MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology

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MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology
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Developer(s) Visual Impact (GBA)
Climax Brighton (Windows, Xbox)
Cybiko (Mobile)
THQ (N-Gage)
Publisher(s) THQ
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Mobile game, N-Gage
ReleaseGame Boy Advance
  • EU: February 15, 2002
  • NA: March 4, 2002 [1]
Xbox
  • NA: May 20, 2002 [2]
  • EU: May 24, 2002
Windows
  • EU: June 28, 2002
Mobile
June 13, 2003
N-Gage
  • EU: November 10, 2003
  • NA: November 14, 2003
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology, known in the United States as simply MotoGP, is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing video game for Game Boy Advance, Xbox, [3] Microsoft Windows, mobile phones, and N-Gage. It is based on the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

Contents

The game's features include weather effects, a dynamic replay mode and custom soundtracks. The game includes 10 real-world race tracks and all the riders and bikes from the 2001 MotoGP season. The menu theme music is Psynn by Shawn Hargreaves  [ pl ].

An online-enabled demo of MotoGP shipped with Xbox Live starter kits in 2002. [4] Players who didn't own the full game could access 23 riders and three courses while players who did own the full game could access all the content they had unlocked. [5]

Reception

The Xbox version received "favorable" reviews, and the Game Boy Advance version received "average" reviews, while the N-Gage version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [10] [11] [12] In Japan, where the GBA version was ported and published by MTO on October 25, 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40. [17]

MotoGP was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Graphics (Technical)" and "Best Driving Game" among Xbox games, and was a runner-up for the publication's "Best Driving Game on Game Boy Advance" prize. [40] The game was also a nominee for "Console Racing Game of the Year" at the AIAS' 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which ultimately went to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 . [41]

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