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Riding Spirits
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 16 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: BAM! Entertainment
Developer: Spike
Genre(s): Racing
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: September 9, 2002
Summary
Hit the road on 200 of the fastest two-wheel machines on the planet from companies like Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki in the most accurate motorcycle racing game ever created. Earn your chance to sit astride these racing rockets by speeding to victory, winning cash for taking races. Spend your winnings on new bikes and all the racing gear you'll need to make you look as good as you ride. Drop serious dollars in the shop, adding better wheels, tighter suspension and bigger engines to your bike, taking it from stock ride to tricked-out racing machine. Anyone can wheel a bike out of a dealership -- can you tune yours to be a winner? Test the limits of your abilities on courses where a split-second decision means the difference between victory or defeat. Start your career and begin building your rep, as you crank open the throttle across 16 different tracks in America, Japan and Europe. [BAM Entertainment]
What The Critics Said
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Game Over Online
The gameplay is more than a little unforgiving, there are a handful of speed-decreasing roadblocks in the game’s physics, and Riding Spirits won’t be winning any awards in the graphics department either.
Read Full Review >TotalGames.net
Certainly a decent enough addition to the genre and less demanding race fans should find plenty to smile about.
Read Full Review >Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
Fairly reasonable motorbike jaunt that purists will love, but may cause frustration that could lead to unplanned DualShock damage. [PSM2]
Read Full Review >Media and Games Online Network
Spike tried way too hard in making this like "Gran Turismo" that they forgot the fact that they had to actually develop the game themselves.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
I'd prefer both the look and feel of "Moto GP 2." [Oct 2002, p.150]
All Game Guide
The problem with speed perception is probably the most noticeable deficiency that can be easily defined, although the lack of innovation and close design of gameplay aspects to earlier releases can't be dismissed out of hand.
Read Full Review >IGN
When you break it down to its essence however, Spike's motorcycle racing game is little more than a clone of a fantastic driving game ["GT3"] that we've been playing for almost two years now.
Read Full Review >PSM Magazine
Graphically inferior to glitzy modern day racers, and nowhere near as fast as it should be. [Oct 2002, p.40]
GameSpot
After only a few minutes with it, you'll quickly notice that it not only has poor control, repetitive sounds, and bland graphics, but also blatantly rips off the overall structure and visual stylings of "Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec."
Read Full Review >PSX Nation
Just doesn’t have the visual gloss or sounds to compare to "GT3: A-Spec," Namco’s "Moto GP 2" and a dozen other top-notch PS2 racers.
Read Full Review >Adrenaline Vault
The graphics are devoid of polish and personality, and the sound will make you fall in love with your mute button all over again.
Read Full Review >Gamestyle
Although, I wish I couldn’t go “ooh”. I wish I went “Bloody hell! Everything’s a God Damn blur!” instead.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Patrick I. gave it a10:
I've been playing this game for almost 2 years now and just yesterday I beat the last of the duels. that only leaves the time trials and training. This game is definately not for people that like easy, shallow games. it is really hard to get used to the realism but once you do, you cant turn it off. this game is always dogged down because I always crash type fellows. Guess what, you can't turn hairpins at 90 MPH, you cant go from 200-20 in 2 seconds and if you are going 140MPH you cant make a quick turn.
Tony L. gave it a 9:
Everything changes after a visit to the tune shop!
GPracer gave it a 10:
Anyone who thinks this game is too hard obviously doesn't understand how much of a challenge riding really is. Kudos to BAM for being able to achieve what they have. Sure MotoGp looks and plays great. But I know it wont seperate the Drivers from the Riders like Riding Spirits does. I'd really like to see it developed more!
John N. gave it a 7:
It was a 9 until a found one major flaw. Two people can't load their own garages and race against each other! Only one garage can be loaded at a time! :-(
Ben N. gave it a 6:
Good game which lasts long but gets boring after a while, the hard difficulty should be noted and the tracks take ages to learn!
Matt T. gave it a 10:
The graphics may not be amazing, however, the gameplay is taxing and requires practice and skill. this is the most realistic racer i have played! The sound could be called repetetive but engines voices dont break when their goin down the straights do they! Spike deserves a good pat on the back for this racing masterpiece.
TLS Man gave it a 6:
It's Gran turismo ONE, for playstation, not GTA3 for PS2.. The critics are largely right, you just have to love bikes enough to look past this first games' shortcommings.
