MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology

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,[1] Microsoft Windows, mobile phones, and N-Gage.

MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology
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 8, 2002
Xbox
  • NA: May 19, 2002
  • 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

The Features:

  • Multiple weather settings and weather effects
  • Dynamic replay mode from multiple camera angles and perspectives
  • Six Racing Modes: Arcade, GP, Time Trial, Training, Multiplayer and Single Race
  • Split screen racing
  • Intuitive control system with extremely realistic bike physics
  • All of the riders and bikes from the 2001 MotoGP season
  • 20 racers on screen at once
  • 10 real world race tracks including Le Mans and Suzuka
  • Supports user created soundtracks

The menu theme music is Psynn by Shawn Hargreaves.

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GBAmobileN-GagePCXbox
EdgeN/AN/AN/AN/A8/10[2]
EGMN/AN/A4/10[3]N/A8.67/10[4]
EurogamerN/AN/AN/AN/A9/10[5]
Famitsu27/40[6]N/AN/AN/AN/A
Game Informer5/10[7]N/AN/AN/A8/10[8]
GameProN/AN/A1.5/5[9]N/AN/A
GameSpot7.1/10[10]N/A2.7/10[11]N/A8.5/10[12]
GameSpy60%[13]N/A1/5[14]N/A4.5/5[15]
GameZone7.3/10[16]N/A4.9/10[17]N/A9.3/10[18]
IGN6.9/10[19]5/10[20]3/10[21]N/A8.8/10[22]
Jeuxvideo.com8/20[23]N/A7/20[24]14/20[25]14/20[26]
Nintendo Power3.6/5[27]N/AN/AN/AN/A
OXM (US)N/AN/AN/AN/A7.9/10[28]
Aggregate scores
GameRankings68%[29]N/A36%[30]78%[31]87%[32]
Metacritic67/100[33]N/A31/100[34]N/A84/100[35]

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.[33][34][35] 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.[6]

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