Castrol Honda SuperBike World Champions

Castrol HONDA SuperBike World Champions is a licensed motorcycle racing game, developed by Interactive Entertainment, Ltd. and published by Midas Interactive. The game features the Honda RVF750 RC45 and the riders of the 1997 Superbike World Championship season. The game title was chosen because John Kocinski won the 1997 World Superbike Championship on a Castrol Honda.

Castrol Honda
SuperBike World Champions
Developer(s)Interactive Entertainment, Ltd.
Publisher(s)Midas Interactive
Director(s)James Bailey[1]
Producer(s)Tony Love[1]
Designer(s)Tuan Pingster Nguyen[1]
Programmer(s)Dan Azzopardi, John Rees, Alex Jakes, Vladislav Kaipetsky[1]
Artist(s)FAD[1]
SeriesCastrol HONDA Superbike
Platform(s)Windows
Release
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

Gameplay

The player controls a motorcyclist in races on various international race tracks. Game modes are "Practice" and "Championship". Each race has three parts: "Practice Session", "Qualifying" and "Race". There are closed-circuit Grand Prix tracks and street race tracks. The degree of "realism" can be modified (4 to 24 riders; 3 to 10 laps or "full race" which is 100 km). The bike setup offers tweaking of the gear sprockets. It is possible to play with five other players via network or splitscreen.

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "With details realism settings, Superbike World Championships had the potential to be a top-notch racing simulation. Instead, it's just another racing has-been. Check the bargain bins for a PC copy of Manx TT – it's cheaper and a lot more fun."[4]

John Lee reviewed the PlayStation version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "You might learn a bit about bike racing, but after you've zipped around the same track a dozen or so times, this is just plan dull."[5]

The game received a score of 67.30% on GameRankings, based on ten individual reviews.[6] The game was reviewed by the German magazine "PC Games" and received a rating of 74%. The reviewer concluded that while the game represented a bright spot among racing games, he was hoping for more simulation aspects.[7]

Sequels and Spin-offs

There are four games in the Castrol HONDA Superbike series, each one was produced by Interactive Entertainment Ltd:

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References
  1. The names of developers can be found in the ingame credits.
  2. Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions on MobyGames.com
  3. Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions on GameStar.de
  4. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 46. Imagine Media. October 1998. p. 130.
  5. Lee, John (September 1999). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 2 no. 1. Imagine Media. p. 87.
  6. Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions on GameRankings
  7. "Castrol Honda Superbike World Championships" (note the wrong spelling). Review in PC Games 8/98. page 144. Computec Verlag.
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