, I knew this would be a great game. I worried some that Moto GP 2 would not progress very much from the first version, and except for the addition of more tracks, it does not. So why did I give this a big ten? ONLINE PLAY! It's fantastic stuff, to be sure... Addictive even. The offline racing versus the AI-controlled riders is, as you might surmise, too predictable. They're too good, and too perfect. Racing live online against other human beings, however, lends itself to completely UNpredictable racing. 16 people, all accelerating towards that first sharp turn... Turn collisions on and you have a "luck of the draw" scenario - who will escape the turn unscathed? Turn them off and you can elminate any luck or deviousness - it's up to you how you want to play it. If you're a fan of racing games and you have Xbox Live but don't have this game - BUY IT NOW!! You're definitely missing out on one of the best online experiences out there... I assure you this game is worth every penny, and you will not be disappointed. Expand
  2. SishS.
    10
    I love this game. I enjoy everythingn about the moto gp and its great finally a game with the proper riders. creating your own rider wih a bike its awsome attribute. I cant stop playing it. Although the game is old now I wish a 2005 version would of came out. LOve the game. Expand
  3. Quintus
    10
    The live integration of this game nears perfection. I don't think I have had a better online gaming experience, ever. the new tracks, the challenges, all the good stuff from mgp1 and tons of new features. this game is complete. get it now. ps. and i hate formula1 racing, too difficult. somehow, mgp makes the difficulty a real challenge, because you can be sure it's extremely hard.. and addictive. Expand
  4. JugsterJam
    7
    The graphics are worse than MOTO GP 1. I have played both one after another and its clear that this moto gp is the PS2 version. It is made so it can be taken easily on both system. You have to be blind to no see it. The main difference is that motogp 2 is blurry compare to the smooth motogp 1 xbox version. Main reason is that the textures are changed dramatically for ps2. Expand

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