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Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- VTR is a licensed motorcycle racing game, co-developed by Interactive Entertainment Ltd and Bubble Boy Ltd and released in Europe and Japan for PlayStation. The game features the Honda VTR1000 SP-1 and the riders Aaron Slight and Colin Edwards of the 2000 Superbike World Championship season
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- ↑ Castrol Honda World Superbike Team VTR Archived 4 July 2013 at Archive.today on Kimsufi
- ↑ Castrol Honda VTR Archived 8 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine on Kimsufi
- ↑ Castrol Honda VTR on GameFAQs
- ↑ Castrol Honda Superbike VTR Archived 4 July 2013 at Archive.today on Dictionary.net
